Our Christmas cards need a little explaination this year. We went to a Christmas card making workshop at the Clara Barton National Historic Site in Glen Echo, Maryland. (Clara Barton was born on Christmas and annually sent out more than 500 cards) For the cards, everyone was to dress up in historic costume (turn of the century) get their picture taken, and then use that to create a card. So we started searching through the costumes. I found something. Gary found something. Amelia settled on a pink women's blouse (none of the kids stuff was pink, and that's all she wanted.) Jonathan was oblivious to the event and wore a hat and vest. Jimmy had a tantrum and wouldn't cooperate. So we took the picture without him. Then it was time to go make the cards. Amelia wouldn't take her costume off and give it to the next girl. She had a tantrum. Then Jimmy started whining because he wasn't in the picture. SO he took one by himself wearing a hat. We left. We got a copy of the one of the 4 of us. They didn't give us the one of Jimmy.
You will be getting a card (not hand made) with the picture of the 4 of us and Jimmy's school picture. Maybe next year, we'll all get in a picture together.
Later, I found a picture of Jimmy standing in a George Washington cutout (taken at Valley Forge last summer.) If I had been on the ball, I would have sent out that one with the card, so at least we would all be in costumes even if we were not in the same picture. Here is the picture of Jimmy for you all to enjoy.
3 comments:
Oh I am so familiar with children not being in pictures due to tantrums! We completely understand!
Thank you for explaining Jimmy's photo. Jimmy and I saw it this morning, and we could not remember where it was taken. Now I remember it was in Valley Forge, next to the toy guns Jimmy wanted and butterfly nets Amelia wanted (or maybe I'm mixing them up).
That's not a parrot on Jimmy's shoulder. It is the gun that Jimmy wanted so much. He shot me while I took the picture!
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