gingerbread men, ice cream cones, rainbows and a gingerbread house. My fingers were very sore after hours of using the glue-gun. But the homemade decorations did turn out cute! And I've been assured that next year I won't have to make any! Plus helping out with Christmas is always a great excuse to go down and enjoy my sister's gourmet meals!
Monday, December 7, 2009
Candyland
Every year I go help my sister and her husband decorate for Christmas. Each year they have a different "themed" Christmas tree(which is 9ft tall). This year's theme was "Candyland" after the popular children's game. This year I didn't decorate as much as I made the decorations. We made lollipops, kisses, 
gingerbread men, ice cream cones, rainbows and a gingerbread house. My fingers were very sore after hours of using the glue-gun. But the homemade decorations did turn out cute! And I've been assured that next year I won't have to make any! Plus helping out with Christmas is always a great excuse to go down and enjoy my sister's gourmet meals!
gingerbread men, ice cream cones, rainbows and a gingerbread house. My fingers were very sore after hours of using the glue-gun. But the homemade decorations did turn out cute! And I've been assured that next year I won't have to make any! Plus helping out with Christmas is always a great excuse to go down and enjoy my sister's gourmet meals!
Festival of Trees
Last Wednesday I had the opportunity to volunteer at the Festival of the Trees. I tree "watched" by making sure no one touched the trees I was assigned to. The Festival of Trees is a great fundraiser for Primary Chil
dren's Hospital. There are literally hundreds of decorated trees that are on sale, with all the proceeds going to the hospital research and patient care. A majority of the trees are decorated by those families who have lost someone, usually to cancer. Each tree has a little story of what inspired the tree decorations. One of the trees I was watching was called G
randma's Love. Grandma had died of cancer and the tree had been decorated in teddy bears, etc...and lots of gifts she would have given to her grandchildren if she was alive. The tree next to it was donated by 2 mothers who had stillborn daughters---so lots of pink, a tea set, ballerina stuff, baby doll stuff---basically all girly girl stuff surrounded the tree or was on the tree! Even though sometimes the tree stories made you sad, it was great to see the families celebrate their loved ones life and raise money for a great cause! It is a very popular venue to visit at Christmastime!
dren's Hospital. There are literally hundreds of decorated trees that are on sale, with all the proceeds going to the hospital research and patient care. A majority of the trees are decorated by those families who have lost someone, usually to cancer. Each tree has a little story of what inspired the tree decorations. One of the trees I was watching was called G
randma's Love. Grandma had died of cancer and the tree had been decorated in teddy bears, etc...and lots of gifts she would have given to her grandchildren if she was alive. The tree next to it was donated by 2 mothers who had stillborn daughters---so lots of pink, a tea set, ballerina stuff, baby doll stuff---basically all girly girl stuff surrounded the tree or was on the tree! Even though sometimes the tree stories made you sad, it was great to see the families celebrate their loved ones life and raise money for a great cause! It is a very popular venue to visit at Christmastime!
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