Many Mary's

Andrew was trying to read the "church book" left in the car by Peter. It was about Our Lady of Fatima.

They came to a page with a picture of the Immaculate Heart of Mary on it and Andrew said, "Look. there's Mary!"

Peter argues, "No! That's not Mary!"

Andrew explains, "Yes, it IS Mary. She just has lots of different names and wears lots of different colors. She has even more names than Jesus does, I think."

He then went on to give a few examples of Mary's names and Jesus' names.
Good to know he's paying attention!

Hey God, Are You there...?

Andrew initiated this conversation with me this morning.

"This morning, when I waked up, I made the sign of the cross, and said 3 Hail Mary's just like Father said at mass, and then a Our Father and a Glory Be. But, when I was saying the prayers, I waked up Peter."

"Well, you could just say the prayers in your head. You don't have to say them out loud."

"But...I just want to make sure God hears me."

Don't worry, honey...I think he hears you just fine.

:)

miracle 'grow'

Our regular priest, Fr. L, is average height - probably 5'9", 5'10". Today, there also happened to be a seminarian helping at mass. He was very tall - over 6 feet.
Both Father and the seminarian are blonde, but it was easy to tell them apart during mass because one was dressed as a priest, and the other as an altar server.

After mass, both Fr. L and the seminarian came to the parish hall, both wearing their black cassocks.

The boys were sitting at a table enjoying some post-mass snacks and Peter, looking towards a cassock-clad man, says to me incredulously, "Wow! Fr. L sure growed tall!"

I followed his gaze across the room...


He was looking at the seminarian.

more teeth!

Clara now has about (at least?) 8 teeth - at 9.5 months.
4 on top, 4 on the bottom.

This is my best guess, as she's not too keen on either of us sticking our fingers into her mouth to check...

pick a color, any color

Andrew: "Wow! There are like a million, zillion, googleplex of colors."