Traditions, no matter how small and silly or big and extravagant, they really make the season special!
It is so fun to be in this stage of life with young kids and growing family to get to start making our own unique family TRADITIONS!! Between my man's family and mine we have so many great traditions to draw from and take part in but I am relishing the chance to start creating our own that reflect us and our family. So, our first try at a new tradition is the : H started by writing a gift list. However, it isn't the traditional gift list, it is a gift giving list! He had to come up with 12 people that he wanted to give gifts to. There were a few rules 1.) He could not choose his grandparents or cousins (they will be getting gifts anyway), 2.) He couldn't choose just friends 3.) He had to think of people in all different age categories.Click here to print your own list.
Then we had to think of small little gifts that we could give them. The goal for us is not to spend a lot of money or any time shopping. We tried to come up with little things that we could make, so most people will be getting fudge since Pa recently introduced him to the deliciousness of homemade fudge, or other hand-made crafts and cards. However, he did come up with a few more creative ideas like a making a CD for his friend who likes to dance, and this one; the best gift of all, according to H is going to be this old white mini-blind stick from a some blinds I was throwing away, that he wants to give his BFF because it can be anything: currently it functions as fire pole, a hose, a fishing pole, miscellaneous weapons, a Luna prodding stick, a guitar.