what does "fankful" mean??

Yesterday, the boys and I sat down to make our annual Thankful Hands Wreath! We popped some popcorn to eat while we crafted and also turned on the seasonal music channel which is already playing christmas music! YIPEEEE!! To start, we traced each family members hands and cut out the handprint many times and in many many colors! Then everyone wrote down on their own handprints things they are thankful for and then decorated the prints with markers and glitter! Maddox's favorite part of this craft was the glitter...can you tell!?!? He's got that look in his eye...

Once it was time to write down what we were thankful for, I got the same question I heard last year, "What does fankful mean?" I explained to the boys that we are "thankful" for things that we are very happy to have, things that we love! Well, when you ask toddler boys what they love you never know what answers you are gonna get! HA!

This year, Maddox is thankful for MUSIC, MOMMY, NONI & PAPA, ELVIS (Uncle Tyler's dog), MONKEYS, GRPA & GRMA, STICKERS, OUTSIDE, DADDY, FROGS and SANTA!!

And, Ashtyn is thankful for GRMA & GRPA, DADDY, NOAH (his friend from school), NONI, ELVIS (Uncle Tyler's dog), ZOO, HALLOWEEN, MOM, SWINGSET, TV, SCHOOL and SANTA!!

Next it was time to decorate!!!!

Eventually, Maddox got "tired" of doing the craft. He told me that he was getting "sweaty"!! HA!! Who knows!?!? So, Ashtyn kept decorating and ended up decorating all 12 of his own handprints and then also many of daddy's! He's my crafty kid!

After the boys went to bed I assembled the wreath and left it to dry on the dining room table.

Then this morning we were finally able to hang our thankful hands wreath!! We hung it in the kitchen!! I am so proud and the boys are proud of their work too! I hope to be doing this craft when the boys are 15 and 17 and complaining the whole time. It's just neat to see what everyone is thankful for and then to see all of our families handprints together!