We're Thankful

Last night we had a nice little Family Night, talking about how we can be thankful for our family and serve one another. We played a game of charades where the kids had to act out ways to serve and it was pretty funny. We got a kick out of Ashley, since she did the same motions for every different clue (making bed, cleaning up toys, sharing) and sometimes she would decide to change her clue based on what people guessed. Life is never boring with a 3 year old around!

Next we made a Thankful Tree, idea compliments of Heidi, who we totally copied. We cut out lots of colorful leaves and wrote things that we are thankful for. I was happy that the first things the kids wrote down were Mom, Dad, family, brothers and sisters. Our tree didn't turn out quite as cute as yours, Heidi, but we'll keep it. The kids loved the process. They loved cutting the leaves and taping them on the tree. They loved sharing the things they are thankful for. It was a great little activity.

Dad said he was thankful for our family, work, food

Mom said healthy body, pumpkin, family, Jesus, freedom, heat

Austin wrote he was thankful for family, bike, friends, candy, Thanksgiving, DS

Olivia said frenss (friends), cousins, family, blankets, clothes, teeth, teachers, school

Ashley said ice cream, leapster, cousins

After our activity and lesson, we had some ice cream (which Ashley was very thankful for), all except for me who chose to eat the pumpkin bars that were leftover from our dinner with friends the night before. Why waste calories on ice cream when there are pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting sitting there? No brainer...