Thanksgiving Links

My biggest thing I'm thankful for right now? That my pneumonia is gone! No wonder I've had no energy and been sick for a month. My new doctor and the antibiotics are a godsend. Thank you, Jesus, for health!

So now, I know it is a bit late for a "what to do to get ready for Thanksgiving" post, but better late than never. Besides, now I'll be able to look at my archives earlier next year to get my own ideas!

Instead of coming up with my own stuff though, I thought I'd just link to what some other people in the blogosphere are doing for this holiday.

Homepreschool and Beyond

Thanksgiving craft ideas, poems, service for the needy

Sweetbits

Free grown-up printables for putting you in the Thanksgiving mood!

Ministry to Children

Free Thanksgiving coloring pages

Homeschooling in a Bilingual Home

This is currently one of my favorite blogs. She has some great living book recommendations for younger children to read at Thanksgiving. More here and here.

Homeschool Freebie of the Day

Even if you don't homeschool or plan to homeschool, you should check out this blog. They provide daily freebies of e-books. Currently, they have a number of Thanksgiving titles that are worth downloading.

TipJunkie

Found this on Pinterest, and it has a bunch of great ideas to do with kids for Thanksgiving including books to read and crafts to do.

That's about it. I'm glad to be feeling better this week (finally!) which means that we might actually be able to do some of this fun stuff. I'd especially like to memorize one of the thankfulness Bible verses with Buddy and Button. We can do that by Thursday, right?

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