ornaments . . .

before children, my "grown-up" Christmas tree was decorated to coordinate with my furniture - blue & white --- very chic/"designer.isk" right down to the garlands of pearls. It was a step away from what I had grown up with, which was big lights (we're talking BIG), tinsel, and garden variety ornaments; many of which had been made by us kids. But as soon as my children stepped into the picture - I found myself with multicolored lights and ornaments of all types - I came back to what I'd always been, a 'family' style tree person. And over the years we've filled our tree with ornaments either picturing the kids, made by the kids, or representative of the current interest of the kids (remember that glimpse of a pink power ranger?). And, truth be told, I've always included the pets. Now, I've not found any litter pan or 'fur ball' ornaments - but there are flying cats, marionette cats, fat cats, cooking cats - basically a lot of cats (and a few dogs for those bygone years where we were a multicultural family). So I wonder, who else decorates their tree to include their pets?