Wandering through life one season at a time
I am working hard on this year’s December Advent Countdown Box, and hope to have it ready for you by tomorrow!
In the meantime, here are some adorable Printable Christmas Countdowns so you don’t have to keep answering “How many days until Christmas?”.
Jan Brett’s Christmas Treasury
Days ’til Calendar will change in Dec.
** I don’t agree with all of the religious beliefs on some of these sites, but did not find those beliefs reflected in these calendars. **
**Update: Ha! You’d think I would learn to check the dates more carefully. It doesn’t show until Thanksgiving night – that was an old schedule.
Watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving has a been a tradition for as long as I can remember. (And not on DVD, thankyouverymuch!)
I saw the CUTEST idea on Facebook this morning: re-create the Peanuts Thanksgiving meal while you watch the show!
{If I figure out which blog it was, I will give credit.}
These are the dishes at the meal:
Make it authentic by tossing (paper) plates at each member of the family!
If you don’t want to do the whole dinner, make some Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Dinner snack mix.
I will try to remember to take pics tomorrow night when we have our “meal”. ** See Update
Every year, starting way back when my oldest were teeny-tiny, I pull out a basket of books at the beginning of each holiday season.
My kiddos squeal with delight to see their old favorites!
It is so sweet to watch one of them snuggle up with Sweetpea and read a beloved book to her for the first time.
Here are several of the books in our Thanksgiving Basket:
A Turkey for Thanksgiving Mrs. Moose wants a turkey for Thanksgiving – a favorite!
One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims counting rhyme – a favorite!
Thanksgiving Day at Our House Thanksgiving Poems for the Very Young
Thanksgiving Mice! cute little mice put on a Thanksgiving play
Corn Is Maize interesting info on the use of corn by ancient Indians
Let’s Celebrate Thanksgiving interesting Q&A format about Thanksgiving
Cranberry Thanksgiving like the rest of the Cranberry series , this story has lots of amusing characters & mystery
The Thanksgiving Story the story of the Hopkins family’s first year in their new home
This First Thanksgiving Day a counting story
The Popcorn Book a mini history of popcorn
1621:A New Look at Thanksgiving illustrated with photos from Plimoth Plantation
Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving the story of God’s plan for Squanto
I linked to Amazon so you can get a closer look, but you can probably find many of these in a used bookstore or on Paperbackswap. I like to collect them throughout the year at thrift stores.
We need to add some new books to our basket. What Thanksgiving stories are on your favorites list?
Run on over to We Are That Family for some great tips!
Do you need some fun or meaningful activities during this Season of Thanks?
There is a little something for everyone in this list!
~Nancy Leigh DeMoss helps you cultivate a thankful heart with A Week of Thanksgiving.
~Thanksgiving Handwriting & Memory Work for the little ones.
~Use God’s Supply Chain to show that all things come from God.
~Count your blessings with these Thankful Lists.
~Play a Silly Turkey game on Starfall.
~Do a Thanksgiving Craft.
~Print some Thanksgiving Worksheets for the kiddos.
~Run, Turkey, Run! A Thanksgiving Read & Write Book.
~Read a Rebus Thanksgiving Story.
~Giggle at Grandpa Tucker’s silly songs, poems & stories.
We started the morning with one of our favorite seasonal activities – Mad Libs!
The kids like the silly stories, and Mommy likes the extra grammar practice. You would be surprised how quickly little ones can catch on.
{See the updated 2012 Thanksgiving Mad Libs list}
Enjoy this list of Thanksgiving Mad Libs!
Grandma’s Famous Mashed Potatoes
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