Hello out there digi-friends! Megan here, bringing you a Thanksgiving Interview blog post! This year my kids are at the age where they can comprehend (well, at least a little) what Thanksgiving is all about. They are learning bits and pieces in school and have been making all kinds of Thanksgiving crafts. So, now that they are old enough I’m curious to know what they are thankful for and what they think about this wonderful holiday. It would be great to see how much (or how little) their answers change each Thanksgiving as they get older and to have it all recorded so that they can read all their answers when they are all grown up!

I think interviewing someone each year for Thanksgiving is a great idea and also a good way to get some discussions started. And how fun would it be to see what different answers they will have each year. So, lets give this a try. I already asked my children some questions and I also got some of the other maniacs to join along. Give it a try with us!! And if you feel like it share what your friends or family are thankful for in our comment section, especially kids answers, those are always cute! Ok, here goes…

My Twins:
Aaron (age 5):
Q: What is Thanksgiving? A: A time about the “fings” that you share
and are thankful for.
Q: What are you thankful for? A: My whole family and friends.
Q: Why? A: Because they are so nice and they love me.
Q: What is your favorite thing to do on Thanksgiving Day? A: Play with my cousins.
Q: What is your favorite Thanksgiving food? A: Pumpkin Pie
Q: What is your favorite Thanksgiving Dessert? A: Chocolate Cream Pie

Aubrey (age 5):
Q: What is Thanksgiving? A: When you sit with your grandparents and eat stuff.
Q: What are you thankful for? A: Mommy, Daddy, Remmy (our dog), my grandparents and my cousins.
Q: Why? A: Because I like them and love all of them.
Q: What is your favorite thing to do on Thanksgiving day? A: Eat all the yummy food and play.
Q: What is your favoriet Thanksgiving food? A: Mashed Potatoes with Gravy and green beans.
Q: What is your favorite Thanksgiving Dessert? A: Cherry Pie

And my layout using Penny’s My Fair Lady :

Kim’s Kids:
Emma (age 9):
Do you know why we celebrate Thanksgiving? I think its something about Pilgrims.
What is your favorite Thanksgiving Food? Turkey Leg
What is your favorite Thanksgiving dessert? Pie and Ice cream
What are you thankful for? My family
Who is your favorite person that comes to Thanksgiving dinner? Namrata and Jijo and Steve and Farrah
Do you like sitting at the little kids table? No
Do you get sleepy after you eat thanksgiving dinner? Sometimes
Do you help cook thanksgiving dinner? Sometimes
Do you watch football? No
Coolwhip, Rediwhip or Real whip cream? Real whip cream
What is your least favorite Thanksgiving food? Green Beans
Jellied or Whole Cranberry sauce? Neither
What do you want to do differently when you have your own thanksgiving when you are an adult? No little kid table!
Do you travel to get to your thanksgiving destination? Do you Drive or Fly? No
If you were going to have thanksgiving somewhere else where would you have it? Grandma’s house

Aaron (age 11):
Do you know why we celebrate Thanksgiving? Thanksgiving was about when the Pilgrims came to the Indians and they had dinner together and such.
What is your favorite Thanksgiving Food? Stuffing
What is your favorite Thanksgiving dessert? Pumpkin Pie
What are you thankful for? Having a family that loves and cares for me.
Who is your favorite person that comes to Thanksgiving dinner? Mom and Dad
Do you like sitting at the little kids table? No
Do you get sleepy after you eat thanksgiving dinner? Depends on what time it ends.
Do you help cook thanksgiving dinner? If my mom asks me to I would.
Do you watch football? Sometimes
Coolwhip, Rediwhip or Real whip cream? What’s the difference.
What is your least favorite Thanksgiving food? I like all Thanksgiving food.
Jellied or Whole Cranberry sauce? Whole cranberrry sauce.
What do you want to do differently when you have your own thanksgiving when you are an adult? I don’t know. You make Thanksgiving really good.
Do you travel to get to your thanksgiving destination? Do you Drive or Fly? No
If you were going to have thanksgiving somewhere else where would you have it? Steve and Farrah’s because I have a fun time there and they make good food!

And here is a Layout by Kim using Autumn Spice, Always and Forever and All Worn Out Overlays:

Kristin’s Son:
Luke (age 5):
Do you know why we celebrate Thanksgiving? Because the Mayflower crossed to America
What is your favorite Thanksgiving Food? Um, is there cake on Thanksgiving? (me: no) Then, turkey.
What is your favorite Thanksgiving dessert? Pumpkin bars
What are you thankful for? Legos and Jenna (his “girlfriend”)
Who is your favorite person that comes to Thanksgiving dinner? Grandma
Do you get sleepy after you eat thanksgiving dinner? NO!
Do you help cook thanksgiving dinner? No.
Do you watch football? No
What is your least favorite Thanksgiving food? green beans
What do you want to do differently when you have your own thanksgiving when you are an adult? I want to cook stuff.
What’s your favorite part of the Thanksgiving day parade? Garfield

And here is a layout by Kristin using Gobble, Gobble and the Autumn Spice Alpha from Penny:

Tracy’s son is doing a “Thankful Project” at school so she centered her questions around that and is going to make a LO once the project is finished.

L.J. (age 4):
What is the Thankful Project? we’re going to give people some food
How can you help? you got to get some money in your jar
What do you use the money for? you get some food from Publix
How do you earn money? do things for helping Mommy, pick up my toys, clean up my dishes
What kind of food do you want to buy the families? fruit, mashed potatoes, vegetables, rice
What are you thankful for? my family, some regular food, my toys, little army men

Here’s a layout Sara made using Autumn Spice:

And also one from NeeNee using Autumn Spice and Word Jumbles: Dates:

That’s all folks! I hope you enjoyed today’s blog and I hope it was able to jump start a new tradition for your family with Thanksgiving Interviewing! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Tags: Children, family, Interview, Thankful, Thanksgiving

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