November 14, 2010

thankful windows


Every year we used to do a thankful tree.  I would cut out leaves for each child, or buy die cut ones at the parent-teacher store, and we would have a big tree on the wall and write things we were thankful for.  Last year, I had a very colicky 2 month old baby in November, and the tree just wasn't going to happen, so we simplified.  We decided to write our thankful things on the windows by our kitchen table.  Crayola makes these great things called "window crayons".  I love them.  They work much better and wash off easier than any window markers I've tried, plus the colors are nice and bright. We enjoyed our window thankful things so much last year, we decided to do it this year too.  It's easy, and the kids like it, so that's what makes it great.  At dinner, we all say one thing we're grateful for and I write it down.  And it's so fun hearing what the kids are grateful for, especially the 3 year old.  From him we get gems such as "thankful my water bottle not lost" and "cars, but not real cars, the movie cars".  Jason and I always try to guess how long it will be before one of the kids says they're grateful for their mom and dad.  Sadly, we usually don't make the list until they're having trouble thinking of something and we offer suggestions.  Someday they'll be grateful for us, right?

1 comment:

  1. What a great idea! We love our window crayons, too, but I hadn't thought of using them to write what we're thankful for! Hmmm . . . how can I make this work for Christmas? :D Thanks for sharing!

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