Spent a good deal of the weekend assisting the two youngest in Christmas Card making, every year we all make handmade cards to send to our nearest and dearest, along with handmade gifts for teachers and friends.
I challenged all Mip’s skills in the patience department with three-stage construction “Is it dry yet? Why can’t I do the beaks?” but the results are cute and each is an original. GB’s design of a string Christmas Tree is taking shape quite well and once he has decked the boughs it should look fab.
The testament to these handmade offerings is that the school secretary still has in her office a salt-dough star given by GB when he was in reception (5 years ago) and our next door neighbour has a pile of -now curling- butterflies Mip made four years ago. That’s why it’s important to do these things, it shows we care and people really appreciate that. Giving isn’t about money.