Gloria is from The Aquaroom which is in New England, where she helps Jennie Fitzkee of A Teacher’s Reflections.
Jennie and I came up with the idea that the children in the Aquaroom might like to find out about England..well my part of England. So we hit upon the idea of Gloria coming to stay so I could show her around. The Aquaroomers could follow my blog … And I would fill her Journal with stories and photos, for those who are there in Jennie’s class now and also future Aquaroomers. Jennie and I thought this was a great idea. So did Gloria. Below is a post aimed at The Aquaroomers I hope you and they like it!
DAY 10 . Gloria meets a Manicurist.
Gloria was so excited she couldn’t wait for Earl to wake up! She had been pacing round the room and coughing loudly. She had already woken Olivia up. “What is the matter Gloria I was trying to sleep, willow isn’t even awake yet! ” I know” said Gloria “but Earl is still asleep and I need to talk to him now!” “Okay Gloria, I guess going back to sleep is out of the question?” Gloria nodded . Olivia heaved a sigh and then padded across to Earl and woke him up!
“Well Gloria what is so important that you have woken Olivia and me up for?” ” I am so excited willow has promised to take me to have my nails done… She is going for a mani… something and I am having one too! What is a mani thingi?” Gloria was almost dancing . Earl smiled at her excitement and then said kindly ” its a manicure Gloria, willow has one every month, she likes pretty nails. “Gloria’s head filled with questions she opened her mouth and they all came out! ” Does it hurt, what type of paint and do they use big brushes and …? ” Earl put his paw up “Gloria, it’s a treat, it doesn’t hurt, they have files for filing your nails into a pretty shape and lots of beautiful colours to choose from… Or you can have natural looking nails if you prefer. “Oh!” Said Gloria, “I like the sound of that” Gloria smiled and Earl and Olivia went back to sleep 🥱.
Finally after what seemed like a lifetime to Gloria willow got out the backpack and got Gloria ready to go.
As they walked Gloria had fun looking at everything in the area. When they arrived willow introduced Gloria to the lady who was called a manicurist ( someone who does nails and makes them pretty.) Her name was Charlie. Gloria immediately liked Charlie who picked her up to say hello and then found her a soft seat from where she could watch willow have her nails done.
Firstly Charlie took the old blue polish off of willow’s nails then she filed and shape them, then she put on lots of coats of varnish, base, builder and colour and finally top coat. After each coat willow put her hand into a little machine that set the varnish. The end result was lovely.
Next it was Gloria’s turn . Charlie put Gloria in the special chair and asked what she would like done, which colour would she like? Gloria thought looking at all the lovely colours…after five minutes of uming and arhing Gloria was confused! … Charlie kindly said ” perhaps I could choose for you Gloria 😉?” Gloria smiled ” yes please Charlie!”
So Charlie put some cream on some cotton wool and clipped it on to Gloria’s nails with lovely purple clips (purple is willow’s favourite colour, what is yours? What is Gloria’s favourite colour do you think?)
Then Charlie filed and shaped Gloria’s nails and made them neat and pretty. Gloria was delighted with the result. Then Charlie said because Gloria was not yet sixteen she thought she did not really need any colour. Then she said she thought Gloria had lovely natural nails and hands.
Gloria was so pleased and she thank Charlie for doing her nails. Gloria was even more pleased when Charlie said she could help herself to some sweets from Charlie’s big treats jar . Then it was time to go.
When they got home Gloria showed everyone her hands and they all agreed that they did look lovely. I bet you can guess what they did next.
Yes they all read Goodnight Moon. 💜💜
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