Jesus loves the little children....all the children of the world (well, hopefully even ours)...

Sometimes it's hard to have such perfect kids. I mean, they are so darn good, honest, holy and obedient, it just makes our heads spin! And, so, I would like to offer some words of advice for those who are trying to get their children to be as good....

• Encourage them to respect all holy figures. Under no circumstances let them grab the virgin Mary statue around the neck and shake her in utter frustration of being stuck among such holy figures.
• In the same manner, make sure they understand the meaning of the Nativity scene. Whatever you do, do not allow them to chew on the baby Jesus, especially until the point of nearly gnawing off the legs.
• Help them with their prayers. When they state they are "hardly sorry for their sins", make sure you correct it to "heartily sorry" instead of mumbling under your breath how the first statement actually made more sense.
• Make sure they understand and practice for their sacraments. Specifically when practicing for their first confession, calmly correct them when they pronoune penance as "penis". Under no circumstances laugh so hard that you cry and are completely unable to go any further with the "practice confession".

Like I said, it's darn hard raising such religious and well-behaved kids. But, we are trying :)