This year, we planned ahead and bought thank you notes so we could write them right away after Franny’s birthday.  But, then we caught up in weeks of bad colds and then recovery, and the thank you notes got put on the backburner.  We had done a couple before Delaney got sick, but she still had a number left to do.  Those we did early, I didn’t expect as much—I had her write thank you and then sign her name, while I filled in the middle.  But, with her new-found confidence in her writing, I thought I would let her sit down and write them out herself.  She did a great job!  Thankfully, her birthday party was just celebrated with her playgroup, so there wasn’t the 20+ notes we’ve written in the past.  Regardless, I was very impressed with her notes and the thoughtfulness she put behind them.