Jason had a big black cat with a white tummy, he made us laugh when he sat like an old man with his hind legs stretched in front of him and his front legs on his sides.
When Jason started drawing he would grab the pencil. Sometimes he would make himself at home right on top of his drawing and would grab the pencil whenever Jason would try to draw. They had a lot of fun together.
Jason was fourteen when we visited them and he convinced Grandpa to meet him after school. Grandpa was so excited, he couldn't believe that his teenage grandson would like us to meet him after school.
When he noticed us at the school gate he came running towards us and surprised each of us with a bearhug. We walked home together, having a nice chat about his school, his favorite subjects, and his teachers. Grandpa bought each of us a cool drink on the way home and Jason kept telling us how he appreciated that we met him at school.
Grandpa and I couldn't help telling him that it was our pleasure and we appreciated that he allowed us to do that for him.
Awe Grandma I found the cutest costume for a cat, so one of my birds will turn into a cat and Ilsa brought me the two duck costumes. With that sorted, I still need two bird costumes and I decided to buy seven big shirts for the dwarfs. I'll have to shorten the sleeves and use the extra pieces of material to do some patchwork if I buy different colors it will be perfect.
I was lucky enough to find some elf shoes with the curled toes at the two-dollar shop. They will go well with tights, that should do the trick. I will have to ask James and Jason to use some plastic toy hammers and axes to improvise on the boy's sticks and then they should be ready to go. I also found the costumes for the witch and the queen at the same two-dollar shop.
The next project would be the bird's costumes, I'm thinking of making it myself, I can copy the duck's wings and body without the tail. It will be a challenge but worth trying, if I make a long yellow beak it might look like a kiwi, that's exciting and will go well with the New Zealand image.
We have practiced the play a few times with all the players from the start to the end and it seems to come together very well. The wheelchair kids took their places in a big circle that works well for all the scenes. They complained that they had insignificant roles, then I explained to them that they have the important task to portray the moods and those form the backbone of the play.
Then the boys in wheelchairs complained that they didn't want to be flowers, so I had to make four palm tree costumes. It works well with the blue crinkle paper pond where the ducks sit on. I can't wait for Anthea to be back at school on Monday to see how it works with all the players and on Tuesday in full costume. I'm so excited and there is still so much to do.
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Granny's Diary
Teen FictionFinding her grandma's diary in the stuff that her mother wanted to donate to the Salvation Army made Beth really sad. She hid in one of her drawers with the intention to read it later and was surprised at what she found inside.
