Happy Thanksgiving!

I took the opportunity to ask the kids what they're thankful for on Thanksgiving, and here's how the conversation went:

Sofia: I'm thankful for the way Daddy makes dinner and you make breakfast, and the way we get hugs and kisses.
{Gabe walked in from outside at this point, so he didn't hear his sister's answers.}
Me: Gabe, what are you thankful for today?
Gabe: I'm thankful for God, and Mommy, Daddy and my sister. And I'm thankful for chicken and peanuts, pretty leaves and robins.

Me: What else are you guys thankful for?
Sofia: I'm thankful for the pretty leaves too. I love them.
Gabe: I'm thankful for food and corn, Mom, oh! And my skateboard!
Sofia: What are you thankful for?
Me: I'm thankful for you guys and Daddy. I'm thankful for our jobs so we can have this warm home and food to eat. I'm thankful for our friends and our family. (Tim walked in from outside at this point.) Tim, what are you thankful for?
Tim: I'm thankful for my family and my job -- for my education and for my future.
Gabe: Hey, Mom said that too about her job.
Me: Gabe, that's why you have to do well in school, so one day, you can get a job too.

And I have to tell you about an entertaining moment from a car ride the other morning. Sofia asked me, "Mom, were you white when you were little?"
Me: What color do you think I was, Sofia? (I was wondering if she'd say purple or something.)
Sofia: Brown.
Me: That's awesome, Sofia! I was definitely an "honorary Mexican," according to my friends.
Sofia: Oh, I thought you were Indian.
Me: Right, that might be true too.

LOL! I told the kids recently that we might be related to the Lenni Lenape Native Americans, according to research some of the family has done. I think it's adorable Sofia thinks I was brown when I was little. I should've asked her what color she thinks I am now. Hopefully she still thinks I'm brown. What a wonderful compliment!

I'm thankful for my diverse heritage, and I include growing up among mostly minorities as a large part of my heritage. Technically, I am mostly German, small parts Irish and English, and hopefully part Native American too. Tim's family is Spanish and Italian. I feel very blessed to have grown up on the south side of San Antonio, Texas.

Happy Thanksgiving! If you're reading this, know that I'm thankful to call you a friend and a part of my life. Much love, k