The ending of the parade

This is the end of the parade. Katerina was so proud joining the parade and so were we about her…!!!!!

Well done Katerina…. you were great !!!!

“Katerina…. Hey Katerina…. Look at me… KATERINAaaa….”
And here is Katerina!!! She was so serious about that parade, that she didn’t even turn her head to me to take her a picture. I called her again and again to turn her head… but hse didn’t even turn her eyes to me….

“Katerina…. Hey Katerina…. Here…!!!”
Here is Katerina’s class. The drums gave the rhythm so all the kids were walking the same…
Here are some kids wearing Greek traditional clothesHere is the band from our municipality. They started the parade marching.

...at Katerina's school

This is the avenue that the parade will start. Katerina saw us and waved at us just to make sure that we were all watching her… I told you that this is her first…
First she went to her school,where buses were waiting for the kids,to take them to the place where the parade was taking place. Here are some of her classmates.

28th of October our National Anniversary

The 28th of October is a National anniversary for the Greek people. So every school prepare some students for a parade. This year is Katerina’s class to join her school’s parade. Here you see Katerina with the clothes that should wear for the parade. (You see, every school has different clothes so you can tell which school it is). I took her some pictures at our balcony.She was thrilled about the parade because this is her first time….

Our new niece

Our new niece !!! I like this picture.... she is great....

Here with her mother Nasoula.And here is Soula trying to remember how to wash a baby…. She did it like a pro (I know she is …. but I’m trying to convince her that it will be great if we had a new baby).

Having a good time

The best part of our trip (for the kids) was when we went to a playing ground near the tavern.

!!! Kokoretsi !!!

This is for my cousin Kassy!!!!!!!!!
KOKORETSI
…Yummy...

A small trip with our friends to "Trikala at Korinthos"

Hear you see George Junior with Katerina waiting for the food to come.
We went there with our friends Nick, his wife Irene and their son Konstantinos, and George, his wife Christina and their son George Junior. Starting from the bottom left side of the picture and going clockwise you can see: Irene, her sister Evgenia, Nick, George, Vaso (Christina’s niece), Christina, our kids, Soula and last but not least Konstantinos (Nick’s son). If you turn your head around you will see me trying to take a descent photo…!!!!

Last Sunday, we went to Korinthos (it is a state of Peloponnesus). To be more specific, we went to a village called Trikala. It is on the top of a mountain and about 2 hours away from Athens. It is a great place to go with a great view to the sea and a lot of taverns to eat.

We are a family that dance a lot!!!

Today Soula’s first cousin baptize her son, so we went to the church and then we end to a nice restaurant. After we ate, the music started played our traditional songs and everyone (almost everyone…) start dancing.

Here you see Soula’s brother (He isn’t the one that had the new baby. Soula has two brothers.) dancing “Zeimpekiko” that’s the name of the rhythm of the music that he is dancing. 
Here is Soula’s brother dancing with his two first cousins. (The one with the white dress is the mother of the child that was baptized today and next to her is her sister.) 

And here you can see Soula, Katerina and Vagelis dancing Greek traditional music…

Yea, yea … I know we all like dancing and most of all Katerina and Vagelis…

We are a family that dance a lot!!!! 

New Baby in the family

Yes … at 5th of September Soula’s oldest brother, had his first child!!! She is a cute little baby. Yesterday we went there to see her. She spent her last 48 hours in the Hospital … but everything is okay now! 

New Digital Camera

Last Monday I bought a new Digital Camera. I was planning to buy it at the end of this year but … I was very anxious to hold it in my hands so … here it is! My new Canon EOS 40D!!! I’m very happy that finally got it…. (I think that all of you can imagine how lighter and thin my wallet is…!). Well, these are my first 2 shots… (Of course … Katerina and Vagelis … my best two models!!!!!)

After we ate, we dance a dance or two … just to burn all our calories ....

Today we went to my Uncle Kostas’s house because he wanted all the family to eat there for his granddaughter. (Kostas’s granddaughter was baptized next Sunday).Well at the next two pictures you see all the children that all my first cousins have –except some of them that they didn’t came-)
From the upper left corner (as you see the picture) is Limperia and in front of her Alexandros her youngest brother (the boy wearing the batman t-shirt). Their mother is Nasia (my uncle Limperis’s daughter). Next to Limperia, you see the two brothers Apostolis and next to him Anargiros (they are twins and their mother is Lia, my uncle Apostolis daughter). The girl standing closer to the camera is Despina, her mother is Vaso My aunt Gianoula’s daughter. (I hope that you recognize Katerina and Vaggelis.)

You don’t know who the “older girls” are? Take a look at the two pictures coming next to these lines and you’ll understand.

(Ok, these are Soula’s best friends. From left to right, you see Soula, Herein, Hara, Lito and Niki.)

....but when the Greek traditional music started playing the “older” girls slowly started to dance too….!!!  

….and after the foreign music they wanted Greek traditional music to dance…. And they start dancing ……

….And then they started dancing and dancing and dancing ……

(First the wanted foreign music, like hip hop and rap – yep…. they hear this kind of music.Look at Vaggelis’s t-shirt….. yes it’s wet, and this is the second one. Be patient, and you’ll see the third one…. He didn’t stop running and dancing and running and dancing….. ))