Holiday Traditions
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What to Put in Plastic Easter Egg for 1 Year Old
Asked by J.S. from Los Angeles
on March 26, 2009
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My granny loves to do an egg hunt for Easter. She uses the plastic eggs and even though she's in the hospital right now (we're hoping she is out in time) we'd still li...
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- How about Gerber graduates snack items Just a thought!
- Hi! I'm late in responding and don't have time to read all the posts so please forgive me if I repeat something. One of my favorite things is to buy fun children's s...
- My daughter at that age didnt care if there was anything inside. She just enjoyed toddling around to find them. However, stickers are always good. You can also put ...
25 Days of Christmas - Any Suggestions?
Asked by T.O. from Chicago
on November 18, 2009
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I read about a "tradition" to start with kids...having 25 days of "special" Christmas activities -
- making cookies 1 day -making paper garland -decorating ...
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- Trader Joe's has chocolate advent calendars for 99 cents each. I bought one for each of my girls. We also have an advent tree (table centerpiece size). I bought it ...
- The poster below was right in that you should be careful about "traditions" that you start. Here are 2 that we do at our home. they can be as low key or as lavish a...
- Oh, be careful about the bars you set! I am amazed at the things I do once that my kids remember as a "tradition" they are cheated of if I don't do them again every ye...
We're Drowning in Toys
Asked by A.S. from Los Angeles
on April 5, 2007
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My daughters second birthday is coming up and it is family tradition to have big parties. I'm wondering if anyone has a tactful way to discourage people from buying t...
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- Hey A.! This may sound diferent but have you thought about asking family and friends to donate to a college savings plan for your daughter? I wish I had started that i...
- I have learned that there is no way to discourage gift giving. no matter what you try. You could put in the invitation that you would like to instill the gift of givin...
- You've probably gotten lots of good advice on this one already, but just in case any of my ideas haven't already been covered: 1. Have the party guests bring somethin...
Ham and Black Eye Peas
Asked by S.A. from Cheyenne
on December 28, 2010
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Moving on to the next holiday....My hubby and his family have always had blackeye peas on new year day. Since my side of the family have no such tradition for new year...
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- I make Texas Caviar with my black eye peas. I cook them until they are firm to the bite, remove from heat, drain, rinse with cold water. then after they are drained ...
- my in-laws also do black-eyed peas for "good luck" thru the new year. They also do pickled herring (gag)....as did my grandparents. As for the actual origin of t...
- Here down south it's Blackeyed peas for luck and greens for money. Here's some background on it from the southeast. The practice of eating black-eyed peas for lu...
Childs Christmas
Asked by T.M. from Lansing
on December 11, 2008
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I want to ask the divorced mom's out there what they do for the Christmas holiday. Do you tell your kids that santa comes on x-mas eve and Christmas to both parents ho...
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- My ex and I worked it out that the year he has them for Christmas then he is "Santa" and then the same for me. It is less confusing for the kids and finacially helpfu...
- I am divorced "santa" doesn't bring presents to my girls ex's house because he is too cheap to buy more then 1 gift each. However, "santa" brings presents to both hou...
- yes I do. If he's with me...his dad will usually call Christmas morning, and say "hey, santa left some stuff for you over here" and get him all excited about going th...
Mother In-law Question
Asked by J.A. from Hartford
on October 4, 2010
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My mother in-law and I haven't been on great terms since the birth of our first child 6 yrs ago. She was so excited and so focused about being a grandparent for the f...
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- Gosh, I can so sympathize with you. if i were to be told my MIL will come stay with us for xmas i think i'd die. i wouldn't know what to do. i think your compromise is...
- How about sitting down with your husband, and maybe agreeing that the day after Christmas she can visit. That way you don't have to stop the tradition you already have...
- Despite how you feel about your mother in law, I don't see how her presense gets in the way of the Christmas morning tradition. My father in law sometimes comes for C...
Easter for a 15-Month Old
Asked by K.C. from Elkhart
on March 18, 2008
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Just curious if you moms have any innovative ideas about what could be done to make Easter exciting for my toddler. I want him to enjoy the holiday without loading him...
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- My son was 11 months at easter and I also did not want a ton a sugar. (gramas do enough of that) For his basket I bought spring shapes grahm crackers ( we got bug one...
- Hi K.! My son was almost 15 months last year for Easter. I didn't give him any candy! I bought large tye dyed eggs and filled them with his favorite things at the t...
- We usually buy like puddings,applesauses, and jellos. We even buy fruit juices. We also fruit snacks.
Christmas Eve Ideas
Asked by W.R. from Norfolk
on November 9, 2008
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Over the past 14 years, my husband and I have hosted Christmas at our house a few times. We have never been able to figure out what to do for Christmas Eve. Our time...
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- Growing up we always had a nice hot dinner normally a roast lamb and played games and had family time. Then as we got older and my siblings started to get married and ...
- W.~ Our traditional Christmas Eve dinner is Lasagna!!! I love it b/c it's totally opposite of what we'll be eating on Christmas Day! My mom always makes homemade la...
- Hello, my parents always had a huge Christmas eve get together for all of the extended family at their house. Here's what we always did. Christmas eve, everyone would ...
Any Other Families Play 'Spoons'??
Asked by K.I. from Los Angeles
on December 3, 2012
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Hi All,
We had a big family game of Spoons last night! This game has been a family tradition of ours my whole life. I couldn't help myself from wondering how many oth...
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- Man I havn't played that in forever, I will have to play that with the kids sometime!
- I totally forgot about that game. Thanks for reminding me! I'll have to build that into our repertoire. For years and years, our goto card games were Hearts and Euc...
- Spoons is a blast! It's the only time I remember seeing my uncle flying across the table and taking out his son ;-) We play now when we get together with my brother...
Black Friday
Asked by J.W. from St. Louis
on November 4, 2011
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Ever since my older daughter was five we have done black Friday together. She is now 21. Last year we didn't. We saw no reason because all the merchants killed blac...
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- I'd rather sleep than participate in Black Friday.
- I went last year with my sisters and I couldn't really buy anything because I was in Maryland with them and I live in Texas and couldn't get it back home. I love it a...
- I did black Friday last year with my sister. It was the first time for both of us. We went out of curiosity more than anything...we wondered about all the hype and s...
