You'd be surprised how much a week filming a DIY reality show, the subsequent clean up and multiple elementary school choir performances can set you back.
Our baking was done on December 1, there is no Christmas card this year and we will be Christmas eve shopping. I'm willing to overlook all of this though because we got the Christmas trees up. And not just one of the trees all of them, including my tree.
I was horrified when Isaac and I first combined our holidays to realize his tree was color coordinated red and gold. Those were the only colors; red and gold. I could not fathom how one could display all the great ornaments out there with only red and gold. I was also very concerned about how a co Christmas would go, if I couldn't display my hodge podge of ornaments collected over the years. Luckily we had an easy fix; two living rooms, two trees. That simple. The TV room tree is Isaacs with red and gold themed ornaments and mine is in the front living room and has been called everything from the quirky tree to the eclectic tree to finally just Amy's tree. That's okay, it's the fun tree!
I love, love Christmas ornaments. I love to give them, to get them and do pick them out when ever traveling so I'll always have a reminder of where I've gone. I've fallen down a couple times, I forgot to get one when I visited Boston and when we were in Aguascalientes Mexico, but I'm trying to be better about remembering.
My favorite thing is to give them though and that's a tradition I've started and actually been able to keep. Each year Isaac and Carolina get a specially selected ornament usually, but not always, marking something that happened that year, or something they like. Even last year when we didn't put up any trees and spent the holiday in Spain new ornaments were handed out. The best part is they get them the day we put the tree up and who doesn't love and early Christmas gift!
We always have fun pulling them out each year, and remembering the things and events they symbolize. I may not be able to get anything, or much at all, done during the holidays but we always get our ornaments, it's the one tradition I have always been able to keep and hope to always be able to continue. Below are some of our favorites!
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| The first ornament I gave Carolina when she was 5. She loved (and still loves) to color and draw and this seemed to fit her perfectly. The best part is this is still her favorite. She gets so excited when she puts it on the tree. |
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| This is Isaac's ornament for this year. Our first night in Paris we ate at a restaurant on the Champs Elyesse with an amazing view of the Arc De Triomphe and I told him he'd given me the world! |
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| It would not be a proper Moreno family tree without a Doctor Who Ornament! This show has brought so much to our family and is something we love to share, it wouldn't be right to not show it some love on our tree. |
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| I feel like I left my heart in London, but with my double decker bus from Harrods I get to keep a little piece with me! |
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| Our family ornament for this year. I got this way back in October before Bath Crashers so I feel it's a tad incomplete, but this is pretty much us in 2012! |
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| This one was given to me by my friend Julie. She knows with me you can't go wrong with Coca Cola. Julie has actually given me several ornaments that I love. I need to post more of them! |
