Christmas ornaments

Every year we get a new Christmas ornament for each boy.  I try to look for something representative of who they are or what they like.  The hunt for the right ornament takes awhile--to think, to look, and to find something that's a reasonable price. 

 

So far, Camden has a new baby ornament(1st Christmas), a motorcycle(1 yr), Lightning McQueen (2 yrs), a Spinosaurus (3 yrs), a Captain America (4 yrs), and he choose Toothless this year, though he considered getting a new carnivore dinosaur each year until he had all the ones he wanted.  Eesh.  We found a small toy Toothless and will add a hook to it, though, so he decided on Toothless this year. 

 

 

     

Nate has the new baby (1st Christmas), a puppy with a toolbox (1 yr), a Crayola bear coloring with sidewalk chalk (2 yrs), and a steam shovel (3 yrs) to represent Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel.

 

 

     

 

Mckay is tricky for me.  When I think of him, I just think "soft, squishy, happy".  Kinda hard to find an ornament  that represents that!  Last year, I found a plush elephant ornament that was so cute.  And now he LOVES elephants!  Funny how that worked out.  But, he also loves his blanket, so I'm planning on getting a small scrap of the minky fabric to make a little blanket ornament for him. 

 

 

This is such a fun tradition for me!  And when boys get married, they get to take the ornaments with them. :)  Glad that's a LONG way off.      

Funny Nate-isms

Nate: What's "Oh my goodness people?"
(Back story--Brian and I tend to talk to other cars when we're driving.  I bet you've never done that!  Brian was frustrated with lots of cars whose drivers seemed to not know where they were going and exclaimed, "Oh my goodness people!".  Then, from the back of the car, we heard, "What's oh (garbly garbly) people?)  We just couldn't hear what Nate was saying.  But after 5 or 6 repeats, we figured it out. I think it's hard to describe how cute and funny he said it, but it certainly made us chuckle!)

Nate: (Coloring at the table while I'm getting ready for church) "Hi, this is Brian Marchant from the stake".  When I peeked at him, he was holding an old cell phone.  He he!  It was so cute.  Yep, we hear that a lot lately!

Nate: (Walking home from taking C to school) "There's the house of the man who loves boys"(Speaking of an excellent young men's leader).  Gwamma Marchant loves boys, Gwamma Wilkinson loves boys, Sister Peterson loves boys, my nursery leader loves boys (and on and on!)"  I'm glad he can say that in innocence without other meanings.

Back to school!

Now that it's nearly Halloween, I better catch up!  Here's my darling Camden on his first day of Kindergarten: 

 

And, of course, a funny face shot:

With the brothers. Everyone's excited to go!

 

So far, I think he likes school.  His teacher is a master teacher, who is exceptionally patient, understanding, and calm with the children, but who can bring out good things from them.  She seeks out help from the parents, which  I really love!