Showing posts with label traditions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label traditions. Show all posts

April 3, 2013

favorite parts


every night at dinner, we begin by telling each other our favorite parts. it started when kullen was younger and now it's usually the first thing he says when we all sit down. that being said, rhys has heard this banter from day one of his life. he has begun participating by responding with 'ummm' when asked. within the last few months, he usually says 'umm dada' or 'umm kuwwen' ... which is really cute. :)

but the last few days, he's actually said things that have happened that day. 

on monday - we had ice cream with the easter bunny. so when we asked him at dinner what his favorite part was ... his response was 'ummm hop hop!' so, i said awww the easter bunny was your favorite part!!

yesterday we spent the day with our friends - heather and chloe. so at dinner, before my butt even hit the chair - rhys said 'your part??!! ummmm' so we all chuckled and i asked him what his favorite part was? he said 'umm co cooo' [co co = chloe!] and i couldn't believe it! he was actually saying something that made some sense!

my boy is getting so big and SMART. i'm amazed each day at the stuff he knows/learns. 

i also love this tradition we have at our dinner table. we got the idea from friends of ours who had kids around our kids age, so thanks bridgette! :) 

do you have any traditions for you and your family? 




January 7, 2012

traditions

here in our house, we have a little christmas tradition.
while everyone else is leaving milk & cookies for santa ....
we leave him a little something else.
chex mix and sweet tea to be exact.
this tradition was started by my dad.
AKA: santa [when i was little anyway ...]
he was never a 'milk and cookies' kinda guy
but could make a mean chex mix and would punish some sweet tea.
SO - it was only natural that is what we would leave him
er, i mean .... santa! ;]
so, now that i have kids of my own
and will be eating that late night christmas-eve treat
the tradition will live on.


kullen even helped me make it this year!
and of course we had to sample the sweet tea 
and make sure it was sweet enough for mama
er, i mean ... santa!


i even drank some of the tea and left 'crumbs'
to make it seem real ...

so christmas morning when i showed kullen that santa had eaten most
he took it upon himself to finish what santa had left! ;]
silly boy ...