Traditions

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving

and you were able to share it with family

and friends.

Our Son and Daughter-in-law celebrated

Thanksgiving in Iowa with family there.

This year we celebrated Thanksgiving

on Saturday because there was no

way our son was going to miss out

on his Mom's traditional Thanksgiving dinner.

So, a Saturday Thanksgiving dinner it was.

Plus, I didn't want to miss out on an

opportunity to spend time with our grandchildren

and pass on our family traditions.

Our grandson grabbed his 2 stuffed animals and his

favorite blanket and crawled up on Papa's lap to watch football.

We are all about traditions in our home.

One of those traditions is to have our

Christmas tree up and decorated for

Thanksgiving.

This year I was super excited about

putting up the Christmas tree because our

oldest grandson turned two.

I wanted to be able to capture the

moments when he first spotted the tree.
Upon arriving he quickly spotted the tree

and ran over to it and was in awe.

Then he sat down and just starred at it.

After he was done looking he wanted to start exploring.

Our tree is never off limits to children.

I want them to be able to touch and explore.

All breakable ornaments are hung high out of
the reach of little fingers.

He made his way around the tree touching and exploring.

He was so gentle with the ornaments.

After he was done exploring the top of the tree

he crawled under the tree

to check out the lights.

His favorite blanket is always with him.

Another tradition that I've been doing since

our son was young is to buy a

Christmas ornament and attach it to one

of his presents. He has quite the collection

to decorate his own Christmas tree now.

I will continue this tradition with our grandchildren as well.

I can't wait until Christmas arrives to capture those moments
when our grandson gets to see

the presents under the tree.

You can bet I'll have my camera ready!

That's it for this week.

Until Next Time,

Veronica