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Lessons from Baby’s First Christmas
For the holidays, my husband and I took our 11 week old daughter, Peanut, to the U.S. to meet my family and our friends there. I tried to anticipate how to help Peanut adjust to a complete change from her daily routine of being mostly at home with me. What I was not prepared for, though, were some of my reactions. I have a difficult time still fully comprehending that Peanut is her own albeit…
Holiday Traditions In A Two-Religion House
My last couple of blogs have focused on my two-year old son’s obsession with Santa Claus and experiencing the holiday season through his eyes. For some reason, I find Christmas magical. I don’t quite know what it is, the twinkling lights on Christmas trees and on many houses in our neighborhood, the festiveness of jolly old St. Nick, the joy and wonder in my son’s eyes when we speak of the holiday, or, perhaps it’s…
Breakfast With Santa?
Last week I wrote about my son’s first experience with Santa. Saturday, we were going to have breakfast with Santa in South Pasadena and I wondered if The Littlest E would sit on Santa’s lap for a picture. Would he have a positive encounter? Since we put up our Christmas tree a couple of weeks ago and brought out our holiday books, talk of the Man in Red has been non-stop. Everyday, at least once…
How O’s Saved Santa
I wrote this piece earlier this year. As the holidays are fast approaching, it may be helpful to new moms and dads when their little ones meet the round Man In Red for the first time. “Every Wednesday, my son, The Littlest E, and I take a parenting class. We started it last November after he’d been home from Ethiopia 3 months. It was great because, as a new mom, I was less isolated. There…
First Night Away: German Christmas Markets
For our first overnight outing, we took our seven week old daughter, Peanut, to the Christmas market in Aachen, Germany. We always said that we are not going to be the parents that bend to our daughter’s every need, but who a re we kidding? We chose Aachen because it is the closest Christmas market to the Dutch border. Instead of taking a day trip by train to the markets like half of The Netherlands…
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