You've heard of those "Build a Bear" stores, right? Well, at my house today it was "Repair a Bear"! Yesterday I picked up Panda from the floor and noticed he was badly in need of repairs. He's had one little hole in him before and I sewed that up a long time ago, but unbeknownst …
One thing I didn't expect when I started this blog was that I would "meet" so many interesting and nice people (and pets) out there in the "blog world". Along with Foster's "blog friends" we have also found some really cool blogs about art. (Just as a reminder, this did start out to be an "art …
In case you've been wondering... I did paint the shopping cart turquoise!Isn't turquoise just the best color? Remember, I found this cart in front of my house and the store said I could have it... (and I'm not making this up!)I decided to use it for storing gardening supplies instead of making it into a planter …
This is only a test... You've heard the phrase "this is only a test", right? Usually it's the Emergency Broadcast System on the radio, or a fire drill at school. Well this is a test of the "Whimsical Coloring Page Printout System"! I've seen other blogs where people include free downloads of different things, …
"Hey Foster, what is that?" "Oh," I replied, "that's iced jasmine tea and chocolate muffin crumbs." Panda rolled his eyes. "I know," he said. "But I'm talking about the notebook." "Oh that!" I laughed. "It's Mom's Punjabi numbers. She says she's having trouble with the suffix for the 40s.""Oh my word," Panda replied. "Only our …
Hi everyone, Foster here, and I'm ready to show you something really interesting! Mom was looking for something else on her computer, and she came across some of my baby pictures she forgot she had. Then she said I could write the captions for this post! So, here we go... To start out with, everyone …
I found a shopping cart! It's been on the sidewalk in front of my house for almost a week. Ever since garbage pick-up day. I thought it had been left by someone going through the recycle bins on the street, as often happens on garbage day. But why would someone who was collecting recyclables leave …
For a "language person", few things can be as rewarding as working with beginning English learners. Whenever Mark would tell people what I did for a living, he would often point out that I was the first teacher some of my students ever came in contact with after entering the U.S. And if you think …
Who's got the button? When I was little my Grandma Johnson used to play a game with us kids. It was called, to the best of my recollection, "Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?" I don't remember all of it, but it involved one person having a button in their hands and the others trying to …
The first item of clothing I ever made for myself was a pink "peasant blouse" when I was in eighth grade. But I'm guessing that for most of us who learned to sew as kids, our actual first projects were doll clothes. When I was in elementary school I made "troll clothes" by cutting arm …
Nana's Whimsical World 