This year Mason’s teacher has incorporated the use of a math website which helps students strengthen basic math facts. It uses repetition and timing to review them in the way that old school flash cards work. First Mason worked through the addition facts and then he moved onto subtraction. He is required to do about […]
The Cub Scouts have an opportunity to earn a Religious Emblem Award specifically related to the Catholic faith called the Light of Christ. We worked on it over the break and the last stage was to meet with the parish representative. Deacon Tony interviewed them one on one and then we celebrated with a semi-serious […]
Each day in Catholic Schools Week has a theme and today everyone was invited to dress like his favorite super hero. The kids were a little disappointed because every year prior to this one, the Tuesday of CSW has been Donuts with Dad and Muffins with Mom. The powers that be eliminated those treats in […]
While brioche might evoke the notion of the French pastry, in this case, it’s all about knitting. Brioche is a particular technique involving yarn over stitches and slipped stitches to achieve a double layer of stacked stitches. It was a technique that I have known about but tried only once. Brioche Knitting is prevalent in […]
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We can’t catch a break from the snow days. I don’t know why, but I fell into the weather/food trap. It’s the one that dictates that when there is a big storm coming, one must run to the store for milk, bread and eggs because surely the way to survive in a storm is to […]
It was a sad night last night after Walker went into his room to say good night to Greg. He came running out with a heavy heart. This morning Walker lit a candle for him at church. Tonight he will get a proper farewell. Good friends they were. It will be hard to say goodbye […]
There was a buzz in the air as the cars were checked in and tagged for the heats. Everyone milled around them to get a good view before voting for the most creative car. I could see there was no shortage of creativity. One scout even incorporated the weights as his hood ornament. That was pretty […]