With my first two children, naps happened without much extra thought. Usually the girls nursed to sleep, until they got older and started falling asleep on their own. Then Little Owl came into our lives. And he fought naps like they were demons coming to get him! So it was time for me to put …
April 1 – Ven. Mary of Egypt (Lazarus Saturday) (2) – Palm Sunday/Willow Sunday – Start of Holt Week 6 – Repose of Methodius (Great and Holy Thursday) (7) – Great and Holy Friday (8) – Great and Holy Saturday (9) – Pascha/Easter Sunday/The Resurrection of Our Lord – Entering the Easter Season – Beginning …
Starting Quiet Time for Kids Parenting is more than a full time job. It’s 24 hours, 7 days a week, and there are no holidays. But this doesn’t mean that we, as parents, get to spread ourselves thin. It is important to take breaks, to relax, and to recharge. One of the best, most consistent …
The Habit of Daily Prayer Recently, I wrote an article sharing some of the most important lessons from my years parenting. These mostly came from books and blog articles. Writing the blog article about these resources reminded me to dig back into them. Which brings me to today’s article. One of the books I mentioned …
Great Lent Of the many ways to draw closer to God during Lent, don’t forget music! Especially in the setting of family life, music can draw the family together towards God. So this year, when I updated my Great Lent playlist for my kids, I also put together a YouTube playlist with many of the …
March (Still Great Lent – Check out our Great Lent Resources below!) (5) – Gregory Palmas 9 – 40 Martyrs of Sebaste – also check out ByziMom’s (12) – Veneration of the Holy Cross 14 – St. Benedict 18 – Cyril of Jerusalem (19) – Ven. John Climacus 25 – Annunciation – Akathist Saturday (26) …
In the last six years of parenting, I have learned many lessons. Messages that have stuck with me and that sometimes I need to go back to. Today I will share four of the most influential lessons on me as a parent! Lesson One – I Can’t Do Everything… but God Can There are many …
When children are sick (or if Mama is sick) and the children need to be kept busy or in bed for long periods of time, it is easy to resort to screen time to make this happen. However, there are a couple problems with this. One, sometimes it doesn’t work, and the children can be …
February 1 – Last day to use the greeting Christ is Born! Glorify Him! (Time to take down our Christmas Tree!) 2 – Presentation/Encounter in the Temple (12) – Meatfare Sunday 14 – Repose of Venerable Cyril, Teacher of the Slavs (19) – Cheesefare/Forgiveness Sunday (20) – First Day of Great Lent (strict fast) (Check …
We celebrate Saint Euthymius (also spelled Euthemius) the Great on January 20th, commemorating his death that day in Jerusalem. We know Saint Euthymius for founding many monasteries in the fifth century. Also, he participated in the decision making of the Fourth Ecumenical Council. Euthymius the Great Euthymius was born in a noble Christian family in …