Family Traditions

Sunday evening is quite often family night and this week after dinner we decided to play a family game favorite, train dominoes. It was one of those evenings that you see on those commercials that show a idealic family sitting around the table enjoying each others company. We chatted, played and laughed at silly family jokes until tears ran from my eyes and my sides hurt.

Every family has a number of sometimes quirky traditions and we are no exception. Keeley and I have been going to a certain tea shop once a month since she was three years old, we all take the first really snowy day of the year off from school or work and have a sleep-over in the livingroom at least once every summer and winter. One custom that we cannot wait to do again this year is to indulge in making crazy and unique snowmen. In previous years we have created entire snow families-mom, dad and children, or sometimes large dogs and cats. Last year we created Winnie the Pooh during one snowfall and then during a later one we created two of our cats sitting on the hood of our vehicle as well as a snowman who had been hit by the car and was laying injured in front of the vehicle.

This particular family tradition started years ago with my love of Calvin and Hobbes so I thought I would share some of the cartoons that have inspired us. I don't know what we have planned this year but when we do get out in the snow to create some kind of art we'll be sure to share photos!
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