Serving Bread

My grandfather, Armen Kouyoumdjian, passed away last week. We affectionately called him Obaba. He was born July 21,1921 in Fallujah, Iraq, was the youngest son of Khosrof and Sara Kouyoumdjian. His family immigrated from Caesaria, Turkey in the 1800s and  settled in Falluja, Iraq where Armen spent his childhood and most of his adult life, along with his [...]

Layla: “I’m going to close the door and you have to knock and ring the bell, ok?” Mommy, Baba, & Marco knock on the door. Layla opens the door to her bedroom. Layla: “Hi guys, welcome!” Mommy, Baba and Marco walk in. Layla: “Hi guys, do you want anything to eat or drink?” Baba: “Sure [...]

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

means this is our Christmas tree this year—on a table and out of reach from the exploring hands of an infant and the re-organization skills of a child. (On a brighter note, the tree was a fraction of the cost and took us the fraction of the time to decorate and it’s “green.” We could [...]

Three months ago, we celebrated Layla’s 3rd birthday with yet another party with lots of little friends, balloons, and food. In lieu of gifts for Layla, we invited our guests to consider giving toward one of our sponsored children who shares the same birthday as Layla. Though we have never met him, we (and Layla) [...]

When campaigning among Spanish speakers, Obama translated his campaign slogan “Yes we can” to “Sí se puede.” During the campaign, there were allegations against Obama for having lifted some phrases from other orators. This Spanish phrase is unfortunately one of those lifted phrases. He stole this one from… none other than… “Dora the Explorer!” That’s [...]

McCain’s probably smiling, Obama’s mourning, Dora’s celebrating, and a nine month old has at least one vote in 2044.

While many people are celebrating the expiration of Daily Savings tomorrow morning, parents of young children everywhere (except in Arizona and Hawaii) are mourning the loss of an extra hour of sleep tomorrow morning. The expiration of Daily Savings actually causes us to lose an hour of sleep rather than gain the hour. Our children [...]