Thirsty Thursday

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share. ~ W. Clement Stone

Bennett has been waiting for 2 weeks to miss school today! He is a member Leaders of the Pride and this is a club at middle school that works on bringing school spirit and pride to all of their classmates. To be in the club, students need to demonstrate leadership in all areas and get signatures from all of their teachers and their parents to prove that they do the work everyday to be an exemplary student. Today this club got the opportunity to go to the Iowa Wild hockey game during school hours. They left on a bus at 9:00 and the game started at 10:30. From the pictures and videos that Bennett took it seems like they had a 'wild' time and he was very thankful to be able to go with his friends and get a day away from school. On a side note, the transition from the year-round calendar in elementary school to the tradition calendar has been fairly seamless, but this was a reminder that everyone needs a random break every once in awhile.

Harrison and I went winter coat shopping this evening. He has two giant winter coats so it really is being a bit privileged to think that he needs another one, but the truth is, neither of these coats fit in his locker! Definitely a first world problem to have... but we are going to donate one or both of his other coats to the Callanan Closet next week and we will both feel good about that. There are lots of kids/families at his school that have 'one use bias.' This is when you think that it is unnecessary to own things that only have one use. Why buy a coat when I can buy a blanket that I can wear as a coat, use as bedding and also use as a table cloth, etc.  This way of thinking is not wrong, especially when you have a very limited income. I'm very thankful that we are able to donate to the boys schools in lots of different ways and I am super thankful that my children are growing up knowing that people come from all walks of life and with that brings different perspectives on what is important. He didn't come home with a new coat as $220+ is out of our price range but we did get a good idea of his size and what style he likes. I found a coat on ll bean.com and it was 25% off. Bonus!!

After coat shopping we hit Target and Fresh Thyme. He knew we were getting honey crisp apples ($.99 a lb! Bonus!) at Fresh Thyme so he threw some caramel dip in the cart. I rarely say yes to that kind of thing, but it felt like a good treat for us all after dinner. He is thankful that I said yes and for the apples. Honey Crisp are also usually too expensive so it's a real treat when we can find them on sale.

Christopher is thankful for tater tots! I made a large pork roast at the beginning of the week and we have been switching up the sides all week to accompany the roast for dinner. Tonight was sweet potato fries for me and tater tots for the boys.

P.S. It's Thirsty Thursday - aka - water the plants day in the Neipert household! 😜