The Thank You Note

by Fiddledeedee on October 29, 2007

When you receive a nice gift for your birthday, good manners dictate that a prompt thank you note follow. At least this is what I’m trying to instill in my children. After Cailey’s birthday bash a week ago, we sat down to write the notes of gratitude for such wonderful gifts. And happily, it doubled as our handwriting practice for the day. Since Cailey can only read short vowel words at present, and her spelling is limited, we composed the notes together, I wrote them out on index cards to copy, and she wrote the actual note.

It was a good plan.

The following is what I wrote out for her to copy for the gift that her devoutly Catholic grandparents gave to her.

“Dear Nana and PopPop,

Thank you for coming to my party. And thanks for my cute shirt!

From,
Cailey”

This is what actually made it onto the thank you note:

“Dear Nana and PoPop,

Thank you for coming to my cute sh**!”

From,
Cailey

Yes, she spelled it out. I did not so that I would continue to be a family friendly blog.

No, she has never heard “that word” before in her short little life. Only because she can’t read my mind.

No, I didn’t have her correct it. I sealed it in the envelope and off it went in the mail. I told my MIL that her thank you note would be forthcoming.

I suspect I’ll be getting a phone call when her mail arrives Monday.

This will surely propel me to my rightful place as “favorite daughter-in-law.”

{ 28 comments }

1 Lotus Carroll October 29, 2007 at 4:13 am: Best thing I’ve read all day (& night).

And I’ve read a lot of sh**!
2 chocolatechic October 29, 2007 at 4:58 am: That’s great! bwahahahahha

And then you can wish her a Happy MIL Day, as today is MIL Day. giggle…
3 Farmers Wife October 29, 2007 at 6:00 am: Nu-uh. Oh shoot, how I’d love to get a card like that in the mail, so innocent, yet it’d keep me laughing for days.

Well done Cailey!
4 Thea @ I'm a Drama Mama October 29, 2007 at 6:44 am: LOL! That is too funny!

Hopefully your MIL has a good sense of humor!
5 terri October 29, 2007 at 6:55 am: That is GREAT.
6 Liz October 29, 2007 at 6:56 am: she will probably keep it forever. The first Father’s Day card I gave my dad (who was my step-dad, and he adopted me) I insisted to my Sunday School teacher that I wanted it to say “Happy Father’s Day Pop!” And POP has two syllables – po – op.

He still has his “Happy Father’s Day Poop!” card and gets it out every year.
7 amy October 29, 2007 at 7:56 am: I know you were laughing
8 ellen b October 29, 2007 at 7:59 am: L-O-V-E it!
Watch out when you get as old as me that word will come out of your mind and people will be able to hear it!
9 Cindy October 29, 2007 at 8:47 am: My favorite part is that you actually SENT it that way. LOVE it!
10 chrissy October 29, 2007 at 8:57 am: Oh, you made me laugh. I wish I could see her open that card.
11 Ann G October 29, 2007 at 9:15 am: Can’t wait to hear grams’ reaction to that one!!! Can’t believe you sent it…..but should be interesting hearing the stories on this one for years to come!
12 Sisterlisa October 29, 2007 at 9:59 am: I wonder if she’ll notice. lol We call our grandfather PopPop too!
13 Lorisa October 29, 2007 at 11:29 am: LOL! That’s too funny! Good for you for sending it anyway!
14 jen October 29, 2007 at 11:55 am: LOL
and good u for not changing it
its her work
im sure she tired her hardest
now i wonder what her grandparents will think
15 Shalee October 29, 2007 at 1:14 pm: You are looking for some really good presents under the tree this year, I know. This one should earn you an extra one or two, along with a few Hail Mary’s too.
16 Megan at Sortacrunchy October 29, 2007 at 1:34 pm: “Only because she can’t read my mind.”

hee hee hee! Thanks for the Monday giggles!
17 Amy October 29, 2007 at 2:21 pm: I can’t believe you sent that! Wow! Favorite DIL for sure!
18 Karen October 29, 2007 at 6:19 pm: That is hilarious! My oldest son (now 22) once wrote a note to my parents telling them he was happy they weren’t dead. They still have it.
19 Joanna October 29, 2007 at 6:38 pm: Oh no you didn’t! That’s too funny! Me-thinks you have in-laws like me. I bet you smiled all the way to the mail box.
20 Michelle October 29, 2007 at 7:04 pm: Surely they will find it adorable! It’s like the print version of when a kid substitutes “f” for “tr” and sees a fire *uck!! Too funny
21 Joy of course October 30, 2007 at 10:17 am: Absolutely hillarious. I cannot believe you mailed it.
22 a happier girl October 30, 2007 at 3:17 pm: The best part of the story is that you mailed it. That’s too funny. What a fun card for a grandparent to get. I’m sure they’ll be talking about it for weeks.
23 Qtpies7 October 30, 2007 at 7:09 pm: You didn’t really send it did you? Oh my gosh that would be so funny!
24 Deidre October 31, 2007 at 8:02 pm: Hilarious! I hope you saved that card
25 Dana October 31, 2007 at 11:58 pm: Oh, how sweet…nothing like a handmade gift. : )
26 janet November 2, 2007 at 8:44 pm: I had to read this to my husband who is watching tv behind me. I assured him that it would be more amusing than the show he is watching. Surely enough you got more laughs than our television did tonight. Thanks. it was a most amusing story. cant wait for part two.
27 kelli November 3, 2007 at 9:55 pm: That?

Made. my. Day.

(PS- I have some things to say to my MIL. Is Cailey free for dictation? I’ll pay in chocolate.)
28 Steveb December 17, 2007 at 10:45 pm: ROFL!! I peed on my cheeks laughing…