We started a new tradition this year. We decided to claim Christmas Eve as our day to celebrate Christmas with just the 4 of us. We both grew up doing that with our own immediate families, and wanted to start that tradition with our own family.
We went to church, came home and had a light lunch, and the kids took naps. Then we went for another walk (amazing!) and hung out for a while. Casey made us a fantastic dinner: Coke-Can Chicken on the grill, twice-baked potatoes, rolls, applesauce and sparkling grape juice. It was delicious! We read the Christmas story, gave the kids baths, and now they are in bed. Periodically throughout the day they opened one of their three gifts (ok, actually Esther opened hers and Peter's since he really didn't care). It was a fun, relaxing, wonderful day of just being together and starting a new tradition.
We went to church, came home and had a light lunch, and the kids took naps. Then we went for another walk (amazing!) and hung out for a while. Casey made us a fantastic dinner: Coke-Can Chicken on the grill, twice-baked potatoes, rolls, applesauce and sparkling grape juice. It was delicious! We read the Christmas story, gave the kids baths, and now they are in bed. Periodically throughout the day they opened one of their three gifts (ok, actually Esther opened hers and Peter's since he really didn't care). It was a fun, relaxing, wonderful day of just being together and starting a new tradition.
By the way, the picture shows what Esther wore on our walk: her yellow penguin fleece pants, her Dutch Wooden Shoe slippers (see previous post), and her new blue checked cooking apron. It was quite a look!
2 comments:
Family traditions are SO important...I hope that someday we can have family tradition ourselves. I remember my childhood traditions and want my girls to remember them as well.
Love the photos... of course that is what Esther wore on the walk! :)
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