Thankful

I asked Spencer to come up with things that made him happy, which was the closest I could come to making him understand what "thankful" means to make a thankful tree. I couldn't find any construction paper so we ended up with a list instead of a tree, but it works. I asked what he liked, who he loved, what he liked to do, where he liked to go ... you get the idea. Obviously, my not-quite-three-year-old needed a bit of prodding to come up with anythings.

Noticeably absent -- nearly all of his toys.
Also noticeable absent -- all the stupid shows he loves so much (besides Barney, but he was in the "who do you love" category).
Happily there -- nearly all of his immediate family (without any prompting).
Amusingly there -- a vast area of foods.

So here they are:

1. peanut butter and jelly
2. grapes
3. bread
4. Nonnie (my mother)
5. Uncle (presumably Unk, who is my husband's aunt's husband)
6. Daddy
7. Mommy
8. Henry (Hen-er-y, I love how he says that)
9. Barney
10. breakfast
11. Tita (his daycare lady)
12. Sean and Nora and Vinny (daycare kids) "I love all the kids and all the people"
13. "making bread with you" (we've done this once)
14. "I like trees"
15. Blue and yellow cars
16. Buzz Lightyear
17. "Buzz Lightyear's dog"
    
18. playing outside
19. playing baseball
20. Teddy Grahams
21. Pama and Grandma (my in-laws)
22. "the turtle in my bed" (his stuffed Yurtle)
23. my black car "because my Grandma got it for me" (I have no idea what car he's talking about)
24. pirate hats
25. peanut butter and crackers.