*making chicken pot pie for Halloween dinner, easy to put together early in the day so you have a warm meal before heading out to trick or treat. I may switch this up to chili or something because not everyone (Clay) is the biggest fan of pot pie.
*Christmas Eve or night dinner, making it a fun family activity of make your own pizza. This was so fun last year when it was just the 4 of us here in VA and Clay had to work. We didn't feel like doing a big fancy meal and the pizzas were such a fun thing for all of us to do, yummy too.
*Singing Happy Half Birthday. As of Wednesday I am 28.5 years old.
*Having an Eskimo party. This is a brand new thing, we had one with the Party Aunty and it consisted of root beer floats and a movie. The original Eskimo party consisted of Coke and chocolate but we changed it to fit our lifestyle ie; having kids that need to go to bed without being loaded on caffeine. I am an "honorary Eskimo" since I gave birth to two real ones! On a side note, a girl at ballet told G she liked her coat. G replied with "thanks, I'm an Eskimo." It has a little fur lined hood.
*New Christmas pjs for the kids, and a special Birthday shirt.
This is all I can think of right now, and yes most involve food. Every year seems to be a little different just due to the fact we spend holidays here and there (WA) and work schedules are set regardless of Holidays. What are traditions you have in your "new" families?
5 comments:
You and Logan share a half birthday!;)
We have been making fajitas for our Christmas dinner the last 3 years. We also drink mimosas Christmas morning.
I love all your "new" traditions! You really know how to live your life to the fullest and make it fun for everybody, Sarah. Nene
Christmas Eve is the big event in a French family. With Thomas' family we dress up to the nines on Christmas Eve and have champagne and hors d'œuvres before a fantastic dinner. I think it's so cute because it's just the four of us, and we've been in sweatpants for the entire visit, but we all make a big effort to look sharp for Christmas Eve. French families open Christmas presents after dinner on Christmas Eve also, so although I've tried to get them to see the magic of Christmas Day, I've been out voted!
I love the half birthday idea! And Happy Half Birthday to you!!
One of my favorite traditions that Jeff and I started our first Christmas and continue to do is we write each other a letter every year and put it in each others stocking. I love this! It's always my favorite thing!
We also get one new Disney DVD each Christmas as a family gift. Hopefully one day we will have a collection!
andrea i love your leter and disney tradition, we will have to try those too.
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