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Happy Thanksgiving!!  Thankgiving is one of my favorite holidays!  I have so many wonderful memories of family dinners together on thanksgiving and all the great food!  I love how we always had certain foods every year at thanksgiving.  It shows you how important tradition is to kids.  Thanksgiving wouldn’t be the same without my mom’s sweetpotato dish, or my aunt’s jello mold, or the green beans with fried onions on top, yumm!!  Although we always have turkey, it’s always those side dishes I love so much!!  My family is famous for the amount of desserts we have on thanksgiving!!  We have a major sweet tooth and the number of desserts we have is equal to the number of things we have out for dinner.

It is always so great to just be with your family for a day, to enjoy eachother’s company and just BE.  Not to worry about the things you have to get done, or clean up.  But, to enjoy eachothers company.

Thanksgiving is also a time of appreciating and being grateful for what we have in life.  It’s a great opportunity to teach our children about being thankful.  It is also a great time to show how important it is to help others.  It is important to share with our children the need to help others who are less fortunate.   There are many ways to do this.  One simple way is to collect food for the local food bank.  In school there are usually opportunities to donate food to needy families.  Kids learn a very valuable lesson by taking part in this.

How do you celebrate Thanksgiving?  Do you have any favorite traditions?  What are some things you like to teach your children?