Cleveland maybe? #tbt
We moved so much when I was a kid and few of the photos are identified, but I think I've straightened out the Christmas timelines -- and this is Cleveland! I'm pretty sure...
Cleveland! My first bike, Karen's Charmin' Chatty, Michael's Mr. Machine, for some reason "Thumbelina" comes to mind when I see the doll that Sharon's holding -- Madame Alexander, maybe.
Some of those ornaments are hanging on my tree! The gold glitter balls, and the striped one just to the right of Sharon.
Wow. What a week of get-togethers! A knitting group on Tuesday, book club on Wednesday, the last Thursday knit night before Christmas tonight, an anticipatory solstice gathering on Friday... thank goodness for a fairly normal day off yesterday!
Next week, there's only one extra-curricular holiday gathering.
We still haven't firmed up the Christmas Eve menu. What are you having?
Obviously, I've things to do, but I'm hanging in there, how about you??
I won't be finishing the knitting I had hoped to finish but other than that it's all good. Christmas Eve around here means Swedish meatballs, ham and baked beans. Oh, and finger sandwiches.
Posted by: Carole | 18 December 2014 at 03:56 PM
Sunday I plan to celebrate the return of the light and maybe a nice Christmas Eve dinner, but other than that, it's quiet around here. Love your ornaments, as they remind me of many on my Mom's tree.
Posted by: margene | 18 December 2014 at 06:49 PM
Passed down ornaments are the best - especially when you have photos of them then and now!
I'm still working on all the menus for next week; pretty much up in the air right now, but it's still five days away, right? ;-)
Posted by: Mary | 18 December 2014 at 08:42 PM
Wow --- pull-string dolls. We'd play with them until 1) the string wouldn't go back into the doll, or 2) what she was saying was completely garbled.
Posted by: Kim Dean | 19 December 2014 at 09:18 AM
My tree is almost entirely passed down ornaments from my childhood. Many of them were made by my aunt. I love them so much.
Posted by: Steph VW | 19 December 2014 at 09:58 AM
We will be having a a traditional Christmas Eve dinner of enchiladas :-)
Posted by: kmkat | 19 December 2014 at 12:51 PM
There are several ornaments on my tree that are so meaningful too. My m-I-l throws the Christmas Eve bash but I think at 89 she's about done - especially as the crowd has grown so. We'll have lasagna and chicken and biscuits!
Posted by: Patty | 22 December 2014 at 12:37 PM
What a fun pic of you & sibs under the tree with toys. Looks like you're all close in age too! My friend had a Chatty Cathy & yes, the speech would garble after awhile.
Posted by: scottygrrl | 27 December 2014 at 02:24 PM