Christmas Decorations

When I was younger, I think in fifth or sixth grade, I made a bunch of Christmas decorations. I'll have to ask my mom, because I don't remember how or why I decided to make filbert mice as tree ornaments but I got really into it. I gave them out as presents and even made a whole ice-skating scene to go on a table top. I do remember in sixth grade we played white elephant in my core class where you bring in a wrapped present and put it in the center of the room and people randomly chose presents. Of course I made one of my filbert mice. I thought I had come up with a brilliant present. What I didn't know was that everyone else had wrapped up some type of candy and that everyone was expecting to receive candy. My delicate little filbert mouse ended up in the hands of a disappointed sixth grade boy who said he got a stupid mouse, snapped the head off of it, and threw it in the garbage. I wanted to cry. My hard work that I was proud of was destroyed and in the garbage. I couldn't cry or even look sad because then everyone would know that I was the one who made the "stupid mouse." I was ashamed and didn't make another filbert mouse again!

This is the first year that Erik and I are going to have a real Christmas tree! Before we always lived in apartments and left during winter break so there wasn't a point in getting one. However, we do not have any ornaments to decorate it with. I'll probably buy a package of the cheap colored spheres to hang on the tree but I also wanted some meaningful ornaments, so I made my filbert mice as well as a filbert Benny the Beaver! I forgot how much fun it is to make them. However, I am still unsure of how mice have anything to with the winter holidays... oh well.

Benny the Beaver

Go OSU!

Rilo was very fascinated by the creation of mice. She stood watch over them to make sure they didn't go anywhere.

Our little mice

The happy family!

Tomorrow I am going to sew our stockings. I am trying to replicate the ones that my great grandmother made us. I am not much of a seamstress but if they turn out I will post pictures of them.