Giving Thanks

In the car on our trip to school this morning, Reed and I talked about how Halloween was over now and Thanksgiving was the next holiday. I asked him if he knew what Thanksgiving was about. He didn't. I told him this was the day where we give thanks to God for everything in our lives that we're happy about. It was interesting to see this from a child's perspective.

Me: I'm thankful for Daddy, Lane, Maren and Reed.

Reed: I'm happy that my orange water gun still works.

Me: I'm thankful that we have a nice house and food to eat.

Reed: Yeah. I like food.

Me: (as we're pulling up to school) I'm happy that you and Maren and Lane all have good schools to go to.

Reed: I'm glad there aren't any monsters.