Thanksgiving 2020

 

I've loved reading everyone's thankful posts on facebook this year. 

Our Dollar Shave Club newsletter had an article about gratitude and how good it is for our brain ~ for our physical and mental well-being. It actually makes your brain grow! It relaxes you and increases serotonin, the happiness chemical. 

I love it when God tells us to be thankful, and then we find out how good it is for us! 

Jon's been practicing "Ashokan Farewell" to play for us on Thanksgiving. He does really well picking up music by ear. 

Alec (stationed here in San Antonio in the Navy ~ friend from Seattle area) came over for dinner. He brought the turkey and stuffing. Perfectly cooked turkey too! 

Here he's convincing Jonathan to take a bite of his stuffing. 

Jon finally did. Alec eventually got all the kids to take a bite. 

Phillip working on an app idea. He's so creative. He keeps going too, until he has a good product. Our family sure is loving the homeschool planning app. And our customer base for Flexible Homeschool App keeps growing. 

I went through the house after dinner and found each kid doing something off alone (except for Jon ~ he was playing chess with Alec). Liz had her hair up in knots of purple dye, so I didn't post her pic. Harrison has found that he loves his closet lately. He listens to the Penderwicks and draws. He's on the fourth book of the Penderwick series and this is a sad one, he tells me. So he listens in his closet. 

Phoebe diligently working away at a sewing project. She's into hand sewing lately. These girls do this wonderful handwork and then rip up so much of it to start over when it isn't perfect! I'm impressed with their work though. 

The most fruits and vegetables I've fixed for one meal, I believe. Cornbread casserole (it has corn in it!), cranberry sauce, cooked apples, lettuce salad, sweet potato soufflé, lemon-pepper green beans, and kale/Swiss chard soufflé. 

My dad's serving dish was perfect for the rolls. 

Alec re-enlisted with the Navy this week. He had the ceremony up on the hill near our house, and we were glad to be there. Quite a few other buddies showed up too. 

Congratulations, Alec!