RACK

My intention wasn't ever to post about this ( I wanted to enjoy it and not stress about pictures and wording, etc...), but as I was reflecting on how much fun we had doing this, I decided maybe others would like to do it too. This December we had 2 advent calendars.....One with candy that simply counted the days down sweetly and the other was our RACK calendar which helped us count down the days thoughtfully and purposefully. Random Acts of Christmas Kindness. The RACK Calendar had 25 days of Random Acts of.....you guessed it...Kindness. We also had a bible verse to go along with each day. I made it all out of very simple post it notes and magnets and it hung on our fridge

Simply put I wanted the kids to focus more on the gift of baby Jesus, the greatest gift, this year and every day!!! We so got to do that and it was awesome. They were so excited to wake up everyday to see what we were going to do for someone and so were we! We had to get creative some days and I don't have pictures but for a few, but here they are. It was a blessing for us and I hope it may be for you too. There really is no greater joy than giving!

We volunteered at a water table at the St. Jude marathon

Made treat for the police officers (also brought donuts one morning to our firefighters)

Started a collection of coins for Heifer International ( we bought a flock of chicks)

Put coins on vending machines....

If you are wanting other ideas we also brought hot chocolates to our crossing guards on a snowy morning, we made bird feeders (birds need kindness too), volunteered at the animal shelter, brought treats and food to the animal shelter, donated food to the local food bank, wrote notes to Uncle Bryce (at basic training for the Air Force), took treats to teachers and neighbors, cleaned out our old toys and books and donated them to goodwill and our local library, and paid for someones Christmas gift shipping....and others (it's been a while) We hope to keep up the random acts of kindness throughout the year and to always be on the lookout to help others.