I know it's not even halloween yet, but I'm already excited about turning all my pumpkins over to Thanksgiving. Muted colors and metallics are much more my style than carved up jack-o-lanterns with creepy spiders crawling about.
What about y'all, do you leave your pumpkins out past Halloween?
I also love this idea I found on pinterest. You place a drop cloth down as your tablecloth on Thanksgiving and use a sharpie to write down what everyone is thankful for that year. What a fun idea to start the tradition and bring out the same cloth each year to see how the people and thankfulness multiplies.
And one more random question, does your family say grace? We did growing up and it's something I'd like to start up in my own little family. If so, what age did you start with your children and which prayers of grace did you say?
ooooo, love the first gold polka dot pumpkins...so purdy!
ReplyDeleteLove the first pumpkins but I am too lazy to paint mine I will probably just throw them away. We always said grace growing up and still do along with nightly prayers. Sterling can't say it yet but I normally say the blessing. The one we always said growing up and still use is:
ReplyDelete"Thank you God for happy hearts rain and sunny weather. Thank you God for this good food and that we are together. Amen."
I did not grow up saying grace. My 3 year-old learned "A B C D E F G, Thank you God for feeding me." at preschool and I find it adorable. It may have to become a tradition.
ReplyDeleteI like the tablecloth idea. I was thinking of a paper one with crayons and markers for the kid's table at X-mas.
I want my pumpkins to look like that, instead of the mold growing out of mickeys nose! Yeah well we try to say the blessing usually it's Carson reminding us, hey at least he got it together.
ReplyDeleteThis is the one he says........
PS can not wait for girls night the 17th!!!!!
God our Father
God our Father
We thank You
We thank You
For our many blessings
For our many blessings
Amen
Amen
I think I need me some polka dot pumpkins for reals!
ReplyDeleteWe have started saying the blessing with our 5 and 2 year old. Everyone goes around and thanks God for a couple of things from that day. It's pretty entertaining to see what they come up with!
ReplyDeleteLove the tablecloth idea. A friend of mine told me about a similar idea but with brown paper (craft paper) instead of a real table cloth. But I like this idea of using a real one to bring out every turkey day! Love traditions! We said grace growing up and we TRY to say it with our own kids. The one we said/say is:
ReplyDeleteGod is great, God is good
Let us thank Him for our food
By his hands, we are fed
Thank you for our daily bread
Amen
:-)
I really like those polka dot pumpkins, and the one with the gold leaves. That is such a great idea!!!
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We say grace and the kids do some from preschool (mentioned already in the comments) plus:
ReplyDeleteThank you for our friends so sweet;
thank you for the food we eat;
thank you for the birds that sing;
we give thanks for everything.
Or I do the one from my childhood:
Bless us o Lord for these thy gifts
which we are about to receive
Amen
I leave my pumpkins out until Thanksgiving, just seems fitting. I never paint them though, maybe I will this year. And I love that blessing we say it in our house
ReplyDeleteI want to spray paint some pumpkins gold this year! That Grace is one of my favorites that I've seen this year. So simple and sweet.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post and message Julia. I love the gold painted pumpkins. Have a great weekend.
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What a great thanksgiving idea! I generally leave my pumpkins out as long as they aren't carved.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the big gold painted (or spray-painted) glossy Pumpkins--the mini-polka dot ones are also so sweet!
ReplyDeleteLove the gold pumpkins
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of spray painting the pumpkins instead of carving one! So easy!
ReplyDeleteWe grew up saying "Give us grateful hearts, our Father, for all thy mercies, and make us mindful of the needs of others; in Christ's name we pray. Amen." Very Tradition Episcopal blessing.
I teach pre-k and some of the ones we say are "God our Father" and "Johnny Appleseed" which is "Oh the Lord is good to me and so I thank the Lord for giving me the things I need, the sun and the rain and the appleseed. The Lord is good to me. Amen." At Halloween and Thanksgiving, we change appleseed to pumpkin seed, it's so cute!
Thought of you today! Check out Bryn Alexandra blog . It reminds me of your genius DIY:)
ReplyDeleteLOVE that tablecloth idea. And I think it would be super sweet to say grace.
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas!
ReplyDeleteOur kids say:
Dear Lord;
Help us to do the things we should.
To be to others: kind and good.
In all we do in work and play,
To grow more loving every day
Amen
My boys (5 and 2) love singing the Johnny Appleseed song for grace. It's fun and brings back good memories of my childhood too.
ReplyDeletewe said grace as little kids!
ReplyDeleteour preschool (methodist despite us being catholic) taught us to say
Thank you for the food we eat,
Thank you for the world so sweet,
Thank you for the birds that sing,
Thank you God for everything!
before snack
My parents would continue the tradish at home during dinner, and as we got older we learned more traditional ones!
LOVE the tablecloth idea!!!
Great idea! I have a ton of mini pumpkins around my house for fall/Halloween. This would be a great way to dress them up a bit for Thanksgiving! Thanks for sharing!
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You know, now that I think about it, I can't remember a time when we didn't say a blessing before eating. The earliest I remember learning is "God is great, God is good, let us thank HIm for our food. Amen"
ReplyDeleteWe still say the blessing, even in restaurants. It's not loud and showy, but quiet and gentle. I think it's a great idea. Our godchildren love saying their own blessings, and sometimes you get tickled at the length and creativity they demonstrate. But it always blesses me to listen to them because children's prayers are so hearfelt, and I know it blesses God, too.
Go for it!
XO,
Sheila
XO,
Sheila
I have no idea how I signed that twice. Trying to use an IPAD an failing miserably. LOL
ReplyDeleteI'm way late to the party...but just catching up on your blog.
ReplyDeleteWe've always said "the blessing" before our meals. The "God is great, God is good" and also these two:
Come Lord Jesus, be our guest and let this food to us be blessed, Amen.
or
Bless this food to our bodies and our bodies to your service, Amen.
Was also glad to be reminded of the Johnny Appleseed! I used to love that in grammar school! Now that tune is stuck in my head!