Marlee Gets An Unexpected Gift

Marlee was playing at Grandma B's house when the phone rang. Grandma B answered it. When she had finished talking she said, "Guess what, Marlee, Mrs. Jo Ann wants us to go have lunch with her today."
 Well as you can imagine, Marlee not only liked Mrs. JoAnn but loved to go out to eat. Today they were going to eat at the pizza place. She didn't especially care for pizza crust, but she liked the toppings and of course, the dessert that they served at the buffet. Marlee's mama and Grandma Lu were there too so it was a little party. Marlee had a good time. They had place mats that she could color. As you know Marlee likes to have a pretty place mat when she eats. An interesting thing about Marlee. She only will drink water or milk and almost always orders water when she goes out to eat.

Marlee always takes good care of her baby doll and is very social at the table. She enjoyed visiting with everyone there while she was waiting for her food.
Everyone was so impressed with Marlee's good behavior. Mrs. Jo Ann and Grandma Lu couldn't believe how much she had grown since the last time that they had had lunch with her.

Grandma B got Marlee some candy out of the machine which kept her and her Grandma B busy for awhile since the candy didn't want to stay in the little bowl or on the table. Oh well, they all had fun.
Just before everyone decided to leave Mrs. Jo Ann reached down beside her and got into a bag on the floor. Out came a gift for Marlee! It was a doll that was dressed just like her on Red Hat occasions. It was a Red Hat doll. Oh Marlee loved it. Here are some pictures for you to see.
Marlee assured Mrs. Jo Ann that her new Red Hat doll would be on a shelf for everyone to see, but also for safe keeping. What a wonderful gift.

Mrs. JoAnn Robinson is the Queen of the local Red Hat Society. She is their leader in her community since 2007. The Red Hat Society does good work for their community while they have fun. They had a fund raiser for the local Senior Center in October which raised considerable funding for the Meals On Wheels Program. That is a program for older or disabled people that can't go out to eat like Marlee gets to.