This Year's Ornaments

Ask Ryan - I start shopping for Christmas early on in the fall season. I love it.  I love thinking about our year and what were highlights or hobbies or representations of our girls from that year.  This year I found many ornaments that remind me of the girls. Such good memories!

Quinn

Gymnast - 

Quinn has been in gymnastics for several years now and surprisingly we have never gotten her a gymnast ornament.  We were able to find a blonde hair, blue eyed gymnast that resembled Quinn.

Bike - 

This was the year that we said good-bye to the training wheels and Quinn learned to ride bike on her own.  It was a rocky start, but by the end of the summer, she was cruising up and down our block like a proud peacock.

Sullivan 

God Book - 

Sullivan loves to read books and to be read too.  She always has.  And this year when asked (during her star of the week at preschool) what her favorite book was, she responded, "The God Book."  That being said, she was referring to the Bible.  So when I stumbled across this ornament, it was only fitting.

Sully Monster - 

Sullivan loves Monsters Inc. for the sole fact that the big blue Monster has her same name.  She is proud of that fact.  Every time she sees a picture of Sully she says, "Very Funny Sullivan!" Needless to say, she is pretty excited to see the new movie this summer.

Hair Accessory Ornament - 

I made this ornament for Sullivan out of ponytail holders and a hair bow.  Whenever you think of her or see her, it is inevitable that she is sporting a side ponytail and a bow near the front of her head.  It almost defines her.  As you may have remembered, I tried to change that fact a couple of months ago when I gave her a new haircut.  That backfired on me (big time!) and Sullivan is back to sporting the side ponytail.

Quinn and Sullivan -

VW "Slug Bug" 

This past summer, one of Quinn's friends introduced her to the slug bug game.  She then introduced it to Sullivan.  Let's just say that we are still playing the game to this day... not always so willingly from Ryan and I, but the girls are still playing strong!

I had a blast shopping for ornaments this year.  I think they represent the girls to a T.  Can't wait to see what next year will bring!