[spaypets]

Our daughter's new, but we're already working on traditions.

Every Friday night we light the Shabbat candles and do the blessings over our daughter, the wine and the challah. Instead of the usual roast chicken, we often have Indian food (she's Indian).

Some time later in the week we have French toast made with the leftover challah.

Also, we try to get to temple as often as possible and after services we have a lunch of bagels and lox.

We will always go to the fair at the end of the summer -- once with my nieces and once with just the our family.

Summers will be filled with trips to the beach.

My fondest childhood tradition is a Columbus Day picnic on the beach and Thanksgiving at my grandparents (of blessed memory).

We're hoping my cousins will continue their tradition of Thanksgiving at their house.

My husband isn't Jewish, so on the first night of Chanukah, I give him a Xmas ornament for his tree. It's usually a train.