Thanksgiving Turkey Craft

Poor November.  It is so underrated.  I LOVE November.  We don't usually have any sports in the evening, things slow down just a bit from the craziness of the beginning of the school year or I guess we just get better at the crazy schedule.  December is such a wild month that I like to take November very slowly, but it doesn't usually matter, it zips by me despite my best efforts.  So far this month I have loved the cozy evenings we have had nearly every night just spending time as a family, reading together, crafting, playing games, and not to mention the fact that one day Josh came home from work with a hot cocoa maker and has become quite the expert in gourmet hot cocoas (we are big fans of good cocoa what can I say).  We have definitely had our fair share and more of this heavenly beverage and plan on continuing.  This may be one of my favorite talents he has developed :)

I have sneaked a few Christmas songs in here and there and listened to "Thankful" by Josh Groban over and over.  I think that the gratitude that we focus on in November is the perfect thing to usher in the month of the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.  November feels so reverent to me.  Maybe (probably) that is how it is supposed to be ;)

We have been doing turkey/gratitude/Novemberish crafts lately.  We made these lovely little cardboard tube (toilet paper roll) turkeys the other day.  The boys and I each wrote some of the things that we were thankful for on the feathers.  I have now developed a phobia of throwing plain toilet paper rolls away.  There are just too many fun things to do with them.

It also warms my hearts to hear the boys discussing all of the things they are thankful for.  Hunter wrote Jesus twice, which I totally wish I had done.

I love December, but I always feel like my December is so much better if I have a November full of all of the things I am grateful for.