I was completely inspired by Valerie at Inner Child Fun and her 35 random acts of kindness for her birthday. My daughter’s second birthday was approaching when I read the blog post. I had been thinking about the traditions that we would be starting this year. The idea of “paying it forward” really resonates with me, especially starting at a young age.
Little Roo still received many gifts from her family members and had an absolutely amazing birthday party with help from my party planner friend at Minnow and Co Productions.
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| Our yard transformed into a fabulous play land! |
Her two acts of kindness:
* Book drive in lieu of gifts at her party. We collected books to donate rather than
gifts from her toddler friends. It was
fun to see the generosity of others as well as the creativity in the hand-made
cards she received. I will keep the
paintings, cards, and drawings forever.
* Cookies for community workers. There has been construction across the street
from our neighborhood all summer. The
same “worker” helps direct the truck traffic and always helps stop traffic so
we can cross the street safely. The rest
of the construction crew always wave and stop to help us navigate through the
maze of holes in the road and detours so that we can make it to the playground. We decided to make the workers a batch of cookies.
They were delightfully surprised to receive the cookies. I told them how much we appreciate their
friendliness and that the trucks themselves provide great entertainment. The crossing guard’s reply, “We try to be
nice, the trucks drawing so much attention just comes along with it.”
I plan to encourage Roo to continue this tradition of “giving
back” to match her age every year! I can’t
wait to hear what her ideas are in the future! What birthday traditions does your family enjoy?? Tell me how you perform Random Acts of Kindness!
