Starting Lent

Why on the days you're supposed to fast do I think I'm so hungry? I need to get myself a life or something. I felt pretty good that I made it to confession on Saturday to start lent out on the right foot. I kind of somewhat made a personal new years resolution that I was going to try very hard to go monthly to confession and since I didn't make it in January I'm glad to at least get February in and it felt good!

After much thought and going back in forth in my head I decided against giving up Facebook. I'm giving up candy, which I thought was a bit juvenile until I realized how much candy I actually eat. This will be good, especially to keep me on track with my slow weight loss and doing the Shred. We are also going to do a decade of the Rosary everyday as a family. If the kids don't participate that's okay, but I want them to see that it's not something you just do once in awhile, and that mom does and not dad, etc. It should be something family does together. I'm looking forward to it! I've also decided to do a few other extra things during lent, just to keep me focused on other people and making their day instead of it being all about me all the time.

I attempted to help Landen understand Lent and why Kurt and I were giving something up/doing some extra and why we weren't going to have meat and be a food piggy today. He seemed to grasp the concept and said he wanted to give something up too. When I told him that we were giving up candy he said no, he was going to give up string cheese (after thinking about it for quite a while). I told him that string cheese was healthy and I want him to eat it... he was fine with that, so he thought some more and came and told me he was going to give up candy & cookies, but not brownies because he really wants those brownies that are on the counter. I'm proud of him and I'm not going to get mad if he breaks it, but gently remind him and let him decide what he wants to do. :)

What are you giving up/doing for Lent? If anyone has any special intentions you would like us to pray for during our rosary let me know.