Special Ornaments

Every year the children get a new ornament that 

has some special meaning to go with the past year.

Opening his ornament...

His ornament was a dump truck.

This little boy still LOVES construction vehicles

and talks about them all the time.  His favorite is still an 

excavator, but since he got an excavator ornament last year,

I went with a different construction vehicle this year.

This guy had quite a hard time understanding that it is not 

Christmas yet.  There might have been some tears.  The next month

might be a little hard on him.

Next up - Farmer J

An artist palette for this guy.

He loves to draw and color and paint. 

He has turned into quite the artist like his big sister.

Tiger Lilly 

Her ornament was a piano since

she started piano this year and plus

she loves to sing and any thing musical.

So now we get to listen to her play the

piano and sing along!

Fancy E

Her ornament was a unicorn - kind of random, 

but I found a way to relate it to her past year.

She has had to deal with a lot medically - which 

has given her many opportunities to pray and trust in the Lord.

So the unicorn is meant to be a reminder that although fantasy is fun,

it is Truth (Jesus) we must cling to and look to for strength and comfort.

And Big J

A lawn mower ornament. 

This was the first year that he 100% took 

on the responsibility for mowing our yard and as it 

turn out, he also got to mow our neighbors as well.

It has given him the opportunity to show more

responsibility.