A while back I did an article on encouraging faith in infants and toddlers. As a quick recap, I talked about sitting at the front in church (read about why in my article about keeping kids (somewhat) quiet at church). I also mentioned reading stories about the faith and having icons and crosses on the …
On a YouTube video about answering the question “Why I Have So Many Kids,” one mom joked that it was because she liked to eat a lot of birthday cake. There were some other good comedic answers, but that is the one that sticks out to me now. Sometimes I like to think about how …
What do you think of when you hear prayers for preschoolers? Do you think of “Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love commits me here?” Or perhaps “thank you Lord for this beautiful day, for home and care and happy play.” Well, that is not what this article is about. We are …
After the birth of my first baby, I spent most of my time thinking about her future baptism. Part of this was just me worrying something might happen to Little Fox before she was baptized. But I also was excited about being able to bring Little Fox into the Church. While I was baptized as …
A Time of Preparation Surprise it is that time of year again! Last Sunday it was Christ the King for Byzantine Catholics, which reminded me that it’s time to start thinking about preparing for Christmas. Preparing to prepare… that’s how prepared we are! Advent vs Nativity Fast In the Byzantine Catholic Church the time preparing …
Christian Board Books for Babies! Our family spends a lot of time at church. We might be there for Divine Liturgy, a moleben, a talk/study, or some other church event. Now that we have a little one, we like to do our best to help her be calm, quiet, and (somewhat) attentive to what is …