Henry's First Holy Communion

Today we celebrated Henry Augustus as he received his First Holy Communion (and wore his first necktie!) Afterwards, we went back to our house for a celebration with all of our favorite Makris party traditions - punch, Coca-Cola in the bottle, mexican food, and lots of sweets.  Aunt Elaine was even sweet enough to ship us a box of her famous cookies, which made Henry's day. 

Thank you to our family and friends who celebrated with us, from near and from far. And thanks be to God for this dear boy and his growing faith.

John's Poetry Parade

Today we watched John perform with his kindergarten class in the Poetry Parade. Each class recited two poems, and then performed a song at the end. John secretly likes to perform, even though he would never admit it. In the days before the performance, I would hear him singing the songs in his bed at night after we tucked him in. Papou and Grandma were in town on the day of the show, so they attended too. After the show, we went back to John's classroom for cake. One of his friends shouted, "John! I am about to eat your head!", but we got a quick photo first. And on the way out of school, we even stopped by Henry's classroom for a quick hello.

Sugar Quills!

This is probably the most unconventional First Communion gift. But Henry’s Godparents just made his Harry Potter dreams come true. Thank you Uncle Chris and Aunt Stacie!

Our Dream Home

I am excited to finally post a few before and after pictures of our house! It’s a dream, and we feel very thankful.