Since 1991 my mom and her sisters have had an official Sisters weekend each February. Her sisters, sister-in-laws, and mother get together sans children for a long weekend of talking, eating, and staying up much too late. She was always so excited to be with her sisters!
Now I know why! My sisters and mom had our first Sisters week last year. This is our second year--and we love it!
One of the fun traditions we have copied from the "Original Sisters" is Sisters gifts. We bring one of our favorite things to share with our sisters.
I was so excited about mine. I brought a Bee Bar-- a delicious smelling hand lotion in bar form. As a flight attendant I am very sympathetic to the no-liquid rule for travelers. At least my sisters won't have to worry about their lotion being confiscated by TSA!
I also brought my latest addiction to share-- Panda's licorice. (licorice and raspberry flavors).
Rebecca gave really great magnetic measuring spoons--they stick together, making them easy to find, but also easy to wash separately. So handy!
Emily made us fun and creative magnets. I am excited to make a magnet board to display them on.
Annie gave us real fresh water pearl necklaces!! She has an amazing story of how she got each one of them FREE for us. She is so Linford! So gutsy of her. You'll have to read her blog post about that!
Mom brought several fun things. During my 2 months of baby recovery, at home in CA, we had gotten the idea to make aprons! Mom is quite the seamstress (Emily appreciated the french seams)! We chose the material together, Mom bought the material, cut them, and did all of the sewing, and I did all of the ironing. So, I felt somewhat vested in them. Here we are shortly after having finally finished 14 of them (for her sisters also!):
She also made each of us her signature book-stay-opener and gave us another charm for our charm bracelets. Our first one last year was an initial for our first name. This year she gave us one that says "Sisters" on it. I will wear it proudly!
Here we are with our fun prizes!
Emily , Rebecca, Annie, Mom, Me
We were lucky to have Emily (Rebecca's sister) here for our Sisters get together!
We missed having Ofelia here! She and her family are in Honduras for the year. Fun for them...sad for us!
I can't believe how fast you got this all recorded! I miss you so much, the house was much to quiet this morning. I can't wait for the next sisters!
ReplyDeleteWe really missed having Ofelia here. Correction - L worked on the aprons as much as I did. She just had a different role. She was busy for all of the 40 plus hours. But it was FUN!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for everything! I'm getting things together to send to you too! I haven't forget my presents, sorry is taking too long but you'll have them someday ;) Love ya!
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