Thankful

It was Thanksgiving on Monday, and I am grateful for many things. We had a nice dinner with Papa Bears family, and while we were eating we got to talking about things we are thankful for. Little Bear was grateful for: clothes, food, shelter warmth and family. Papa Bear was grateful for his job, and us. I am thankful for all of those things, plus running and a few other things.

I am Thankful for dirty dishes, because it means I have food to eat.
I am Thankful for laundry, because it means I have clothes to wear.
I am Thankful for vacuuming, because it means I have a home.
I am Thankful for all of those things, because it means I am healthy, and have the use of my limbs.

What are you Thankful for?

Pumpkin Patch

I have never been into decorating for Halloween, never been into Halloween either. This year, I really wanted to decorate for fall, but not have an overly Halloween themed house. Now, this craft is not one of those super cheap ones, but it is one that I can use over and over. I wanted to celebrate fall, and the harvest, and Thanksgiving. Since Canadian Thanksgiving is squeezed into the beginning of October before Halloween, I think it largely get ignored. I mean, it's not as though we delicate an entire month to decorating and celebrating it. This year, I decided that I was going to make something that incorporates both days. So was born my pumpkin patch.

I don't like pumpkin as a general rule. Not in pie, or muffins, or the like. I don't carve pumpkins with Little Bear because I cannot stand the smell. So, I saved my pennies and waited for those fake pumpkins to go on sale at Michael's (Canada's version of Hobby Lobby).

I then picked out a sweet font, and made the type huge, I think it ended up being 460 or something like that.

Then I traced the letters onto my pumpkins.

Used some craft paint to fill them in.

And set them up outside, where, in this crazy wind they promptly fell over. So I drilled a small hole in each and put a few rocks inside to help them stand up. Not the cheapest craft ever, but one that I can re-use.