Veterans Day

I compared veterans to the toy soldiers from Toy Story. It was something my toddlers could relate to.  Once I mentioned that their aunt and uncles were veterans and we were celebrating them, my 4-year old said that he always wanted Veterans Day to get here. I think he's expecting a party with cake and presents for them.

We have a coloring book that explains most patriotic holidays, so we colored a few pages after I read the description. (The coloring book was passed out at a 4th of July parade. We might be nerdy because we kept it.) We were going to mail the colored pages to their aunt and uncles (my sister, brother, and brother-in-law) who are veterans. However, it wouldn't get there in time, and I wanted to reach more people to say thank you.

We settled on making a video instead. I borrowed my friends iPAD because it has iMovie on it, which makes it pretty simple to make videos. My sons loved it. They freaked out when they saw themselves in a "real" movie. They went through and named all the people in the movie. They called my husband's grandpa Daddy. My grandfather they called "a man." They have never met either of our grandpas, but they must recognize that strong Jensen gene pool.

This video is for all the veterans out there. We may not understand all of your sacrifices, but we do understand it's for all of us. Thank you!
As a side note, my brother-in-law didn't make it into the video, so here's his Veterans Day shout out: David Banks.