Families, Traditions, Elf, Amber, Cory and Alistur and Felicity

 Families grow year after 

year, you gain and you lose

members along the way, but

the generations keep on growing.

This is my mom, me, Caleb

and his mom, Amber at school when

we went to eat with him on his

7th bday.

This is Amber, her son Caleb, me 

and Calebs first born, Felicity.

One member gone and another

taking her place.

That is how generations grow.

The pics above were taken 23 years

apart. Now keep in mind, 23 yrs ago,

my hair was out of a bottle. Not near as

gray white as it is in the other pic,

but I was in the habit of hitting the

bottle on a regular basis. 

Members change, traditions 

go away, more come to light.

What is a really cool tradition

that you still do now that your 

parents did when you were a kid?

What is a new tradition that

you do with your kids that you 

adopted?

Like for instance, we never did 

a hide a pickle tradition

 when

my kids were young. But moving on 

to adult life and marrying my son

adopted that tradition with his 

in laws. It is not always a pickle but 

a fancy, odd, stick it in the tree and 

hide that ornament from Mom in Law.

I have not asked Cory if this was a thing

when he married into that family or it

this is something he came up with.

A friend had an old version of the Elf

on the Shelve that she had done

for years with her son. I never even

heard of that till my kids were grown.

I did try and adopt this when 

Caleb was little and living with me,

but the home was always 

upside down, busy and it got 

forgotten by the Christmas Tree

(should have said way side but since

we were talking Christmas...you get it,

right).

My elf on the shelve was like 

the one on the end, left side.

Being I am SO BAD at naming

items like homes, cars, 

dogs, kids, etc

I went with the nickname I 

was given at the TBI,

Tink, always full of adventure and

trouble.

Anyway, no clue what happened to it

after I gave it to Amber. 

She is so not like her mom, she 

prob figured she was not getting int

that mess.

Not like me at all.

I love dressing up, not her.

I love wearing jewelry, not her,

I like bling, not her,

I play with my hair and change it up, not her,

I like watermelon, not her...

She has more of her dad's blood, I guess.

Cory on the other hand, it's almost

like I spit him out.

Amber more like dad in 

general, Cory like dad in looks.

Now to leave you with cutness.

Alistur and Felicity.

Have a great day,

Pam