It’s almost time to take the tree down. We will wait until next weekend to take down all the Christmas–and pull out some Mardi Gras! But until then, here are a few of the ornaments we’ve added this Holiday season:

Of course each has its own story.

The candy cane: The LM came home from school with a plain ol’ candy cane and said, “Mrs. Claus came to my class today and gave me this to put on the tree so Santa would know I listened good.” So we did.

The carousel: The kids and I took a weekend jaunt to New Orleans with my parents. We had a blast at Christmas in the Oaks and rode a carousel that went on and on and on and on… The best part of the entire trip–we were walking through “The Miracle on Fulton Street” when the LM saw a man (in regular clothes) with long white hair. As we walked past the man, LM looked backwards, with his chin on the ground, to see the man also had wire-rimmed glasses, rosy cheeks, a rounded belly, and a long white beard. Then, with his wife giggling beside him, the gentleman leaned down to LM and handed him a candy cane with a wink. I don’t know who was more excited to see the real Santa–LM, me, or my Dad!

The red bell: My grandmother gave this to me this year. My Dad made it back in his cub scout days.

The blue ball: Mrs. Lary sent these home with sweet fingerprint snowmen decorating them.

Somehow, I’ve misplaced the pictures of the ornaments from Great-Grandma, but she gave us 3 beautiful ones also.