Since our database was down this weekend, I didn’t get to share with you my recommendations for some great gifts. Today I am going to write about 3 great gifts, so it’s 3 gifts in 1 day! Woo!

Our first gift is so adorable. He is a Wee Ninja, master of the Stealth Hug, the Tickle Fists of Fury and the Sneak Snuggle. He is handmade in Chicago by Shawnimals. He stands about 9″ high and is a resident of Ninjatown, along with the Pocket Wee Ninjas and the Micro Plush Wee Ninjas. Quirky and cute!

Available at Shawnimals.com and Elsewares.com, $20-$22.

The next gift is the very definition of lovely. But, really it is! This is the definition necklace. Each pendant is printed on white and set in a silver bezel. It is made in Vermont by D-Licious and comes in definitions like lovely (pictured to the right), sauce, character, happiness, home, mine, balance, mate, kin, lucky, spoon and spirit.

Available at Elsewares.com and to find a store near you, check D-licious’s site, $90.

Today’s final gift is something for the All-American male. Designed by Turk + Taylor for their Autumn ‘07 collection, this shirt is sure to be a hit with any fashionable and red blooded American man (or woman!). The tee is a gingham patterned USA map on beautiful organic cotton.

Available at Turk + Taylor, $46.

To remember why we celebrate Thanksgiving:

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” - Thornton Wilder

And a little something from KIWI:

(Isn’t that the cutest turkey ever!)

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

- President John F. Kennedy

Double, double, toil and trouble,
Fire burn and cauldron bubble!

-The witches in MacBeth by William Shakespeare

“I want you to listen to me very carefully Harry. You’re not a bad person. You’re a very good person, who bad things have happened to. You understand? Besides, the world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters. We have all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the power we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.”

- Sirius Black in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix (movie).

Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he’s really in trouble. =)
- Dennis Larson

The guys who fear becoming fathers don’t understand that fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man. The end product of child raising is not the child but the parent.

~Frank Pittman, Man Enough

In honor of baseball playoffs, a little inspiration from one of the greats.

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
Hank Aaron

“Making the decision to have a child– it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.”

-Elizabeth Stone

Making the decision to have a child - it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.- Elizabeth Stone

“Kids are so powerful, and the biggest power they have is access to and influence on their parents. They can say, ‘Hey, what kind of car are we buying next– a hybrid?’ ‘Why are we driving an SUV, Dad?’”

-Laurie David, when asked “What can kids do with information about global warming?” in the latest issue (Sept/Oct 2007) of KIWI.