ornaments, how I love them.

I love family ornaments. Some of these are from family and some from Pete's ornament box. Pete's parents had this wonderful tradition of buying ornaments to hang on their tree for their children (when they were too young to choose) and then the kids would buy their own every year until college (I guess in the teenage years, some were purchased for them as well, you know, cause teens are too cool for that kind of thing.) This ornament was made by my great Aunt Mickey.

Then when Pete and I had our first real tree, right after college, he got all the ornaments from over the years from his parents in a box. They are so special to us and he loves looking at them. It is so cool to have him show the girls his favorites when he was their age. He loved wooden ones that were toys, so his collection is mostly made up of that kind.

This is my favorite of his, certainly chosen by his mother because it's from when he was one. She dated them on the bottom.

I am 99.9% sure this one was his great Aunt Bea's. I am going to start this tradition of getting the girls ornaments every year too-so they have their own box when they get their own tree. It would be fun to make an extra cool box for them too, maybe with photos from Christmas over the years. So far we have been a bit lazy, skipped a few years, and haven't dated a thing. I might have to buy a few at once and do some back-dating, but they won't know, right?