Thanksgiving and a tree

How did our Thanksgiving start out?

Just like any other weekend.

 Madi and Olivia gathered all their Polly Pockets, McDonald toys,

Secret Heart girls, and any other little girl in the house, piled them on the table and

played who knows exactly what.

They have a BIG imagination.

Get. me. out. of. here.

Then that afternoon I thought maybe I should try to make

Thanksgiving a little special so I quickly rounded up

some pretty plates and napkins and decorations.

That afternoon I also went outside, tore a

branch off the lilac bush and stuck it in a planter.

The kids asked what that was.

I said that it is a thankful tree.

O-kay.

I told them I would cut out leaves then we would

write things on them that we were thankful for.

They were really excited.

Madi said we should do this every Thanksgiving!

Quintin was so excited too. Can't you tell?

I have two pictures of him yawning while doing this. LOL!

something that we're thankful for

God

family

cell phones

 bottle (Preston)

 blanket (Abbi)

dishes to play with

fridge

hairspray

school

job

Clearly my children need more practice with

the sitting down and smiling department.

Our thankful tree.

Next year I think I'll do it earlier in the season so that it

can be part of my fall decoration.

It's one of the few kid's craft projects that we've done

that I wouldn't mind setting around :)