Proud Mama

Alanna is such a caring child that it never ceases to amaze me. We did the Disney Get a Day Give a Day program for Kids for a Better World and spent most of a Sunday with a little card assembly line in our house. We made cards for soldiers who are deployed, cards to go around the necks of teddy bears for children who have been victims of hurricane, and cards to go in with personal care items for those who are homeless. Jeb did most of the edging, I did the writing, and Alanna decorated with stickers and fancy hole punches.

Once we were done, she took them over to Ashlee Kephart's house to deliver them. Ashlee is such an amazing young woman and was actually Minnesota's only torch bearer for the Vancouver opening ceremony. There was a news crew there at the time and Alanna ended up in the segment they were doing about Ashlee. You can see it here: Alanna on January 18 Twin Cities Live. Click the Olympic Torchbearer link on the right side of the video screen.

She's told me multiple times since that she wants to make a LOT more cards, so we're doing it again as part of our Valentine's Day Girl Scout meeting.

I love that she is such a caring little girl.