If you thought it was special before . . .

A few days ago, I noticed that my kids were losing interest in their special tree. So yesterday I asked Ethan if we should make some new ornaments to add to the tree. “Oh yes, lets make numbers and letters to go on it!” Hmmmm, for those of you who know Ethan, this idea is NO surprise. I stopped myself from saying something about how we should make Christmasy ornaments and went with it. It is HIS special tree after all! I started to think about how we could make number and letter ornaments when he added, “And I want a star on top too! That’s red and purple.” “Don’t you mean red and gree . . . YES, what a great idea. Red and purple will be wonderful!”

So then my brain went a million miles an hour trying to figure out how to make these ornaments in the ten minutes where he would actually still be interested.

This is what we came up with:
The star is made from popsicle sticks I glued together and painted red. With purple paper behind, of course!

And yes, THEY LOVE IT! Hooray!