https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 12 May 2026 07:39:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-ornaments-after-the-first-year#post-1948140 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:04:58 +0000 shopaholic 1948140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shinymama: That is so cute! We have flat metal ornaments with our photos from last year, but for some reason they seemed really pricey this year for the same ones. </p> <p>OK! Sharpie it is! Don't know why I didn't think of that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-ornaments-after-the-first-year#post-1948072 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:40:58 +0000 Kimberlybee 1948072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to get a personalized one every year but if I can't, a sharpie works just fine. I get my bestie an ornament every year and write the names of all her 4 kids and year on the design with a sharpie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-ornaments-after-the-first-year#post-1948068 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:35:54 +0000 autumnlove 1948068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sharpie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-ornaments-after-the-first-year#post-1948065 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:35:27 +0000 mediagirl 1948065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I write on the back with sharpie. Mom did the same when we were kids (with whatever pen) and the dates are still there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-ornaments-after-the-first-year#post-1948050 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:23:57 +0000 shinymama 1948050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I order these wooden cubes every year with the image from our holiday cards. {I replace the ribbon with twine.} </p> [attach=4292/14/nf7crx.400x400.Ornaments.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-ornaments-after-the-first-year#post-1948044 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:21:46 +0000 MaryM 1948044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had two siblings, so ones with years on them got confusing. We usually had our first initial on the bottom or back if there were multiple similar ones. The ones with the year (for the most part) were only from the year we were born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-ornaments-after-the-first-year#post-1948026 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:06:22 +0000 Smurfette 1948026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>sharpie with the date on the bottom or back. </p> <p>I have all of mine from growing up and the dates are still there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-ornaments-after-the-first-year#post-1947997 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:53:16 +0000 Mamaof2 1947997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>a sharpie! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-ornaments-after-the-first-year#post-1947994 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:51:42 +0000 birdofafeather 1947994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>either one with the year or write the year on it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-ornaments-after-the-first-year#post-1946815 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:39:15 +0000 Dandelion 1946815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use a sharpie for the year for any ornaments I get that don't already have it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-ornaments-after-the-first-year#post-1946812 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:37:10 +0000 loveisstrange 1946812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went and had her paint a ceramic ball ornament last year for her 2nd Christmas. I put her name and the year on it. This year, we're just going with her favorite thing right now (which is Curious George). It's Hallmark, so it has the date on the back. We'll probably continue to do that for the next years. Thats what my mom did growing up.</p> <p><a href="http://shop.hallmark.com/christmas/christmas-ornaments/a-curious-little-monkey-1495QXI2663.html" rel="nofollow">http://shop.hallmark.com/christmas/christmas-ornaments/a-curious-little-monkey-1495QXI2663.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-ornaments-after-the-first-year#post-1946806 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:34:35 +0000 youboots 1946806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have many of mine from when I was a kid and my parents wrote on the back of them. I'll do the same thing with a sharpie if engraving is not an option. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-ornaments-after-the-first-year#post-1946796 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:23:50 +0000 Radish 1946796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: with my mom she just put ours away in a box for us and we didn't use them (4 kids = a lot of ornaments and she bought them after Christmas for the discount). Honestly, the year on the ornament doesn't matter much to me as an adult, but the ornaments weren't super significant to the year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-ornaments-after-the-first-year#post-1946790 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:19:12 +0000 shopaholic 1946790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catlady: Yes, I am trying to do something like that - significant to the year.</p> <p>@Radish: That makes sense, but I don't know if I'll want to get locked down to one kind of ornament each year. Yes, I want to pass them down to her and she can have them when she gets married. I love that tradition and we never had anything like that growing up. It's all new to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-ornaments-after-the-first-year#post-1946783 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 22:13:57 +0000 Radish 1946783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I typically buy hallmark ornaments so the year is always on the box and sometimes ornament. Will these ornaments be handed down to her in the future? I would just make a note on the box (or however it's packaged) of the year and put her ornaments in a separate box. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-ornaments-after-the-first-year#post-1946767 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 21:59:26 +0000 catlady 1946767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We like to get one with the year printed on it every year (even before LO got here). We get one that we like or means something based on what happened that year (like a little house for the year we bought our house). I don't know if we'll bother getting LO her own ornament or if we will just do a family one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-ornaments-after-the-first-year#post-1946762 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 21:53:06 +0000 shopaholic 1946762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sure most "First Christmas" ornaments are noted as such, or dated with the year. How about ornaments after the First Christmas? I'm searching for her 2nd year and not sure to get something dated/personalized, or an ornament that can't be personalized? If you do the latter, how do you remember/make note so LO will know in the future? </p>