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Homemade Christmas Ornaments
I was inspired by many of the blogs I stalk to create some personalized Christmas ornaments. I decided that we will each get an ornament each year that represents something from that year that means a lot to us. I want Christmas to be a time when the kids love getting the tree decorations out and unwrapping each ornament...oh the excitement.
I remember the "pee-my-pants" excitement I felt waiting to decorate our tree each year. This year I did it by myself and stood and thought "this is not creating any memories". So out with the old...in with the new.
I bought Laynie and ornament that has paint brushes and paper with her name on it...since she LOVES doing art. Blake got a boy riding on a skateboard...since he spends countless hours outside riding his. Clint got a hand painted one with his catamaran sailing in the sea on it.... for our trip to Padre this year. Bruce got a big #2 with a little baby bear on it for his "second" Christmas. I got a little Christmas house with a place for a family picture and it says, "Our Family, 2008". I loved putting a tiny picture of all of us in it!
So.... here are a few of the ornaments we created together. Blake made one for our neighbor, Grace (she's 3) and Laynie made one for Grace's sister Lydia (she's 10).
I made the ones for Laynie and Blake. Simple rub-on letters and very messy fake snow to pour inside...and ta-da....
I'm getting ready to make some for my niece and nephews too.
xoxo
Friday, December 19, 2008
Still Learning!
Last night was Blake's Christmas program at school. We got there early (or so we thought) and ended up having to sit in the way back. So what does one do? Send the 12 yr old to the front to sit on the floor and video with the new Flip!!
Laynie did a good job, but I can't figure out how to get it in the same quality as what I can see when I watch it in it's origional form. So, i'm sorry for the poor quality, but I'm still learning.
Blake did a great job. As you can see, he's the one in the front with all the rythm. He may not be my child by blood...but somehow he got MY rythm!!
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