This time of year is one of my favorites for lots of reasons. I think mainly because it gives me a good reason to try and teach the kids about the idea of "giving is better than receiving".
We have a few traditions that the kids love, but I wanted to do one that really focused on doing something nice for others.
So this year, on the night before Thanksgiving.. we are starting a RAK Night.
(Random Act of Kindness)
This year we made goodie bags. A bag of popcorn, some chocolate candy bars, a few candy canes and some hot chocolate.. I think I may be forgetting some stuff. Anyways, we made them and I let the kids decide where they should go. The kids went back and forth on where they should go, but ultimately they decided to share them with the fireman in our area.
So that is what we did!
We visited 3 different fire houses and gave them out. The fireman were really great. They were very friendly and were great to the kids. They even gave the kids fire hats! The kids had a great time and we really felt the spirit of doing something nice for others. I am excited to keep this tradition going!
(Our little RAK for the mail-man!)
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