“It is remarkable how overnight,
a quiet mature lady can learn to sit cross-legged on the floor
and play a tin drum, quack like a duck,
sing all the verses of This Old Man, make paper flowers,
draw pigs and sew sock puppets
who can talk with funny voices . . . “
-author unknown-
(I added the sock puppets part)
journal entry:
It’s true. Some of the most remarkable words in any language are “Grandma, I didn’t know that you could do that” ! Chances are, I didn’t know that I could do that either. My children are a little less diplomatic. Their line is “mom, I remember when you used to do that”. I can actually remember how to do many things and can do some new things. I made a menagerie of sock puppets for my grandchildren to play with. I had such fun finding strange and colorful socks. Close-out socks were the best but “single” socks . . . forever alone after losing a mate in the dryer . . . make great sock puppets too. “Lost” socks are also very grateful to have a usefulness again. These puppets are truly unique and each has a name. I loved hunting for their eyes and noses in my button jar and styling their hair from my stash of yarn. I loved adding bells and ribbons and bows to their hair. I knew there was a “tiny tale” in this family of sock puppets. So, I assembled the puppets and asked them what they thought. Together we wrote a sweet and touching story of A Wonderful Christmas Gift. The finished book is in my journal under Tiny Tales. I put the puppets to sleep for the winter and told them not to worry. I would get them out again so that little hands could poke them and run around the room with them and their funny voices could bring delight to a new crop of little people.
“Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?”
-Author Unknown-
