tradition
Over the past year or so our family began the weekly tradition of eating out. We ended up doing it anyway, so we have designated Friday or Saturday night a family date. The restaurant of choice is Chipotle of course! It is pretty important that we can all go to a restaurant and equally enjoy every morsel. Not that we won’t venture out to other establishments, but for the kids, this is their spot (yeah, no Chuck E Cheese! Been once…Ellie was 2).
When you start a family, everyone emphasizes traditions and I always thought it was important from them to come about “naturally”. I never have wanted them to be contrived because that is much too much work for me.
Some other traditions I have thought about:
2-3 books before bed
pancake breakfasts on Saturday
breakfst for dinner on Sundays (a pattern?)
homemade cookies each week
family drawing sessions
while still in Cali., Ellie and I would walk to the corner bakery and watch the bakers ice cakes…sorry we don’t do that anymore
notes in Ellie’s lunch box (she keeps them!)
family hug- this is especially helpful before running out the door on school days. it can get wacky, so it’s nice to take the time and just squeeze another until we fall over.
What I love about traditions is that they reveal themselves…for some it may not be such a great family tradition, but for others, it is something children really look for in their lives.