Operation Christmas Child

This week we assembled our shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. The girls LOVED doing this. We went to the store and they picked out everything that was important to them and put the stuff in their little shopping baskets. They even picked out stuff that Harper loves and put them in the buggy for his box. He really liked the balls he purchased for his box. It was so cute to see what they wanted in them. They HAD to put in headbands. They wanted these sparking ones, but there wasn't enough room for them so they settled for some smaller ones. They both needed a cow stuffed animal (Carly wanted a dog, but they didn't have one so she settled for the cow). We did this on Wednesday, after shopping we came home and they were so upset because they wanted to deliver all their presents right then. Friday we went and bought the boxes and wrapped them. They love to wrap too. They just kept talking about the boy and girls that were getting these boxes. Saturday afternoon, they worked so hard packing their boxes. We took a picture of them and put it in the box and then they prayed for the kids that would get their boxes. I really hope they get the concept of giving. They were so excited to bring them to church today and put them in the stack. They stood in the hallway and we prayed that the box would go to some special kids who would love them lots. This was so special to watch them get so excited about giving these presents. Our church goes to Mexico in January and delivers shoe boxes - It would be so cool if they continued to do this trip and I could bring the kids when they get older and they could actually see the impact these boxes have on the kids lives.