Things we teach.

As parents, we are our child's first teacher. Of course, we teach them their manners, ABCs, numbers, colors, etc. & when they do learn these things, we get so much joy out of it. I know I do. I get really excited and I usually ask him, "Wait, what did you just say!? Say it again!" Well, last night was one of those moments. For those that don't know, Jason & I fall in the "religious" category. Not necessarily a bad thing to us. I mean Matthias is from the Bible. He was the 13th disciple who replace Judas after he (Judas) betrayed Jesus. We've taken him to Mass since he was born and now, he knows we go to church to see Jesus. He knows to pray and he knows how to act while at Mass. We constantly get comments on how well behaved he is & didn't even know that he was there during Mass. He knows before we eat, we pray. He does the sign of the cross. Way before Matti was even in my belly, we knew that we would raise our children with God in their life. Not to say we are perfect, because no one is. Before Lent started, we looked at our life and saw what we needed to change. & saw parts in our life that we knew should be at a better state than it was. Prayer. We both knew it was a necessity and we were badly lacking in that department. Since Lent, we've had family prayer time (which is something I grew up with) and we read a devotional. We almost forgot last night (or I did). Jason was putting Matti to bed and I was laying in bed watching TV. In comes Jason&Matti telling me to turn the TV off. "We're gonna pray," says Jason. We started praying and we were starting off so that Matti could say something if he wanted. We started off with the Thanksgiving. (We try to pray using ACTS. A-acclamation C-contrition T-thanksgiving and S-supplication). In the middle of thanking Him for our day,  Matti started chiming in....It went a little like this.

"Thank youu.....mommy...daddy..LOLA...lolo..uncle Ed..Bicycle (he rode his around that day)...miss susan (daycare)..thank you DJ (his friend at daycare)...uh....COOKIES! cars...toys...dinosauuur! *at this point I said something about Jason & the Air Force* ...yea thank you mommy & daddy drivingggg....aand airplanes. Ok I done. Amen! *sign of the cross*

Jason & I looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh. It was the funniest and cutest thing. We weren't close to finishing the prayer, but it's okay if we just thank Him for our day. And in a way, Matti led the prayer. We praised him so much for participating in our prayer time and loved him up so much. That moment. Is one I will remember and it's the moment when we kinda looked at each other and said, "We're doing it. We're doing a good job."

He's a keeper.

Today marks another special day for us. Today, Jason will be enlisting again, but this time, he'll be going reservist. This is something he's always considered since getting out September 2009, and he's finally doing it. Sure, we'll have days&nights apart again, but I'm confident we will get through it. It will definitely be interesting since he went from Navy & this time around, he will be Air Force.

Day 2.

Lent started yesterday! This is one of my favorite times of the year...well except for Christmas, but I love Lent just the same.

I ended up going to Mass alone yesterday before work, but I just wanted to quickly write this down before I forget. I posted it on FB, but I know that'll soon get lost.

"Lent is not all about me, me me. It's about God & improving our relationship with Him. When thinking of what to "give up," think about what you can do MORE to strengthen that relationship. What can we do more?" Fr. Dave

Happy Lenten Season!

I'm pretty sure that's he's gonna be an awesome big brother. This is his baby cousin, Tony. & he loves to hold him.