Call Day #30, 11/29/13

This morning the girls played with a box full of Barbies and tons of clothes.

Nanny helped set up a store full of Barbie clothes.

Eleanor wanted to play on the piano so Nanny taught her to play scales.  Check out the proud smile at the end.

Then, we went on a tour of the Samaritan's Purse processing center for Operation Christmas Child boxes.  We spent most of the tour here, learning about how and why to pack boxes as well as how they get to children around the world.

They talked about how we get Christmas presents and how other children don't have as much as we do.  Claire volunteered that she would like a baby bed for Christmas.  She's been saying she'd like one for a long time now.

To learn how a box gets to its destination, each child was given a role and everyone acted out a box's journey.  The boat and helicopter wait for their turns to transport the box.

First, the boat carries the box.  (The boy right behind her is playing the role of the box.)

The shoe box is transferred from a boat to a helicopter.

Helicopter transports the shoe box.

A view from above as hundreds of volunteers work below.  A lot goes on here--about 120,000 boxes are processed each day and they do 2 million in a few weeks time.

Barbies were played with more in the afternoon.  With all the small pieces they were only to be played with in one room, away from Oliver.  Of course, little brothers don't like being kept out behind the gate

Papa Jimmy, Mimi, and Eleanor look at pictures together.