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The tree is up, the christmas lights are up,.....and the a/c is on?

 A few pictures from Thanksgiving:



 We put our tree up the last day of November. Maddy got to open her advent calendar and an ornament from Granna the night we put the tree up. I love putting the tree up. 70-80% of our ornaments are homemade and 90% have a special significance. There is the snowman cowboy we bought in Sedona on our honeymoon, there are the ornaments made by Aaron's great grandmother at the turn of the last century (1900). There are ornaments his mom made him when he was growing up, and the ornaments from my first Christmas. I still have an ice cream cone that I made with a silk Christmas ball ornament in 5th grade. The whole class chose a red ornament to make their ice cream cone except me and one other kid. We chose yellow. There are the ornaments I've made Maddy each Christmas and the ornaments Maddy's grandmothers have given her. I was pretty crushed this year because Maddy broke a sand dollar ornament to bits that was from my Sunday school teacher in 6th grade. Jane MaClanahan (sp?) was a southern belle from a tobacco plantation in North Carolina. She taught Cindy, Tammy, and I in Bible class at Reserve. She had us memorize the 23rd Psalm as well as other Bible passages and took us to Round Table Pizza in Springerville, AZ as a reward when we'd done all our memorization. For Christmas, she gave each of us a real sand dollar with a red ribbon as a hanger. I have treasured that for years and it reminds me of Jane every Christmas. I am sad that it is gone because I don't know if I will think about her anymore without that ornament to remind me of who she was.


 Every year, I try to make Maddy an ornament that represents something she is really into that year. This year I made her a kitty ornament. She was on a streak of asking for 5 kittens for Christmas to be Seal's friends. I don't know why so many, but that request is not going to come true. She loved her kitty ornament. She did not want to put any of the ornaments that were her's on the tree. She just wanted to hoard them in a little pile and play with them.
We already have some presents under the tree. I'm realizing this is a mistake. Aaron caught Maddy just in time trying to open a present tonight. She knows what presents belong to who. Hopefully I can keep her out of them for a while.
It has not felt like Christmas despite all the preparations. 80+ degrees today. We had the windows open, fans running and the air conditioner on! I have never run the ac in December. Another new experience.

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bee said…
I love looking at people's Chrs. ornaments. It seems it reveals something special about the person/family. I have to laugh at myself. The ornament you made Maddy this yr. looked like it had a wing in the text pic you sent. I realize now that was the string to hang it. So I thought you made a "bug", but couldn't figure out why the bug had whiskers. hahaha Silly me. I see the kitty perfectly in this pic. You got some nice T-giving pics.
December 4, 2012 at 8:51 PM
Anonymous said…
Mikali wanted a "real puppy" this year, or a kitty. Neither of which is happening. :)

Amanda
December 7, 2012 at 3:49 PM
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