I can't believe it's nearly Christmas! Is it just me, or did time go by too quickly?
As I've mentioned before, my family has many traditions. One of my favorites is birthday cakes.
When my oldest was one, I took her to the party store and had her pick a theme for her first birthday party. When she selected Elmo, I bought the matching cake pan. The following year, I did the same for her second birthday. She again picked Elmo.
I made a decision at that moment to start a new tradition. When each of my children turn one, they pick their cake pan and each year, I make that child the same cake. Even when they leave home for college, I will continue to make that cake for their birthdays.
But, what does that have to do with our holiday traditions?
One year, one of my children suggested we make a birthday cake for Jesus. They selected a star and we used gold glitter dust on vanilla frosting to make it shine. And, like the rest of the birthdays in our family, it has become a birthday tradition.
We eat the cake with our Christmas Eve supper, even if we don't eat at home. This year, at the request of my niece, we made a Jesus birthday cake for our family celebration at the beginning of the month.
However, as we move toward the end of the year, I'd love to know:
Ashleigh's Reading Challenge
Some of our readers have met their goal.
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A summer of kayaking sounds perfect. Until the lake monster appears.
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At least she knows how to set up camp at night. Unlike her co-worker. Though Clay may be captain of the crew team, she could teach him a thing or two about spending the night in a sleeping bag.
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Little did I know that a mischievous tabby cat would become my ticket to freedom, using his uncanny ability to grant me visions and help me solve a perplexing murder where I’m the prime suspect!
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After inheriting Mr. Livingston’s mansion and solving the death of his estate lawyer, I’ve settled in Picklesquare quite nicely as Detective Grey’s partner against crime.
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I thought my days of unraveling mysteries were behind me, but when the Mayor of Picklesquare calls me in the dead of night, I'm plunged into a new enigma that sends chills down my spine.
A murder has tainted the hallowed halls of the Picklesquare Museum of History, and a priceless artifact has vanished without a trace.
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