Samaritan's Purse

The boys came home with a pamphlet from school that described a project they were doing, Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child. This is where you purchase items to fill a shoe box for a child of a specific gender and age. During dinner tonight I told the children about the project and told them that we would be going to the dollar store to fill some boxes. Jameson chose a boy between the ages of 2 and 4. Stellan therefore, by default, got a girl of the same age. Jameson was so excited to do this. When I explained that there were kids who didn't have toys or candy or other fun things, he said, "Like the people in New York who don't have homes?". I was impressed that he made a connection. They then asked what they got to buy at the store. I explained that they didn't get anything, this was a night where we got to share our blessings with people who don't have it as good as we do. They accepted it without complaint.

When we got to the store we each grabbed a basket for the kids to fill. Jameson and I decided to work together and James and Stellan were teamed up. Jameson had a blast. He was literally picking up everything he saw and putting into the basket. He so obviously wanted to buy everything for this little unknown boy. I eventually had to stop him or else we would have to fill a dozen shoe boxes. We did end up getting so much stuff that we could fill two boxes for each kid.

Stellan struggled a bit when looking for toys for a girl. He thought the rubber snake was perfectly suitable. Good thing mommy was there to direct him to the stickers, hair bows and other girlie stuff. I think he was just having fun roaming the aisles of the store, touching all of the toys.

All in all the boys had a great time and I hope they learned a great lesson from it as well.

Pez

Trip to Target: $25.04 total
Pez Dispenser at Target: $0.49
Included Candy for Refill: free
Total thrill as son exclaims, "This is so fun!": priceless