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Ooohing and aaahing
Board: Yakking It Up
Jan 1, 2013 9:31am
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After spending New Year's Eve with us my granddaughter woke up this morning wanting to look at my collection of LTC's. As we flipped the pages I was able to recall how I received most of the cards.
My first was from Butterfly Suzy - an award for finding a letterbox (which I later adopted).
We ooohed some of the more beautiful carves - we both love the fairy carves
We aaahed at some of the more intricate and complex cards.
We looked at each other with concern at some of the scary ones - the blood, gore, zombies, and freaky movie characters
She reacted with pride she we recognized one that either her mom or dad carved
She was surprised her mom made an LTC from her siggy
She was stunned that I had a copy of one that Gg sent her in the mail. That brought on a short story as did the card I got from a boxer that I lent my carving tools to so she could complete her project.
Surprisingly my granddaughter recognized almost all of the few cards I made.
Her favorites were many but the Hello Kitty card and the card with the frog in the jar I think were her favorite-favorites.
LTC's are pretty cool and can, in fact, be a ton of fun. A great way to bond with family members.
Re: Ooohing and aaahing
Board: Yakking It Up
Reply to: #751728 by BBStacker
Jan 1, 2013 9:43am
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Who is your daughter, if I may ask, and how old is your granddaughter? LTCer in the making, it sounds like to me. Good for you and good for her. Nice post. Happy New Year to you and your family.
Re: Ooohing and aaahing
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Reply to: #751729 by Okie Dog
Jan 1, 2013 9:55am
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Daughter is part of Sneakysnipes, currently on sabbatical from letterboxing as she tries to raise a family, got to college full-time and work full-time as well.

Granddaughter is Birdie, age eight.

Both are pictured in photos loaded by Safari Man in the Holiday Meet n Greet Event.
Re: Ooohing and aaahing
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Reply to: #751731 by BBStacker
Jan 1, 2013 10:57am
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Thanks. Looks like you all had a good time. Good looking group!
Re: Ooohing and aaahing
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Reply to: #751728 by BBStacker
Jan 1, 2013 3:57pm
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LTC's are pretty cool and can, in fact, be a ton of fun. A great way to bond with family members.

I could not agree more. Every so often when I go to visit with my Mom, I take out the latest batch received from friends and in swaps, along with whatever I'm working on at the time. She always gets to pick out her favorites. It's such a win-win.
When we first started boxing, it was as a family, and Mom was there from the beginning, in on all our first finds.
I'm still the one the craziest about the whole Boxing Thing, but it's fun to share this part of boxing along with the more traditional parts.
Today's plant was with two other family members, fellow original TAPsters, and one newbie "getaway car" driver :)