Traditions

My family doesn't have lots of traditions, but Husband and I have been working on establishing a few of our own.

Christmas- We build a gingerbread house with my SIL's and nephew. Buddha eats too much of the decorations and we laugh a lot. Usually SIL will get too creative on her house and it starts looking hilarious. The dogs even hang out under the table and eat anything that is dropped.

New Year's Eve- Husband and I fondue at midnight... usually SIL's come to that too. We've missed this one for a few years now, but we're going to get it back on track.

Birth of a baby- When a close friend squirts out a human, we all coordinate a delicious Thanksgiving meal for the new mom. I usually make a turkey and Husband makes the gravy. If I forget to thaw the bird out, the new mom gets Honey Baked Ham... and with my scatterbrain lately, that's becoming the tradition! Then everyone makes homemade side dishes and casseroles and pies... SO DELICIOUS! When I'm a Mom!?! had her twins, she had more food than they could eat. It was her 2 month stay in the hospital that gave us the idea.

Croc-lemmings

I resisted the Crocs craze for a long time. I didn't want to look like everyone else, or let my kids look like everyone else. I thought they looked lazy, like you didn't have the energy to put real shoes on. I thought they would be a trend we'd look back on and say "What on Earth were we thinking!?"

Then I gave in and got Buddha a pair of generic ones.

And I was hooked. Now both kids wear them far too much. And it's far too easy. And I'm getting Husband some. And I even considered getting myself some.

And there you have it. Just like that my entire family became lemmings.

Coldplay!!

 

Viva la Vida!

 

That's some Chris MF'ing Martin walking 3 feet away from me!!!

Coach Douchebag

Have you ever met someone and known from the first words that came out of their mouth that they were a complete douche?

I'm fairly sure that if I ever met Coach from Survivor, I would have known from the start that he was in fact a big douchebag.

My John Lennon Epiphany

While debating on which dead people I'd most like to talk to, I had a realization. Living an exciting life doesn't always look like one. John Lennon is on my list, not because I think he's a great person. He was selfish and not the greatest father... but he was a brilliant and creative genius. And reading biographies about him shows you what a crazy and exciting life he lived. But only because so much happened to him. And not all of it was good. He didn't see or speak to his son for years... when the kid was 4.

So I think it's turning everyday mundane life into something worthwhile... that's what counts. I don't need to travel the world and have life-altering experiences. (Though I wouldn't mind!) What I do need is for my day to day life to be filled with quality experiences. Husband lives this way. Our life is fun. We play good music really loud and dance with our kids while we cook a yummy dinner. We never eat on time. The kids laugh and dance and glow with happiness. They go to bed HAPPY. We have a few drinks, we relax.

The only problem is that the food we eat is clogging our arteries. We should work on that.

Cam in the rain

I've never let them play in the rain until this past week. Ahh to be a kid...

(No picture of Buddha because he doesn't like any cold, wet thing. He stayed inside!)