I was hanging with Izzy on Monday and we had just done an inspection of a home (yes, my grand children do go to work with me!). We were near the bank so I asked Izzy if she would like to go to the store and buy a bear and then give it to the bank so they could give it to a little boy or girl, Izzy's response was "I don't understand". I am not kidding, she must have said that same line 3 or 4 times. I tried another tactic about how sad it was if other little boys and girls didn't have any toys for Christmas, so now she was really confused with sad, giving it away, etc !!We found a Wal Mart, I told her it had to be a soft bear and she kept repeating a "soft cuddly bear" - and then I would again explain what we were going to do with the bear only to get the "I don't understand" ...... We found just the perfect bear, Blacky, is what we named him (I was worried about naming him for fear she would become too attached, what do you think???)
When we got to the bank and went in Izzy was totally blown away by the amount of stuffed animals (so was I - probably 3-4 hundred!!) It was absolutely astounding how many they had spread out under and around the Christmas tree. We took Phunt Phunt in so he could learn what this giving season is all about too!
Isabella was so excited to sit amongst ALL of the animals with her Phunt Phunt, in fact she is sitting ON top of Blacky (how quickly we forget!!)
We talked some more about how she had a lot of toys and we were going to leave Blacky at the bank for some other little boy or girl. I believe she finally began to understand just what was going on!
Blacky ended up being the one and only black bear under that Christmas tree, good choice Izz!
Of course before we could go she needed to hug the puppy, Tigger and Curious George good bye!
And last but not least, she gave her Blacky a big hug and kiss, and left him for another little child to enjoy!! Thanks Izzy for being such a giving little girl and for helping another have a toy for Christmas!!
This was a fun opportunity. I was going to take Luke to get a bear on Friday but found out the animals were donated on Wednesday :( Just a shout out to you kids, I will be planning a day with each grand child next year and we will go get a treat, an animal and go donate it to Papa Randall's bank! Another tradition in the making. xoxo
These two little gals are almost twins!! Izzy came April 12 and Sofi April 20. It's always so fun to watch them get re-acquainted - at first they're not too sure of each other and then they finally warm up and play.
