edited: traditions thread

[emc]

Tell me one cool thing you want to do/be as a parent, or maybe a tradition you want to start.

[mosdub]

Anything you post I read in Linda's voice.

I'm not drinking yet. I'm tracking calories and apparently can eat/drink 400 more calories in order to meet my goal, so I might indulge in one or two depending on what it is!

[mosdub]

Oh! And as a tradition - I think I want to save my future LO's cutest shirts and then have them made into a quilt when they are 18.
When I fantasize about having kids I never really imagine a baby. I always think of school-age children that I can take to museums and such.

[requiressnacks]

It wine time!!!!!

[hobbesgal]

This depresses me since I regularly have people tell me what a great parent I would be/why don't I have kids yet. I'm going to drink some prosecco and elderflower.

[Rama]

I want to be a parent. I think that's pretty cool.

[icaughtfire]

I'm sure many of the women here just want to be the type of parent that has a kid.

What a depressing topic for a drinking thread.

[Rama]

Jul 27, 2015 18:58:36 GMT -5 @sluttybigb00bz said:

Someone should start a drinking thread I think.

Freaking HELLO!  How are you?  How is everything??  Going smoothly, I hope? <3

[emc]

Jul 27, 2015 18:56:22 GMT -5 icaughtfire said:

I'm sure many of the women here just want to be the type of parent that has a kid.

What a depressing topic for a drinking thread.

Shit, I didn't mean it to be depressing. Sorry guys.

[shemarie82]

No wine tonight, mint chocolate chip ice cream & The Butler

[kawaiikitsune]

Drinking Caffeine-free Coke and working on dinner. H will be working super late tonight so I will be spending time with Sam & Dean.

#notcomplaining #Supernaturalfangirl

[nuggetrn]

Hmmm. I think a lot about doing the things DH and I do now but adding a child in. Seeing new things through their eyes. We went to a company picnic this weekend that was very kid oriented... So we mused about going to that pinic but with a child to enjoy all of the different things.

As for traditions... I am excited to start some Christmas traditions within our own little family. Picking out a tree, having a special breakfast. Stuff like that.

emc I know you did not mean to try to be depressing. Probably not a good "drinking thread" topic... But still an interesting topic to discuss. Thank you for the apology

[requiressnacks]

Basically, I just want to train my future kid to refill my wine glass without spilling.


And I'll take them to NY Jets games.

One of these things was a joke.

[Deleted]

What are everyone's thoughts on turning this into a thread on tradtions and creating a seperate drinking thread?

emc You started the thread. Maybe edit the OP so that reflects that change.

If that's cool with everyone.

[PepperPottsJ]

Jul 27, 2015 19:15:49 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

Basically, I just want to train my future kid to refill my wine glass without spilling.


And I'll take them to NY Jets games.

One of these things was a joke.

hopefully the Jets games?

[nuggetrn]

Jul 27, 2015 19:17:29 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

What are everyone's thoughts on turning this into a thread on tradtions and creating a seperate drinking thread?

emc You started the thread. Maybe edit the OP so that reflects that change.

If that's cool with everyone.

Sounds like a good plan to me.

[emc]

Jul 27, 2015 19:17:29 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

What are everyone's thoughts on turning this into a thread on tradtions and creating a seperate drinking thread?

emc You started the thread. Maybe edit the OP so that reflects that change.

If that's cool with everyone.

I'm on my phone. I edited as best as I could. a mod can try and do better if they do desire.

[rablissful]

We always did Christmas cookie decorating pathos growing up and I'd like to continue that.

And pjs/movie/popcorn/hot chocolate as a Christmas eve gift.

Also doing a scavenger hunt for their Easter baskets with clues in the eggs.

Probably lots of other things that will happen on their own.

Andplusalso going to PATRIOTS games.

[nuggetrn]

Jul 27, 2015 19:52:53 GMT -5 rablissful said:

We always did Christmas cookie decorating pathos growing up and I'd like to continue that.

