Thankful Thanksgiving

 Thankful for these beautiful kiddos!

Thankful Wednesday has become our "game night"

 Thankful this sweet boy lets me take his picture once in a while...

 Thankful for painted rocks to adorn our front porch

 Thankful my sweet little 3 year old loves chocolate breastmilk

(I know  you cringed when you read this, but, it's good for her and 

it's not going to waste!)

(hey--she was the least sick, this last round of whatever everyone got)

 Thankful I finally got the kids summer clothes into bins

(now to get them downstairs)

 Thankful my 3 year old finally gave up her nukies!

It's been a week, she's doing great!

She has asked 3 times now, at bedtime, but I just say

"No, honey, you are 3 now, you don't need your nukies."

to which she says,

"I dooooooo need my nukies"

Awwwwww.....breaks my heart too, 

but gotta do it sometime!

 Thankful when I hit a deer on the way home from gymnastics,
he didn't die or hurt any of us!
(OK, I kind of wanted him to be dead)
At first,
 I thought it was a dog,
 I was going slow, he had almost gotten past me,
then, had that "deer in the headlight" look
 and turned back and swiped the side of our van!!!
Stupid deer.
(someone put that sticker on in a parking lot)

 Thankful for lite brite!

(a great thing now that it's dark so early)

 Thankful I caught her right before she opened all my spices

(you can see if you click on the picture, she was playing with the food coloring lids)

 Thankful this sweet little boy is healing nicely.  

Surgery is so hard on little babies, he's still not totally himself

 He doesn't let us put him down much

Thankful when he does!

 Thankful the weather here in Minnesota has been beautiful!

Thankful I was able to plant my tulips this week

with the help of a couple littles....

(like no-coat-or light-sweater beautiful)

 Thankful I have helpers to help with the pre Thanksgiving meal prep

cutting breadcrumbs, making the pumpkin cheesecake, cutting veggies...

 Thankful my breadcrumbs are ready to be made into deliciousness 

for Thanksgiving!

 Thankful Neen's family brought back St Kateri Medals 

blessed by the Holy Father for Simeon and his family!

 Thankful my kids are thankful and have no problem thinking of things they are thankful for

 Thankful a friend put together a liturgical craft package to get us through Advent,
complete with snacks to go with each event
(like St Nicholas day and St Lucy Day!)

 Thankful Mary Hannah took an Oil Pastel Art class 

and created this beautiful piece of Art!

 Thankful my baby got in 3 teeth in the week after his surgery

Poor baby!

He now has 4 teeth, working on more, I can feel them...

No wonder he's fussy and not himself!

(click on the picture for a close up, you can see where his teeth are coming in

on this front  piece, he has 4 teeth in that piece, so 2 more will appear soon)

 And now we pray:

Thank you Lord

for my faith, my marriage, my family and friends

for sweet babies, and crazy kiddos

for having the blessing of not needing anything

Happy Thanksgiving to you, 

God bless you!