This was Lily’s birthday gift to me.
Post 320: Where’s the cake?
Yesterday was my birthday. It fell on a Thursday and since mom works all week there really was not time to make a “cake”. That will just have to wait until the weekend, which is fine by me.
This morning Lily slept in a little bit, missing Mom’s and Luke departure for school drop off. When this happens Lily ALWAYS appears in her sleepy little way saying: “Where’s Mom?”
This morning Lily appeared and said:
“Where’s the cake?”
I was so thrown off, I was not sure what she was saying, so I asked her again, to which she replied:
“Where is the birthday cake?”
(Our little girl is not so little anymore)
Post 319: Holiday Traditions
My wife and I often talk about creating and maintaining family traditions. It feels like a good way to bring the feeling of community and togetherness into our world.
We also often lament the lack of our own traditions, feeling that many of them are lost to time or our respective family histories.
I realized the other day that we have a wonderful family tradition, that is all our own at the end of the year.
On the last day of the year we join some friends (who invited us to join their tradition) of watching the sunset over the ocean. It is a fantastic way to end the year and everyone gets to be in bed long before the ball drops!
Then, for the last two years we have gone to Vasquez Rocks on the first day of the new year, and thus is born our family tradition! Below is the proof.