The Circle E Life

If you are anything like me, and I bet there are quite of few of you out there who are, you are a PLANNER! I am a PLANNER! I have a plan A, B, C…and every plan has a backup plan! And with kids, work, business, church and the farm, we need somewhere to write it all down just to keep our heads above the water!

I have a giant wall calendar near the kitchen where everything gets written. I have an extensive calendar on my phone that helps me control my life and there have been various planners through the years. I am one of those people that remember things by writing them down. So sometimes, I even just make notes on post-its just to secure my thoughts!

Does your family have traditions? Are there traditions that you have started with your children or activities that you did as a child and now you do those things with your kids?

We are a family of many traditions. I blame that fact on myself. I thrive on things staying the same and having a plan and a routine. My kids are much the same. Growing up and even still, they need to know the plan for the day. As babies, they were better when the routine was in place. Our daughter is the die hard traditionalist though. It doesn’t matter how old she is, she doesn’t like things changing.

Take Christmas decorations for example. When the kids were young, I bought a snowman Christmas countdown calendar. It’s a giant snowman and he has a pocket for every day in December. There is a small snowman and he gets moved everyday to the corresponding pocket for every day in the month. When the kids were small, they fought over and tried to take turns to move the snowman every day. These days, with 2 kids no longer living at home, that snowman countdown still better be hung up when they come in. My daughter would flip out if it wasn’t!