Happy Birthday, Blessed Mother

Coloring and cake---the perfect celebration....

Gracie even dressed for the occasion.
Mark took care of the cake!!

Kimmy was very careful to color in the lines.

A lot of statues of Mary looked on as the work was done---even St. Francis looked on from the stained glass picture on the window.

Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue

Lovely lady dressed in blue, teach me how to pray.

God was once your little boy, tell me what to say.

Did you lift Him up sometimes gently on your knee?

Did you sing to Him the way that my mother does to me?

Did you hold His hand at night?

Did you ever tryTelling stories of the world?

Oh, and did He cry?

Do you really think He cares if I tell Him things,

Little things that happen

and do the angel's wings

Make a noise?

Can He hear me if I speak low?

Can He understand me now, you know?

Lovely lady, tell me, for you know.

Lovely Lady dressed in blue

teach me how to pray.

God was just your little boy

and you know the way.

Mary Dixon Thayer