Christmas is right around the corner and I know many families are strapped because of our economy. I hate thinking about all the children and families that will be without this year so we donate to the Red Cross and others that help so many. We have been lucky so far and the small company that Bill works for is still in business thus far.

Bill’s son and daughter told us what to get for their children. Billy wanted a Battat Easel for his two girls which we were okay with and it will help with their creativity. Billy is artistic so it’s only natural that he would like to develop any skills they might have. We could only order it online not at the store and it was originally 140 dollars, but at the time I ordered it was 40 dollars off, what a deal.

Jodi wanted the Lego Brick Street Customs for Nate because he loves to build things and since we had to order that online also and they were both from Target we got free shipping. So we took care of 3 grandchildren very quickly. Baby Natalie is getting money to open a savings account plus a Harley bear of course. We sent money to Eric and Chris plus money for Ethan’s highchair for Christmas.

So we are all set since the adults will be getting money. No more shopping to do. Bill put the Easel together last night and I took a couple of photos. I’m not a good photo taker however, but you can at least see what it looks like. It’s two sided with a chalkboard on one side and a white board on the other and it came with 5 colored bins underneath to hold supplies.

It’s a very sturdy piece of furniture and both little girls can do their drawing at the same time. We had to buy some supplies to get them started like colored and white chalk, dry erase markers for the white board, and a small roll of paper which we finally found at Walmart which fits on the roller on the inside and it pulls up through the top. I couldn’t find a roll of easel paper, but I thought the roll of banner paper was fine for right now.

We also had to get some non toxic paint markers for the paper so any other supplies needed their parents can get, they’re all set and ready to show their artistic side now. I need to figure out how to wrap it since it’s so big. I added a drawing that Billy made for his Father when he was in the 8th grade, if you could see it in person you could see all of the fine details.