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Shatterproof Ornaments!!!
Last year Peter Jack was 19 months old at Christmas, he did really well with the "breakable" ornaments, I was really pleasantly surprised! We have a train around the tree tradition now, and of course, 2007 was our first year...I think this really helped with distracting from the actual tree and focusing more on the train and track and music that came from it, he loved it and so did we!!! This year, we purchased another train set, again, our tradition now  except we have moved to one of our investment properties and have a much, much smaller space to work with, therefore, I purchase ALL shatterproof ornaments, see pics below...the tree is not a real one this year either, due to space but we found this really nice one in Home Depot which Peter Jack is just amazed with. He helped put the tree together, including hanging the ornaments up...he loved it and I think it gave a sense of care for the pieces and his now "beautiful tree" as he refers to it  ...they are all shatterproof but he doesn't touch them to knock them over, he comes near them to see how pretty they are. He also has an ornament from his Uncle/Godparents (my brother), which is breakable and he hung it up himself and points to it and tells us who gave it to him, its also a tradition they have started with Peter Jack, I can't wait to see this years' special ornament . Also, the Nativity Set you see Peter Jack with is the Most Precious Gift we brought back with us from Guatemala for Peter Jack and the family! He loves it!
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