"I'm thankful for..."

"Apple juice," said Katie.
"Crocodiles," said Finley..."I love crocodiles."
The holidays always open a window into kids little minds. I don't know if it's sensory overload or too much sugar, but it seems that kids are in rare form between October 21st or so until shortly after the 1st of the New Year.
I asked one of my classes what their favorite kind of food was to eat at Thanksgiving and Garrett said "I love to eat apples on Thanksgiving. I like them on other holidays, too...except Christmas." "Yeah," chimed in Joe "apples are my favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving, too."
Whatever happened to pumpkin pie?
I had several kids say they liked "punkin pie"...but I didn't hear anyone say they liked pumpkin pie the most.
This holiday definately served to remind me that I am thankful for getting to spend the better part of my day with little people who's greatest concern in life is whether their Hannah Montana tatoo got messed up when they took a bath last night or whether their panties are hanging out of their leotard...who will tell you things like how their grammaw burnt the brownies because she left some plastic on them...who will look at you with a mischevious little grin after you give them a high-5 and say, "oops, I forgot to wash my hands"...THAT is what I am thankful for :)