I spent the day today with my family at Lion Country Safari and I can still remember going their myself as a child.  I am happy to say that today was still a great memory as my previous ones as a child!  As I was forming new memories with my children it got me thinking about traditions and how they are important to us.  I can remember having my grandparents over for Friday night dinners as a child and when I got older, I would go out to breakfast with them every Saturday.  Of course, I did not always enjoy getting up for breakfast or missing things on a Friday night but I do believe that the foundation that these traditions established for me as helped me as an adult.

My children are still young, so we do not have that many traditions as a family yet but after today, I would like that to change.  We do eat breakfast together every morning and meal time is always a time for us to connect.  We cannot always eat together of course but when we do, it is family time.  I think we need to put down our phones, ipads, televisions, etc and work on connecting as a family more.  I know that I benefited from it as a child and I can only hope that I can pass down those same values to my children.

Traditions can be anything that you do as a family.  It does not have to be something that you did as a child but just something to connect as a family.  I would love to hear about your traditions and how they have helped you connect with your family.