Today I want to share a favorite memory maker my hubby and I do with our kids that we started when my oldest was five years old. Dad takes them out for breakfast on their individual birthday. It creates memories for everyone included. And because he’s the dad, he normally runs them by the local grocery store and lets them buy some candy, too.
Now since, I’m not one to miss out on the fun, a few years later we started another tradition where Mom gets to take them out on their half birthday. When the kids were young, this fun tradition was a great lesson for the kids to learn the months of the year, and they’d each figure out what month their half birthday landed in. With five siblings it was a lot of Math.
What traditions do you have in your family that you can share?
Photo by: David McKelvey
Jan, I love this sweet tradition. In our house, we put streamers up in the birthday boy’s bedroom doorway after he’s asleep, so he has to emerge from the curtain of crepe paper in the morning.
That’s an easy but fun tradition, too, Tammy. Thank you.
Wow. I too posted today about our family’s tradition of celebrating half-birthdays! We also celebrate baptism anniversaries and patron saint days. I enjoyed reading your post. I can tell you now that our children are grown, our oldest has continued the practice in his home.
I just went by your blog. That’s so funny to share this idea and that we both shared it on the same day! Have a great week.
Nice post!
Sheila, are you still blogging? Keep it up. And thank you for stopping by.
What a wonderful tradition! One tradition we have are around the holidays is that every Christmas and again at Easter, we bake about four dozen cut out sugar cookies and then decorate them. We take them to the family get togethers and share them with our closest friends. My daughter has helped every year, but as she grew older, she would “persuade” her friends to come help (to ease the burden because it takes two people about 3 hours to complete 2 dozen from start to finish). Each year we seem to pick up a new friend because someone else can’t make it. It’s become quite the competition also to see who can decorate the cutest one. Even a former football player from high school gets in on the action. It’s a family tradition, but we’ve incorporated friends too!
Julie, that is priceless. It’s funny to me how certain actions become traditions and when the kids talk about it, you hear why it’s so special to them. Great idea. Thanks.