Tree of memories

I love to see Christmas trees that are all decorated in a theme with matching ribbons and Christmas balls.  Sometimes I think of how my tree would look if I were to trim it that way but there is something so much for special about having ornaments with a story.  This post is a glimpse into the story of my tree.  

This ornament is intended to look like a gingerbread cookie.  It is of a waxy nature and has a gingerbread sent.....or at least did when it was new.   I think I have hung this on our Christmas tree for as long as I can remember and it is so special because when I was a little girl I would always scratch a little wax off the back of it to bring back the gingerbread smell.  So now I have this old ornament with no smell at all and lots of scratches on the back.  I love to pull it out every year and tell the kids why it has so many scratches on the back of it.  I tell they know I tell them every year but I will continue to tell them and I know it will be just as special for one of them to grab it out of the box one day and tell their kids.

These pictures are clearly in no order.  This is a an ornament of a stork we bought the year we were expecting Banana.  Our first family ornament.

Our first Christmas ornament

This ornament was made for me by one of the sweetest people I know who was a co-worker of mine at the time J and I go engaged and she made this for our first Christmas together which also was the day J ask me to marry him

This is old and faded but this ornament is of my Mom and Dad when they were young.  I don't know how I snagged it but am so glad I did.  I love how my kids always say how HiHi almost looks the same and is MomMom wearing a wig? (which I think she probably was)

This is really dating me but my special first Christmas ornament that I will always cherish

Banana's first ornament

Carrot's first ornament

The next two ornaments are two of my childhood favorites.  I have no idea we had various mice ornaments but we they were always fun.  We had others but these are the only two I have.

The tree is full of them and they are all special.  The kids have each gotten their own ornaments almost every year since and it makes our tree so special.