we looooooove kelly canby. two years ago, we had the absolute joy of being able to do an art workshop with her in the school holidays and it was an absolute blast. she was so fun, so friendly and just all round amazing. we followed her on instagram and during the beginning of the covid lockdown, we did art classes with her and her son will via instagram live... she's just the best.
so imagine my delight to find out she was visiting ellen stirling for a session with the children in joseph's grade, which allowed the children to purchase a book and have it signed. we chose the book she has said is her favourite for his age group - called littlelight. he was so stoked to know they would have her there again.
but, because life is the way it is, joseph came home with no book - and i had to ask the school the next morning about it. turns out it was a huge session with sooooo man kids and kelly hadn't had a chance to see him personally even though she told us later via messenger, i kept telling them, "someone find me joseph kendall!!" what a riot. the book was signed, but she didn't know which was his - leaving it to be a generic message, but he was not phased in the slightest. he loved their session, he loves his book and and we will continue to stalk kelly on instagram for another chance to meet her down the track.
she really is a lovely human! my favourite part was sending her a message afterwards with a photo from the newsletter, where i had circled joseph in the big group shot - so we could see they had a photo together. hilarious. ❤
