Hey! My name is Valerie. I'm a stay at home mom of two boys. Initially, it may look like I am just another mom blogger and how different can this really be? Let me share a little bit of my story. I converted to eastern orthodoxy about two years ago and felt a responsibility to incorporate our new faith into the hearts of my children and rooms of my home. After some research, I realized quickly that there weren't very many resources for English speaking orthodox Christians, much less preschoolers. I was given advice to just participate in the church calendar and my children would learn and pick it up on their own. I was told that two is too young to worry about these things. While I don't dispute that some of this is true, I just wanted to engage more with my children. And honestly, what's the harm in that? I had looked into Catechism of the Good Shepherd, but only 2 orthodox churches in the US have this program, and it cost over $300 to take the course, plus an airline