Friday Do-Over: Thanksgiving Countdown

As soon as Halloween is over it's time to put up the Thankful Tree! Last year Kiddo's first leaf was for "School"! I was pretty thankful for school, too, but what about "Mom?" I ranked no. 3, behind "School Bus." Oh, well. First Published 11/13/09.

It seems everyone and their mother has a thankful tree this month. Here is ours back on the first day. We each hang a leaf before dinner and I also try and read a Thanksgiving book at the same time (see below for some decent ones). I hunted in the park all of October to find the perfect branches, but it wasn't until after a big wind storm that I found some good ones. I was going to use real leaves at first but then I remembered that one of our cats ate a leaf display I put out one year. I love using that little bowl on a pedestal for the leaves-in-waiting. My great-grandfather made it.

Reading Assignment:
In November (my favorite)
Thank You, Thanksgiving
Thanks for Thanksgiving
The Thanksgiving Door
The Ugly Pumpkin
Thanksgiving With Me
Setting the Turkeys Free