To Mrs. Jane S. Davidson, c/o
L. F. Toronto, 870 Wilshire Pl., Salt Lake City, Utah, April
19, 1947
Dear Mother,
I wrote to you the first part of the week, but was so
upset with Jane I didn’t send it. I
believe she missed you more than we could tell.
She started whining for 2 hrs every night after she was put to bed. The last 3 nights I’ve been closing the door
& letting her howl. It is 8:20 &
she just now settled down. She calls
Mother C. Grandpa, and you Grandma. She
is as good as gold the rest of the day, but just figured she didn’t have to go
to sleep when put to bed.
Your letter telling of Jennette came this afternoon. I do hope she is feeling well. I know you are glad when it is over. I am going to send Alvins white shirt to one
of Jennette’s boys, it is too small for him around the neck, and it will be a
long time before Louis grows into it. I
am also sending a jersey dress Mrs Niemeyer gave me because it was small for
her, but I look like a sausage in it. It
is old, but Jennette can wear it for afternoons. I won’t get them off till after the first of
the week so don’t look for them too soon.
I’ll send them to 3112.
Louis is as hungry as a bear all the time. The last 2 days his nose has run, and his
gums are swollen. It looks like his top
teeth are going to be a big U. I can’t
keep him in anything anymore. He fell
out of his high chair again, & off my bed.
We can’t leave him for a minute in the high chair, so we take the
sleep-safe & tie it on the high chair, then pin him in. And he just wiggles & squirms to get
out. We took him to Denver a week ago
Wed. & the Dr. just took hold of his penis & pulled it apart. It didn’t bleed, and he didn’t cry but it was
terrible the stuff that was under it. It
was no wonder it irritated. It is
surely clean looking now. He crawls like
a streak of lightening on one knee and one foot.
We all went to Denver except Alvin, & he stayed at
Thompsons after school. When we got
there we bought a vacuum cleaner at Mother C’s request. It is a compact, a cylinder type and it seems
real good. We’ve surely taken a lot of
dirt out of the house with it anyway.
Then after I took the 3 children to the Dr. we went out to Niemeyers for
the afternoon. Maxine & her two
children were there too, & when Harold came we all had supper
together. It was good to see all of them
again.
Mother C. also had Harold cut a piece of hose so I could
fill the washer without lifting buckets.
Why couldn’t we have done that.
Mother C. visited with Aunt Nell all day.
Before I forget the cleaning fluid is called Safeway -
Brush Top - Spot remover. Mine is
all gone & I’ll have to get some.
You can get it at any drug store.
The wind is howling tonight. But for 2 days it has been rather nice. Tues. we had 4 inches of snow, but it was
gone by afternoon Wed.
The package came with the shirts & booties. The shirts fit Jane fine, & surely cover
her stomach well. I believe she can wear
them up here all summer. Harold walked
over to Candlands with me last night & she was so pleased with the booties,
& Mrs. Young too. Tomorrow is
Conference in Greely, and we were sent a program. On it Harold was scheduled to talk on Temple
Marriage. They didn’t even ask him. I’m glad he is being given the
opportunity. We will leave Jane &
Louis with Grandma Carlson. Greely is 30
miles to the North & East of Loveland, & it will be a long day.
The new room is still in the making. They sanded the floor yesterday, so it should
be ready by Tues. & Wed. They have
already painted, and it has been a steady stream of men in here since they
started. Yesterday they put in our
missing light switches on the porch, kitchen and bathroom. We still aren’t going to do any
painting. I got some curtains for the
porch at Penny’s in Loveland for $1.00 a pr. [drawing shows two long side
panels with short middle panel] & they are flowered, & look nice.
How was Pearl when you went to Logan? Is she well?
It seems that a good part of the family was together at Conference
time. The pictures were surely nice.
You said in both letters that Wid hadn’t been well, but
didn’t say what the trouble was.
Mrs. Candlin’s shower was a week ago Thurs. & I
bought some rompers for her & we took over the booties, so it isn’t
necessary to send a jacket. If you do
send it I’ll keep it for another time. I
sent to wards for rompers for Helen & Mrs. Young, but just got one pr.
& gave them to Mrs. Young. Will send
again for Helen. Mrs. Roberts address is
(Mrs. Claude Roberts, Estes Park.)
Mrs. Young told us that Mrs. Thompson has made up her
mind not to come to S.S. any more. She
hasn’t said anything to us, but I believe Mrs. Young is not in a position to
give her any help. They see each other a
lot. They both seem to have more time
than I. We don’t want to force anything
on Mrs. T. but felt she was interested, so we want to meet them more on a social
basis. We spent an evening visiting with
them last week without mentioning religion, and hope to visit with them
often.
I am feeling fine, and my shoulders haven’t ached since a
week after you left. It seems good to be
free of that ache.
I’ve been writing for over an hour, and must get to bed,
because we will have to leave by 8 in the morning. It sounds good to hear of the flowers
blooming and the trees and grass green.
So far, spring is still eluding us.
The wind is still quite raw, altho last Sun. we all went for a walk
around the area. It is still howling
tonight.
Yesterday was the last day for kindergarten. Betty has been going the last 2 weeks, and
I’m glad it is over. She did enjoy it
tho. They divided the supplys, &
Betty got a large blackboard on legs, and it has kept them busy.
Goodnight Mother, may the Lord bless you. I’m so thankful that you were able to stay
with us so long, & for the help you gave in teaching the children. I’m trying to spend more time with them &
less time working.
Lovingly,
Laura
