On to Kiley’s postcards! She is away at her first ‘Summer Intensive’. Two weeks of living in a dorm with other ballet-obsessed pre-teen and teens, dancing all day everyday (they do get Sunday off of dancing, but they have other activities!). She’s been gone just over two days and we’ve hardly heard a word. Actually we’ve heard no words, only a couple of texts. So, we are assuming that everything is going well!
The first postcard was to commemorate her first flight without her family – just a group of friends and another mom. I gave her a pen so her friends could sign it – don’t know if that happened or not! There were five kids flying together – hence the five windows. My writing gets better over time!! I only do this once a year!
This next picture is a little blurry – but I can’t retake it now! My goal in these postcards is to let me kids know that I’m thinking about them, but not make them homesick. The cards are always focused on what they are doing – not what’s going on at home. The ‘pun’-nier, the better – I can imagine my kids groaning ‘oh, mom’! Attitude is a ballet position, that’s what inspired this card.
When I can’t come up with good puns on my own – I call my neighbor! She’s great at coming up with puns. This next one is based on one of her suggestions! Plie-mates! Some of the girls on this card have a lot of work to do on their wonky legs! I really should have chalked their appendages before stitching, but it is what it is! If I was an artist, my kids wouldn’t have to be stick figure based with arrows for hands and triangles for feet!
So, that’s the first round for each. More to come!
