Comments on: Routines, Rituals, and Traditions http://homegrownmom.com/creating-family-times/routines-rituals-and-traditions/1524 Thu, 17 May 2012 19:28:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: bbmmdq http://homegrownmom.com/creating-family-times/routines-rituals-and-traditions/1524/comment-page-1#comment-3542 bbmmdq Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:20:03 +0000 http://homegrownmom.com/?p=1524#comment-3542 ss2G0T <a href="http://xkwdhvisapzd.com/" rel="nofollow">xkwdhvisapzd</a>, [url=http://schhddsssnts.com/]schhddsssnts[/url], [link=http://dbdanrpivtjt.com/]dbdanrpivtjt[/link], http://xdayctmflevm.com/ ss2G0T xkwdhvisapzd, [url=http://schhddsssnts.com/]schhddsssnts[/url], [link=http://dbdanrpivtjt.com/]dbdanrpivtjt[/link], http://xdayctmflevm.com/

]]> By: Vina http://homegrownmom.com/creating-family-times/routines-rituals-and-traditions/1524/comment-page-1#comment-1094 Vina Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:21:42 +0000 http://homegrownmom.com/?p=1524#comment-1094 Hi Angela, I'm new here too, found you via Simple Mom. Anyway, I like the reminder on the spiritual roots of having traditions - so we can remember the glorious things, the good gifts, the grace in life. And not just for the sake of having them. Thanks! I have an 18 month old toddler and our favorite thing to do is picnics and explorations by the beach. I love the beach and the ocean, and I hope my times there with my daughter will remind her of our smallness but in our Creator's vastness. Hi Angela,

I’m new here too, found you via Simple Mom. Anyway, I like the reminder on the spiritual roots of having traditions – so we can remember the glorious things, the good gifts, the grace in life. And not just for the sake of having them. Thanks! I have an 18 month old toddler and our favorite thing to do is picnics and explorations by the beach. I love the beach and the ocean, and I hope my times there with my daughter will remind her of our smallness but in our Creator’s vastness.

]]> By: Angela http://homegrownmom.com/creating-family-times/routines-rituals-and-traditions/1524/comment-page-1#comment-1034 Angela Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:11:27 +0000 http://homegrownmom.com/?p=1524#comment-1034 I agree! I love your Sister's Night, so sweet :) I agree! I love your Sister’s Night, so sweet :)

]]> By: Angela http://homegrownmom.com/creating-family-times/routines-rituals-and-traditions/1524/comment-page-1#comment-1031 Angela Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:08:37 +0000 http://homegrownmom.com/?p=1524#comment-1031 That is awesome! I keep our Christmas books with our Christmas stuff, so they come out once a year, but the rest of them are pretty much mixed together. Books are so much more special when they only come out once a year :) That is awesome! I keep our Christmas books with our Christmas stuff, so they come out once a year, but the rest of them are pretty much mixed together. Books are so much more special when they only come out once a year :)

]]> By: Angela http://homegrownmom.com/creating-family-times/routines-rituals-and-traditions/1524/comment-page-1#comment-1030 Angela Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:07:30 +0000 http://homegrownmom.com/?p=1524#comment-1030 Thanks, Amber! Oh, I love that... we used to do highs and lows at dinner, but haven't done that in a while. Thanks, Amber! Oh, I love that… we used to do highs and lows at dinner, but haven’t done that in a while.

]]> By: Amber http://homegrownmom.com/creating-family-times/routines-rituals-and-traditions/1524/comment-page-1#comment-1004 Amber Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:19:18 +0000 http://homegrownmom.com/?p=1524#comment-1004 Hi! I'm new here. I found you via simplemom. I enjoyed all your posts on traditions! I'm very big on bedtime traditions and one thing my son (5 yrs old) and I do is snuggle after prayer time. He tells me his favorite part of the day and evening and his least favorite if there is one. And then I tell him mine. It's a precious thing, really. We have other traditions during certain holidays like making resurrection cookies at Easter and having a chocolate sprinkle donut for breakfast on your birthday just to name a few. Hi! I’m new here. I found you via simplemom. I enjoyed all your posts on traditions! I’m very big on bedtime traditions and one thing my son (5 yrs old) and I do is snuggle after prayer time. He tells me his favorite part of the day and evening and his least favorite if there is one. And then I tell him mine. It’s a precious thing, really. We have other traditions during certain holidays like making resurrection cookies at Easter and having a chocolate sprinkle donut for breakfast on your birthday just to name a few.

