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Your Traditions & Rituals
the whole family
Birthday Morning Breakfast
Whoever's birthday it is gets to pick every meal of the day — no negotiating. Breakfast is usually donuts or the birthday waffle.
Lily
First Day of School Photos — Same Spot
Same front porch step, same angle, every year since kindergarten. Lily has started to notice she's getting taller in the frame.
with Dad
Homecoming Tailgate
Every year since college. The same parking spot if we can get it, the same cooler, the same argument about what time to arrive.
Lily
Last Day of School Celebration
Ice cream, no schedule, a small gift. Whatever Lily wants for dinner. Started as a way to mark the transition.
the whole family
New Year's Eve Movie Marathon
The same three movies, in the same order, since Lily was old enough to stay up past ten. She picks the snacks now.
with Mom
Mom's Birthday Flower Errand
Every year — flowers, her favorite bakery, no agenda. Started when Grandma Jean was still here. Kept going after.
Lily
Report Card Dinner
Not about the grades — about the effort. Lily picks the restaurant. We ask her what she's most proud of.
traditions & moments
Your Holidays
summer
Fourth of July on the Lake
Every year the same dock, the same blankets, the same argument about where to sit to see the fireworks best.
autumn
Thanksgiving
There is a standing dispute about the pumpkin pie. It has been ongoing for eleven years. This is, everyone agrees, part of the point.
winter
Christmas Eve
The oyster stew is always on the stove before anyone arrives. It's not Christmas Eve without it — even the people who don't eat oysters agree.
spring
Easter Morning Tradition
What happens every year that would be missed if it didn't? Add what makes this one yours.