Thankfulness

I know...a bit late! But, well, life happened.  These are the adorable turkey buckeyes that my kiddos made.  So fun and quite yummy! But, that is not what this post is about.  It's about a tree.  A tree that is becoming a piece of our family. It is our Prayer and Thankfulness tree.  It is really my attempt at helping my kids (and myself) to think past themselves.  Past what we are doing this moment and past our own circumstances. We are rotating each month between things we are thankful for, and things we are praying for.  Each day, we add to our tree (which is a beautiful giant sticker on our wall...that I will take a picture of at the end of December).  November what Thankfulness.  We had lots of paper leaves to add to our tree this month.  I thought I would write the list to give you all a glimpse of how my wonderful children think.  These are all things that they chose to add to our tree...no prompting, just encouraging to be thankful. Total randomness shall follow as I just pulled the leaves off and threw them on my desk last week to write this post.

Cousins, Lunch with Daddy, Our House, Pictures, Papa and Nana, Izabelle, Princesses, Daddy's Work, Discover (our Dog), Books, Crayons, Cherries, Drinks, Playing with Daddy, Butterflies, Smiles, Books (again!) Uncle and Aunt Lisa's New House, Cheese, the World, Niceness, Computer, Taekwondo, Jesus, Snow Flakes, Oranges, Nature School, Aunt Suz and Uncle Brad, Marker, Andrew, Birthdays, Daddy, Pumpkins, Wrestling with Daddy, Grandma and Grandpa, Food, Books (again!) Food, Marianne, Friends, Mommy, Medicine

This list blesses my heart!  I love the honesty, simpleness, and open heartedness that it involves.  Pretty sure my favorites are Jesus, Cheese, and all the time spent with Daddy.  It is very obvious what is important to my kiddos!  Love it!