And pjs/movie/popcorn/hot chocolate as a Christmas eve gift.

Also doing a scavenger hunt for their Easter baskets with clues in the eggs.

Probably lots of other things that will happen on their own.

Andplusalso going to PATRIOTS games.

O, your Easter eggs reminded me... I am excited for our kids to start being a part of the current grandkid's fun. Easter and egg hunting was fun with our nieces and nephew but it will obviously be so much different and so much more fun with kids of our own.

[texteachmom]

We do lots of little things. At Thanksgiving time we visit family in Florida and take a few days to stay at Disney and take in the fun there. Leading up to Christmas, dd likes to look at every Christmas display in every store and I usually let her. Who am I to stop the joy? The night before Christmas we drive around the neighborhood and check out the light displays.

Her favorite regular tradition is Baking Saturday. We'll decide on something fun to bake in the morning and then we head into the kitchen. Some times it's bread and other times it's a treat. We send the leftovers with dh to work.

The tradition I want to start around 5 is a mommy/daughter journal. I want it to be like pen pals and write to each other. I've found kids feel more free writing than talking, so maybe it'll help her.

Eta. Oops. You said one. Sorry!

[ironbaby]

I always want to go pick out a Christmas tree as a family and decorate it together.

I want to have lazy weekend mornings with big breakfasts and dinners at the table.

But mostly, I want to carry on the sense of adventure and exploring that H and I have in our relationship.

[shemarie82]

Nothing special in mind for me. But I am excited for our family Christmas mornings in our home. Since we are the only kidless couple in both families, our Christmas mornings are chaos going to see all the kids. I want to be able to do our own thing!

ETA: Words

[mikaela20]

Jul 28, 2015 9:28:08 GMT -5 ironbaby said:

I always want to go pick out a Christmas tree as a family and decorate it together.

I want to have lazy weekend mornings with big breakfasts and dinners at the table.

But mostly, I want to carry on the sense of adventure and exploring that H and I have in our relationship.

+1 for the lazy weekend breakfasts! My DH either go out for brunch at a local breakfast joint or we make our own big breakfast together eggs, french toast,home fries etc on Sundays. But weekly started turning into biweekly, but I am planning to keep this as a tradition.

[mikaela20]

One of my best childhood memories is baking cakes and cookies with my mom, we did it once a week and it was always the best day for me. Probably why I love baking so much as an adult. I plan to keep this a tradition and do a weekly afternoon of baking with them.

[amparo1981]

I love making photo albums of our trips/experiences. And am aiming to make a family yearbook for every year. Shutterfly is an immense help. So fun reading what was going on during the past years.

[steveo]

Jul 27, 2015 19:00:17 GMT -5 pippacricket said:

Drinking Chardonnay while waiting for my husband to get back from the grocery store. I realized in the middle of cooking that I was missing some pretty essential ingredients.

There's a bunch of traditions I'd like to try but who knows if I'll actually follow through. Primarily I'd like to have some sort of annual family photo. Doesn't need to be formal but at least something to look back on to see how our family looks over the years.

We accidentally started this, but are sticking with it -- we have a set of photos of me, MH and DS1 all in the frame when DS1 is blowing out his birthday candles. I'm sure I'll have to strong arm DS1 into it when he's 16, but it's happening.  (We also have one for DS2 before we lost him, though DS1 did the blowing on his brother's behalf).

In the future -- I just want to create some traditions that are our own as a family, and not just doing what our families are doing (we're really close to our siblings and parents). It's harder than I thought it would be, particularly around the holidays, but also for things like summer long weekends etc.

[Ruca]

I started this last year and will now continue but I bought DD adorable Christmas jammies and gave them to her Christmas Eve. Christmas day she got a doll with the same jammies Now that she has the doll they both will get the jammies Christmas Eve until she's too old for wanting matching jammies with her doll. Pumpkin carving and gingerbread decorating parties, yearly summer trips to the local fair.