Can We Sing For You?

I can't believe it is already Christmas Eve!! I have totally failed to write in here on a daily basis which is sad! I will keep trying!! This Christmas season has been one that seemed to come in with a bang and kept us running the whole entire time... having littles at home makes Christmas so magical and fun.  The best part of all is that they do not nay say your ideas! ;)

I remember when I was little it seemed like the Christmas magic came as soon as the Christmas tee went up or we did something Christmassy! But as I have grown older it seems it is harder to find and hold on to it.  This year it was found as the littles and I spent a couple of days trying to think of the perfect gift to give.  What could we give? Who could we give it to? Where and when could we give it? So we thought and thought and thought some more until we decided that the best way to spread Christmas cheer really was singing loudly for all to hear.  So with the help of my big girls we made salt down gingerbread men and painted them.  We tied them up with twine and taped them to Christmas cards and went to deliver them to some of the Grandmas and Grandpas in our neighbourhood! 

It was the one of those beautiful experiences that you truly will cherish and one of the most heart warming experiences I have had as an adult for Christmas and one I will truly cherish.  The first house we delivered to the man told us he didn't celebrate Christmas but took our card and little ornament! The next house we were invited in to sing and the dear Grandma gave the littles a cookie to eat and showed us her two mini Christmas trees along with her magic santa! She talked to us about her grands and then sent us on her way with both our hearts full.  The next door we stopped at was for an 85 year old grandma who loved on the girls quickly with hugs to go around.  She kept saying how happy she was to see us and hoped we would come visit her again.  Her daughter who was there kept telling us how much our visit warmed her heart.  The girls were given little chocolate Santas so the littles really thought that this was great.  

When we arrived at the next house the lady let us sing to her but then after one song she told us that was enough and sent us on our way.  It was there that Jessa taught me a very valuable lesson.  She said to me, "Mommy, I forgot to ask her her name!  So that when we visit the next time we will know who she is!"  Despite the lady being quick to send us off Jessa saw her as the Savior would of a child of God, and that she truly was NOT forgotten.  Grandma Jean we arrived next too and the girls were enamored with her 20 or so nativities she had set up.  It was amazing to feel her love as we shared our love with her and I am grateful that we stopped here.  I feel like she filled my little love bucket and made me feel appreciated and loved.  She invited for us to go back and visit her whenever we wanted or could.  The next couple of houses was a couple who were happy to hear the girls sing and then a man who truly thought we were selling something but when we sang to him you could tell it made all the difference.  I hope this is a moment the girls will truly remember as magical because of how many hearts they touched.  I am grateful that we were able to be a part of the #lighttheworld initiative!!