28 Days of Being Thankful - 2010

Today L was thankful for:
"All the Helper People, the ones who help people, like firefighters, police men, emergency people and dentist - because they give kids presents and stickers and protect us and our teeth."

Lulu and Jakob were thankful for:
"My Papa, my Papa, my Papa!!!"

All three little people were really into making their leaves today! They just sat at the craft table, chatted and decorated away. They are super cute together and listening to their deep conversations is quite a treat!!

Lulu getting distracted with body painting ;)

"Yeayyyyy ... I did it!!!"

The window is getting fuller already. 

Having Jakob's extra leaf is making it even more colorful and happy!!!

Lulu's leaf for Papa

L's leaf for the Helper People

I LOVE the names and words she creates!!!

Jakob's wonderful leaf for Papa

Good job guys!!!

Jakob's outfit of the day

For Greg

Sorry, he is just to darn cute and such a willing model. 

We just have to ...

LOVE this pose ... very MANly!!!

The happiest kid on the block!!!

If it makes you feel better, my brother went through the same torture, administered by me and my sister
and he turned out just fine.
He is out of the institution and after 10 years of counseling may finally be able to cut it down to 5 days per week ..... yeahhhh , plus he is down to 10 prescription meds per day now.
So no worries at all! Jakob will be just FINE :):):)

28 Days of Being Thankful - 2010

I already found my favorite leaf for this year, and we still have 25 leaves to go.
How can that be? See for yourself ...

L making her leaf of the day

L kissing her leaf of the day

L kissing her leaf of the day ... more

L just staring at her leaf of the day

L wiping her tears for her leaf of the day

L's leaf of the day

"Today I am thankful for my Willie-Angel, because every day I miss him. "

She covered it in "angel dust" and gave him sparkle wings

Mama's favorite leaf of the year!

I miss my Willie so much and I am thankful for the time we had with him, the walks, the camping, the trips, his Birthday cheeseburger parties, his under bite and his smelly hair, his funny walk, his excessive barking and his always wagging tail.

Not a day goes by that we don't talk about him, look at his picture or just think of him quietly.
The Ls still read the "Dog Heaven" book and I still have my little zip lock bag with some of his fur and his toys in my drawer. They lost their Willie-smell but I will keep them for ... ever I guess!

So today, I am thankful for my Willie-Angel just like L is! We miss you Boo-Boo!!!

28 Days of Being Thankful - 2010

Day 2

Today L was thankful for God "because he made the world, me and my family and he made Jay for me."

[we added some more glitter and such to the leaves ... now this is more like it!!!]

Lulu was thankful for Ballet "cause I lobe ballet Mamie!"

Jakob said "I would like to just put on stickers PLEASE." 

By far he is the MOST polite child I have ever met in my life, he even says "I would like to go to sleep now, please."
I thought Jay was an example of politeness (he still is) but this little 3 year old gets me to do or give anything and everything to him just because he is so polite. "I would like to have ice cream please."
OF COURSE, with chocolate and candy on top?  ... anything for you my little man! :)

Jakob's outfit of the day

What happens when one little 3 year old boy is left with 4 girls alone at home?

...

Please note the miss-matched princess slippers!!!

The best looking little Princess-Jakob I have ever seen!!!

I just had to post this one !!!

Jakob, you ROCK my man!!!!

28 Days of Being Thankful - 2010

Last year we started a new CA CZ tradition.
We counted down the days to Thanksgiving by creating paper 4's [as in Thankful 4], wrote a note on it for what we'd be thankful on that day and then hung them in the kitchen.
By the time Thanksgiving came around the window was covered with all these wonderful, colorful creations of the girls and their thankful notes. They were so much fun to make, to look at and to read.
I still have the whole pack from last year ... I just can't make myself throw them away.

Here is the whole bunch of 2009 Thankfulness of the Ls 

L was Thankful 4 her Jayden (to no surprise!)

Here they were Thankful 4 the Nutcracker

(I can't wait to take them this year, especially Lulu!!!)

Megan ...awww. We miss you girlie!!

Baby Carter ... he was soooo tiny last year!

This year we'll be doing the same, of course ... we have to!!! 

Yesterday we made special colored paper out of paper grocery bags.

(we even put little Mr. Jakob to work

 ... hey, it's not all fun and playing over here, you'know ;)

 We painted the bags, after we had crumbled them up, with red, green and yellow, added some metallic paint for the shimmer, an old toothbrush was used to add dark brown paint splatter for "real" leaf effects.
I found this in the Family Fun November Edition.

I really like the look!

  ... and today we created the first three leaves (L, Lulu and Jakob).

After I pulled out the "4's" from last year tonight I decided that more sparkle and personal touch is needed for each and every "Thankful Leaf" since the ones from last year were so pretty and colorful.

We'll work on that tomorrow!!!

And with this it is my great pleasure to introduce to you the November Highlight of the amazing, world famous, spectacular and gripping Necklac-Lee Blog ;)

28 Days of Being Thankful - 2010

L's Thankful Leaf for today

 She was thankful for Halloween 

(she wrote that while peaking over at the Halloween candy :)

Lulu's Thankful Leaf

She is Thankful for her Jakob

here is why ... they really LOVE each other and play so nicely, take care of each other and are best buddies it seams. So cute!!!

He was making cappuccino for Lulu and she was making "smanwich" for him. 

The KISS!!!

and Jakob's leaf ... he just wanted to color his pink. 

VERY nice work my little man!!!

From now until Thanksgiving I'll post whatever the Ls and Jakob are thankful for ... this should be a fun series!!!