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… to start our Christmas season off.
Jeramy had the day off yesterday and that usually means we are cleaning or doing nothing all day. I didn’t want to waste the day… Shopping was out of the picture, so what were we to do? I’m always down for a photo shoot, but I don’t always have willing subjects. 😉 I try to mask it as, “Let’s go for a walk!” And all I get is the backs of my family. 🙁 I suggested we do something creative and Jeramy immediately suggested we write a Christmas song.The kids were IN! Whoo hoo!
Please don’t think it was like the Partridge Family or Brady Bunch. It was not. 😉
We sat down at the table brainstorming ideas while Jeramy gathered his guitar and recording equipment. During that time we laughed and learned good lessons about teasing and rolling eyes, forgiveness and moving on… good stuff. I learned that we need to do projects like this more often. Wanna know how I came to that conclusion? Working together was pretty rough. 😉 I was having a hard time to not knocking their heads together and they had a hard time not rolling their eyes. I’m a firm believer that when something is challenging, you need to practice it. 😉
I finally got out coloring books and hot coco. That was when it got better! 😉
We wrote down what we all love about Christmas and what we think of when we think of Christmas at the Sossamans. Just a bit of what we wrote down:
Love
Church
Getting the Christmas tree
Cookies parties
Mistletoe
Christmas songs
Chocolate advent calendars
Momma using real ribbon like Nanna
Christmas lights
Decorating the house
Eggnog Latte’s
Friends
Christmas Barbies
Hot coco in our Christmas mugs
Boat Parade
Christmas books
Food
and
Larry’s Christmas Count down
As well as recalling lots of fun Christmas memories… Its fun to hear what the kids remember. I often wonder what the kids actually remember vs. what they just recall from looking at pictures from past Christmases. Hummm…
Anyhow! Hope you enjoyed our song. Maybe take the time this year to write a poem together? Make something? Get creative this year! Do you have a thing you all do as a family? I want to hear what you do!
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