My Cornucopia (updated w/ your comments)

My Horn of Pleanty includes mainly my two boys.

Next year I'm going to do an advent calendar for November to count down the days until Thanksgiving. We'll refresh our memories of the First Thanksgiving and will write what we're thankful for each day on pieces of paper. We'll put the papers in pockets then will read some of (my) favorites on the special day. I'm going to order a pad of paper that reads "I'm thankful for . . ." at the top so it'll be ready for next year. Or I might get a stamp then can stamp note cards. This year, we'll just do it in our journals like usual. Dylan is thankful for some pretty funny stuff in our nightly prayers. He includes family and friends of course. I love listening to who he thinks about even when we hadn't seen them for a long time. He then goes on to be thankful for Batman and buggies and dinosaurs.

What are YOUR cool holiday traditions? I want to start some more. I ordered a Christmas advent calendar too. Lacey made me one that we'll do along with the kid one.

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Comments:

Amber: what a great idea!!! I love the pics too!

Kat: So where in the world is this cornucopia thing? And I like the info about Dylan's prayers. Buggies, huh? I thought only Malia liked those!

Oh, and I particularly like the photo in which Isaac is going in for the kill--aka he's about to take a big bite out of whatever-the-heck-that-thing-is-made-of. (It's the fourth one down.)

Lindsay: Those are awesome pictures. Does Dylan ever say that he is thankful for me??? :) I was going to ask you how much your aunt charges for pictures? I am interested in doing Christmas cards for friends/families. Or maybe I can just have you take some pictures for us?? :) We don't really have any traditions yet. BUT, my grandpa used to put just one kernal of corn on everyone's plate because that is what the pilgrims had at their first Thanksgiving (I hope that is correct history...they could have been making it up for all I know), then they would go around the table and say one thing that they are thankful for. I think my mom tried it out with us kids for awhile...but it didn't last!! I can't wait for the holidays to hit. I wont feel so guilty stuffing my face cause I will have just run 6.2ish miles! Are you signed up yet??

My Replies:

Kat, It's on 54th Ave N near Park Street. It's so random, but perfect for Thanksgiving. I was trying to think of some Thanksgiving card like "my cup runneth over with blessings" or "I have pleanty of blessings" since it's a horn of pleanty, or something corny for the cornucopia. I just put it on my blog instead.

I did use one of the pictures on the "I'm thankful for . . ." note pad and put a scripture on the bottom too. I'm really liking that idea for next year. It might come in time for Thanksgiving day this year too. And I kinda wanted them to be eating fruit, but I only had oranges from our tree, so they are holding (and throwing) them in some pictures. Isaac's eating that red fruit too b/c he's trying to pull himself up to standing but he's wedged in there:)

And Dylan doesn't like bugs, but I think there was a book about bugs on the floor when he was peeking in his prayer. Of course I peek too, and so would you if you could see him squirming on his knees with his arms folded trying to sneek his thumb:)

Lindsay, I think he did say "Thanks you for Lin-see."

I'll ask my aunt what she charges, or I'll take them for you if you take some silly ones for us.

I think your grandpa was doing an object lesson with you with the one kernal thing. Saying what we're thankful for is a tradition my mom keeps up too.

And YES, I signed up for the 10K Turkey Trott! Can you believe it? It's been a goal of mine, so thanks for doing it w/ me even though it's a tiny run compared to what you've done. I'm going to hate it from the start, but I'll be able to check it off of my list. You will probably finnish waaaaaaay before me with your long legs, so wait around the finnish line for me, k?