I LOVE NOVEMBER!

So, November happens to not only be the month I was born, but also Thanksgiving! Sometimes the days even combine! That's always been fun. The world is then FORCED to be thankful for me. HAH! I do love the gratitude that's in the air and the beginning of the Christmas season where people begin to think of others...Not to mention comfort food and FALL WEATHER! Ahh, crisp fresh air and crunchy leaves. Not much beats it.
Well last year my mom and I took on a hefty craft project copying pottery barn's thanksgiving calendar. Each day you write something you're grateful for and put it in the pocket and on Thanksgiving you pull them out and read them all. You can try and guess who's is who's or just bask in the splendor of all the blessings we receive.

Before pulling this monster out, I had seen a great idea online for little thankful trees. I'm always thinking about good craft projects for my activity day girls and with a little help collecting sticks, we pulled it off nicely. They write on a leaf everyday what they're grateful for and then hang it on the tree. By Thanksgiving, they're trees are bursting with colored leaves!

Looks like they had a good time huh? And they turned out rather cute!

So yes, you counted correctly, I now have two items to fill with blessings. I'm sure I can come up with enough to fill both! But THEN I read my sister's blog (which by the way is fabulous if you need a good read HERE)...and she started THIS:

So I'll be sharing my blessings here as well. Really "recording" them here as I don't plan on keeping scraps of paper leaves for years to come. Grab the button and join in!


I'll be playing catch up tomorrow because honestly, when the bambino goes to bed...I do too. G'night!