Christmas Traditions

Every year the kids and I sit around the table and make Christmas cookies. As the kids grow and mature I notice the differences in them and how the like to enjoy Christmas but they always enjoy this activity. Aiden is still so full of excitement and joy and cant wait to decorate, for him it is about color and sprinkles, for Kenzie it a precise art and making sure it looks just right, for Dalton well he just really wants to eat it, Hunter wants to make it look good but more so would like to just get it done To Avery each cookie is a masterpiece I am not sure she will ever eat hers. And then we always make chocolate covered pretzel rods, my favorite and sooo yummy and they freeze so well, so they can be enjoyed later throughout the year.  You know this activity really doesnt take that much time, so I wonder why we dont take more time out of our days and do more of these family activities together.  I have really enjoyed McKenzie being home for Christmas Break it has kinda been like old times, it is hard to believe that things will never be the same, with her being away for her last years of high school and then off to college this is really it, I can only hope that she will come home for a year or two after college but I know McKenzie well and she is very independent and a strong girl who will take this world by the horns and I know she is ready, but it still makes me sad, my baby girl is grown up, and I really miss her, I hope she knows how much I Love her and Cherish her and always will!!! As I do all of my kids, I am soo not ready to let go of my babies. So I guess this time of year we all should cherish the time we have with our loved ones. I dont know if I do everything right, but I know that I am doing my best and I hope that , that is good enough, so in years to come I hope my kids (all of them) come home and keep the traditions going.