Happy Thanksgiving

Once upon a time, there was an adorable reenactment of the very first Thanksgiving by a certain first grade class.

With the world's greatest "boy narrator"/"Indian"/"cornstalk" you ever did see.

They did such a good job telling the real story of the very first Thanksgiving that the reenactment continued at a certain household even long after the curtain call.

A certain little sister insisted that she play the part of a girl pilgrim while a certain big brother continued to play the part of an Indian boy. So, a certain mommy rigged something up for a pilgrim costume and shortly thereafter headed to the backyard to re-live the first Thanksgiving.

First, the pilgrims rode on the Mayflower to the new world, where they knew they would be a able to worship God freely (and play with their hula hoops.) Once they arrived in the new world, they exited the Mayflower using the newly installed bright yellow slide. (Okay, maybe not. But by far, the slide is the safest and most fun way to exit a "ship.")

Once in the new world, they found growing crops for food to be a rather difficult task. Things didn't look so good. (And this might be my favorite picture of the day)

"Savage" Indians were watching as the Pilgrims tried to plant and grow enough food to eat.

But it turned out, those "savage" Indians were rather quite friendly. They were willing to help the Pilgrims. They taught them many helpful hints for a successful crop.

In the meantime, the Pilgrims shared with the Indians all about God and how they trusted Him to provide for their needs.

When harvest time came, they saw how all their prayers and hard work had paid off. They were downright giddy that they had enough food for a feast, so they threw a party. It was the first Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving!