L,
It certainly has been busy here this past week. Every day Harry and Tom send large colorful packages to their family and other friends. Also every afternoon, after the mail has come, I see Harry and Tom coming around the corner of the house with their red wagon and go to the mail box to get the many packages the mail carrier left for them.
One sunny afternoon, I was sitting outside when Harry and Tom came with the wagon to get their mail. I asked them who they were sending so many presents to. Tom told me their mom and dad did not like the cold and snowy weather at their home in the Michigan U.P. Now their mother and father go to Florida where it is warm and sunny during the winter. In Florida they have a house on the beach by the ocean. Their house has lots of windows to let in the cool ocean breeze and a large porch in the front where they sit and eat their breakfast. Harry and Tom also told me that they have two sisters. Their sisters, Henrietta and Thelma live in California. Because their family lived far away in two different states, they have to send their presents to them. Harry told me that they were finished shopping, wrapping, and sending all the presents to their family.
The next morning, I smelled the most delicious baking smells coming from Harry and Tom’s house. I wondered what they were doing, so I made some hot chocolate, put it in a thermos and took some Christmas cookies from our cookie jar. I put thermos of hot chocolate and the Christmas cookies in the box on the back of my wheelchair. I rolled down the ramp, out the garage, and went around the corner of my house to their house in the back yard. I knocked on their door and when Tom came up the stairs and opened the door, I asked if he and Harry would like some hot chocolate and cookies. Tom said they would and because I could not get my wheelchair down the stairs, he and Harry would come outside and have some hot chocolate and cookies with me.
As we sat around the fire in drank the hot chocolate and ate the cookies; they told me that they were busy baking their favorite Christmas cookies and cakes. I asked them what the two of them would do with so many cookies and cakes. They told me they would make hot apple juice and take the cookies, cakes and hot apple juice to share with the others after the Christmas program. They also told me that they liked to wrap some of the Christmas cookies and cakes in packages and on Christmas Eve leave them at their friend’s doors. I think that Charley the cougar, Dan the deer, and Samantha the squirrel will have a nice surprise on Christmas morning.
What color wrapping paper would you use to wrap the cookies and cakes that Harry and Tom are going to leave on their friend’s doors? Do you think you can draw a picture of Harry and Tom’s mom and dad’s house in Florida? What color would you make the house?
Until next time,
Grandpippy
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Harry and Tom Prepare for Christmas
L,
One day last week, I looked out the window and saw a Christmas trees being carried past the window. I hurried to a window and looked out at the back yard in time to see Harry and Tom carrying a big Christmas tree to the door of their underground house. When they reached the door and tried to carry the tree through the door, they discovered the tree was so large that they would not be able to get it into their house. What to do? They measured the tree, measured the door, took their hats off, scratched their heads, and talked to each other about what to do. Because I was in the house, I could not hear what they were saying. As I sat looking out the window, I saw Harry and Tom go back to the front of our house and walk off down the street. I did not know what they were doing. What do you think they were doing?
Well, later that morning, I saw Harry and Tom coming down the street carrying another Christmas tree. Actually, Harry was carrying the tree and Tom was pulling a red wagon that was full of boxes and bags. When they came to their door, Tom opened the door and Harry had no trouble bringing the new Christmas tree down the stairs. As Tom was carrying the boxes and bag from the red wagon down the stairs, Harry walked off into the trees and talked to Dan the deer. Dan, his family, and Charley the cougar live in the woods at the end of our street. After talking to Harry, Dan ran off toward his house and came back with Charley and Samantha, a squirrel, who lives in a nest high up in a tree. They knocked on Harry and Tom’s door and after a short wait Harry and Tom came outside and the five friends took the Christmas tree, that was too large to go through Harry and Tom’s door, and set it up in the yard and began to decorate it. Harry and Tom had some dried cranberries. Dan had some colorful Indian corn. Charley had lots and lots of brightly colored leaves that he had collected and Samantha had a bag of acorns and other nuts that she had gathered and painted many different bright colors. So the five friends sat down in a circle and began to string the dried cranberries, Indian corn, colored leaves and nuts together. After they had made long strings of dried cranberries, Indian corn, leaves, and nuts, they stood in a circle around the tree and began to decorate the tree.
