Christmas & Only Children part 3

In the coming days before Christmas you will see some posts on things that our family does to help in raising our only child to be a caring individual and ward off the evil selfish behavior that is so prevalent in our world today. This would fall under Character Training and is taught on a daily basis in our homeschool.

What are the hardest things to teach an only child?
*How not to be selfish
*How to be giving
*How to be thoughtful

What can you do to teach the above things?
*Teach them to think of others first
*Give them opportunities to serve others
*Teach them about taking care of others

How does our family teach these things?
*Make placemats for Meals On Wheels done
*Play the piano & sing Christmas carols at a nursing home
*Buy Christmas gifts for needy children done

Our son went shopping on Black Friday to pick out the following gifts for a needy boy and girl in our community.



He thought the Lego watch would be a big hit for a wide age range of boys.

He was thrilled to find this on sale (yes my son is frugal!) and he said "Every little girl needs a doll & stroller to play with."

We delivered these to the Mission in town and they will distribute the gifts before Christmas.

 

How can your only child (those with more than one are welcome to chime in too  :O)  bless others this Christmas season?

 

Moe

100 Gluten Free Lunch Ideas

We started school today and that got me thinking about lunches. We pack a lunch anytime we leave the house since it's hard to find corn free foods, gluten free is much easier now though, especially when you have great list from friends over at glutenfreeville.com.  Use this link to find 100 Gluten Free School Lunch Ideas.




These are also great ideas for adult on the go lunches! After looking at this list it helped spur some corn free ideas in my brain too. It's so easy to get into the same rut of eating the same stuff over and over again. I like to look around and see what is out there and make it corn free.

Had to get a little Star Wars in here for my son who is a big fan!

Post some lunch ideas that you frequent.

Enjoy your lunch!
Moe