So, I guess I am just breaking norms these days! Decorating after Thanksgiving is not really an option. I’m OK with that because I’m not doing it and I could definitely use some happiness right about now! Phase 2 is complete.
Sean brought the other Christmas boxes upstairs and I opened one and this took my breath away.
It is the Hallmark Keepsake ornament from 2006. 2006 was the only year that Sean and I completed making a gingerbread house. I say “Completed” loosely because Sean was five and I had divided all of the candy as we were putting the sides together with icing. Sean had put little bit of candy onto the house and then asked me if we could just stop and could just eat the rest of the candy. I let him do that. It was really cute having a half finished house!
We were still living in our second apartment then and that year, the plumbing backed up into the basement storage units. Raw sewage smells really bad! We spent a couple of nights at my Mom’s house until it was all fixed. I threw the gingerbread house out because I would not let Sean eat in because it was sitting out when our apartment smelled disgusting! He didn’t really understand back then but it was gross!
I had planned on getting that ornament when I saw it but that year was really rough for me! It was the first year that myDaad wasn’t with me! Last year, I scoured the Internet to try to find it and I was able to It did not come until the day after Christmas so I will unveil it this year. I actually Accidentally got two of them and I told Sean that once he has it tree of his own, I will give him one. As for all of my other ornaments, he will have to wait until I am dead to get them!
Ornaments are not until Phase 4 so I have some time before I get to put it on the tree. I’m not even sure where I will put it yet though.