Parenting Australia

Parenting Australia blogger, Natalie Giddings, shares some of her family's traditions and considers what makes them so special.

What traditions does your family follow?

Click here to read Natalie's blog post.

Ours are around food too. Christmas lunch will forever be a roast pork, chicken and baked ham - in the heat of summer. We will go for a swim after and just about pass out come dinnertime which is leftovers with salad.

When we were kids, My parents put us in the car and we would drive, have lunch a look around and fall asleep in the car on the way home. I am just starting this with my kids now. We went out to the waterfront two sundays ago and this sunday I think it will be newfarm. We were lucky as kids to live all over the country so we did get to see quite a bit, well most of the coast from Canberra to Cairns.

Today I even purchased a 4 seater fold out picnic table to take with us. I was so excited I set it up out the back.

I hope that in years to come my kids look back and think wow, family day was great. even if we do what my dad did and take us to St Lawrence for the day (nothing there at all). LOL. Memories.