Giving back...

In an effort to teach my kids Christmas isn't really about getting a bunch new toys and things I came up with an idea. We ordered new books from Scholastic and wrapped them up as presents. Then we spent an hour in the car, visited 10 Little Free Libraries, and delivered 11 new books wrapped for some other kids to find. 

The boys even brought along some of their older books to trade when they found "new" books at a LFL today. "Take a book, Leave a book". 

I am not sure how the little misters really feel about all this but at least we tried to give something to someone else. We use the Little Free Libraries a lot in the summer time. Hoping whoever finds our little presents is excited to unwrap a new book. We have more but the Little Misters did not want to drive around any longer. Giving should be (somewhat) joyful ... So another day.