Basic fairy wings for Emma — 1 year ago
I made basic fairy wings for Emma when she was about 3 years old, out of two coat hangers and saran wrap. She was SO EXCITED to get a pair, and enthusiastically decorated them.
While she was decorating, she spent a lot of time chattering about how she would fly to various neighbors’ houses once the wings were made and on her. I didn’t realize that she wasn’t just pretending.
But then she wanted me to hoist her up and let her go. “I can fly if you just get me high enough!” I told her that wouldn’t work. “A ladder! Get a ladder!” I told her even more sadly that that wouldn’t work. She could pretend to fly, but real flying just wasn’t going to happen. :-(
Talk about being brought back to earth, the poor thing!
