HAYNES OUR WAY: Activity Advent Day 20 : The Giveaway

Before Thanksgiving, we went through the playroom and had the girls pick out all the toys they wanted to giveaway to children in need. We filled up a couple bags full of toys. I was very proud of them. However, I knew there were still plenty of toys in there that they no longer played with and could be given to kids who would love to play with them. So today my plan was to have each girl choose a few more toys each to give away and then actually go to Goodwill or a Toys for Tots drop off and let them hand the toys over. Sadly our little Curly was sick. She is very stuffy and her poor little eyes are so watery she looks like she is crying all the time. The girls did pick out toys to give but we are putting off the drop off until another day when Curly feels a bit more up to it.

In other news, The Bear adopts a new personality each day. When she wakes each morning she tells me what she wants to be called. In the past week she has been Clairce the girl reindeer, a pony, a baby pony, a cat named Jilliana, Dora, Diego, Alice (Angelina Ballerina's best friend), and a horse. Today she insisted on being called Hailey. Hailey is a friend of Curly's who gave The Bear some hand me down pink cowgirl boots. The Bear wore them all day around the house. If anyone forgets and calls her by her real name instead of her chosen personality she gets offended. "I Hailey" "I Pony" "I Baby Pony" she yells. The different ponies and horses throw me for a loop every time. I am working on her being more polite when asking to be called a different name. Bear say "Please call me Hailey". "Okay mommy, I will" she replies every time. Each morning I do a little devotional with the girls while they eat breakfast and then we say a prayer. This morning the devotional was about being kind to people even if you don't want to. As I said our prayer I mentioned the girls by their real names, The Bear immediately started crying and yelling "I Hailey! Call me Hailey!". That whole kindness thing just went in one ear and out the other in the matter of seconds.