Traditions
Christmas Family Traditions: Spending a Peaceful Christmas Day Together All Day
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011In trying to decide how to make Christmas Day special for our little growing family of three (and a half), we decided that it would be great to just spend the day together. Not just all in the same house at the same time, but actually physically together. Typically, daddy works during the day, mommy [...]
Christmas Family Traditions: Decorating Gingerbread Houses
Sunday, December 25th, 2011With the lebkuchen baked, cut and assembled into a readily waiting village of houses, we were all set for the fun: decorating! A family Christmas Eve tradition with my family growing up was to go to 4pm Mass, then come right home for a quick dinner and then the highlight of the evening–gingerbread house decorating! [...]
Christmas Family Traditions: Making Lebkuchen
Saturday, December 24th, 2011‘Tis the season for love, laughter, family, and traditions. This year is a very special year for us in this regard. It is our first Christmas in our very own home, and one of our first Christmas seasons as parents. These two key factors led us to decide to stay home this year and begin [...]
