Thanksgiving 2012

We kept school pretty short and simple the week of Thanksgiving. We took time during the week to prepare for our guests, and enjoy the holiday.  On Monday, I read the girls a few books about Thanksgiving and gratitude, and then we drew some turkey pictures.

Mom's Drawing

Johanna's Drawing

Julia's Drawing

 

On Tuesday, I read a story about the history of Thanksgiving, and then the girls helped me make some "acorn candy" for Thanksgiving day.  The candy was very similar to the ones shown here, but ours had pretzel pieces for the stems.  They also helped me pick out some of the pictures for our fun Thanksgiving dinner place cards.

We had family arrive on Wednesday from Iowa to stay with us through the weekend, and we welcomed many other family members (totaling nineteen) to celebrate the day with us on Thursday. 

Here are some of our place cards.  These took a little time to make, but they turned out pretty funny! 

 

The tables are set and ready to go.

I bought these surprise balls for the kids.  They unrolled the paper, and discovered 10 toys along the way.  

The paper kept going.....

 and going......

 and going....

Yay!  We reached the end!

 Cory carving the turkey.

 Abby mashing the potatoes.

Grant and his cousin had a "poker game" going before dinner.

Julia playing with her surprise ball toys.

 Uncle Andy hanging out.

 

Heather and Cooper (who was obviously tired of waiting for all the yummy food to be ready! )

 Grandpa hanging out.

Here is part of our group ready to eat!

We had a wonderful day and much to be thankful for!