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Now that I have shared my kids creations I feel it's only fair to share one of my own. This little lady is fondly referred to as The Screaming Angel. I made her many years ago at a Super Saturday. I believe her body is made out of part of a (new) mop and her hair is from a scrubbing pad. And I had to hand draw her face. She is supposed to be singing, regaling us with wondrous tales of heaven and earth. But unfortunately, she looks to be in some sort of agony. I wanted to get rid her of her long ago, but the kids won't let me, and now it has now become a tradition to put The Screaming Angel on the tree!

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I'm tired of decorations so I thought I'd share a video that makes me happy and reminds me why we celebrate Christmas.

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This little beauty is what Ethan made in junior kindergarten. It's certainly very creative. Just like my little guy.

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This is Hand-a-clause. We made these when the girls were really little, way back in 2000. So at the time this was made Hannah was 10 months old. Aww, so little and cute! Every year the girls love to compare their hands to the one they were when they were so small.

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This was from when Mary was in nursery. And it is such an indication of who she is. Sugar and a little dash of spice!

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My little angel Megan made while in kindergarten.

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This little beauty is an ornament Katey made while in grade 3. Oh how they grow so quickly. And oh how I'm probably not her friend right now for sharing this!

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Since we have no more children to post ornaments from, I thought I would share Peters decorations from when he was younger.

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These are the 3 ornaments that really started my snowman tree obsession. Peter gave them to me one of our first Christmases together. They actually sat unopened in their box for many Christmases because they needed hooks to be hung on the tree. And for some reason I never got around to buying any. The year I started my actual snowman tree, 2007, is the first year they were taken out of their packaging. These little guys, I have to say, are among my very favorite snowmen on my tree.

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And next is Ethan's decoration. There really isn't that much to say about it other than it belongs to our one and only son. Which after 4 girls was kinda neat to get to purchase a little boy decoration. I only hope he still enjoys hanging it on the tree when he is 13!

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Do you see a theme here? Today is Mary ornament and tomorrow must surely be the boys turn. Mary's poor ornament has had to undergo a few repairs over the years. The little extras on the sides always fall off and the 'Baby's first Christmas' banner has needed to be reattached several times. I'm not sure if this is due to Mary being extra loving with her ornament or if it's just due to a poor design. Either way there is enough glue holding that thing together that it should last through this season in one piece!

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The next ornament hails from out little Y2K baby. Does anyone even remember the hype that Y2K brought with it? Since Peter works with computers he spent many hours working overtime leaving me at home alone with Katey age 5, Megan age 1 and hugely pregnant with number 3. And nothing happened. Everything was fine. 2000 rolled in with nary a complication. One month and 6 days later Hannah joined our family. And we got a really cool ornament out of the whole deal.

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Next in our family comes Megan and her ornament. I'm pretty sure I had something to do with choosing it, can you tell? (I have a love of all things sheep and I used to collect Precious Moments.) So this was the perfect decoration for our little lamb.

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This is the angel on our tree. It has been there every year for the past 13 years. Katey made it (with help from Grandma) in nursery when she was 3 years old. It has been a tradition for as long as I can remember that after the tree is decorated Peter would lift Katey up and she would place the angel atop our tree. The past few years however, she has managed to get the angel up there without any assistance from her dad!

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This is the ornament that we (try to) hang on the tree first every year. It was a wedding gift from my friend Emilie when Peter and I were married - 13 years ago.

It's Been a While

The title says it all.

I decided for the month of December to share a picture a day of some of my favorite ornaments. And as it's already the 2nd you can see how stellar this is going so far! Have fun!