PAINT THE TOWN

Highs and lows of holiday traditions

12/17/2012
BY REBECCA CONKLIN KLEIBOEMER
BLADE STAFF WRTIER
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    • With a 7-month-old baby and a 16-year-old teenager in our family, the holidays are an interesting spectrum of joy.

    We're celebrating all of Max's "first" moments while we're encouraging Gabe to begin appreciating the traditions from a cultured adult perspective. And like all parenting moments, there are a few exasperated sighs mixed in with all of the laughter and smiles.

    Taking the baby to see Santa was a barely fun moment filled with tears and stress.

    Read more about our visit with Father Christmas on Paint the Town.