like there is so much to do and no time. :)
we started thanksgiving on sunday at craig's mom's.
yummy stuff.
also at thanksgiving we take part in Operation Christmas Child.
we fill a shoebox with gifts for needy children and then the boxes are sent all of the world to children
who would not receive any gifts at all.
our family has been doing it 8 years now.
the kids love to help with it.
this year i had them watch a video about it so they could put some faces to their project.
but this year i did the shopping alone while they were in school.
taking all of them to shop for four different boxes just was too crazy to do again.
i went with an art theme.
i trust God that HE will pick the exact children somewhere in the world that have a passion to create
and they will get our special boxes.
we filled them with markers, crayons, paint, paper, pipe cleaners, colored pencils, glue, and glitter.
we filled two for boys so they got matchbox cars.
and two for girls and they got a baby doll.
then i had the kids make a card for their box and we included a family photo.
it's fun to do together...the kids take real pride in making their box special.
check it out here. it's not too late!
i spent yesterday morning at school with talby helping them make a feast.
i don't know how teachers do it.
i was completely overstimulated when i left.
i'm like the grinch "oh the noise noise NOISE noise!"
it surprised me that kids were actually eating this stew.
if i had made this for talby at home....she would have cried and refused to even try it.
but there...she ate it!
she admitted it wasn't very good but she still ate it.
funny kids.
we sat with these two goofballs...they were very entertaining.
i let them hold my camera to take some pictures!
and now...back to my junk.
i took the kids for donuts...put away a bunch of laundry..changed my sheets...cleaned the kids' disgusting bathroom (it was beyond gross)...christmas shopped online...unpacked my suitcase from SB.
now i need a big cup of hot coffee and it's back to my pictures.
to my families from yesterday: i am behind already.
i blame a migraine and a feast with the second grade.
ps: annie is screaming in her room like a complete maniac about losing a barbie blanket.
could be a long day.
