{"id":2507,"date":"2020-11-25T14:01:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T14:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/?p=2507"},"modified":"2020-11-29T15:39:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T15:39:35","slug":"our-gratitude-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/?p=2507","title":{"rendered":"Our Gratitude Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">A few years ago I set out to make a Jesse Tree to celebrate Advent.   I had only learned about the Jess Tree tradition the year before and we set out early to complete our tree in time for the advent season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">My son painted a beautiful tree. I absolutely loved and and considered leaving it out all year round.   I had planned on attaching little cup hooks to hang our ornaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191104_113941-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2509\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191104_113941-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/?attachment_id=2509\" class=\"wp-image-2509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191104_113941-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191104_113941-300x225.jpg 300w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191104_120902-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191104_120902-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191104_120902-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191104_120902-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191104_120902-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191104_120705-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2514\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191104_120705-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/?attachment_id=2514\" class=\"wp-image-2514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191104_120705-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191104_120705-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191104_120705-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191104_120705-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191104_120705-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Since it was nearing November we decided to first make it our gratitude tree.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/?p=264&amp;fbclid=IwAR2OPcCfkslmvp09bG_iebmcHXtZlmLw1kNv-0mVZqevs7MI_CVKxmb3N48\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">You can read more about our Jesse Tree project here.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The tree sits in our living room from November 1st to Thanksgiving Day.  Each day we write a blessing bestowed upon us by the Lord on a cut out leaf.   Since it is fall we use fall colors of construction paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191108_162304-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191108_162304-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191108_162304-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191108_162304-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191108_162304-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20191108_162304-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">At our Thanksgiving table we have a basket filled with all of the leaves we have written our blessings on.   After our dinner prayer we read the blessings our family has added to the tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/?p=2359\">See our Five Days of Gratitude Bible Art Project here.<\/a><\/span><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago I set out to make a Jesse Tree to celebrate Advent. I had only learned about the Jess Tree tradition the year before and we set out early to complete our tree in time for the advent season. My son painted a beautiful tree. 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