After the recent events at Penn State, there were a number of blog posts and other articles dealing with various aspects of the fallout of those sad events. One blog post I read recommended a book called Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane) by Gavin de Becker. The statistics about...
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Loving the Little Years
I read a recommendation a few months ago for a book by Rachel Jankovic called Loving the Little Years and decided to request it for Christmas. I didn’t really know much about it beyond a vague idea that it was helpful for mothers of toddlers....
Varenyky
This is a continuation of my Christmas Feast post. Although I’ve made pelmeni (Ukrainian/Russian meat dumplings) before, I have never successfully made varenyky. I decided this would be the year to succeed! Fillings for varenyky include potato, cabbage, or cherry. There are probably other...
Ukrainian Christmas Feast
Here in Ukraine, they celebrate Christmas according to the Orthodox calendar on January 7. The most traditional Christmas meal is eaten around midnight on Christmas Eve and is made up of 12 different dishes. I found different lists of what is usually eaten, generally...
Advent/Christmas Traditions
Lately I feel like life is coming in waves. Sometimes I think I have the rhythm of the waves figured out and I get into a routine of posting updates to this blog a couple times a week. Then, the waves crash over me...
A Day in Our Life: Pumpkin
One of the questions that I am often asked is, “What is your typical day like?” I really have a hard time answering that question because it seems like I never have a “typical day”. I’m going to start documenting some days here over...
Happy Birthday, Stevie!
On Wednesday, Nov. 16, we celebrated Stevie’s 2nd birthday! This year it was so much fun because he could anticipate it and was excited about what “birthday” meant. We began the day with his favorite pumpkin bread on the Celebration Plate (his first time...
