Traditions

This Christmas I am looking forward to some of our family traditions, new and old!

Old Traditions

*On Christmas Eve, we always open a pair of new PJ's that our Grandma bought for us. On Quincey's first Christmas, my mom was so excited to be able to give the "grammie jammies" !!

*When we were kids- well I mostly remember when my 2 younger siblings were little kids- we would sit on the stairs from downstairs and yell to ask if we could come up to see what Santa brought. It was so fun to see how excited the little ones were!!

*On Christmas Eve, after we opened our jammies, my sister Stephanie and I, would watch It's a Wonderful Life before going to bed.

*On Christmas morning, my dad would read from The Bible, the Birth of Christ, before opening any presents. My dad will be here for Christmas morning and so I hope that he will do that again for us this year!

New Traditions

* A new tradition that we have started is that my family comes down to my house on Christmas morning and we play games, play with new toys listen to music (and do NOT watch any TV!) all day and then I make a big dinner for our family. This has been my favorite new tradition!

* On Christmas Eve, we go to Ed's mom's house for dinner and presents. She always gives the kids a "sock" her own version of a stocking. Ed's mom puts a lot of thought and effort into what she buys the kids for Christmas and makes it special for each of them.... we love her for it!!

I am excited for new and old traditions alike!

Merry Christmas to all of you- May you all create new traditions this year!!!!