Angel Tree

Well, I hope the girls all like this idea...

What idea?

Oh, Julie!  You startled me!

It's so early Nellie what are you doing?

It's this.

What's that Nellie?

This is an angel from the Angel Tree at church.    

You select an angel and it is has the name and 

age of a child whose parent is in prison and

 we buy a gift for the child on behalf of that parent. 

Hi Nellie, is anyone else up?  I thought we were going Christmas shopping today?

Oh, hi Emma.  A couple of the girls are up,
but I think Grace was feeling like she had a cold coming on.

Oh, that's too bad.  What are these angels?

This is why we are shopping today! Let me explain...

...so then we buy the gifts for the kids whose parents are in prison.

That sounds like such a great idea.  I am going to get dressed.

I wish I felt better so I could go too.

Grace you get back in bed, I'm staying here with you. 

Nellie are you sure you don't want to come along?

No, I'll stay with Grace.

I'll be fine Nellie you should go.

No Grace I'll stay, besides you know how I hate crowds.

Oh Grace, I am so sorry you don't feel well.  Can we bring you anything?

No, just have fun and take pictures.
OK, we will.

It feels wrong somehow going to the mall without Nellie 

and Grace.  Especially since it was Nellie's idea!

We'll have to make the best of it I'm afraid.

Look! A Santa sleigh!

Come on girls we need to find the toy store!

It's Santa!!

We promised Grace we'd take pictures.

Oh all right!

Finally, the toy store!

Oh look at those dolls!

Look at this play horse!
Oh, such a cute tea set!

We're back!  Look at what we found Grace!

We have pictures too!  We saw Santa and sat in a sleigh and...

We're back Nellie!  Look, We found everything for our Angel Tree kids.

You did a great job girls! I'll package these up and take them back to church.

I just wish I could be there to see the kids faces 

when they get a present from their parent who can't be with them!

Nellie, you have a heart of gold!  Let's do this again next year.

That sounds great, let's do it.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!