I wanted to help so I made them a lunch of hot soup, cheese sandwiches, and apples for dessert. I put the hot soup in a thermos, the sandwiches and apples in bags and put everything is the box on the back of my wheelchair. I went down the ramp, out the garage door, and around the side of the house to the five friends. They stopped decorating the tree and we all had a picnic lunch around the fire they had. After lunch, I went back into my house and had to take a nap. When I woke up and looked out the window, I saw that the five friends had finished decorating the tree and had gone home.
That night after everyone had gone to bed, I got out of bed and looked out the window and saw bright Christmas lights on the tree. However, when I went back to bed wondered how Harry and Tom had decorated the tree they had carried down the stairs to their house. Do you think you can get some paper and draw a Christmas tree and decorate it? Would you put lights on their Christmas tree? What would you put on the very top of the tree?
Until next time,
Grandpippy
One day last week, I looked out the window and saw a Christmas trees being carried past the window. I hurried to a window and looked out at the back yard in time to see Harry and Tom carrying a big Christmas tree to the door of their underground house. When they reached the door and tried to carry the tree through the door, they discovered the tree was so large that they would not be able to get it into their house. What to do? They measured the tree, measured the door, took their hats off, scratched their heads, and talked to each other about what to do. Because I was in the house, I could not hear what they were saying. As I sat looking out the window, I saw Harry and Tom go back to the front of our house and walk off down the street. I did not know what they were doing. What do you think they were doing?
Well, later that morning, I saw Harry and Tom coming down the street carrying another Christmas tree. Actually, Harry was carrying the tree and Tom was pulling a red wagon that was full of boxes and bags. When they came to their door, Tom opened the door and Harry had no trouble bringing the new Christmas tree down the stairs. As Tom was carrying the boxes and bag from the red wagon down the stairs, Harry walked off into the trees and talked to Dan the deer. Dan, his family, and Charley the cougar live in the woods at the end of our street. After talking to Harry, Dan ran off toward his house and came back with Charley and Samantha, a squirrel, who lives in a nest high up in a tree. They knocked on Harry and Tom’s door and after a short wait Harry and Tom came outside and the five friends took the Christmas tree, that was too large to go through Harry and Tom’s door, and set it up in the yard and began to decorate it. Harry and Tom had some dried cranberries. Dan had some colorful Indian corn. Charley had lots and lots of brightly colored leaves that he had collected and Samantha had a bag of acorns and other nuts that she had gathered and painted many different bright colors. So the five friends sat down in a circle and began to string the dried cranberries, Indian corn, colored leaves and nuts together. After they had made long strings of dried cranberries, Indian corn, leaves, and nuts, they stood in a circle around the tree and began to decorate the tree.
I wanted to help so I made them a lunch of hot soup, cheese sandwiches, and apples for dessert. I put the hot soup in a thermos, the sandwiches and apples in bags and put everything is the box on the back of my wheelchair. I went down the ramp, out the garage door, and around the side of the house to the five friends. They stopped decorating the tree and we all had a picnic lunch around the fire they had. After lunch, I went back into my house and had to take a nap. When I woke up and looked out the window, I saw that the five friends had finished decorating the tree and had gone home.
That night after everyone had gone to bed, I got out of bed and looked out the window and saw bright Christmas lights on the tree. However, when I went back to bed wondered how Harry and Tom had decorated the tree they had carried down the stairs to their house. Do you think you can get some paper and draw a Christmas tree and decorate it? Would you put lights on their Christmas tree? What would you put on the very top of the tree?
Until next time,
Grandpippy
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