I guess they got to mulling a little bit as well, and so they asked me to send over about 20 examples of the kinds of photos I would put in the book if we went the photo route.

Some traditions, like bundling up to go skating (or just sliding around) on the creek, or taking pictures in Santa hats are just so much better for everyone now that we’ve got Jack around to make us all laugh.But some things, like decorating the perfect tree or doing most Christmas crafts, are pretty darn near impossible.

All parents of toddlers are nodding their heads right now.We’ve never really gone out driving around to look at Christmas lights, but last year it seemed like the perfect activity one boring Friday night, mostly because little baby Jack could sleep in his car seat the whole time and we could all relax.It turned out to be really fun for everyone with Christmas music on the radio and drive-thru hot chocolates.

That’s definitely one we’ll be adding to our bucket list again this year.I can’t wait to see what other fun things we’ll come up with as the years go by and we have another family member who’s able to voice an opinion about something other than wanting to see more tractors!

(Fact: toddler boys really love tractors.

Maybe this will be a show for him too!)Not that this craft takes six years to make, it’s actually more of a 10 minute project, really, but I actually made this Easter topiary six years ago!

And I’ve yet to share it with you.Can you believe it?

So today I’m making things right..I was going through my Easter stuff a few days ago and I realized that there weren’t many things in there that I really felt like pulling out this year.