Remembering Thomas...3 months on...

Yesterday we held a memorial for Thomas at school.  A plaque was unveiled and a beautiful Chinese Maple tree was planted in his memory.  Today I want to share the photos with you.  The quality of the photos aren't that great, because I forgot to take my camera and had to use my phone, but here they are:

Alanah and Darlene watch while Ray finishes planting Thomas's tree

Thomas's tree and plaque with his candles:

The candles I made are identical to the ones I made to sit on his casket during his funeral:

All of Thomas's class mates were given a balloon to send up to heaven for him to play with again, as they did at Thomas's funeral.  My son Dylan is on the far left holding the blue balloon:

The kids loved watching the balloons making their way up to Thomas in heaven, and watched until they were tiny specs in the sky: 

And last, but not least, a close up of the plaque:

It will be lovely to watch Thomas's tree grow strong and tall.  I know that each time I see it I am going to remember his cheeky smile and send some more love his way :)

Sleep well beautiful boy.  We love you xxxx

Thanks for letting me share.

Card for Thomas

I know that I have been seriously procrastinating about getting this done, but here it finally is.....the card I made with the kids in Dylan's class at school for Thomas's Mum and Dad.

Here's the front:

I used the same photo as the one I put on the candles.  Here's the inside:

And a close up of all the kids hand prints:

The kids (and the teachers!) chose their own colours, and as you can see, they loved putting their hand print in the book for Thomas.  

Thomas's parents loved it.  I ended up making 3 of the candles, and they sat on Thomas's coffin during the service, which was lovely.  

3 of the 6 kids in Dylan's class attended the funeral, and released balloons at the grave site....all willingly except for Dylan who didn't want to let his balloon go!  

I am glad that I have finally posted this card.....now I just have to get my butt into gear and post some more of the things I have been making.

Happy Stampin'