Happy Thanksgiving!

 Today is Thanksgiving. There are so many things that my family and I are thankful for! What a wonderful God we have who gives us so many blessings!!!

Today I am extra thankful for:

·         ---My brother. Lately I have been having a hard time sharing with him now that he is crawling and getting into my things, but I still love him. I try to remember to give him hugs several times a day.

·        --- My cars. I know these are just toys, but I am thankful for them nonetheless. (Yes, I use that big word!) I am especially thankful for my Lightening McQueen, Tow Mater, and my Beijing Bus.

·         ---Beet and Deet. I KNOW that they are really called blanket and nuk, but I like my words better. I would have a really hard time getting to sleep without them.

·         ---Traffic. I love traffic. The area near our house had terrible traffic especially in the evenings. I love all the cars, busses, bikes, motorcycles, and people going every which way. There is so much honking and noise. What a wonderful thing!

·         ---Jesus. I like to recite one of my books, “Jesus loves to hear me pray. He died to take my sins away. I’ll live with him in heaven some day.”

·         ---Books. Listening to Mom or Dad read is one of my favorite things.

·         ---Cereal, oranges, cookies, toast, eggs, quesadillas, bacon, chuar bread, pancakes, and broccoli. YUM.

·         ---Mommy and Daddy. They said they are SO thankful for smart, healthy, and sweet boys like me and Weston too!

·         ---All of our friends and family back in the States. I love that we have the technology to see and talk to them often. I miss them, but Skype has been wonderful.

·         ---Playgrounds. They are fun.

·         ---My new friends here in Beijing. My family and I have been so blessed to have Friends of China members here to help us and make us feel like we are all a family. Everyone is so helpful and fun. … I also love our new Chinese friends. What a blessing to have them in our lives too!

·         ---The moon. I just really like finding the moon.

There are so many more things that I am thankful for. Mom and Dad say we should say thanks to God every day, and not just on Thanksgiving. What a great idea! :)

Weston wants me to tell you that he is thankful for: food, (Cheerios, banana, and bread especially.), his new ability to say “Mama” “Dada” and “More”, and his stacking cups because they are so fun to knock over.

This morning Mommy, Weston, and I met Daddy, all the teachers and kids from Homeschool at the Preschool. We had around 35 kids and 15 adults there to give thanks together and eat a meal. There was SO much food! I had a great time seeing everyone. Weston and I were really good boys, but we were SO tired when we got home since it was WAY past our nap times... Tonight we are heading over to some friends' house to eat and hang out with all the Americans. We will be thankful there too! :)... Not this Sunday but the next we will have our Official Thanksgiving meal and get together with turkey and everything. That also will be fun.

Mommy is INSISTING that she write something:

Happy Thanksgiving to our family and friends back in the States! Safe travels, and God bless you!!