A special day- a Happy Birthday and a day of giving

Hello there gang! It's hard to believe that the holiday season is almost here. One thing about the holiday season I love is how magical it is. And one thing that makes is so magical is how so many people can come together to help others. Today I was able to be apart of one of these speical moments.
This week is National Collection week for Operation Christmas Child (OCC).  For those not familiar, OCC is an organization that Samaritan's Purse runs. What they do is send shoeboxes to children all of the world who may never have have received a Christmas present before. In addition to toys, also included are hygiene products, school supplies, socks, tools, flashlights and other useful things.
My group that I'm in MOPS (Mom's of Preschoolers), fills some of these shoeboxes every year. This being my first year I was excited to participate. I enlisted family members and friends to help me collect items and had fun going to stores picking out the perfect items to include.

This was a photo today of everything everyone in group collected. It's difficult to tell but it is 6 overflowing tables of various items that people brought in. Not seen in the picture is various boxes that were full of things such as wash kits and socks.
The end result was this.

This is 114 boxes for boys and girls ranging from ages 2-14. That was every shoebox that was available to stuff. The remaining items are being sent along to be stuffed in other boxes. In addition to this people brought in enough coloring books and crayons to make 235 coloring kits to send over to Children's Hospital. It is so amazing to be part of such a generous and awesome group! 

If you ever get a chance to do this I highly recommend it! I cant wait to start collecting stuff throughout the year for next year's collection week!

That wasn't the only exciting thing to happen today. Today is Mickey Mouse's 88th birthday! Mickey of course is Sebastian favorite so he had to help celebrate. 

Yay Mickey Mouse! 

I should be able to get some scrapping done this weekend so look for an update before Thanksgiving!

Until next time!

Just a little update.

Hey everyone!

So I have been trying to get things posted on my blog but the app hasnt been working properly. If you are reading this though (and hopefully you are) that means I finally got it to work!

Little Sebastian is 8.5 months already. It is amazing how quickly the time really goes. He loves playing with the PlayStation controllers, my cell phone, paper oh and all of his toys!

He is just about sitting up on his own but can sit unassisted. And he loves to do his bear crawl. He is just a little goofball.

I'm working on some projects a have some scrapbooking in my future that will be happening. So stay tune!

Until next time!!