For the entire month of November each person was required to write one thing they were thankful for. Since life can be hectic we actually ran over into December with it, but we each have 31 days worth of things we're thankful for. ODD had an old composition book she never used that was bright and cheery with a huge peace sign on it. This has now become our "Book of Thankfulness". I plan on creating a cover for it, but that may be something to work on this coming Fall 2012. I'm proud of each of us for committing to come up with something even if it was silly. This will be something we do every year until we run out of pages in this book (then we'll buy a new one). I believe it will be fun to look back and see how much has changed each year. Some entries were serious from the heart ones and some were simplistic. The whole point of this project is to open our eyes to the little things (not just the big) that we may take for granted. There was a rule that we had to actually think and couldn't fill pages with I'm thankful for person 1,2,3, etc.... With a family of 6 that would fill up about a week's worth. They also couldn't make it things like trees, grass, cars, etc... It would have to broader like "I'm thankful for nature because...........". That was another requirement. It wasn't just merely what you're thankful for, but also WHY? I think everyone thoroughly enjoyed hearing each other's responses and I look forward to making this a tradition. We did it last year, but wrote it on single pages (which will be slipped inside of the book once I find them). It was easier last year because it was just what we were thankful for and we had to see how many things we could come up with. That's where the rule came about not specifying each and every individual speck of dirt, creature, pore, etc... Yes, it got ridiculous. So, I believe this year it will truly be considered a tradition since it will be year number 3 for us.
