BINGO, Goliath and Happy Meals

This morning, we took a break from school and went to volunteer at the retirement center in Mountain Home. A few weeks ago, our squadron asked for help with BINGO day. So we volunteered!!!
Kids of ANY age are a hit in nursing homes, so the best part of the morning was the smiles from the residents. They asked them questions, a few even asked for hugs! Kaebrie just went from wheelchair, to walker, to chair, smiling and saying "HI" in her loud sweet voice!
Kaitlynn was asked to help a table of ladies who could not see their cards very well and she did a GREAT job! She has always loved the elderly, always been comfortable around them. I realized this morning how lacking we are in that age group anymore. This is not a retirement area, so everyone around here is still active duty. Most retire in their 40's, some in their 50's. We have NOBODY over 55 that lives on base or attends our chapel. We had such an incredible group of ladies at our Louisville church that we treasured so much and I missed them so much today!

Collin's job was to sit and play 4 cards at a time and keep them current, so if anybody came in late they could play on a current card. And many were late, so his job was valuable!
Kaebrie tried to play BINGO with the teabags from the tables. That got a lot of smiles.

There was one little uncomfotable incident with a lady who was just not happy. Kept yelling mean and obscene things at the other ladies. I had a quiet talk with Kaitlynn, and she took it in stride, though I could tell she was VERY surprised to hear someone talk like that.
Overall, I am glad we went on this rainy and cold morning. After we left, we went to Albertsons and found our Thanksgiving Day turkey. A 26 pounder. The kids named him Goliath. By then it was after 12:00, so it was Happy Meals for lunch and back to the base we drove!
BINGO, Goliath and Happy Meals. A typical chaos day at the Smith house!!! :-)