Ah, Sunday morning traditions. I remember, when I was growing up Sunday mornings were crazy. Mom and my eldest sisters trying to get us all fed dressed and out to church. I am not sure how they accomplished that. Especially, what I call a holiday Sunday. Those were the Sundays that an actual holiday fell on. Mom always made a special breakfast for those occasions. They always started off with half a grapefruit sprinkled with sugar, then came the "sugared cereal". You knew it was a special day when the surgared cereal came out. Sure beat the cream of wheat or the porridge routine. Then came the scrambled eggs and sausage and toast. Gosh I loved those mornings. So after devouring the breakfast everyone would be frantically running around the house getting dressed for church. Do you have any idea what it is like sharing a bathroom with 5 older sisters. I didn't see much mirror time. Thank god mom always had us wearing hats to church. I think this would be a great spot to post a picture of us in our Sunday best. Oh my goodness when I look back on some of those pictures it just makes me laugh. This picture was taken in 1964, my youngest brother wasn't even born here. That's me on my mom's lap. What a crew, can you imagine trying to get this group moving on a Sunday morning....LOL
Do any of you know what I am talking about? Your Sunday morning traditions or routines. It's funny how we become creatures of habit. I mean now, I can't think of starting my day without my piece of my multi grain toast. The sound of the washing machine going and music playing on my computer.
I can only imagine my girls memories. I to had them dress for all occasions. It just wasn't Easter Sunday with out your white gloves, and bonnets. I was trying to find some pictures to share. Maybe next time. Do you remember Sunday dinners at grandma's? Again, you had to dress up, no jeans allowed was the rule and heaven forbid you tried to show some self expression.
Ah, Sunday's the only day of the week I can remember my dad taking half day off.
"Tradition! Tra di tion!" Think Fiddler on the Roof......they make for fond memories.
Have a great Sunday all!!!
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OMG, 12 children in the family!!!! I'm sure you have plenty of memories to pass around to us.
You might wish to read my post from this afternoon. You might see your mom in a different light after you read it. How did she do it all?
Thank you, Mary Anne, for sharing this delightful Sunday afternoon post. Yes, we will all think of how we spent our Sundays and maybe we will write about them.
Priceless picture and post Mary Anne...
Great post for a Sunday afternoon. Your memories are very similar to mine, except you had almost four times as many children in your family (we had just 3)
Thanks for sharing fun memories!!
my very good friend always says you never really know a family until you spend sunday morning with them. nice post.
Wow! That's quite a family! How sweet you all look. I'm sure it was quite a strugle to get that pic!! ha. Thanks for showing us. How special. (My dad always cooked Sunday breakfast and then we all would jump on the coach and read the paper with him!)
Oh.My.Word!!! And I think I have it rough trying to get 3 ready! Good grief!! I think I'd have church at home! LOL!
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Mary Anne, what a great post and picture. So many brothers and sisters you had. I wonder how your mom did it all?
I too have some Sunday memories I will share one day. Going to grandma's was certainly one of them. Thanks for reminding me of it!...:)
I'm finally catching up on everyone's blogs...so sorry I didn't get back to you right away about how to change the background on your blog! First, go to http://www.glitter-graphics.com/ and click on "backgrounds" in the links they have on the lefthand side. You'll see they have pages and pages of backgrounds to choose from, complete with the code for you to copy and paste into your template. Once you have the code, go to your Dashboard's Template in Blogger...scroll down until you find where it says: background-attachment:fixed;)(on mine it's a little more than halfway down)....right after that I pasted the code and it worked!! Always preview first though to make sure...if it's not right then click on Clear Edits. Never publish unless you've previewed it first!! I hope this has been of some help! Loved reading about your Sunday memories...love the picture too! Can't even imagine being a family of 12!!! My memories were of always going to church then coming home for a big lunch:-) Hugs!
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