Normally I don’t make New Year’s resolutions—or resolutions in general.  It would seem to me that one should not have to wait until the fir...

Kristiana hated her stupid Christmas dress.  She couldn’t wait to take it off.   Alex and Daddy’s Christmas sword fight. Alex won. ...

  We spent all day making traditional Byzantine meatless Christmas Eve dishes to prepare our souls for the birth of our Lord.  It was intens...

I think that is one of the most exciting, comforting, loving, overwhelming words in  the English language.  When what is being smothered is ...

I put a brown polo-shirt and brown corduroys on Alexander this morning. He looked down at his shirts and patted his little chest and sai...

So I received this cook book earlier in November just in time for the Nativity Fast.  While there are many soups that have meat and cream, ...

Alex and I made this house at the church tonight. Alex ate candy. I decorated the house. Then Alex burned off his sugar high chasing...

We had a little party for St. Nicholas’ Feast today, but I forgot to take pictures of the kids enjoying.  So these are the pictures I took b...

The other night I had a brief, angst filled dream of pain and suffering. At every turn I saw or experienced pain and suffering.  I could not...

One year ago today our little girl was born.  Kristiana walks and talks (a little).  She says Mama, Dada and Al-la (for Alex). She says bal...

These are a few of my favorite things: Multi-color confetti on white frosting Simple cake and snacks Friends (the guys ...

This is the first year that Alex has helped put the tree together.  He learned a lot of new things while we put it together.  We celebr...

Alexander on his third birthday: he is very good at coloring.  He has very good manual dexterity. Alex is potty trained, but not at night. H...