A Month of Thanks, Day 6

Apple Pie.  Homemade Apple Pie.  Well, I guess technically it was Home-assembled Apple Pie, but it was great all the same.  Yes, we purchased the crust at Wal-Mart, and the filling at Safeway, but we put it together in our very own kitchen.  Now surely that counts for something, doesn't it?  Anyway, the Apple Pie isn't really the most important part of my Day of Thanks today, nor is the Vanilla Ice Cream that accompanied that warm Apple Pie.  Today I am thankful that I got to sit down at the kitchen table with my four beautiful budding children, and eat that warm Apple Pie and Vanilla Ice Cream.  I guess, when I think about it, we could have been eating anything and I would be thankful.  I will admit, though, that warm Apple Pie and Vanilla Ice Cream are a personal favorite of mine, and that having my phenomenal daughter help me assemble this tasty treat, and then sharing it at our kitchen table with all of my children at the same time send it over the top.  Drake smeared his on the table, and held the ice cream in his hand until it melted all over his pajamas, and Anthony ate only the ice cream.  Michael enjoyed his, then returned to the football game he had previously been watching.  Leelah cleaned up the leftovers.  And I sat at the table, quietly enjoying each of my unique children, and that moment of family.  So today, my friends, I am thankful for warm Apple Pie and Vanilla Ice Cream shared at the beautiful kitchen table my uncle made in high school with my four impossibly amazing kids.