Hunter's reconciliation

Hunter celebrated his first reconciliation about a week and a half ago.  Father Mike does it differently than when we had ours back when we were 2nd graders.  He does the sacrament in the church and as a family.  So we waited in line all together and when it was Hunter's turn we all went up to Father face-to-face and each said a sin.  Hunter had a "target" that he was to fill out with his sins ahead of time.  Father Mike explained weeks before at a parent meeting that over the years he has found this to be helpful to the kids because it serves as a reminder.  He learned that without the target the kids would have trouble remembering what sins they had.  Hunter received a wooden cross made in Bethlehem as a token to remind him of his reconciliation.  He's gearing up for his First Communion in a few weeks so this is one big step toward that big celebration!