Saturday, November 21, 2009

Plymouth Rock

Posted by Fringe at 1:20 PM

B-Man loves to make crafts. And this Thank-You Tree has become a tradition for us.

It's so cute!! It becomes the centerpiece for our Thanksgiving Dinner.

First, we gather a bunch of different leaves from outside.

Then we write the names of people that we're thankful for. B-Man insisted that he do all the writing by himself. I just had to help with the spelling. lol. What a cutie!

After our Thank-You Tree, we went into the media room and watched a little Food Network Channel. After all, I got to introduce at least one new recipe every year. (As a side note: Sweet Potato Crunch was a HUGE hit this year.) I was sitting on the couch and B-Man was laying on his belly on the floor. Suddenly he turned over and sat straight up.

"Mom, why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?" he asked. "We eat every other day, why is Thanksgiving so special?" He looked truly perplexed, but I still had to laugh that he'd made that connection already. He's 4 people!

"Well B-Man," I started, "Thanksgiving is an American tradition. It started a long time ago when people from Europe sailed across the ocean looking for a place that they could be free from the unfair rulers of their homeland. When they got here they landed at a place called Plymouth Rock. It was in the fall and they didn't have much food and weren't ready for the harsh winter that was coming. They were very hungry. That's when Pocahontas found them and brought them..."

"Roasted chicken, corn on the cob, mashed potatoes, honey ham, and green bean casserole." he interrupted.

I tried hard to hold in my laugh, "Yeah, something like that. Anyway, she saved their lives and they were really thankful. So that's why we celebrate thanksgiving."

The answer must have satisfied him because he laid back down and went back to his book. After my show on Food Network was over, we went outside to play. Baby-M and I were making our way over to the swings, when B-Man came running toward us.

"I found it, Mom" he was so excited, "I found Plymouth Rock! We need to paint it so that the people across the ocean will be able to find it."

And so... we painted Plymouth Rock.
Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!

 

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