First Holy Communion

                                       On May 11th, Little Man made his First Holy Communion.

                                                   Lined up outside getting ready to process in...

Ecce Agnus Dei

              No  photos were allowed when the children received the Holy Eucharist for the first time,
but from the choir loft, the big girls were able to see the big grin 

Little Man wore as he returned to the pew.

After mass, the First Communicants returned to the sanctuary to be enrolled in the Brown Scapular.

The very humble Fr. L helped Little Man learn his catechism and celebrated Mass.

IHS: dating from the 8th c., this is an abbreviation for "IHESUS," the way Christ's Name was spelled in the Middle Ages (despite popular belief, the monogram stands neither for "Iesus Hominum Salvator" --"Jesus Saviour of Men" -- nor for "In His Service.") -- Fisheaters

+JMJ+

2 kids, 1 cat, and lots of ladybugs ...

Ladybugs swarmed our backyard recently, providing for an unusual form of entertainment for Little Man and Coco.

While plucking through the blades of grass counting the critters, they were joined by our cat Saphina.  She usually stays to herself, but for some reason she was wanting their company.  

Little Man, ever the mischievous one, decided to see if he could get a ladybug to ride on her back.

Saphina was quite the trooper.

 In typical cat fashion, she simply licked the bug off ...

...and commenced to stare at it. 

So Little Man decided to see if she'd put up with grass on her back.  Sigh.

Coco turned her attention back to the ladybugs. 

 Boys, bugs, pets, and pretty polka dot dresses .. 

looking forward to more spring days with childish enthusiasm.