Patriotism

I love holidays. I know. Duh. Almost everyone loves holidays. But seriously, not only do I love spending a little extra time with my family celebrating an assortment of great blessings we have in our lives, I also love that Daniel and Nathan get so excited about holidays that it is easy to get them interested in a holiday themed project that keeps them occupied. (oc·cu·py transitive verb oc·cu·pied, oc·cu·py·ing, oc·cu·pies 1: to engage the attention or energies of, 2: to prevent arguing, quarreling, or bickering, 3: to eradicate exclamations of boredom, 3: to eliminate the ability to drive everyone in a two mile radius completely crazy. ex. Daniel and Nathan were occupied.)

This particular project was especially easy for me. All I had to do was supply red, white and blue construction paper, scissors, and some glue and the boys did the rest.


This is what they came up with:

And I had an hour of peace and quiet. No screaming or yelling. No fighting or bickering. No crying or whining.

I love holidays.