April 21, 1951 The Six Teeth, The Skinned Face, The Nelly Don and Back to North Street in June

Dear Mother & Daddy,

"Everyone is asleep but Ann and me and she slept till 5:30.  She didn't have to eat in the middle of the night for a change either so I don't mind getting up early if she'll do that.  She has been sleeping better since her teeth got through.  There are six now.

Bobby is fine.  He fell down the back porch steps the other day and skinned his face pretty badly but it doesn't look so bad now.  B took him to a movie at school yesterday so he enjoyed it--was a silly Bob Hope picture.

Bobby is on my lap now so you may not be able to read this.  We are invited out two evenings next week and one is dinner at 6:30.

I have been trying to sew too, but have been working over a month on one dress and it's quite plain.  I just can't get it done.  I bought a Nelly Don nylon dress on sale and like it real well.  It had 3/4 sleeves but they were too long for 3/4 and too short for long sleeves so I just cut them off short.  I'll send a scrap if i remember it.  I've ordered two from Alden's but they haven't had time to come and they probably won't fit.  One is pink shantung and one is navy polka dot bemberg.  It is kind of hard to figure out what I want for I didn't have anything left from last year, of course, and if it suddenly got real warm I wouldn't have anything to dress up in. 

It looks like we'll move about June 1st.  We hope it doesn't run into June.  I keep thinking I'll get the attic cleaned up but never get a chance.  There is only one light up there so it would have to be done in daylight.

Marge Wade has gone to the hospital to have her baby but it hasn't come yet.

I'd better get B up and start breakfast so bye for now."

                   Lots of love,

                           Bonnie

NOTE:  Nelly Don was one of the earliest successful and ultimately wealthy self-made business woman.  The story is interesting and so is the website which has documented it:

http://www.nellydon.com/story.html