I just had to post this. Operation Christmas Child. This is one of the most phenomenal things you can do with your child/children. We did this the past few years. You can see here. Anyways, this year was Matties' first year. I really thought our little guy wouldn't be able to go pick out toys and truly give them away. But he did great! We told him that before we go shopping for toys, etc, that these gifts are for a child somewhere in the world who may not have very much. We took all three to the store. They each got a plastic shopping basket. Then they began to go shop for their kids. We made sure to remind them that toothbrushes, socks, hair brushes were great too! Amazing! All three of our beautiful babes absolutely LOVED this! Yet again for Chayce and Josh but Mattie had the best time! Each of them went through the checkout so that all of their items stayed together in the same bag. We came home and wrapped our boxes...the top and bottom separately. Then each of them filled their boxes with the goodies they got. So much fun! I tell ya teaching a child about servant hood at such an early age is one of the best gifts you can give your child. Children are just naturally always thinking about themselves...as well they should. Children are innocent. But teaching them to care for someone they have never met but who has a need...truly awesome! Chris and my heart just sang with joy watching these little guys want to share their hearts through gifts! So there is still time if you want to do this. You can click here to find out how. :) K here's a fun pic of Chayce's little book project! :) Toodles for now!
Love Operation Christmas Child! For sure you will have to do a LO about them doing this!
Posted by: MandaKay | November 19, 2008 at 12:33 PM
That is so great that you posted about this! Our church does this every year, and we did 2 boxes with our 1-year-old. Even though he's too young to understand, he had fun picking up the little toys and putting them in the boxes. Plus, this is a much better use of our money at Christmas than buying him a ton of things when he already has so much from grandparents!
Posted by: Brittney | November 19, 2008 at 01:44 PM
anna turned in her box today! they do it at her school...i love your idea about making it a whole family event. i will have to remember that next year! cute pictures!! blessings!
Posted by: ashley | November 19, 2008 at 08:39 PM
It is a great ministry!!! I am in charge of it at my church;0)
Your kids did a great job with their boxes.
Posted by: Gretchen | November 20, 2008 at 05:31 AM
We`ve done this with our kids too...sooo moving and great lessons for them.
I`m having a great Black friday sale and giveaways on my blog and wanted to invite you over to grab a ticket. I`ll be doing giveaways every hour on the hour...pass it on to all your friends and I hope you can head over for the fun!!
laurie
Posted by: laurie | November 20, 2008 at 10:24 AM
Hi Jenn, remember me? LOLOLOL! I am soooo behind on checking blogs, so I'm getting caught up on yours right now. I LOVE LOVE LOVE OCC!! I took a photo of Gabe with ours last year, but he was too small to know what it was all about. This year was a blast, because we went to the store with his two older cousins and all three made boxes. I will have to get the pics off the camera and onto a page soon. Thanks for being a part of this wonderful cause! ~xo Jess
Posted by: Jess Gordon | December 07, 2008 at 12:51 PM