Monday, April 21, 2008

Palm Sunday


Yesterday was Palm Sunday! We processed around the Church with our palm crosses and leaves singing…

“By raising Lazarus from the dead before Your Passion, You confirmed the universal resurrection, O Christ God! Like the children with palms of victory, We cry out to You, O Vanquisher of Death; Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord!”

Pascha (Easter) is only one week away and today is the beginning of Holy Week. This is the most Celebrated time of the year for Orthodox Christians. Holy Week and Pascha is the remembrance of Christ’s death and celebration of Christ’s resurrection--Easter. Ok so you’re probably thinking…uh Easter was last month… It’s a little confusing but simply put, the Orthodox Church calendar is not based off of the Gregorian civil Calendar we use regularly in our every day lives but rather off of the Julian Calendar. If you want a deeper more complicated explanation click here. And for more information about Orthodox Christianity you can click here. There are links to the right.

Friday, April 18, 2008

What a difference a year makes!


This is Arseny last April (almost 1 year old) in our back yard...it's filled with grape hyacinth this time of year. The other picture is Arseny this year (almost 2 years old). They grow before your very eyes!

April 2008

Saturday, April 12, 2008

The "Maunmoa"




Arseny got a birthday card in the mail yesterday from his Grandma and Grandpa Nicholson (Matt's parents) who are currently in Texas right now. They sent him a great card and some birthday money. So off we went to the K-marche' because I needed to look at some lawn and garden things but while we were in there they had some great little lawnmowers and kiddie wheelbarrows that were soooo cute. Of course the lover of lawnmowers spotted them before I could see them and was in love at first sight. So we left with a few pony packs of flowers and of course the "maunmoa" he even held it in the carseat on the way home. He loves it! We also went to the DQ and got an ice cream cone. You'll see what was left of it on his shirt. Anyway...it was a day well spent we sat in the yard ate our ice cream and "mowed" the lawn. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa from the birthday boy!

Monday, April 7, 2008

This girl is HUNGRY

Today was the first day that I fed cereal to Kyra. It's still a little early for her to star but lately she has been really hungry...and I can't seem to keep up with her so we gave it a shot. This girl was probably ready for cereal a month ago! I couldn't keep the spoon coming at her fast enough and she cried when I would take it away after each bite and reach out for it. She also tried to guide it in herself as if to say..."here, let me do that" OH...it was funny. No pushing the food out or ugly faces she wanted all of it and MORE please. I couldn't believe it, she certainly knew what to do and loved every bite. Her brother witnessed all of this in complete awe. I could see the wheels turning already, he 's probably going to try and share everything now that he knows she eats "real food" this is going to be pretty funny and interesting.

Silly Willies



First day of shorts wearin' weather



Hey...where did all that water go???