I was lucky enough to get home around 5:30 last night. We made dinner and got started on a new family tradition. Ya see, I'm reading this book, Living in Gratitude a year long reflection about being thankful. It's a nice read and it's guiding me through my morning pages (three pages, stream of consciousness, nonstop writing.)
One day last week it talked about what family traditions I remember from childhood and which ones I'll be passing to my family and what new ones we're creating. I got a little choked up about it. Since we were back and forth for most holidays and didn't have a real holiday routine I don't remember if there was a holiday tradition. Furthermore, mom and dad practice different religions so holidays that included church, again, were different.
So- Todd suggested we start some. I bought three advent calendars with chocolate in the windows and one of the Chicken's Soup books that has a daily Christmas story. After dinner every night we're going to read one and eat our cherclate. We started last night and Maksi just wanted to play with my yoga mat and eat ALL the cherclates. He's starting to understand stuffs so we told him we'll have another one tomorrow.
It was fun.
I saw this picture after I put him to bed-
...and got a GREAT laugh since...I watched him play with my new over sized yoga mat for an hour (see the small section about toy recognition.)
One day last week it talked about what family traditions I remember from childhood and which ones I'll be passing to my family and what new ones we're creating. I got a little choked up about it. Since we were back and forth for most holidays and didn't have a real holiday routine I don't remember if there was a holiday tradition. Furthermore, mom and dad practice different religions so holidays that included church, again, were different.
So- Todd suggested we start some. I bought three advent calendars with chocolate in the windows and one of the Chicken's Soup books that has a daily Christmas story. After dinner every night we're going to read one and eat our cherclate. We started last night and Maksi just wanted to play with my yoga mat and eat ALL the cherclates. He's starting to understand stuffs so we told him we'll have another one tomorrow.
It was fun.
I saw this picture after I put him to bed-
...and got a GREAT laugh since...I watched him play with my new over sized yoga mat for an hour (see the small section about toy recognition.)
Oh, this one? He's started taking his clothes off. Real cute.
And a video:
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