Traditions

Every year for my dad's birthday party, we gather to make korv. My dad has become quite infamous for his cooking this year. Not only did 14 people want to come to his lutefisk lunch (willingly) but his recipe for korv is being published in a cookbook for WTTW. It's always such a fun gathering. Now that the kids are getting older, they are really getting into it... literally getting in to it. But that's what you have to do to make korv... get into it.

First birthday

December 19th was Axel's first birthday. He's not a baby any more. :(

The Saturday before my sister threw a party of him. It was mostly Ander's friends. Picture 15 kids running around. crazy! but everyone had a great time. Of course aside from opening presents the most fun is eating birthday cake. Axel started off very meticulously. Using his left hand pointer finger picked each of the individual sprinkles off before touching the cake. It did take him a few bites before he shoved the whole cupcake in his mouth destroying it. Before and after pictures.

Traditions

We added a new tradition to our Christmas eve dinner this year. A couple months ago a very good friend of my mom's passed away. My mom and a few other friends got together and decided to carry on a Christmas tradition of her family's in her honor. At the dinner table each person gets a candle. One person starts by taking the candle of the person to the right of them, lighting it, and saying a blessing for the person who the candle belongs. That person in turn takes the candle of the person to their right and repeats this. It goes around the table until all the candles are lite and each person has been blessed. It was a beautiful sight to have all the candles lite and you couldn't help but feel blessed.