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Friday, January 20, 2012

Thankful Tree

I follow the Jones Design Company blog {as does half of the blogger population I believe} and loved her thankfulness post & free printable found here. I didn't waste anytime before I had hubs in the wooded area behind our house cutting the perfect branches for us to create our own thankful tree for the month of November. The kids were 100% on board and loved filling out there cards each day. I thought I had taken pictures of our recreation, but alas I can't locate them so maybe I just remember taking them with my mental camera. November came and went and the thankful tree remained. I had every intention of the kids hanging their beanie baby ornaments from the branches at Christmas but I was vetoed by the other members in the house. December came and went and still the thankful tree stood proud. The hubs and kids loved having it there so I left it alone. That is until recently.  It was time, so we bid the thankful tree good bye.
These are a few of the things the kids were thankful for this year. I love how you get a true sense of their age and maturity level based on the items they listed. 

Dawson:
Mema feeling better
My toys (specifically his hour glass)
Our baby (McKenna)
My sister (Gabrielle)
GG's visit (Grandma Hicks)
Quila (our family dog)
My buddies
Family movie nights

Gabrielle:
AWANA
Our home
My family
The world
God
The cross
Nature
School

This was a wonderful exercise that took only a moment each day but that moment caused the kids to stop and reflect on how blessed a life we live. We will definitely bring the thankful tree back in seasons to come. 

2 comments:

Unknown said...

I need to do this too! Doesn't she have great stuff??

Abbie said...

Oops! Forgot to sign in. But I meant to add that I think this could definitely be incorporated all year round!