We have been talking about “thankful” a
lot lately and last month I started encouraging everyone to say
what they are thankful for. I started off trying to do it at
dinner each night, but then it was lunchtime sometimes, and now
it’s just randomly throughout the day. In the beginning Lex
wouldn’t participate (hid under the table instead) and Eve was
thankful for whatever she had in her hands at the moment. They
have both gotten much more thoughtful about it and now come up
with interesting responses. The other day Eve was thankful for
her arms. And yesterday Lex walked in to the room and said,
“Mommy, do you know what I’m thankful for?” I, of course, said
“What are you thankful for, Lex?” and he said, “Mommy, I’m
thankful that someone is going to buy me some little wooden
trains for Christmas.” He cracks me up!! I had to tell him that
we don’t know what he’s going to get and we’ll have to wait and
see, but he should be thankful for everything he gets for
Christmas. And so begins the holiday gimmes.

I bet you all thought I forgot about this blog! Nope, just
busy and not in a blogging mood lately. I sometimes think about
fun things to add, like the day Lex said “Mom, I’m pretending
my head is a snowflake” as he slowly moved his angled head up
and down in front of the window and snowflakes fell slowly
outside. Anyway, that’s all for now. Quiet time is over and I’m
back on mommy duty.