Someone on facebook asked everyone what their favorite Christmas traditions are. I thought it would be fun to blog about ours. One of them is that each year, the children pick out a new ornament for themselves. They get to choose whatever they would like. We write their names on the bottom of the ones that they have chosen over the years. Adam and I choose one for the both of us. When the kids move out someday, they will get to take all of their chosen ornaments with them to decorate their own Christmas tree.
A new tradition that we started last year has to do with these handmade stockings that Adams grandma made for each of us. We have our own stockings that are used on Christmas, so all of these extra bear stockings really had no home. Last year we decided to hang the kids' stockings up on the outside of their bedroom doors. Occasionally, they find a small surprise inside! Sometimes a small chocolate, a note, a hot chocolate mix, anything.
The stocking on the left is Adams. It has been his stocking since he was a child. We hung ours up for the first time this year just for fun. You can only imagine the goofball surprise Adam left for me one day.. I'll save it for your imagination. :) I like this tradition. ♥ An important one that we have is that the kids open new pajamas on Christmas Eve. My great grandma started this one, I think. Traditions are so fun and we look forward to each of ours every December. I would LOVE to hear about yours!
♥♥♥Happy Thursday!♥♥♥
No comments:
Post a Comment