The day before Mothers’ Day, we went to Babushka’s house for tea. Out came the samovar. Now, a full and proper samovar needs to have both a tray for collecting ashes and a chimney to help with air-flow. We have neither the proper tray nor the proper chimney.
Roman filled the tube that goes down the [...]
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The Samovar
Posted in On-Line Scrapbook, Photos for Grandparents, Ponderings on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dressing Up
Posted in Children, On-Line Scrapbook, Photos for Grandparents on April 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
He’s just so cute, no matter what you put him in.
Same look, different child.
Oh, this will comfort those of you who are worried.
Put the skirt on her head and now she’s a mermaid.
He started getting grumpy about the hats right about now.
A gypsy.
He’s a very handsome flower.
Resurrection Day Photos
Posted in On-Line Scrapbook, Photos for Grandparents, Theology on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I like how Janet Pratt once explained Easter Eggs to her daughter. They are part of the way we celebrate Easter; but Easter or Resurrection Day isn’t about Easter eggs. And just like balloons and birthday cake are the way we celebrate someone’s birthday, they aren’t the reason we celbrate a person’s birthday.
Resurrection Day Egg Hunt [...]
My Budding Photographer
Posted in Mama Journals, Photos for Grandparents on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Katie’s interests can be summarized right now as
Princesses
Balls
Choo Choo Trains
Cameras
Shoes – a genetic trait that she got from Mom.
Ah, here’s our budding photographer now. (I think she’s so cute when she tries to frame her picture.) Can’t you just see her 18 years from now with a backpack in a train station in Europe?
Some of [...]
Multi-tasking
Posted in Photos for Grandparents on February 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We females have multi-tasking hardwired into us, don’t we?
