I was inspired by my daughter Amanda’s blog and her contest to write about my favorite Christmas ornament…only I’m having a hard time doing that, because I am laughing too much. The ornament of which I am writing is probably Amanda’s LEAST FAVORITE, ever. Even though it is not going on my tree this year and is actually in a little box filled with other equally lovely ornaments from years gone by, it does have my favorite little face on it. I remember when Amanda came home with this because I was amazed at how her teachers had accomplished this project with the entire class- I thought it was really clever!
Looking at it now, 24 years later, I still recognize Amanda’s little handwriting and drawing and remember the hand-me-down shirt she has on. Most of all though, I loved her long hair and thought she was so cute when it was completely pushed back in her headband. Her forehead and little stray hairs were adorable.
So, now instead of laughing, I’ve got a little tear in my eye- Gosh, time is so crazy, isn’t it? It almost seems like that little girl could come bounding down the steps to give me good night hug. Instead, she’s a wife and mother, raising her own cutie-pie baby girl and inspiring me to post this funny/cute/favorite Christmas ornament:
Merry Christmas!
Aw, that’s so sweet! Amanda was a cutie.
I actually was looking at the tree my mom has in my kids’ playroom at her house and had a moment seeing all my handmade ornaments from girl scouts on there.
Yeah, not my fave. But a great post, Mama! I love you!
I have one very similiar! Cute!
Awww!!!! What a sweet memory! You need to put that one on your tree!
Ok, now you got me tearing up!!
Sweet story and cute ornament! Thanks for sharing!
Awww… I love the kid made school ornaments!!
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The ornament is so sweet… I have to admit reading that caused a tear to form in my eye as well! I think about those little photo pics of my kids and realize how short the time is that they are young. It makes the little silly ornaments all the more special.
I love it! My mom has a similar one…one of my least favorite ornaments as well!
I’m not really a fan of that ornament myself…
That is an adorable ornament. Do you have alot of digital photos of your children stuck on your computer like me?
I have always been a tech geek and have been searching for a cool way to display all my digital photos that are now currently stuck on my computer. I know there are digital picture frames that you can use all year, but, I was looking for a way to display them during the holidays, especially Christmas. I could only find one kind of digital photo ornament on the market and they only came in 3 colors and were round, kind of boring. Then the other day I came across a brand new digital photo ornament that is not even available yet, but the company is taking pre-orders and will start shipping in June ’08. The digital photo ornaments are amazing and come in all shapes and sizes and they have free shipping. Every ornament also comes with a free digital picture frame to use year round. You just take out the LCD from the back of the ornament and insert into the frame, pretty cool idea! Go check them out http://www.thedigitalgiftshop.com