Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I’m imagining you all reading this post with a cup of tea and a large slice of pumpkin pie, having escaped from the football games for a few moments. 🙂 Even if you don’t celebrate the American Thanksgiving, I’d encourage you to take some time to think about what you are thankful for.

I have more than usual to be thankful for this year.

I am thankful for my son, thankful for my home, and very thankful that as we approach the end of the year, unlike last year, I am not extremely pregnant and still unsure as to whether or not we would be buying a house and moving (we did, and we did, literally while we were in the hospital after my son was born – we went to the hospital from one house and came home to another).

On a more mundane level, I’m thankful for “touchy-feely” books. Mr. Baby is not interested in reading, he’d rather be doing and exploring than sitting still listening to his momma. However, for the last month or so, he’s started to really engage and interact with his touchy-feely books. Things like Pat the Bunny, or the incredible That’s not my… series (we have That’s Not My Dinosaur and That’s Not My Monkey so far), and even The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which has some holes he can stick his fingers into, have been a fun way to get him to sit still and practice this whole reading thing. Snuggling with my boy and reading to him while he solemnly sticks his index fingers into all the pages on his books (without wiggling to be free! well, mostly) have been some of my happiest moments as a parent so far.

Wishing you many blessings this Thanksgiving.

P.S. Yes, that’s a plastic popcorn bucket on the floor to our left. It’s one of his favorite toys. Go figure.

What are you thankful for today?