Skamarakas Family

Happy Halloween 2008!

Jim — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:30:55 +0000

Another great halloween this year for the family. This year Anna and Jim were both home for Halloween and for the first time, all the girls did Trick r’ Treating around just this area.

Eilis picked out the pumpkins during a trip to Magnolia Garden center with Jim.

Granuaile went trick or treating with her sisters around the neighborhood and made a trip to Nannies house for a last minute door bell ringing. Afterwards they all went to see the Halloween decorated bucket house in Runnemede, NJ.

The cute witch Granuaile decorated her first pumpkin ever. Good job Granuaile.

Our choice for President in 2008

Jim — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:02:19 +0000

2008 Election Coverage

Welcome To Fall!

Anna — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:39:06 +0000

We’ve had about the busiest summer any family could have! Our travels this summer took us to Illinois; Florida; Rome; London; Dublin; Belfast; Cork; Glasgow; Edinburgh; Loch Ness; and Normandy - not to mention our favorite place in the world - Florida! We arrived back home from this busy summer just in time for the girls to settle in and start school - which is a big deal for the two older ones. Eilis will make her First Holy Communion this year, and Brighid will graduate high school!

So stay tuned, keep reading, and follow the never ending drama that is our family!

Family Portrait

Anna — Fri, 02 May 2008 03:13:41 +0000

Happy Easter 2008!

Jim — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:36:07 +0000

In keeping with our annual tradition, Granuaile is on the verge of breaking down as we try and shoot the picture. It is great to see how she can go from excited and yelling Easter Bunny to terror in a few steps.

Happy Birthday Eilis!

Jim — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:36:26 +0000

Mommy needs to post a picture of you today - Happy Seventh Birthday Super Duper

Happy Valentine’s Day 2008!

Anna — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:48:43 +0000

Happy Valentine’s Day from the Skamarakas family!

Happy Chinese New Year

Jim — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:36:21 +0000

Chinese New Year or Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is sometimes called the Lunar New Year, especially by people outside China. It is an important holiday in East Asia. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called Lantern Festival.

Chinese New Year’s Eve is known as Chúxī. Chu literally means “change” and xi means “Eve”.

Celebrated in areas with large populations of ethnic Chinese, Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had a strong influence on the new year celebrations of its geographic neighbours, as well as cultures with whom the Chinese have had extensive interaction. These include Koreans, Mongolians, Nepalese, Bhutanese, Vietnamese, and formerly the Japanese before 1873. In Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and other countries with significant Chinese populations, Chinese New Year is also celebrated, largely by overseas Chinese, but it is not part of the traditional culture of these countries. In Canada, although Chinese New Year is not an official holiday, many ethnic Chinese hold large celebrations and Canada Post issues New Year’s themed stamps in domestic and international rates.

Our little girl is joining the Navy

Anna — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:03:54 +0000

Anna needs to replace this picture with one of Brighid in her uniform. And of course you can read the full details on Anna’s blog here and Brighid’s blog here. Of course those two will edit this post to the correct links when they see this.

Happy New Year 2008!

Anna — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 06:01:49 +0000

The girls spent New Years Eve with their grandparents in Florida this year. It was Granuaile’s first year with sparklers - on large 3 foot sticks. And all the girls managed to go through several boxes of the throw on the ground snap its.