Simple Celebrations :: Feast of St. Francis

 Shortcake put together this table decoration this morning to honor her confirmation saint and Heavenly friend, St. Francis of Assisi. She even went outside and hunted down the small handful of fall colored leaves she could find (mostly yellow and brown with tinges of red on the edges.

We will have a simple celebration with our favorite animal crackers. I had another idea for today's feast day but it will have to wait until next year. Miss Mary, or Courtney's Mama as she's known around here, posted a link to this yummy looking Chicken Pot Pie soup recipe (which is basically just a cream of chicken soup) with cooked pie crust "crackers" tossed on top. Since we eat meatless on Fridays, it wasn't going to work for us today but I thought it would be a fun idea to cut out the pie crust crackers in little animal shapes using some very old little animal cracker sized cookie cutters I had (like as old as my oldest child, I think). Similar to these. {affiliate link}

A tiny bunny, cross, and dog bone shape. I also used a tiny fish, pig and a dove. 

BigBoy helped!

I made the soup a couple of nights ago and took pictures and thought I'd post it here to save for next year. I followed the recipe exactly but found it a little bland. I would probably try to jazz it up a little if I make it again. I guess you could do the same thing with a meatless soup recipe like a cream of potato or vegetable. I didn't think of that so I didn't think to put soup on the menu for tonight. Oh well.

O God, You enabled St. Francis to imitate Christ by his poverty and humility. Walking in St. Francis' footsteps, may we follow Your Son and be bound to You by a joyful love. Amen.

Happy Feast of St. Francis!

Here is a roundup of our celebrations past.