Brenton and I were talking this morning and you know, we take great pride in working hard to provide for our boys.....not just the needs, but the wants, as well! There is not 1 thing our boys go without, they have everything, but today we knew it was time to start teaching Ethan what it means to be grateful and thankful!!! So, we talked with him and started talking about what he was "thankful" for and the first thing he said, my family! We smiled and then told him about our new tradition for Thanksgiving and that is our "Thankful Tree"! Ethan was excited about it, so I went outside found a cute branch from the backyard, brought it inside, put in into a cute vase, and Ethan found the perfect spot for it. A place where it can be seen every day! Our next step was to make leaves, cut them out, put a hole into them to hang from the branch, and let Ethan write what he was thankful for.....This project turned out better than I had hoped and opened a door for conversation with him about being thankful for stuff. He's 5, so it was on his level, but overall it turned out great. We are excited to see how our tree looks come Thanksgiving! I'm already thinking about a scrap page to include the leaves, so they won't be thrown out, they will be added to his scrap book each year and when Colin is old enough to take part, he too will get a page in his book w/ his leaves. I LOVE tradition and so glad we now have one for the Thanksgiving season!
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| our blank canvas, before leaves |
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| adding his leaf |
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| Family |
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| with our first leaf added |
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