Having a project to work on has been motivating to me for as long as I can recall. Size does not matter, small or a larger one for the farm, are all exciting as I envision working them out and arriving at the finished effort.

I must give credit where credit is due though. I have my older sister to thank for this insight. We regularly have grandchildren visit us here on our farm. There are lots of things going on that entertain and keep them busy. Our fisherman grand boys can very nearly spend all day at the pond.

I must admit I have never really thought of doing special little mostly DIY projects with the children. There is plenty here to keep them busy, but often they want us to sit/play/listen to them. Talking this over with my sister solved the issue altogether. She showed me some real pretty crafts she and her grandchildren had worked up together. They made big, lovely snowflakes out of brown paper bags. So pretty!

A couple of our grands were coming for a day visit just before Halloween. I decided we would carve a pumpkin together and make buckeye candies from a cute recipe thanks to: http://onceuponachef.com

The fun and laughter we had together was more than I ever expected! “Granny,” my little grandson said without looking up from putting eyes on our candies. “Yeah, honey?”

“I love you.”

“I love you too!”

I sent the pumpkin and a plate of our yummy, mummy buck eye candies back home when his parents picked him up.

It was a fun, happy day for us. I now have cute Thanksgiving projects for us next week! Thank you, my dear sister.