Kenton Gives To Those Less Fortunate

Kenton - job well done!

Today has been a pretty special day for us. Kenton learned about those less fortunate and stepped right up to the plate to share some of his good fortune. Over the past few weeks I've been noticing his room is looking more and more consumed by "stuff". Toys, magazines, books, cars...you name it, this boy had it! The sad thing is that he never touched most of it anymore, and it was just eating into his play area.

This morning I decided today would be the day to talk to Kenton about donating his older, gently loved toys to little boys and girls that don't have anything - or only have very little. A few months ago, he was super responsive about donating some of his older clothes that were too small for him for the same cause. Surely, this should go well too...but my secret fear was that it wouldn't and he'd have issues with this. Shockingly he could hardly wait to get started!

This morning I sent him into his room right after breakfast to "pre-screen" those toys. "Sort them into piles of what to keep, what to donate, and what to throw away" is what I told him to do. I told him if there were toys that were broken or missing parts they needed to be thrown away, and if he didn't play with certain toys anymore maybe some other child would just LOVE to play with them! He ran into his room and jumped right in to it! After a few minutes, I joined him with the sorting. All I had to do, was hold the trash bag and he told me what he wanted to do  This boy even gave one of his favorite teddy bears to my unborn baby. His room looks SO much bigger! He was SO excited to do this and kept talking about how happy the other kids would be to get those toys.

He even helped me to load the bags in the car and take out the trash. My heart swelled with pride - my baby is GROWING UP!! We drove the stuff to a donation center and I rewarded Kenton with lunch at McDonalds! All in all a great morning - 'tis the season and it feels great to "give".