Emily has been very "into" Christmas this year. She has loved helping me decorate and all that. My Christmas tree will never be found in Southern Living or House Beautiful. It has no theme, nothing too pleasing to the eye, BUT it is special to me because I use all sorts of ornaments on it. Ornaments I made with my Grandmother, old ornaments we had growing up, ones I got from kids when I taught, ones from friends and ornament exchanges. I can remember something about most every one.
I believe Emily has touched EVERY ornament this year. She has broken 4 of them in the past 24 hours.
Yesterday I hear, "MOOOOOOMMM, OHHHHH LOOOOOK, this snowman looks just like you holding Kristen! OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!................it looks like you!!!!!!!!!!! "
What do you say to that?????
I DO have very very white skin and get bigger as I go down. I smile big too. Who knows?
Emily has been wanting bows for the tree. I told her last night that I did not have any bows. She said,"we can just use hair bows." Look what I found on the tree this morning. There were many more on the tree. Ha! ha!
Merry Christmas!
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I love that you use all of those old sentimental ornaments- it's part of why I love you.
And Emily is so into putting bows on things. She put a bow on all of Harper's animals yesterday! ha!
my two year old has his favorites that he likes to touch -mainly they are the ones on his big sister's tree-ha. and, just a few days ago he broke our snow globe that we got as a wedding gift 8 years ago. oh well, they are just "things". the memories are more important.
love your tree!!
Thanks for sharing I love the hair bows your daughter is one smart cookie
I used to decorate my tree like a House Beautiful or Southern Living Tree and enjoyed it. I am sure someday I will do it again, but over the years, we have found that for our family, it is much more special for our kids to just decorate with all the ornaments they have made over the years and all the ornaments we made as kids. Most of them have significance behind them and it brings back memories of all of our vacations and trips, the different schools they have attended, teachers they have had, teams we like, sports and activities they have been involved in and interests, friends an family that have given us ornaments-those are so special, etc. The kids LOVE every year to hear about our childhood ornaments and how we made them. So in this stage of life, we even put up the wierd/unattractive ornaments. Infact tonight while we were decorating our two trees, we talked about next year wanting to string popcorn and cranberries. This is totally not me, because my home is very modern and I do enjoy elegant things. I do enjoy adding some sophistication to the rest of the house, but I want the experience of decorating and enjoying the decorations that are special to them to be a huge part of the Christmas experience. I guess we continue to learn there is a beauty in simplicity. Oh, also I had to giggle when youd said ornaments have been broken. I can't tell you how many have been broken over the years, but these last few years or so, none have been broken because the kids are older now. I absolutely cannot believe my husband and I went to Lowes today and bought a cute snowman inflatable (I have always thought those were so tacky) for our yard this year. Our 14, 12, and 8 year old have always wanted one for our yard and we want them to have great memories, so went for it. Isn't it funny how kids change you life, certainly for the better. I think it is great how you are embracing and listening to the season of life you are in and the ages of your kids. Hope you stay healthy and well over the holidays. Blessings to you and your family!
You do not look like that snowman!