Bubby and Sissy Day!! Hurray!

     On Mother's Day I heard a child ask his mom why there is not a children's day. My children asked me the same question when they were about 7 and 8. I tried to explain to them that they get gifts on all the holidays, but they wanted a day just for them. This is how we started celebrating Bubby and Sissy Day. Making traditions was an important part of  their childhood, because in traditions memories are created that will last a life time.

     We decided on a date for that year at the beginning of each summer and chose a date right when they got home from summer camp the first few years. At summer camp there use to be a little store where they could buy each other a gift or I would take them to the Dollar Tree or Walmart.
    
      They were each given no more than $2-$5, it depended on how much I was able to donate, and they were off.  They brought the gifts home and wrapped them and then exchanged them. We celebrated Bubby and Sissy Day for about 9 years of their childhood and it always brings up fond memories and they tell me they will create a holiday for their children when they grow up.
    
      The importance of this "Holiday," to me, was creating a tradition that would produce happy memories. The tradition was not expensive and the kiddos looked forward to it each summer. There were years we would make a cake and cook a special meal.

      Another tradition we did each year began when Dori was about 4 years old. She called Valentine hearts, Happy Hearts because they made her happy. And from that we started having spaghetti because the sauce was red. They were my Valentines and I wanted to make more happy memories in a the traditions we had within our family. There were years I had coupons and we went to Alfredo's in San Bernardino to have really good spaghetti.

      The point I want to make is, traditions bring a family together and the kiddos will remember them when they are grown and probably laugh about them as well. Traditions do not have to cost lot of money and create priceless memories.  I wanted my children to have those memories of their childhood that would bless their heart as adults.

     When you look in the Bible there are traditions for each month of the year. God created them to bring times to remembrance, so the Hebrew's would not forget who God is. I took the premise  of God wanting HIS children to not forsake traditions and made my own for my Familyx3!

Eze 16:62

And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD: