4/25/2017
4/24/2017
Happy Birthday Logan
LOGAN’S
TREASURE
By
Grandma Baadsgaard
Happy
birthday Logan. I love you oh so much.
When Logan buried a dollar coin in his
back yard garden, he didn’t know what would happen. When his father planted
peas, peas grew. When his mother planted corn, corn grew. So after he planted the dollar Logan watched
and waited. Nothing happened for a long time even though Logan checked the
ground every day and kept the dirt moist with his watering can.
Then one morning Logan noticed the
ground bulging. The next day the ground cracked and out popped a fountain of
pennies. When he gathered them into a pile and counted them, there were 100
pennies.
The following day a shining bush with
silver dots on the end of each branch grew in the place where he planted the dollar. The silver dots grew and flattened
out until they became nickels. When Logan picked them he counted twenty
nickels. The following day Logan noticed a green hedge bordering the garden
with four large quarters resting on top. The next day Logan found a tree with two
large fifty cent pieces dangling in the highest branches.
Logan gathered all his money and counted
his treasure.
“I have so much more than I started
with,” Logan said. “This is much more than I need. I think I’ll open a free money
store.”
So Logan gathered a card table and a
chair. Then he opened a money store in his front yard with a sign that said . .
. “Get Your Free Money Here. Price = One Promise.”
When the first children stopped by they
noticed Logan had a bowl full of pennies, one for nickels, another for quarters
and the last one for fifty cent pieces.
“How much for a penny?” the first child
asked.
“If you give me a promise, I will give
you three pennies.” Logan answered.
“What is the promise?”
“Just promise me that you will do three
things with your pennies,” Logan answered. “Promise me that you will save one, spend
one and share one.”
The child promised, took the pennies and
skipped back home.
Then another child came by and Logan
made the same deal.
Soon everyone in the neighborhood had received
a small monetary gift from Logan and had given him a promise in return. Before
long Logan noticed that the people in his neighborhood seemed to talk to each
other more and helped each other with their yards. He also watched as neighbors
secretly dropped off gifts to other neighbors.
One day Logan's younger brother asked, “Why
did you give all your money away? You could have been rich.”
Logan took the dollar coin out of his
pocket and cupped it in his hand.
“Oh, I’m rich alright – rich with
friends. And I still have all I need,” Logan answered. “If I kept planting and
sharing, I’ll always have enough.”
The
greatest joy in living is always in the giving.
4/15/2017
Happy Birthday Alice
ALICE THE GRAND
by
Grandma Baadsgaard
Happy Birthday my precious Alice.
While you read this poem written just for you -
notice the words in italic.
They are taken directly from the book “Alice in
Wonderland”.
You are our Alice the Grand who brings wonderland everywhere you are!
Some people fall down a rabbit hole to discover wonder land
I know a girl who popped out of that hole whose name
is Alice-the-Grand.
“Eat me!”
Drink me!” says Mother to Alice with a smile.
“Now it’s time for dinner so stop running for a
while.”
“But Mom,” Alice replies, “It takes all the running I can do to keep in the same place.
If I want to get
somewhere else, I must run twice as fast!” before I can say grace.
“Curiouser and
curiouser,” says mother with much care.
“I believe no matter what I do, we’re all mad here.”
“Who in the
world am I? Ah that’s the great
puzzle,” says Alice with a grin.
I think there is a Chesshire cat who will tell me
where to begin.
So Alice finds her feline friend and says boldly
without fear,
“Would you
tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends,”
Chesshire says, “a good deal on where you
want to get to” my dear.
When brothers Griffin and Rylan make a mad dash for
her toys
Little Alice stands with her scepter and shouts most
boldly
“Off with
their heads, you scallywag boys
If you want to keep your heads, give me back those
toys!”
“That is impossible,” says Rylan with a smirk
“I can’t think without my head – I think you are
berserk.”
But Alice holds her stance and says with a mighty
blast,
“If you can’t
think, you wouldn’t talk so fast
So brothers beware if you don’t want a neck cast…
Give those toys back to me or today will be your
last!”
Shivering with fear and quaking in their boots
Griffin and Rylan’s hand back the toys and all their
sister’s loot
“It is no use going
back to yesterday,” says Rylan with sigh
“way back then I didn’t see my sister’s greatness by
and by.
But now I know and have been enlightened with this
mighty scare
No more bothering great queen Alice - even if I
dare.”
4/11/2017
4/01/2017
Happy Birthday Andrew!
By
Grandma Baadsgaard
Happy Birthday to a very special grandson I love.
If
Andrew is turning seven
Then
he can’t be eleven
So
let’s shout hurray
For
this birthday boy today
Sometimes
he sits still
Other
times his wiggle will
Bust
right out of his skin
And
make the fun begin
For
Andrew is like the sun
Before
the day is done
He
runs fast as the breeze
So
remember if you please
He
likes a big high jump
His
arms are circle pumps
Swings
right through the air
So
notice if you dare
He
will climb right to the moon
Then
be back by noon
And
eat blueberry pie
When
it’s the fourth of July
He
also likes to snuggle
And
if you give him a huggle
He’ll
squeeze your neck so tight
Your
heart explodes in delight
For
Andrew is a treasure
A
jewel without measure
For
a boy who is turning seven
Is a little piece of heaven
Is a little piece of heaven
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