Thanksgiving. This is a time of year I love. This week my students wrote about their favourite holiday and I explainined to them why Thanksgiving is mine. We celebrate Thanksgiving much earlier here in Canada than our friends in the U.S. do, but it is still a very special time. Fall has finally arrived. The leaves are changing, the days are cool and the nights even cooler. Pumpkin spice EVERYTHING (David's tea latte being a recent fave) becomes the rage, and most importantly of all, there is turkey.
I love all things about turkey time.
We had a great kick off to the long Thanksgiving weekend at school on Friday. Each year, we have a huge pot luck luncheon and everyone pitches in. This year, I brought my favourites, homemade cranberry sauce and homemade turkey gravy. Who knew how complicated it is to make turkey gravy without a turkey! I went out and bought turkey wings, roasted them with some root vegetables, put them in the stock pot, (actually Jay did all the roasting and stock making for me) made a beautiful turkey stock, then created a roux and finally had turkey gravy! Three hours! I have to say though, it was totally worth it because it tasted so much better than the alternative...making it from a package! We are also going to visit J's family on Monday and I get the chance to have another turkey dinner...I really love Thanksgiving meals!
As many of my readers know, the past few years have been really rough on my family. Lately, I have been thinking to myself how very thankful I am for all the blessings I do have. Jay is wonderful partner who ensures that each day I feel special and loved, my lovely daughter Madison is doing really in transitioning to high school, my class of 20 fifth graders challenge me and make me smile each day, my new Nissan Murano is the car of my dreams, I have a roof over my head, and I have wonderful friends who will take the time to read this post and know I am thinking of them this weekend.
Speaking of friends, a fantastic group of Canadian bloggers have banded together to bring you some Thanksgiving goodies in the form of a sale on Teacher's Pay Teachers. The sale officially starts tomorrow (Sunday) so fill up your cart and grab some great deals. I just got a wonderful fall art activity from my friend Jennifer who writes the awesome blog, Runde's Room. I am going to be using it with my class this week.
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Check out all the stores listed for more great Canadian ideas you can implement this fall in your classroom! Happy Turkey Day!
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