Keeping Lent

I am trying something new in my house this season of Lent and I wanted to share it with all of you in case you would like to try it to!

We are going to work on keeping track of all our good deeds during Lent, instead of giving something up. I am going to quote directly from this blog:  http://www.catholicallyear.com/2013/02/keeping-lent-guide-to-what-we-do-for.html?m=1

"The way we keep track of all the good deeds and small sacrifices we kids try to make during Lent is with our Lenten Sacrifice Beans.  My mom puts out a tin of dry purple kidney beans next to an empty jar.  Each time we do some small thing in a perfect way, like coming quickly when mom calls, or not fighting over who gets to spit first while we're brushing our teeth, we get to put a bean in.  When the Easter Bunny comes, he changes all the sacrifice beans that we've put in the jar into jelly beans.  Then, we keep up our good deeds and sacrifices during Easter season.  But instead of putting a sacrifice bean in, we get to take a jelly bean out and eat it."

You can see what else the family from "Catholic All Year" does for Lent, by clicking on the above link to their blog.  We (The Hollywood house) are going to keep it simple this year and just try the beans... and grow from there.  It is all about starting small and seeing what works for your family.

Happy Lent!