~ 1 ~ It was Catholic Schools week this past week. Our boys attend the local parish school and participated in collecting tuition donations after Mass last Sunday (not for their own tuition, but money to provide assistance to families who may want to send their children to Catholic school but cannot afford it). My favorite part of Mass was when Father R. asked people to stand if they were a product of Catholic schools. There must have been 75% of the congregation that stood. Clearly, Catholic education (whether in a parish school or a homeschool) fosters life-long Catholics. ~ 2 ~ This boys has had a drippy nose and cough all week. He is learning how to blow and wipe his own proboscis but we have to work on conserving tissues. He is a one wipe and done Kleenex user. I guess I can't blame him when I think about it but we really cannot go through an entire box of tissues per sneeze. ~ 3 ~ ...