Last month I went to the thrift store to find some shirts to make a scrap quilt. At the thrift store were three large laundry baskets filled with Beanie Babies in like new condition. I picked out a few for the children and then remembered my friend Mary who donates hundreds of blankets to different organizations that serve children in crisis. She makes a quick quilt and adds a stuffed animal. I called her to see if Beanie Babies were something she wanted. She did. I bought them all. I let the children pick out one each. They had a hard time choosing, but eventually they settled on:
Bentley: a snake
Jake: a monkey
Lincoln: a parrot
Viva: a lynx
Evan: wouldn't choose (we kept a kitty for him)
Me: a dragon
I passed the remaining 169 on to Mary. She and I split the cost.
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