At right is the
Christmas Bunny, AKA Grandaughter Molly Kate, with her cousin Stella, our other
four-year old grand, sporting evidence of the banana-split ice cream Baboo
dished out.
Our little part of
the Skupien clan usually celebrates Thanksgiving on the Friday after
Thanksgiving Day. This year, however, the holidays merged a bit. Instead of a
Thanksgiving meal, we shared a light, casual lunch, anticipating the annual
Christmas gathering of our extended family of Skupien relatives Friday evening.
Scheduling was a bit
sudden, which helped increase my enjoyment as I had little time to dither about
what to get for the adults’ Dirty Santa gift exchange or what to bring for the
communal feast. In fact, the younger generation had taken over all the
organizing and we adults and the not-yet-adult cousins had a wonderful time
last night.
Thank you to all the
adult Skupien kids!
We still had time
early Friday afternoon for our grands to play together and to decorate the
Christmas tree, a day-after Thanksgiving tradition now in its third year. More
photos to come on that.
Our blogging
daughter-in-law Katie and I shared a collective moan about how behind we both
are on our respective blogs. Katie does a better job of keeping posts in the
chronological order of special events and every-day moments in her children’s
lives.
But we both blog so
that we don’t forget things. She records memories of what her family is
experiencing in these early days of Molly Kate and Walker’s childhoods. I blog
to record memories of my thoughts and experiences in this retirement stage of
life.
I will eventually
finish posting about our recent travels and at-home observations, hopefully
before we take off on another jaunt planned for early December.
Oh, about that
Christmas bunny in the photo: Donning bunny masks at nearly every visit is a
tradition started and carried forward by our youngest grands. My mother-in-law,
Grandma Sugar, a veteran bargain shopper, gifted the little ones with packs of
the masks several Easters ago. The masks reside with the toys at our house
until grands visit. I am always amazed that the masks have endured so long.
Thank you, Grandma
Sugar for sparking fun and helping your great grandchildren make happy
memories.
Oh, I do wish my grands lived closer. But since the youngest is nearly 12, that sort of fun is past now. They are fun, just not into masks, I suspect!
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear that you and yours had a nice holiday get-together! Wow, another trip planned in December, lucky you :)
ReplyDeletethis is several wonderful family traditions and it is good to record them to jog memories years from now.
ReplyDeleteBlogging is a great way to remember things. Your grandchildren will really appreciate the effort some day, hopefully.
ReplyDeleteHow nice Molly Kate and Stella have each other. Almost like being sisters but better. Dianne