At our Thanksgiving table we all took turns telling what we are thankful for, wrote it on a card and hung it on our Thankful Tree – a larger version of the ones we made here.
We are thankful for: family, mom, dad, God, each other, cousins, sisters, health, togetherness, our wives, our husbands, our kids, the good times and pulling through the difficult ones. My card said, “My sister-in-law. We did it!”
For the first time in my grown up life the two of us made the entire meal, from beginning to end, all the way down to the strawberry sauce for the homemade cheesecake. So yeah, there was room for celebration. We cooked (and ate) for two straight days!
In between the cooking we found some downtime for crafts with the kids, fun flower arranging, Lincoln Log building and to make the table look – oh my gosh so cute. Some of the ideas were ones I featured in my Pinterest post earlier in the week.
The write-on tablecloth for the kids was a huge hit. It was brown builder paper available in the paint department at big box home improvement stores. I highly recommend it for your next family gathering. Involving the kids in preparing for the day was rewarding for all of us. And yes the dolls had a table too, set by the girls.
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. And hey – thanks for reading! I am truly thankful for each and every one one of you.
I am thankful for you too! It has definately been teamwork! Eating….I mean cooking for 2 days is hard work but we made it fun 🙂