A Time for Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving 2007!!

Tis the season for food, friends and fun. We wish you health, happiness and lots of love on this very special holiday!

Here is a sampling of what we have been doing this Thanksgiving season.

First off, I realized yesterday that this was the first year in ages (four actually) that none of the boys had a Thanksgiving feast celebration. I have always been able to go to the boys preschool to help with food and games. I loved how some were dressed up as pilgrims, others as indians. My boys were always indians. I loved the paper bag vests, the face paint, the beaded necklaces, and the crazy assortment of food. My boys rolled their eyes at eating most of it- such dreadful things like carrots and cheese! I loved taking pictures of them with their teacher and classmates. We did have a little Thanksgiving meal in the lunch room (check out the prior post), but sitting on the cafeteria floor, just didn't feel the same.

Even with out the big class party, the boys still got into the Turkey Spirit. They each brought home countless projects over the past few weeks. Trey's class made a How to Cook a Turkey Cookbook. Trey's recipe went like this (with the proper Trey spelling):

How to Cook a Turkey By: Trey

1. Rud it with butter.
2. Throw it in water.

3. Cook it.

4. Take it out.

5. Clean it.

6. Rud it agin with butter.

Yum! I'll have to try that this year!

Josh's class made a wide variety of turkeys. I loved the wind sock turkey complete with rainbow streamers and his thankful turkey. He wrote:

Dear Mom and Dad,

Thank you for helping me with my home wrk.

Luv, Josh

Matt also made a beautiful windsock, a book about what the turkey saw (hutr= hunter!) and a thankful turkey. He wrote: Thank you for being kind. And the girls took a liking to our pumpkin turkey. Thankfully his place is located safely on the porch.

Have a wonderful holiday!

Love, The Jacksons