Easter in Doha 2012

Happy Easter!

Easter has come and gone in Doha like a normal day. We were not supposed to do anything at all since we have prepared our Easter Eggs already and just planned to have the egg hunt on Easter Day.

As being spontaneous is one of our family values (more like Mommy's trait), we decided Saturday morning to go to the Movenpick Hotel event for Easter. And within an hour or so, the kids are already enjoying painting eggs and decorating cookies and Mommy and Daddy chat away.

shaping their cookies!

Kerim is definitely enjoying being a chef for the day! 

egg coloring this time!

my chefs - and loving donuts too!

there were bunnies, but not the Easter Bunny 

decorating cookies - YUM!

The kids had a fantastic time hanging out with other kids while waiting for their cookies. There were a lot of donuts consumed as well.

It was a great Saturday celebrating Easter Sunday. I know it's weird but we are in Doha and enjoying these celebrations in a weird way is part of the deal. No complains here, we think it's awesome.

If you and your family are celebrating Easter like we do, HAPPY EASTER!


Happy Easter!

Easter Egg Fun

We have yet to attend Easter activities for kids here in Doha this year. We improvised and made a fun messy play. As our creativity as parents are extremely limited, we did what we could with what we have at home. And what fun and mess we made.

We attempted to color eggs for Easter egg hunt, but we made more mess than colored eggs. It was all good fun.

Step 1: Draw on the egg. 

Step 2: Prepare the egg dye: food colors + vinegar (olive oil optional) 

Step 3: Concentrate :)

Step 4: Get ready with the egg! 

Step 5: Dip, paint, finger paint or whatever method the kids like to do with the eggs! 

Step 6: Make a lot of mess! 

Step 7: Enjoy the mess!

Step 8: Make sure to torture the parents with the mess!

Step 9: Set aside the eggs for Easter egg hunt!

Well the kids did enjoy and the parents got extra exercise cleaning up the floor.

How would you celebrate Easter? Happy Easter everyone!


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Passion of Christ (The Movie)

To kick off the weekend, we watched Passion of Christ, The Movie.

It's that time of the year when we commemorate God's love for humanity through Jesus Christ. We are planning activities for kids during Easter. But it needs to be deeper than mere celebrating the Holy Week. It has to be more meaningful.

As Turknoy family is mixed religion with one faith (it's not that complicated - Turknoy's Theology 101), it's always good to be understand and re-learn the concept beyond our Catholic Christian belief.

Today, we watched The Passion of Christ  to get our mood for Holy Week. (Click for the movie link.)

I was asked by my husband what I did after watching the movie for the first time. Well, I went to Boracay for the summer vacation back in 2006. I know - shallow. But isn't that what Filipino community to during Holy Week - vacay time!  It's way different than how we reacted after watching this today. He's actually studying the life of Jesus right now.

I must admit, watching the movie again can make anyone appreciate Christianity. Tears never fail to fall when watching this movie. It's  a very vivid illustration of what Jesus suffered to save us. Everybody with an open heart would sympathize how God loved the world.

Another thing that made a huge impact on me while watching the movie now is how strong Virgin Mary's heart was. I can sympathize now that I am a mother. Seeing her beloved son suffer must be so heart-breaking. She is indeed holy and deserves all the devotion of the Christian community.

Celebrating Holy Week in Doha is different as it is not celebrated at all. There will be Easter activities for kids but we are hoping that this year, will be able to impart to the kids the real meaning of Easter.


How are you preparing for Holy Week?


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