Traditions

Now that we have a family Gaetan and I were thinking about what sorts of traditions we wanted to start.  We did the Korean first birthday for Tristan, and hopefully with Lucy we will have our act together and get her 100 day celebration in as well!  Because those are cultural Korean traditions I asked him what some Belgian ones where.  He said that on New Year's Eve they do a big family meal and stuff like we do for Thanksgiving or Christmas or something.  So this year, I thought we would give it a try!

We unfortunately didn't get to do it on New Year's Eve this year, so we did it on New Year's instead.  We invited my parents, his parents and my brother over for dinner.  I started making a few appetizers the night before and then did the rest of the cooking today!  We had quite the spread... and I think everybody had a good time.  There are lots of leftovers!  I enjoyed it because I LOVE to cook, and I like hanging out with family.  :)  I think it will be a fun tradition for years to come.

There is also another tradition that a good friend of mine does with her family.  At the beginning of the year they all pick a day throughout the year that isn't their birthday and they get to do special things on that particular day.  I think that would be a fun tradition to start!  :)

JVG