The Picture

Here's what I came up with. I decided not to make fence-shaped cookies, because I didn't have a fence-shaped cookie cutter. If anyone knows where I can get one, I'd still like to... Anyway. I did have a fence stamp, though. So I made the card in the shape of a house, and put the fence across the bottom. It can open up to read the rest of the letter. I decided on chocolate chip cookies because everyone likes chocolate chip cookies, right? They do look good, don't they? Mmmmm... Hopefully it's enough of a peace offering. I know, I went totally out of my way. But it was kinda fun to make everything. I haven't had much time to be crafty lately. Feel free to click the picture to see the words. And yes, they both say different things at one point. One of our neighbors has an in-ground trampoline and a treehouse-type play area with a slide, and the other one has a pond with a bunch of goldfish in it. Hence, the fence. We don't want any tragic drowning accidents this summer with four little ones who don't know how dangerous water really is. What do you think?

The Solution

I've created it. The nice, friendly, non-offensive way to inform my neighbors I'm putting in a fence. I guess I could say that it's not ME that's telling them... it's the kids! How can they get mad at kids, right? Here's what it will say. Feel free to comment with any suggestions for change to make it more amiable.

Dear Neighbors,

Our Mama has to come outside
each time we want to play and hide.

There's too many things to straighten and dust
to spend all her day outside with us.

She often likes to come out, too,
but sometimes needs a break for a few.

So even though we really like you,
(your toys are fun to play on, too),

Our parents decided it just makes sense
to go ahead and put up a fence.

We hope you don't take it personally.
She needs this 'til we're good at listening.

Love, The Farnsworth Children

This little poem will be on some cute paper, maybe all shaped like a house or something, and will arrive with a plate of fence-shaped cookies. I'll post a picture when I get it all put together. For now, I'd like to know what you think and if there's any spectacular changes you can think of that I didn't. What do you think?