The Wonder of Snow through a child's eyes

 The look of wonder on a child's face when he sees snow.

It makes you smile and reminds you to stop and love the little things.

 We started to decorate the Christmas tree, when we noticed it had started to snow.

RJ ran to the door and was so excited.

He just can't wait to build his first snowman and take a ride on a sleigh.

What a lovely memory to have, a bit of snow outside the window as we decorate the tree.

It doesn't get any better than this.  Seeing Christmas through the eyes of a two year old is priceless.

Today is day 22 of the Christmas countdown.  Please take home your countdown artwork as my gift to you for stopping by.

I will remember this scene, reminding me to embrace the little things with the joy of a two year old.

Christmas Ornaments, the keeper of our memories

There is something so charming about a Christmas tree on top of a car. We bought our tree last week,

Favorite ornaments aren't just ornaments,

they are the keeper of our memories.



Each year as I select an ornament to hang on the tree,  I walk back through time

and recall the meaning of each ornament.

Christmas ornaments...



they decorate our tree, they decorate our memories, and light up our life and hearts,

and they remind us of lovely memories.

The Christmas tree, the keeper of our memories.

Today is day 21 of the Christmas countdown.  Please take home any images from this post as my gift to you for stopping by.
The song for this post is Tannenbaum, my mother's favorite Christmas song.

Christmas Tree Inspiration

Once again the Concord Museum in Concord, Massachusetts is celebrating Family Trees:; A Celebration of Children's Literature.  The Christmas trees will be up until January 4, 2015.

Here is the link to the inspiration used for this year's exhibit. A list of books made up of wonderful classics, favorites and new books.

I am sharing some photographs that I took of the first Family Trees I attended a few years back.  When I saw this charming Alice tree, I fell in love.  Each ornament was made to feel as though the characters from the book by Helen Oxenbury had hopped onto the tree.

Here is a photo of the illustrator in her studio.  I found such an enchanting interview.  I could listen to this amazing illustrator forever.

The families of Concord decorated all of the trees in the museum.  I think this was one of my favorites.

Although, there are so many Christmas Tree Inspirations at the museum, each storybook is enchanting.

Speaking of Christmas inspiration, I love to listen to the Carpenter's at Christmastime.  Like Sleigh Ride, the song for this post.

Today is day 18 of the Christmas Countdown.  Please take home any artwork or photographs that inspire you from this post.  Have a beautiful day.