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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love this post!

I also don’t think you’ll know what makes your home “home” to your kids until they’re adults and become nostalgic. That said, here’s what made my parent’s home a “home” when I was growing up in the 80s:

-Kerosene heater was on most winter days (probably not safe, lol, but a very good memory for me).  As a parent now, I run the fireplace often

-homemade pizza on special occasion weekends

-a peaceful home where my parent’s loved each other, and never argued in front of us

-screened in deck to relax on

-a clean house.  My dad is a neat freak. Beds were always made and the house was immaculate

-and then just the sameness of the home. My parent’s make the same warm breakfast on Saturday’s and Sunday’s (pancakes and egg sandwiches, respectively).  I can still walk into their home on Sunday at 7 and know that they’ll be eating breakfast, drinking coffee, and reading the paper.

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I love this! Makes me want to implement a hot breakfast tradition for my kids. I think there is also something to your house being something kids are proud of. Not nice or huge but having a place for their things, displaying things that are important to them, and keeping it clean and ready for friends. Kids doing chores adds to this sense of ownership.[/quote]

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