Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Cookie dude and a good deed

We've been lying low lately, resting until Thanksgiving and the season that is so busy I can hardly keep up! Looking forward to Christmas this year, since my sister and her family will be in town from their home in Sydney, Australia! It's been 9 long months since we've seen them.

Amelia tried her first oreo the other day, and boy did she love it! Proof positive:


And Mira did a very good deed this past week. She had the opportunity through her church school to help a child in need. We needed to find a shoe box and fill it with items for a 4-year-old girl. I took Mira to Target and she helped pick out items for a girl she didn't know, but who she wanted to make Christmas better for. We filled the box with: socks, Little Mermaid underwear, a Dora toothbrush and toothpaste, soap, crayons, a color book, a shirt, barrettes, and a mini Care Bear. Mira was so proud to help out! It made me feel good too!

Hope you all find the time to relax and take a breath in the coming month. We hope to see many of you, or at least exchange some holiday cards with those of you we don't get to see very often. Happy holidays!

Ho ho ho.

3 comments:

The Jahnkes said...

what a good thing for mira to learn. you sure fit alot in that box- we try to do that every year. good for you all

Martha said...

I will bet Mira had a fun time picking out so many things and what a wonderful teaching tool!!! You can be so proud and the little girls who receives it will be delighted!! Loved the pictures of the girls!! Love, Grandma

swell.life said...

aww! mira's gift is the sweetest. i used to love picking out christmas gifts for toys for tots every year. :) thanks so much for the button love...my goodness, it's huge!