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- Snowflake & Snowman
Snowflake and Snowman made their triumphant return on December 1st after our return from Idaho. Jude was laid sleepily on the couch and was dozing when suddenly we heard him hollering, “Hey guys! Guess who is back!!! SNOWFLAKE AND SNOWMAN!!!” While Bradley and I emptied the car we kept seeing our kids interacting in different […]
- Tradition: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
It’s Lj tradition that every year on the morning after Thanksgiving we Lj’s fling ourselves into our car and race at breakneck speed to downtown Seattle to see the Macy’s Parade. We are always late. Always. One would think that after all these years, after all the traffic jams, after all the silent tension that […]
- Books
This December we’ve decided to start a new tradition.  Last year I read about a family who ended each December day with a book and hot cocoa by candle light. This mom had taken the time to wrap 24 Christmas books and each night one of her children chose one from the collection. Together they […]
- Advent
When I was little, December was accompanied by a sound that, to this day, is evocative of those peppermint taffy candies that have a little tree in the center. The sound is of a big jingle bell banging against a door. The reason is because of the advent calendar that my mom made for each […]
