"N" is for...I was a NUN

Welcome to our "N" assignment from Mrs. Matlock's class. Please join us for a visit to each letter of the alphabet and a whole lot of fun. I have met so many wonderful bloggers and I have made some fabulous friends by being part of Mrs. Matlock's "class". Enjoy the "N" paper assignments and have a delightful day visiting other blogs.

YES, IT'S TRUE...I WAS A NUN!

I was in kindergarten in 1953-54 and I was chosen to be the nun in my kindergarten graduation class. You see, I had stage experience because I took ballet at a very young age so the nuns at my elementary school thought that I was the perfect choice for the "nun" role. At first I liked the idea and my mother was just beside herself with excitement. Then everything went downhill. I came home one day and told my mother that I didn't want to be the nun anymore...I quit...no way...no how...get me out of here...at age 6! That news wasn't well-received. My mother hauled me down to the convent so she could discuss my "nunnery" issues with the sisters in charge. As it turned out during a dress rehearsal one of the nuns accidentally stuck a pin into my scalp to hold on the headpiece. I wanted no part of having pins stuck into my head so I quit. After the problem was discovered and I was assured that no pins would be stuck into my head, I agreed to be the nun again. I ended up hating the role of the nun because I had to wear ugly brown shoes (I think that they were boy shoes) and I couldn't have fancy hair that day or wear the cute pastel ribbon that the other girls wore on their white graduation gowns. All I could do was stand on the side of the stage in my nun outfit with ugly brown shoes and hand out diplomas to the girls as their names were called. The following photo shows me with the boy who played the priest for our kindergarten graduation, Rusty. As it turns out, Russ and I are still in contact and he is a retired OB/GYN. We share the same aunt but we are not cousins....another blog entirely!

The following photos are from my daughter's "nesting" shower last August.

I wish that I had a better photo of the "nesting tree" so you could see the birds, nests, eggs and birdhouses on this tree. It was cute but I never really got a good photo of it on the day of the shower.

Here is a photo of the bird nest cupcakes from the shower. I bought the cupcakes from Costco and then I sprinkled roasted coconut on each and added pink jelly beans since we were celebrating a shower for a baby girl.
Of course every "nesting" shower or any party for that matter needs some Waterford Crystal. Here is an example of my weekend crystal! Gotta love that plastic!
Each place setting had a bird on a house with a name card attached. I made the cards with a bird nest image that I found online.
This poem that I found online was placed on each dish of the place setting. I made these "Welcome" cards with stamps, colored pencils, shading and a lot of experimentation with MS Word.
I hope that you enjoyed my "N" post and be sure to visit other students in Mrs. Matlock's class.
This is linked back to Alphabe-Thursday for the letter "N".