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| Wed, 11-09-2005 - 5:35pm |
I thought you guys might have some good ideas, and that the answers might help others as well. This year for thanksgiving the kids want to have the same thanksgiving they always have, at his parents. It's technically my custody day. But what's better for the kids? the 3 of us sitting at my table eating turkey and stuff? (my family does not live nearby). or them going to their grandparents with their father and enjoying a traditional dinner. Well that made sense, but what about me? and I want them to not think of his traditions as the only ones. I want to make our own as well.
I was going to have our own traditional dinner, but after they begged to go to grandma's I said OK. I asked that they have dinner late and I will still have them most of the day - that way we could have a special brunch/lunch. Our own thanksgiving dinner. But I don't want them to be eating turkey and the same stuff twice.
OK enuff background. Any ideas for making a wiz-bang, thanksgiving lunch/brunch? something fun, but with meaning, something we can do each year as our tradition? something as big and important as thanksgiving dinner though. Not just waffles for breakfast (besides grandma does those now and again on sundays they are with her.. so it wouldn't be special).
I thought an activity or two as well as lunch. Like something I read with cutting out colored leaves and writing what you're thankful for on them and using them as a centerpiece for dinner, reading them as part of the prayer and hanging them after. I thought a fruit salad might be a big part of it too, thinking of the traditional cornocopia, and pie. I don't have alot of money or free time, and my kids are 6 and 9.
Any ideas?

I'm not sure of you're climate, but what about ice skating as an activity? I'm thinking of doing that on the Friday after Thanksgiving with my DD. Instead of splitting the holiday, I decided to give Thanksgiving day to STBX and have my holiday with the kids on the day after Thanksgiving. We always used to have an early dinner with his parents and then pack everyone in the car and head to my parents' house for a later dinner. We never really enjoyed the holiday. I'm looking forward to staring some new Thanksgiving Friday traditions.
Hope