November is upon us and that just puts the holiday feeling in the air! I love the holidays and Christmas, but we also love to slow down in November and enjoy focusing on Thanksgiving and gratitude. One of my favorite traditions that we have in November is our gratitude tree. We started this tradition years ago when we only had two children old enough to really participate and every year, we all love doing it. The tradition is that every person gets to add a "grateful leaf" to

Halloween is not the biggest holiday at our house (that would definitely be Christmas), but I do love celebrating holidays with kids and my kids love this time of year! We stick with "fun" for Halloween with a touch of creepy atmosphere rather than scary or gory. One thing I love to remember about traditions is that traditions are here to serve our family, not the other way around ! They can also change and adapt. One example of this is that we have had a tradition for years