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22 November 2007

o thanksgiving tree, o thanksgiving tree.

At the beginning of the month, Zach and I pulled out the brown and purple paint and went to town on a big roll of paper. We painted an area of about 3x4 feet and let it dry. Then I sketched and cut out a really ugly simple tree trunk with a few branches. After we cut out about a million construction paper leaves, we were ready.

All month we've been writing down things we're thankful for, and then adding the leaves to our bare tree with sticky-tack. My favorites from Zach? Aside from the fact that he wrote "food" on about a dozen leaves, there is also "Dad comes home", "fishing", and my favorite, "I, Zach".

Such a happy life.

Thanks

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Comments

Deirdre

Thanks so much for sharing that---we're lifting it for next year!

Posted by: Deirdre | 27 November 2007 at 06:43 AM

kirsten

amy, that is beautiful. i love the 'cat'. are you homeschooling him? i'd love to know how school's going.

Posted by: kirsten | 28 November 2007 at 05:55 PM

meg

what a wonderful idea. It makes the celebration of thanksfulness last all month. A lovely lesson to teach!

Posted by: meg | 04 December 2007 at 01:35 PM

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