Tradition!

I love making family traditions. Here are two of my favorites at Christmas time.

The Measuring Tree

Every year we check out how much the kids have grown by measuring them against a quilted Christmas Tree I made. The kids get to pick out an ornament to have sewn onto their height marker for the year. When we started the measuring tree it was only Lorien and Wyatt. This year we added four new ornaments--our tree is getting full!

A Snow Ball Fight

This is a pretty new tradition started just last year. Since we live in California where we do not get any snow for Christmas we started making our own snow. When we open presents on Christmas morning every one keeps their wrapping paper. After opening all the presents we have a "snow ball fight" with wrapping paper snow. The kids love it and it is a fun activity. We just have to make sure all the little parts from their presents are put away. No one likes loosing a doll shoe to the snow ball fight.

This year, Will added a new tradition to the snow ball fight--burying our children in the "snow".