Saturday, December 5, 2009

Traditions

Keepsake ornaments from Hallmark. One of the things we do each year is pick an ornament reflective of the boys or their interests for that time in their lives. Here are this year's picks (with assistance from Big Brother Connor, who picked his own for the first time this year)!



A yellow Fisher Price school bus of Little People for Xander. He is fascinated with the buses when we're in the car pool line at school. He says "Bus!" over and over again, constantly wondering when they're going to arrive. He also even repeats me when I say "In a minute!" if there are still buses left to arrive.



In the last year, the twins have actually started making their own choices when it comes to DVDs. They used to pick the exact same movie over and over (Chicken Little), but have now moved on to others. Sawyer's favorite the last few months have been the two Toy Story ones. Guess he's going to be excited next year when the third installment arrives!



And last, but not least. Big boy Connor's selection. Is it any surprise, really? He's had a slight Hot Wheels obsession of late. It also didn't matter that I told him he already had one Hot Wheels ornament from a previous year. Now he has two, and couldn't be happier!

It's a somewhat expensive tradition, but a fun one. Especially now that the boys are starting to show real interests and we're not just guessing about things they like!