National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child is November 17-24, so we're working on putting our boxes together! We collect items all throughout the year; back-to-school sales are a great time to stock up, and end-of-season clearance sales at places like Target are awesome for assorted things I'd never … [Read more...]
The gift of literacy (and my book addiction)
Around here, we like books. We really like books. I've thought about counting all the books in our house, but that might take a while. {I might have a teensy addiction to books.} I haven't read as much with Scout and Jem as I'd like, but we do read to them. I plan to start the Little House series as a read-aloud … [Read more...]
9 Reasons to Pack a Shoebox!
OCC Collection Week is coming SOON! We have our boxes packed and ready to go -- but there's still plenty of time left for you to pack a shoebox, too! Great reasons to pack an Operation Christmas Child shoebox: 1 - It's fun! Every year the kids and I have fun packing our boxes, figuring out what useful items we'll … [Read more...]