Family Fun Night: November

for our november family fun night,

we decided to stay in.

we had been gone a lot this past month -

and so it was nice to have something at home.

jordan came up with this activity and it was great.

but first i wanted to show you our thankfulness tree that

we filled out throughout the month

each morning - i would have the kids tell me what they were thankful for,

and i would write it down on a leaf

we then found some sticks to make our "tree"

and would hang the leaves on the tree

it was a great project and activity and

a great way to start our days in thankfulness

so onto our fun night

we decided to try to teach the kids what thanksgiving was about

from a historical viewpoint

so we acted out the mayflower coming to america

duncan in his "ship" looking at the seas

the bad storms that caused the ship to go back and forth

the boys on the bigger ship looking out to find "land"

once we got to "america' we had to hike around and find a place to build our house

we found the perfect spot in jaydens room :)

that is all the pictures that i have,

and sorry that they aren't that good -

but it was really fun and a great way to teach them how the pilgrims got to america

and how the indians and the pilgrims worked together!

hope this made sense!