Great day

This afternoon after quiet time we loaded up to go shopping for the foster child we are buying Christmas gifts for. We picked it out together at church a few weeks ago and chose the child we did because she was a 9 year old girl who wanted a Hannah Montana outfit. We've talked about it (casually) a lot the last few weeks and today was the shopping day. Alex was happy to do it, but also had questions that showed me she was thinking about it. She mainly wanted to know why we were buying this girl gifts. We just talked again about how this girls mommy & daddy couldn't buy her presents, but since we had enough money we were going to buy them for her so she had presents on Christmas. She was very pleased with this. We picked out jeans, a sweat shirt, a t-shirt, striped socks, pjs & boots. Mostly what she wanted and few extras.
Oh, stopped in the cold to put a few coins into the Salvation Army bucket. I just told the girls (like I always do) that we would give a little of our money so that other people could have things like food to eat.
Once at home we decided to make 'green things'. If you aren't a member of my family then you will have no idea what those are. The are a lot like rice crispy treats only made with cornflakes and dyed green to look like holly wreaths. We took our time and the girls got to count (and eat) marshmallows, melt the butter, measure food coloring & vanilla & corn flakes... and stir! Aside from tasting as we went, the girls favorite part was sprinkling red cinnamon sprinkles at the end. And for our finale... we wrote a letter to Santa to tell him what they want for Christmas. Word has it that Santa will be in Siloam Springs tomorrow and is planning on stopping by Poppy's house to see what the kids want for Christmas!!! At bedtime tonight Alex prayed for Santa to come and Emma prayed for a pink car from him! So cute... so much faith.