Happy Thanksgiving

As a kid, Thanksgiving was a day that I reached with much anticipation, but always felt a little let down. Yes, I loved the turkey dinner, and watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade... but as I remember between  all of the school crafts projects, and learning about the first Thanksgiving dinner there was a lot of build up.

Today, it feels like Thanksgiving is bypassed in favor of the more lucrative Christmas holiday. I even saw my first Christmas display and heard my first carol before Halloween. 

Next year we plan to travel to the East Coast, but this year we will be staying at home. My parents are coming for dinner.  The boys love their grandparents so this will be a special treat.

I think it is important to get kids outside if possible on Thanksgiving, and to keep them entertained (without over-engineering activities). I have several surprises and activities planned for the boys. They each are getting some new trains (the Thomas three-packs were on sale at Target), we are watching the movie Up (between football games) and we are going to the park to fly a kite (as I remember my dad is quite the accomplished kite flyer).

For my boys I hope to instill the joy of the Thanksgiving tradition, without over-hyping a simple and wonderful family Holiday.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. I hope you have a wonderful and fun day.