Russell’s original request for his wife Amanda was pair of shoes for my wife Amanda. Jack thought of the nicest lady girlie sparkly shoes that he could and he came up with the Ruby slippers from Wizard of Oz. Dorothy appears to have been brought right up to date with Jack’s addition of leg warmers rather than socks.
Well, its getting closer now, the book is out on October 8 (115 days to go, eep) and today we posted the first batch of Jack’s pictures to the publishers. Our scanner is no match for the super computer they have in London so off goes all 251 pictures in a big brown box. Probably the most important piece of mail Jack (or I) will ever send. It cost a whopping £22!
Jack wanted to write Sara’s name on the front and draw a hedgehog to keep the pictures safe. A guard hedgehog.
Don't worry if your picture was not in the first 251, this is not the final cut off point. There will be another picture delivery heading to Londonshire in the next few weeks.
We wanted to share a little bit more information about Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity (previously The Sick Kids Friends Foundation). This is the charity that Jack is raising money for. Its something we have not done yet and thought it might help give everyone a bit more of an idea of where their donations go.
Apologies to Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity (previously The Sick Kids Friends Foundation) for pillaging their website for the text and video, we hope you don’t mind too much.
Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity (previously The Sick Kids Friends Foundation) was set up in 1992 to support the work of the Royal Hospital for Children & Young People (previously The Royal Hospital for Sick Children) in Edinburgh. The Hospital receives over 100,000 children through its doors each year from all over the East of Scotland.
We give assistance in five primary areas:
Each year we raise around £1.5 million to help children and families at the hospital. All our work is funded through donations from the public, companies, Trusts and Foundations and organisations who wish to help us to make the Sick Kids even better.
Sick Kids Friends Foundation is a registered Scottish Charity, SC020862.
