Because Whimsical Always Makes You Feel Better!
"Hey, Panda!" Foster's voice sounded sleepy. We were kicking back in the front living room while Mom was working on her blog. "What?" I replied, realizing I was kind of sleepy myself."Remember when we were in Peru and you fell into that cactus?" Foster asked. I had to laugh. "Yeah, that was kind of scary," …
You may not believe this, but... When I was searching through the sewing room for the ill-fated vintage paper doll "Ouch My Toe", I came across a lot of good "blog material," not the least of which was the story you are about to read. (Or skim through, depending on what kind of mood you …
"You'll always find it in the last place you look!" You may remember reading "Second Childhood Part 2", where I showed you some of the "vintage" paper dolls (or, more accurately, vintage paper doll clothes) that we had as kids. For so many of the clothes, I could never find the dolls that went with …
Who wants to color? I know I do! Except that we cats don't have opposable thumbs, so I can't hold the colored pencils that well. But for those of you who do, we have some new coloring pages for you. Plus, Mom made them into Word documents that you can download and print out for …
Remember this? Yes, it's the famous toilet from "The Art of Being Big Girl Continued"! If you remember, it took me about three days to change out the toilet in the guest bathroom. My first thought was to put the old one out on the curb for the yearly neighborhood trash pick up. But we …
"Panda, what are you doing under that robe?" "I'm practicing for when I go undercover," Panda replied matter-of-factly.We had just gotten back from our trip to San Diego a couple of days before, and were relaxing in the bedroom while Mom was working on her blog. As usual, she had been so busy writing that …
"Hey Panda!" Foster's voice came from across the room. "Did you ever wonder what it's like in the zoo?" "Oh, I don't know," I responded lazily. "I guess I've never really thought about it before. Why?"Foster jumped up onto my chair, knocking me to the floor in the process. "Well," he began as if nothing …
The Sea Animals are finished! Hi everyone, this is Foster and I'm here to show you our finished sea animals mosaic. Oh, the title? Well that's what happens when your mom used to teach beginning English learners. She got thinking, that there were a number of ways to say "sea animals", all with different meanings. …
So this is how it happened... This is my third year being retired from teaching in public school, so I thought it might be time to do some volunteering. That's why, two days a week, I've been working one-on-one with several students at my church's Christian school. Primarily they read to me, and I help …
Seriously, who would take a picture like this? You would, if you were going to write an exciting adventure for Foster and Panda!With just a little bit of work, you can do this......or this......or this!And something as simple as Foster and Panda kicking back on the bed can become......sliding down a snowy mountain like they …