It was a short week with the Thanksgiving and Hanukkah holidays, but we still took time to express our gratitude for each other and the natural community. Children wrote and dictated things they are grateful for onto wallpaper hearts and hung them on our tree of thanks. We also made bird feeders outside using apples, oranges, and cranberries strung upon the trees. We donated small gifts to our Basket of Thanks for the local fire fighters, too.