{SQT} Last Week of School 2018-19

1. Relic of St. John Vianney

On Saturday, we hosted for dinner friends who are moving away and then we all headed to the cathedral to venerate the incorrupt heart of St. John Vianney.

Padre Pio's relics are coming next!

Sweet David (21 months) kept saying, "Mary!" urgently when he saw this statue. He raced barefoot down the path, climbed up the steps, and then insisted through noises that I lift him up so he could kiss her face. Then he said, "hand!" and he held the statue's hand for some long seconds.

This whole procedure he repeated twice more. Melt my heart!

Look at his skinny legs!

2. Music Appreciation Lunch

On Sunday, Mary was privileged to attend a music appreciation lunch with her girls' choir.

3. Memorial Day

On Memorial Day, Chris took five of the children to the cemetery, as is our tradition. There was patriotic music and food, and my family always goes around the cemetery, kneeling in prayer, saying the Catholic prayers for the dead. Meanwhile, I had stayed home because the baby wasn't feeling well.

It turns out that the cemetery owner and some families who were watching presumed that Chris was a widower with his five children--probably a widower of a female soldier--and the family was here praying for their dearly departed ME!

At the end, Chris and the cemetery owner fell to talking and the misunderstanding was revealed. They were so relieved that Chris was not a widower! We've certainly never had such a funny Memorial Day story before!

NOT a widower

4. The Jars Are Breeding in There

Cleaning out my refrigerator this week revealed that family members are not searching hard enough for already-open jars before obtaining new jars from the pantry. Then the problem compounds--fast!

Open containers I found were . . .

3 large jars of applesauce,

2 jars of marinara sauce, 

3 jars of Alfredo sauce, 

2 bottles of soy sauce, 

3 bottles of barbeque sauce, 

2 bottles of Worcestershire sauce

2 jars of grated Parmesan cheese,

2 32-ounce bags of shredded mozzarella,

3 packages of American cheese, 

. . . among others I'm sure I've forgotten already.

No wonder the refrigerator was a wreck!

5. Stick and Puck

6. Scottish Dance End-of-Year Recital

The children did not get to play as usual after dance because most of the class was rushing off to the Ascension Thursday Mass that night.

7. End-of-Year Party

On Thursday, we held our end-of-year retrospective, presentation of certificates, and the Eating of Cake: click here to read about our annual tradition.

Then on Friday we hosted an end-of-year party in beautiful weather at our home with lots of outdoor play, sports equipment, kickball, loads of food--and a lot of happy kids.


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