A tree for every holiday

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Today I shamelessly snagged a friend's idea of a Thanksgiving tree of thanks. I drew an outline of a tree (about two and a half feet tall) and let Emmett color it in. We talked about nice things in our life, and I told him things I was thankful for. Then I cut out a bunch of leaves from construction paper, and asked Emmett what he was thankful for. His answer? Grapes. So the first leaf on the tree said "grapes." We plan to add to it each day until Thanksgiving.

I think he's catching on. Just before dinner he said he was thankful for dinner, and before bed he said he was thankful that I got him some water.

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