I. Fully Loaded
There's no time before work to take the Orphan Reds outside with their new construction truck (a front loader--I had to look that up), but they're getting into it on the kitchen table.
I'm chuffed that the truck fits all three.
From the back, Red Hair Girl makes the truck noises.
It is very noisy.
II. How to Thank Someone for a Fruit Basket
The truck is from work, of course, and on Michael's suggestion, I also brought home The Bantam Book of Correct Letter Writing, a 1958 abridgement of a 1948 book.
I learned:
"Often when people leave for foreign shores, their relatives and friends send bon voyage gifts to the ship or plane."
And here's the sample thank-you:
There's no time before work to take the Orphan Reds outside with their new construction truck (a front loader--I had to look that up), but they're getting into it on the kitchen table.
I'm chuffed that the truck fits all three.
From the back, Red Hair Girl makes the truck noises.
It is very noisy.
II. How to Thank Someone for a Fruit Basket
The truck is from work, of course, and on Michael's suggestion, I also brought home The Bantam Book of Correct Letter Writing, a 1958 abridgement of a 1948 book.
I learned:
"Often when people leave for foreign shores, their relatives and friends send bon voyage gifts to the ship or plane."
And here's the sample thank-you:
(Isn't that a bit effusive for a basket of fruit, even a most magnificent one? Maybe it's code?)
Next time a friend goes on a trip, I'm sending a fruit basket to their airplane.
