Happy Thanksgiving

We kept our week of homeschooling during the week of Thanksgiving low key. On Monday we did all the reading-based subjects and left math & science for Tuesday.

On Wednesday, we watched a video on the first Thanksgiving showcasing William Bradford. He was the 2nd Governor of the Plymouth Colony for the Pilgrims.

To kick off Thanksgiving, the girls made a shoefly pie. These pies were made by the women in the colonial times. Molasses was a plentiful product that they had around in those times and made for an easy dessert. When the women would sit the pies on the window sill to cool, the sweet aroma of the molasses would attract flies, hence the name "shoefly pie"!

"Sho' fly don't bother me"!

We had a blessed Thanksgiving meal at my parents house and spent time with my hubby's side of the family late into the evening. It was a beautiful day.

God is faithful to His children, providing for them in every possible way. I give Him the glory for being all powerful, all knowing, and forever faithful.

Great is His faithfulness... Happy Thanksgiving!

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father,
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.

Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—
Great is Thy faithfulness,” Lord, unto me!

Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!