Ash Wendseday

I love kicking off the Lenten season with ash Wednesday. It is a great reason to get to Mass during the week, to reflect on our human imperfections and on the ultimate sacrifice the Jesus made; dying on the cross to give us life. The Catholic tradition of marking a cross of special ashes on the forehead is a reminded of our mortality, and our utter dependence on the Lord. The person distributing the ashes says, "remember you are dust and to dust you will return," or "turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel," or "repent, and believe in the Gospel."

Here are some cute pictures of Craig reading to Katya before bedtime last week. Katya is so into books; she takes books to bed, often clutching them as you would a stuffed animal.




Reagan is working on the sign, 'all done' and 'light.' She gets the idea but has a hard time getting the hand motions just right. It is so fun to watch her try! She occasionally asks for milk with her signing, which is so cool. Whoever thought of teaching sign language to babies is a genius! One more thing she does is hold her own bottle. She has been doing it for a few weeks but is getting really good at it now. I can even put her down and let her drink her bottle in a clutch (usually when a little girl is on the potty). Katya had NO interest in holding her own bottle and did not even try until about 14 months old!