A Precious Thank You Note

Counting the wax pearls in accordance with the recipe

For Miss K's birthday, one of the gifts we gave her was a lip balm kit. Last week, she and I made the lip balms. When she arrived, she had read the directions and had set up the "laboratory."

Newly seven years old, she was able to read the directions and make each recipe. While I could have purchased a kit that made many more lip balm samples, the four samples she made also included an experiment which made the process more fun as well as educational.

Samples created at the end of the process

When she comes today, I'll have to ask her if she is using her lip balm and which type she likes best! I liked this product so much that I let Miss K know that I was born too early!!! She laughed!!

Every gift deserves a thank you. Now a days, the thank you is often given verbally when the gift is opened. Hand written thank you notes are rare. Even more rare are the ones that contain more than thank you for the _____! My mother impressed upon me to write a thank you note for the gift. In turn, I impressed upon my daughters to write a thank you note. We would spend part of Christmas Day and part of the day after a birthday writing thank you notes. Daughter Amanda also has taught her daughters to write thank you notes.

From the time that her girls were two, they were involved in the process. Perhaps, it was their artwork that made the card. Perhaps, they dictated to Amanda what they wanted written. Miss K created and wrote her first thank you note this year. It is priceless. There was one word that I couldn't decipher.

Front of the card

This was the text:
Dear Papa and Gran,
Thank you for the yummy lip balm and thank you for making my birthday party haunting and making it magical. Love Keira.

She drew a picture of a fox telling us thank you too. When she was over, I asked her to read it, which she proudly did. (This was the best way to figure out the word which was haunting!) I let her know just how special the card and the writing was and what a great job she did. (She liked all the feedback!!!)

She and her mama had made the cards. There was a golden snitch on the card front. She had a Harry Potter themed party. As the 14 kids arrived, they were sorted (with a phone application which was a questionnaire) into the various houses. Then they had "classes" like quidditch, potions and divination to attend. It really was a great party.

As for the thank you note, I'll be saving it. . .it is just too precious not to save it!!

Message in the card