Giving Thanks

After taking down all our Christmas decorations, I finally took down the tree of thanks our family made this November. Some of the leaves were funny like when we decided that the thing J was most thankful for was his feet. Of course we also had the Sunday school answers like God and Jesus. Here are some of the unique responses the boys gave when I asked them what they were thankful for:

S (3yo): Aha
The Moon
Green Mountain

R (5yo): Our baby
Crafts
Reading

You can see that S tends to be our dreamer while R is more practical!

Boys will be boys

R is my four and a half year old who is all boy. He needs a good run before I can get any sort of productivity out of him. The other day he managed to knock his teeth backwards when he hit his mouth on his daddy's knee while they were on the trampoline. It was a bloody mess.

Though at the time it seemed so traumatic, we all made it through okay. He just has crooked front teeth until his permanents come a few years from now. I'm sure this is the first of many injuries to come. It's hard to see your kid get hurt, I just have to remember that it's all a part of growing up.