Thanksgiving.....just around the corner

Here is a chance to teach your kids life skills and make memories.  Let you child make the list of what he or she wants to eat for Thanksgiving.  Chances are they have their favorites, recipes that busy parents don't have time to make very often.  Let your child make the list. This teaches them how to plan and practice their spelling!  If your child is very young he or she can draw pictures. In our house there is always a lot of compromising as to what type of pie we will have and they usually can narrow it down to two varieties.

     Then when you go grocery shopping let your child bring the holiday shopping list and keep his or her eyes peeled for the items you will need to buy to make the meal.  My kids love that they get to plan much of the menu, in which they often want children's wine (nonalcoholic wine) which is too expensive to buy anytime other than the holidays and they know it!  Plus if you kids help plan the meal they will be more willing to eat it. 

Yummy!