Christmas Memories
I’m having a busy week at Mom Most Traveled! I’m hosting a Tea Party with tons of prizes just for women (no baby stuff this time!).
Today we are sharing about our families and Christmases past.
This is us about one year ago. We haven’t posted for a family picture since then! Whoops! Now the boys are bigger, Nick has short hair, and I’m thinner (hey, I was like 4 months postpartum in this photo; go easy on me!)
This is a vintage blog post, circa Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005
We opened gifts on Christmas eve. That didn’t take long, because Jonas had 4 gifts, I had one, and Nick didn’t have any. But don’t feel sorry for him, because he just recently got a new set of golf clubs that were expensive. We both have everything we want and need.
Jonas got a really cute Santa hat from my friend Jenny’s mom in Washington state.
Here he is playing with his plastic tigers, shape sorter, and train. He likes the tigers a lot and carries the shape sorter around by the handle, but he isn’t too into the train.
A few minutes after gift time, Papa and Jojo had to do some work on his new bike. They were busy doing that for a while.
At a lull in the action, Jonas went off to ride his old tricycle, and fell off of it backwards into the steps on the porch, which resulted in some bleeding from the head, which made me feel queasy. But he recovered quickly.
The day after Christmas, our neighbor gave Jojo a little basketball goal. I had to blow up that little toy basketball myself by sticking the needle in and blowing it up with my mouth. The needle wouldn’t fit on the pump.
This is my Christmas present from Nick. There were 2 more but I ate them before the photo session. My parents gave me money, too.
I feel like we had a fun and meaningful Christmas. I know most people get a lot more gifts than we gave to Jojo, and I wonder if he will feel deprived later in life…
So, fast forward, Jojo is 4 now and we have a new little one, 14-month-old Deeds. Christmas will still be simple this year, but I still LOVE it!
What do you think of our simple Christmas? I would love to hear your opinions.
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12 November 2008, 7:11 pm
Nice Christmas memory. I ‘ve done the needle blowing up thingie too; I nearly passed out!
I’m looking forward to seeing this years too!
12 November 2008, 7:30 pm
You have a cute family! And, you look wonderful for 4 months PP…you should see my pic 4 months PP-lol!
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12 November 2008, 7:32 pm
I love your pictures! Your boys are so cute. My boys are the same age - 4 and 14 months. They are so much fun! I think that is the cutest Santa hat I have ever seen. I also love the picture of your son investigating the bike. They are precious!
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12 November 2008, 7:52 pm
You look great- four months PP or not!
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12 November 2008, 7:53 pm
I think kids get (and expect) waaaay too much! I’m not a dream/wish-fulfiller. We don’t spend or give near as much as other families we know, and I’m okay with that. I’m not raising greedy little monsters, either!
12 November 2008, 8:14 pm
I prefer a simple Christmas! It makes me sad to see a child enthralled with a gift when someone shoves something else in their face.
12 November 2008, 8:18 pm
I Love that Santa hat!
12 November 2008, 8:22 pm
The pics are great! How cool is that bike? I love it!
12 November 2008, 8:24 pm
GREAT pictures! I love where he’s “working” on his bike!
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12 November 2008, 8:28 pm
awww I love the picture of him working on his bike, just precious!
Happy Holidays!
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12 November 2008, 8:41 pm
I love the “working on the bike” photo too! I think your Christmas is great! I love simple!
12 November 2008, 9:05 pm
Aaah….What a beautiful family. I love the blonde hair.
12 November 2008, 9:11 pm
How cute. I love that Santa hat!
12 November 2008, 9:33 pm
I think simple a Christmas makes for the best memories! We seem to have so much going on, I hope all slows down and we can really enjoy the holiday.
BTW, your photos are wonderful & your family is beautiful!
12 November 2008, 9:34 pm
That is a nice story, I want to do it simple to, buy my husband likes to spoil the kids because the grandparents are MIA
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12 November 2008, 9:36 pm
I want a simple Christmas like yours! Unfortunately it is my husbands fave holiday and he wants to give everyone we know something, and TONS of stuff to Daniel. That’s ok everyone is getting a LOT of homemade items this year.
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12 November 2008, 10:33 pm
LOVE the picture of Jonas fixing the bike. You look awesome after only four months - take back that apology!
12 November 2008, 10:44 pm
I think simple Christmas’ are the best. My most memorable one was our first Christmas as a family. It was just Ava, Hubs and Me! I even cooked dinner and it tasted great. I was so proud of myself. Your family is beautiful and your pictures are amazing.
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12 November 2008, 10:53 pm
Lovely family!
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12 November 2008, 11:35 pm
Aww, what a fun Christmas! I can’t believe you blew up a whole basketball by mouth! Ugh, I can’t even imagine. I’m sure your little guy loved it though! Happy Holidays!
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12 November 2008, 11:54 pm
You have a beautiful family. I love Santa hat picture!
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13 November 2008, 12:13 am
Love the “mechanic” photo!!! so cute!!
13 November 2008, 1:15 am
A simple Christmas is the best kind. It isn’t suppose to be about the gifts, but the time with family. I always do Christmas as simple as possible. My parents spoiled my son his first Christmas and bought him so much. He never played with even half of it. It was such a waste.
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13 November 2008, 1:25 am
What lovely photos and memories. I love seeing Jojo as a baby. He reminds me so much of Soren. I think our Christmas will be like yours, where Soren gets one present and the same for each of us. We hope to do a simple Christmas every year.
And congrats on being a VIP blogger!
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13 November 2008, 1:49 am
i think you look wonderful in that family photo! Jonas Santa hat is really cute!
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13 November 2008, 2:49 am
Such precious pictures of your family and kids! I love them!
13 November 2008, 4:10 am
Such fun photos! THanks for sharing!
13 November 2008, 4:21 am
Your boys are so cute. I wish Deaky and Jasper could play together one of these days.
13 November 2008, 4:59 am
What a sweet Family.
13 November 2008, 5:11 am
Great family pic. I love the santa hat and those are the cutest pictures of you little boy fixing his bike.
13 November 2008, 5:44 am
I love the simple Christmas. I’d much rather buy my kids just a few toys they love than a whole bunch they’ll toss aside in a couple months.
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13 November 2008, 6:56 am
That’s so cute how he’s trying to fix up his own bicycle
13 November 2008, 3:00 pm
Thank you for sharing such treasured memories. The photos are priceless.
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13 November 2008, 8:38 pm
What a beautiful family!! Thanks for sharing the old blog post, too!
16 November 2008, 5:05 am
Hey my favorite CanCan! Ok.. I understand what you are saying about being deprived. My children get a decent amount of gifts, but they only get one gift per family member (Which in the scheme of things is 7 gifts, and one from Santa) So I hope they never even think to complain. I mean.. Honestly.. if they don’t know what others are doing, then I’m sure they do not think it’s a deprivation issue.
We also celebrate Yule so they get a handmade/spiritual gift every year, so they have a lot of celebrations and soul warming experiences. As long as they are loved, I am sure they do not care and will remember the holidays fondly!