I cannot believe this young lady, my first grandchild, is 6 already! She is growing up so fast. Right now her delight is anything to do with dinosaurs, so I look for something dinosaury to send her as a birthday present. I discover a sicker book with 500 pages of activities and coloring plus an adorable stegosaurus blow up punch ball along with a small high-bounce clear ball with a brontosaurus embedded inside. I can't resist the Dora Explorer domino set and the magnetic "dress a model" tin (reminds me of Miss Cookie's kitchen set I used to love playing with when I was a kid).
Throw in a pair of girly girl socks and another sticker book in the shape of a big pink purse and voila! A birthday box from Gram worth sending along. Now for the fun of wrapping each gift. I search through my assortment of wrapping paper and select some with big bold lettering that says Happy Birthday, and some with delicate pink roses. Don't forget to tuck in a little something for my other grand daughter who lives in this house.
Now I need to find just the right sized mailing box - at least, one without a ton of writing all over the outside. Drew finally located one the right size that was just plain. Then we struggled with the doggone tape dispenser. Finally properly packaged and ready to go. Whew! I should have started in January. It takes forever for all the pieces to come together.
Drew and I head for the post office and discover that even at the least rate, the cost of sending these gifts is half the value of the gifts. At this rate, I could have just ordered everything online and had it shipped. But I would have missed all the fun of playing with these things myself. Not to mention the joy of wrapping. Guess I just have to take postage into consideration from the get go. What will happen when the rates are jacked up!
Happy birthday, sweetie. Hope you have a marvelous year.
Throw in a pair of girly girl socks and another sticker book in the shape of a big pink purse and voila! A birthday box from Gram worth sending along. Now for the fun of wrapping each gift. I search through my assortment of wrapping paper and select some with big bold lettering that says Happy Birthday, and some with delicate pink roses. Don't forget to tuck in a little something for my other grand daughter who lives in this house.
Now I need to find just the right sized mailing box - at least, one without a ton of writing all over the outside. Drew finally located one the right size that was just plain. Then we struggled with the doggone tape dispenser. Finally properly packaged and ready to go. Whew! I should have started in January. It takes forever for all the pieces to come together.
Drew and I head for the post office and discover that even at the least rate, the cost of sending these gifts is half the value of the gifts. At this rate, I could have just ordered everything online and had it shipped. But I would have missed all the fun of playing with these things myself. Not to mention the joy of wrapping. Guess I just have to take postage into consideration from the get go. What will happen when the rates are jacked up!
Happy birthday, sweetie. Hope you have a marvelous year.
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