Traditions

With the Holidays coming, I have been thinking a lot about family traditions. There are many that we have that I will pass onto Emma, and mnay that PJ remembers too! It has been fun to think about them all, and I got to thinking--I wonder what other people's family traditions are, as I'd love to add to our many wonderful memories in the making.

I would love to hear your traditions--if you read this and want to share a comment, or email me, I'd love it!

Here are some family traditions of ours:

*Open 1 Christmas gift Christmas eve. Then Christmas day, my grandpa had a bell, and the first grandchild to wake up got to ring the bell on top of his shoulders and wake everyone up!

*Your typical ones:big Thanksgiving meals and family walks after supper, Easter egg hunts and decorating the eggs, making Christmas cookies, Apple and Pumpkin picking--and making the pies, etc., Trick-or-treating

*They came out with an Advent Calendar for dogs with bones inside--this is great, and I have an Advent Wreath with bible verses, prayers or activities for each day

*Eating dinner together as a family each night

*Operation Christmas Child-shoe box gifts and now we also do the Advent Conspiracy through church!

Some that I want to start:

*Work a soup kitchen before the christmas season

*Special birthday dinner--your choice

*Each child gets a day alone with mom/dad

Well, hope this finds you well!