Traditions
Ok. So I know I’ve been the worst blogger in history. But I’m back. I am a blogger again.
I was thinking today about traditions. I hear about some of the neatest things that families do and I always struggle to remember them. So I started a Tradition journal today. It’s just going to be filled with great ideas I steal from other people that I think might be a meaningful thing to do with our family. I want my kids to grow up in a house filled with purpose and wonderful memories. Once my journal is filled with a number of great tradition ideas, Andrew and I can go through them and pick the ones we want to do with our family on a consistent basis.
I have two so far. They’re both stolen. But that’s ok, right?
1. Keeping our set of Christmas cards that we receive throughout the year and pulling a different card out at dinner each night and praying together for that specific family. Love this idea so much! We’ll be praying for others and teaching our kids to keep others’ needs above our own.
2. Each year on our child’s birthday – take a picture with just that child and Andrew and I. I think this is a perfect way to track the growth and change of each child we’ll have and just a small way for them to feel like they’re special and unique in mom and dad’s eyes.
So that’s all I have so far of new ideas that weren’t passed on to me from my family already. Now I want your input. All 2 of my readers. Any good tradition ideas like these that would be meaningful to implement into the Cornell household someday?
YEA!!! I’m so glad you’re back.
Great ideas too. We might have to borrow them. And I’ll let you know if I think of any good ones.
The good thing about this with you, Lyndsey, is that you can make up any tradition you want and say that you’ve always done it; it’s tradition!
I think a wonderful tradition for this family is to get together as often as possible. How’s that sound?