tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313452044505500787.post8384203875068916716..comments2023-11-02T09:37:21.657-05:00Comments on in His Grace: #29 Volunteer with the kidsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10690928997825860113noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313452044505500787.post-10995861504474214382009-11-25T18:53:25.307-06:002009-11-25T18:53:25.307-06:00What a great idea! A super way to get kids to thin...What a great idea! A super way to get kids to think about others. Thanks for the inspiration...sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05439305584795731097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313452044505500787.post-7381947171318708142009-11-25T17:10:05.481-06:002009-11-25T17:10:05.481-06:00I love the three gift rule. It works out so much ...I love the three gift rule. It works out so much nicer. Operation Christmas Child is one of my favorite charities. We love packing the shoe boxes. We also love the Christmas catalog they send.<br /><br />RuthRuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211297812600845018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313452044505500787.post-3292856086447651302009-11-25T03:59:00.002-06:002009-11-25T03:59:00.002-06:00Dear Chrissie Logan Ashton Ava and Jackson Thank...Dear Chrissie Logan Ashton Ava and Jackson Thank you for asking me to help with the boxes! Ava had fun during the day helping me make bags of soap shampoo combs etc.Using her tiny finger to hold the ribbon in place while I tied bows. Our shopping trip was wonderful! Filling the boxes was so much fun for each child (even baby Jackson helped).Talking about what their own boxes ment to them and each saying their own prayer after mommy prayed first. This is a wonderful project for families! Have a safe meaningful Thanksgiving!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313452044505500787.post-55326625657785850002009-11-25T03:58:59.449-06:002009-11-25T03:58:59.449-06:00Dear Chrissie Logan Ashton Ava and Jackson Thank...Dear Chrissie Logan Ashton Ava and Jackson Thank you for asking me to help with the boxes! Ava had fun during the day helping me make bags of soap shampoo combs etc.Using her tiny finger to hold the ribbon in place while I tied bows. Our shopping trip was wonderful! Filling the boxes was so much fun for each child (even baby Jackson helped).Talking about what their own boxes ment to them and each saying their own prayer after mommy prayed first. This is a wonderful project for families! Have a safe meaningful Thanksgiving!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313452044505500787.post-40061932689176406522009-11-24T22:52:53.265-06:002009-11-24T22:52:53.265-06:00LOVE Operation Christmas Child, we get great joy o...LOVE Operation Christmas Child, we get great joy out of doing this as well. We also are doing three gifts this yr...deja vu as we give pjs on Christmas Eve, too. I read a blog that noted the three gift per child rule in her family to symbolize the three gifts the Wiseman gave to Jesus and I decided that was just what our family needed to do also.ragamuffinbeautieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13034671787377778170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313452044505500787.post-71889421774835584752009-11-24T20:35:19.751-06:002009-11-24T20:35:19.751-06:00smiling form ear to ear... your blog... your art.....smiling form ear to ear... your blog... your art... is simply WONDERFUL!<br />so happy i came by AND can't wait to come back again!<br /><br />we do three gifts as well... small stocking stuffers... and their eve jammies.<br />i ADMIT i do have to remind myself to KEEP the limit... and stay true to that. they get sooooo many gifts from family... friends... it is all too much!<br />presents are fun for the kiddos... i just want them to grow up understanding the REAL reason for Christmas.carissa... brown eyed foxhttp://browneyedfox.squarespace.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313452044505500787.post-39838048852860779482009-11-24T19:20:10.460-06:002009-11-24T19:20:10.460-06:00we do one 'big' gift the child can get exc...we do one 'big' gift the child can get excited about, then another small gift or two. our christmas tree looks pretty sad compared to some of others, but they also are getting gifts at grandparent's houses and other inlaws, it's really too much. I don't have room to store everything!sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02204814160648826241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313452044505500787.post-63019195152613140392009-11-24T17:55:18.941-06:002009-11-24T17:55:18.941-06:00how wonderful that you are teaching your children ...how wonderful that you are teaching your children compassion at such a young age! check out my blog...I've given you an award!Diva Kreszlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278102837785791249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313452044505500787.post-84406621373980236692009-11-24T15:07:32.218-06:002009-11-24T15:07:32.218-06:00I love the three gift rule! I wonder if it will wo...I love the three gift rule! I wonder if it will work on Hubs, he is the biggest kid I have :)Hopeful Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12928589101583755290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313452044505500787.post-87984367571405115492009-11-24T15:05:31.485-06:002009-11-24T15:05:31.485-06:00My family did Samaritan's purse shoe boxes thi...My family did Samaritan's purse shoe boxes this year for the first time. The kids really enjoyed collecting small, meaningful toys for our boxes. We brought them to our church service and our priest invited everyone to bring theirs up to the altar where he blessed them. It was wonderful for our three kids to start the holiday season by thinking of others. Kudos to you for highlighting this important charity!<br /><br />P.S. Your Christmas quilts are wonderful, your kids will cherish them!Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06740864809901636266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313452044505500787.post-45289377167903344172009-11-24T13:28:20.439-06:002009-11-24T13:28:20.439-06:00Hi Chrissie
thanks for your note and great news :-...Hi Chrissie<br />thanks for your note and great news :-)<br />The shoe boxes look fabulous!<br />How great you are all getting on board with this fab charity. <br />It is such a great feeling to get something off the list too, isn't it!<br />I really really like your quilt too.lucihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01119671026345328505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313452044505500787.post-30828655313978789972009-11-24T13:01:50.898-06:002009-11-24T13:01:50.898-06:00I have a two and three year old and we have adopte...I have a two and three year old and we have adopted the three gift rule as well. We talk to the kids about how baby Jesus got three gifts. We also do new pjs the night before and a new copy of "the night before christmas" each year (in the cover we record the memories of that Christmas). We do stockings too, for truth be told, it is what I remember most of xmas when I was a child. I LOVE this idea and am proud to tell anyone who will listen that it is how we do things in our house. I think this practice along with giving to others and focusing on the traditions in our home is what it is all about. I applaud you!MomBEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16276650493783981646noreply@blogger.com