One family tradition that we started last year, sort of by accident (which I guess goes against the whole purposeful argument), was going out to breakfast to celebrate birthdays. Mark works a lot of nights and weekends and therefore isn't always home for dinner the day of one of our birthdays. In fact, last year he had to work 2 - 10 PM on his birthday. I was trying to figure out how to celebrate his birthday, when I realized breakfast out would be fun. So the kids and I took him out to breakfast for his birthday and a tradition was born.
We typically go on the person's birthday or as close to it as we can get. This year we took Mark out to breakfast almost a month after his actual birthday, but no one seemed to mind. The boys always get the same thing. Sprinkle pancakes with a side of bacon for Luke and Chocolate Chip pancakes for John.
This was the first time I brought my camera, which I find hard to believe since it is usually attached to me like a third arm. After we had finished eating, we asked the waiter to snap our family picture.
Now I think another family tradition has been born, taking a family picture at our birthday breakfast celebration!!
3 comments:
I love the talking about starting family traditions (I do all the talking too.) And sprinkle pancakes? Who knew! Awesome!
You have a great family tradition Anne! Your kids will remember it and look forward to it each year. Will they want to do the same for your birthday?
What a great tradition. I am big on traditions. We have big ones, little ones, deep ones and fun ones. I think they are just awesome.
Yay for sprinkle pancakes!!
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