]]> By: Janette Wright http://homegrownmom.com/creating-family-times/routines-rituals-and-traditions/1524/comment-page-1#comment-966 Janette Wright Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:54:55 +0000 http://homegrownmom.com/?p=1524#comment-966 After 26 years of parenting six children I have seen some traditions come and go. I have also seen that things become traditions that I didn't even realize. One I love is pulling out books according to the season. I have collected children's books for every season...Christmas, the Feast, Easter, Valentines, Fourth of July. I put them across the coffee table and other locations. Some years we are able to read through them all, some years not as many, but their familiar titles remind us of the season at hand. We have also always had the tradition of not having traditional meals. We all look forward to creating something new for Christmas and Easter meals. Some years it might look traditional and some years very nontraditional, but for us that is the fun of it. Parenting through the teen years and all the busy schedules has been hard to hold down many of the traditions I started when they were all young. I continue to try with the last two of the six. I guess when they have children of their own I will hear what they considered our traditions....they might not be what I considered as a tradition. Now to go get out books for the season at hand. After 26 years of parenting six children I have seen some traditions come and go. I have also seen that things become traditions that I didn’t even realize.
One I love is pulling out books according to the season. I have collected children’s books for every season…Christmas, the Feast, Easter, Valentines, Fourth of July. I put them across the coffee table and other locations. Some years we are able to read through them all, some years not as many, but their familiar titles remind us of the season at hand.
We have also always had the tradition of not having traditional meals. We all look forward to creating something new for Christmas and Easter meals. Some years it might look traditional and some years very nontraditional, but for us that is the fun of it.
Parenting through the teen years and all the busy schedules has been hard to hold down many of the traditions I started when they were all young. I continue to try with the last two of the six.
I guess when they have children of their own I will hear what they considered our traditions….they might not be what I considered as a tradition.
Now to go get out books for the season at hand.

]]> By: Brenda http://homegrownmom.com/creating-family-times/routines-rituals-and-traditions/1524/comment-page-1#comment-951 Brenda Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:58:20 +0000 http://homegrownmom.com/?p=1524#comment-951 Ang, I've tried to implement many traditions but the ones that fit naturally are the ones that we stick with. We have Sister's night (http://thetiethatbindsus.com/?s=sisters+night) and Man's country on Monday nights. That one has stuck for over a year. We also have family game night, movie night, conversation starters at dinner and when its warm we go to watch the sunset on the beach a lot. (cause we are 5 min. away). I have a list of things that haven't stuck over the years, but they still have left us with lots of great memories. I think the best ones are the simple ones. Ang,
I’ve tried to implement many traditions but the ones that fit naturally are the ones that we stick with. We have Sister’s night (http://thetiethatbindsus.com/?s=sisters+night) and Man’s country on Monday nights. That one has stuck for over a year. We also have family game night, movie night, conversation starters at dinner and when its warm we go to watch the sunset on the beach a lot. (cause we are 5 min. away). I have a list of things that haven’t stuck over the years, but they still have left us with lots of great memories.

I think the best ones are the simple ones.

]]> By: Angela http://homegrownmom.com/creating-family-times/routines-rituals-and-traditions/1524/comment-page-1#comment-944 Angela Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:57:46 +0000 http://homegrownmom.com/?p=1524#comment-944 That is so sweet! That is so sweet!

]]> By: Shelli @ Hopefully Devoted http://homegrownmom.com/creating-family-times/routines-rituals-and-traditions/1524/comment-page-1#comment-940 Shelli @ Hopefully Devoted Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:37:28 +0000 http://homegrownmom.com/?p=1524#comment-940 One of our favorite routines is snuggle time. When the kids are all ready for bed, we all line up across the couch and snuggle for just a little bit before bed. We've been doing this ever since the kids were little - they are now 13 and 10! Needless to say we have to squeeze to all fit on the couch, but the kids love it as much as we do. One of our favorite routines is snuggle time. When the kids are all ready for bed, we all line up across the couch and snuggle for just a little bit before bed. We’ve been doing this ever since the kids were little – they are now 13 and 10! Needless to say we have to squeeze to all fit on the couch, but the kids love it as much as we do.

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