A Thankful Month!

This month we have had fun working on fun Fall projects and talking about what we are thankful for.  We started off by the girls putting together turkeys for our table centerpiece.

 It was cute to watch Kaylee help Lex with hers. :)

 For Kaylee's class we had to decorate or disguise a turkey so it would not become Thanksgiving dinner.  Kaylee chose to make hers a princess.  I think this turkey is safe!

This was something new and fun that we did this year.  We brought our tree out the beginning of November and decorated it as a "Fall Tree".  It has been fun having the tree out so early.

 This year we made a "thankful" garland for the fireplace.  I got the idea from my Mom's group and Pinterest.  :) It was really fun to talk with the girls and get their ideas about what and who they are thankful for.  Then I wrote it out on fall leaves and we hung them up.  We also added a few pictures the girls colored on the garland.  Here they are coloring their turkeys and cornucopias, or "copias" as Lex calls them for the garland. 

I love how the candy cane skirts have started to make an appearance!

 Then of course we must twirl in the twirly skirts!

Then these are from earlier today.  Kaylee was such a big help and helped me get a few side dishes and hot cocoa mix ready for tomorrow.  She loves to help in the kitchen.  Then of course she was not going to let the day slip by without making turkey hand cookies.  :)  Holidays are such a big deal in our house and the excitement was not lacking today.  I let them have a "fun bath" tonight, that is a bath in Mom and Dad's big tub, and then they were running around giggling and gobbling and wondering how soon Charlie might show up.  Charlie is our "Elf on a Shelf" sent from Santa if you don't remember from last year.  We read "The night before Thanksgiving", and Kaylee said tonight she was going to have visions of turkey legs dancing in her head!  Love that girl and her enthusiasm!  I think the real reason for the huge extra excitement is really for the season and holiday that follows.  I can't say I blame them!