On the 5th Day of Giving...

"On the 5th Day of Giving, my true love gave to me.....One extra book, bought from Kohl's Cares for Kids, For Nandi's Pre-K Christmas parteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

Do ya'll know about the Kohl's Cares for Kids books? I love them!! About every 3 or 4 months, Kohl's picks 4 hardback children's books and sells them for $5.00 a piece. AND each book comes with an optional matching stuffed animal. AND all the profits go to supporting health and education opportunities for children across the nation.

They pick some really great books. Books that would normally cost about $16.99 for a hardback... and they sell them for a fiver. Love it!

We usually give these books for Christmas or birthday presents - and one year even donated some to our local library. Sim even brought some with him to Wales when he visited his family last February.

I guess you could say I'm slightly obsessed with them.

Anyway, Nandi's teacher sent out a letter asking us to bring one book ($5 and under) for the annual Pre-K Christmas party.

And then she asked if we could bring an extra one just in case someone forgot one or couldn't afford to buy one. Come one... like I need an excuse to buy an extra Kohl's Cares for Kids book! Of course we jumped on it.

This season, the books are those cute little "If you gave a cat a cupcake" and "If you gave a moose a muffin" books. In fact, you can see what's for offer RIGHT HERE .

(Isn't that plush mouse adorable??!!)

So, Nandi decided that she wanted to give If You Take a Mouse to the Movies. So we gave Nonna & Papa the money (they were doing some shopping in Mesquite that day) and two days ago, we got the book and Nandi wrapped it up all by herself.

They had the party today and she was so proud of herself. She kept telling everyone, "Look! That's my extra book! That's my extra book!"

She's really taking to all this giving stuff. Out of all three kids, she's the one who really seems to be enjoying it. It's been a pretty rough year for us and so it's been really wonderful to see Nandi so happy right now. She's really does have a sweet, sweet heart.

Happy 5th Day of Giving!!



Comments

sandwichinwi said…
Grandma gave us the mouse for Christmas--well she gave it to Sunshine, not me. It really is cute.

I wonder if she gave us the book, too? Shows you how I pay attention....

Blessings,
Sandwich
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