School Thanksgiving by Denny Lynn

We got to have a special Thanksgiving Feast at school today! I signed up to bring cookies. We made my favorite chocolate chip cake cookies and Mama let me cut them into turkeys, pumpkins and leaves.

Moms and Dads came to feast with us. We all lined up outside to sing our Thanksgiving songs.

Here is a brief sample of us singing the turkey song. I am excellent at the "gobble gobbles".

After songs it was time for prayer before heading in to wash our hands and eat!

 Everyone had brought stuff to make the feast. We had sandwiches, chips and the soup we all helped make.

 Everything looked yummy - I planned my meal to leave room for a cookie.

Here is the soup we made - I helped cut up carrots, potatoes and green peppers. I was very worried about getting the onions cut up, but Ms. Carolann told me that was her job because they might burn my eyes.

Finally it was time to pick a cookie! They all looked really good, but in the end I chose one I brought - after all, they are my favorite!

Before Mama had to head back to work I posed by my turkey - it is my footprint with my hand prints for feathers. Next to each feather is something I am thankful for. I am thankful for so many things - especially for my new school and my new friends!

Homework Time by Denny Lynn

I told Daddy I wanted to start having homework. As it turns out, Ms. Patsy said I needed to work on my writing. I like book work and making stuff in class, but I don't really like to write. So now, I have homework! We practice writing letters and shapes - and how to hold a pencil. I am already getting better at making letters. I will be writing our sentences in no time!

Thanksgiving Treats by Denny Lynn

I love any holiday and look for ways to make it special! I wanted to take special treats to wish my friends a Happy Thanksgiving. Mama found a cool idea for a popcorn treat - it was kind of hard, so we made some adjustments, but they still came out pretty cool. First we popped the popcorn.

Then we put some in a snack size bag - one for each friend and teacher.

Using green crepe paper - we made an "X" to wrap the bag of popcorn and tied it at the top (no pictures of that, because Mama did most the tying!)

I was really good at scrunching up the tops to shape the husks.

Then we added a sticker that said "Happy Thanksgiving, Wishing you a bountiful harvest, Love, Denny".

And tada! Little Thanksgiving ears of corn. Somehow, I stuffed 5 bags and ended up with 30 to give out. It must be magic corn! I can't wait to share Thanksgiving with my friends!

Thanksgiving Treats by John Lee

We are very excited for Thanksgiving! I made special "turkey feed" treats for my friends at school. We used Bugles chips, candy corn, raisins, frosted mini wheats and gold fish crackers. I poured everything into a big bowl.

Then we mixed it all up...

...and scooped it into little baggies.

Mama stapled on a Thanksgiving topper and I put on the stickers.

Each one said: "Gobble, Gobble - Enjoy your turkey feed this Thanksgiving, Love, John".

I made enough for all my friends! I was so excited to have turkey feed to give away. I am glad Mama found something easy for me to make that we could trow together at the last minute!

The Big Boy Seat by John Lee

I am finally tall enough for a big boy carseat!! I sped the process along by throwing up on my little boy seat while Mama was taking us to meet Grandpa, but whatever works! Mama got me a new chair and I didn't have to be stinky for the rest of the drive to Grandma's house, not to mention that now I have my very own cup holders!! Life is grand in the big leagues! 

Shoebox Time by Denny Lynn

Before Thanksgiving every year we make shoeboxes to send to kids who are not as fortunate as us. This year, we started saving things - kid's meal toys, extra birthday stuff, etc - to be ready to fill those boxes. All we had to add were socks, toothbrushes and toothpaste - we had everything else.

John and I each got to fill one special box how ever we wanted - this one will have a page in it that tells all about me for the little boy who gets it.

We had tons of stuff to choose from!

Negotiating for the color of comb was an integral part of the process.

My box is packed and ready for Operation Christmas Child - we just have to deliver it to the church.

John's box was too full to close!

We had so much stuff, Mama rounded up extra shoeboxes and we kept filling!

Again, comb trades we part of the process. We ended up with 11 boxes filled and we stuck with it until the end - Mama thinks we don't know, but after we went to bed she repacked them all so they would close tight, but everything fit! I am growing so big and I truly care about others and what they need. I hope we can continue to help others year after year.

Happy Birthday, Daddy by John Lee

Daddy's birthday is always exciting!! Any birthday is exciting to us, but especially Daddy's! He turned 40 years old. On her trip to Florida, Mama had a cartoon man draw Denny and I in our jockey costumes! We put them in frames for a very special birthday present!

We even helped wrap them up - each using our own paper so we knew whose was whose.

Mama got Daddy a new coffee machine - it makes it really fast and easy to have coffee or tea. We weren't sure he would like it, but he uses it twice a day!

We got all the presents wrapped and put up and just waited for party time! We had pizza....

...and my favorite BREAD!

We even got special ice cream from Baskin Robbins and we each chose our own flavor - we got pumpkin for Daddy!

It was a wild and crazy party with good food and laughter!

Then it was time for presents - Mama framed our picture from the pumpkin patch for Daddy.

I think he really liked our jockey pictures - we just need to find the perfect spot to hand them!

It was a special birthday because we were all together! We love Daddy and our so glad he is ours! Keep those birthdays coming!