Our Heritage

This may not be your cup of tea, but I am one of those 9/12 project tea party maniacs. I think patriotism is an important value to teach our children, so in addition to the PJS bags I am making for my children for Christmas, I am adding a copy of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. We are going to go through it bit by bit when we have Family Home Evening. Think about it- when was the last time you read the Constitution? School? Ever? I realized that I have never read the whole Constitution, all the way through. I think most Americans could probably tell you what the first few amendments are, and maybe mutter something about Life, Liberty, and Happiness.

I have just felt lately that in order to be a good citizen, I needed to be better educated. Am I an old fart, or what? Any way, over at the Heritage Foundation, you can get nice booklets with the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence for a dollar a piece. And they will even send you a free one if you sign up for some of their other services. Get a few, keep one for yourself, and give away the rest to patriotic Americans on your gift list. A Heritage Foundation membership is 25 bucks, and if you have a Tea Partier on your list- they would probably love it as a gift. (If you think it over, a subscription to whatever your particular giftee likes would make a great gift, subscriptions are usually the first thing to go when someone is trying to budget their finances.) I am very grateful to live in the United States of America, God bless her, and us. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

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Happy Thanksgiving

Here is a really cute gift idea for Thanksgiving.

Recipe from Pillsbury

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I am in charge of doing the craft project for my daughters 4th grade class this week.  (Go figure!)  I had them make this cute turkey.  It was soooooo easy!  All the pieces were cut out with punches and I used glue dots to attach the pieces to the peppermint patty.  These could be used as place settings, hostess gifts or something small to give to friends at Thanksgiving.  

 Can you tell what punches were used for each piece of the Turkey?

 Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and 

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Thanksgiving gifts

 Thanksgiving is right around the corner and I found some cute Thanksgiving gifts that you can hand out to friends or family that come for dinner or show up unexpectedly at your door.

These cute Turkey Truffles are from The Swiss Colony.  I thought they would be easy to make yourself with some store bought truffles, candy corn, and tube frosting.

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 I made these little Thanksgiving Blessing Mixes last year.  They were a big hit!  I was able to make a lot of them in a short amount of time.  

These are the least expensive gift I made.  Who doesn't like curling up with a warm cup of cider on a cold November night?  Enjoy!

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