Limitless Places for Friends!

My tummy may have limited slots for food, but my heart has limitless slots for friends!

Hiya, Big People!  Happy Sunday to you!

Well, ya know, when I eat and eat and eat and then stop and say I'm full, but Mommy mentions there's something delicious for dessert, I realize that I have lotsa slots in my tummy, so I could have dessert.  I can keep eatin' as long as there's slots available in my tummy!  Or until I get tired of eatin'! 

How about that?!

Even though my heart is a lot smaller than my tummy, physically, metaphysically, it's infinitely larger!  You see, my tummy has only a limited number of slots for food.  When they're all full, I'm full!  and I'm all done eatin'.  But when I have lotsa friends, and I meet a new friend, my heart makes a whole new slot for me to keep that friend in.  The more friends I have, the more slots my heart makes for itself. 

You could say that the more friends I accrue and the more people I love, the bigger my heart gets!  I love that!

Friends, I love ya lots!  I'll see ya tomorrow!  Muah!

I'm a Little Scientist by Nature, by Golly!

I will never stop askin' Why!

Hiya, Big People!  Happy Saturday to you!

Well, ya know, my people, the Little Kids, are well-known for our staunch commitment to asking questions, especially "but why?"

We don't know a lot about the world, and the way to find out more about something you don't know a lot about is to ask "why," early and often.  It might get annoying to you Big People, but it's how we Little Kids learn.

You know, now that I think of it, sometimes, when we chase ya down a big hole of "Why?" until you don't know the answer, that's a good opportunity for us to learn something together, you know.  Big People, you have the Power of the Internet right in your hands.  There's a lot of dumb stuff on there, but there's also an infinite world of knowledge!

Anyway.  Do you know who else always asks questions and always learn?  Scientists.  So I guess in a way, every Little Kid who ever asked "But why?" is a scientist on a never-ending quest for Knowledge.  I think that's an amazing thing to be, Friends!

Hey.  I love ya lots!  I'll see ya tomorrow! Muah!

Happy Cinco de Mayo!!!

Have a Happy Fifth of May, Big People!

Hiya, Big People and Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Didja know that back when I was younger, I thought that this day was about ship called De Mayo that was sunken?  It's really funny to think about now, because I know there was never a ship called that.  I'm kinda glad, too, because I wouldn't want a ship like De Mayo to sink!  I bet it'd be magnificent, if there were sucha thing!

Now I understand that Cinco de Mayo means "Fifth of May," which is what today is, and it's a holiday that originated in Mexico, to commemorate the Battle of Puebla, in which the underdog Mexican army beat Napoleon the Third's army, which was pretty powerful in 1862!

It's a holiday celebrating a David beating a Goliath!

It's a good thing to know what the holiday we all like to celebrate is all about, Friends.  When you learn about all the different people in the world, the world doesn't seem like sucha big, unfriendly place!  That's really important to know, when you're a Little Kid like me, but also when you're a Big Person, too!  I know the world can seem big and scary when you're a Big Person, too!

I love ya lots, Big People!  Have a wonderful Cinco de Mayo.  I love ya lots!  Muah!

May the Fourth Be With You!

This is how a stylish Jedi dresses on Star Wars Day!

Hiya, Friends!  Today is Star Wars Day, because it's May the Fourth, and it sounds a lot like when they say "May the Force be with you!" on the Star Wars!

I love Star Wars, you know.  I'm an avid Star Wars Rebels watcher.  I love the Play Station game version of Star Wars, and I also get the biggest kick out of Lego Star Wars. 

So that Star Wars is being celebrated today just makes me beside myself with happiness.

You know, my Star Wars Day wish this year is to adopt an Ewok of my very own.  I LOVE those guys!  They're like little cuddly teddy bears with serious attitude!  And they can drive Speeders like nobody's business.  Seems like an Ewok around the house would be really, really smart!

I would say I'd like a Tauntaun, too, for companionship and transportation, and possibly even alpaca-like wool to spin into yarn and make blankets and shawls out of for profit, but Daddy says he's "allergic" to Tauntauns, so there ends my quest for a Tauntaun... for now.

Friends, I have a lot of celebratin' to do today, so I'm gonna letchya go.  May the Fourth be with you!  Muah!

A Home for My Hardworking Clothes!

My clothes work hard, keepin' me from bein' naked, so now they have a nice place to rest!

Hiya, Big People!  Happy Wednesday to you!

Well, ya know, yesterday, I helped my Mommy clean out some clothes I've outgrown and worn out, so I can have lotsa room for the clothes I have that fit me and make me feel great when I wear 'em! 

It was time.

Friends, I had clothes all kinda shoved in my closet.  It was not a pleasurable experience to go spelunking in my closet.  My socks-n-undies were in a bin.  They were stacked nicely, but in a bin, nonetheless, because my dresser was fulla stuff left from when I was a baby.  I thought it was gonna be an awful job, so I avoided doing it.

But yesterday, Mommy said "Let's do this," and I figured I'd help.

And I'm glad I did.

Everything I have outgrown or worn out got put in a box.  Anything that's itchy, scratchy, or that has gotten patchy was also escorted from my drawers and closet bars.

Everything left was folded nicely.  My socks-n-undies now have a nice drawer in my dresser to rest in, after I wear 'em and they go through the wash.  They look comfortable in there!  Cozy, even, standing upright in neat rows in my drawer!  My jammies and sleep-shirts take up the bottom drawer in my dresser.  They stand up in rows in the drawer, so I can immediately see each thing I own, and I can select the jammies I want to wear on a particular night, and the rest will never fall out onto the floor.  They have a comfy place in that drawer!

My pants are one of my favorite things I'm especially proud of organizing.  They're folded so that they, too, can stand up in their drawer, and I arranged them according to colors.  I can tell at a glance which pants are available for me to choose to wear on a day, and what's in the hamper!

But my closet is what really got the biggest make-over.  I had a lotta clothes I just am too big for.  Dresses were hung next to shirts, and everything was all helter-skelter.  I couldn't see what I had!  I'd send Mommy in to pick my clothes for a day, because I just didn't wanna go in my closet, which is a shame, because Mommy says I have the nicest closet in the whole dang house! 

Well, it isn't perfect yet, but by golly, it's gettin' there!  Mommy and I sorted through all my hang-uppables, and we put all the sleeveless tops up front, then the short-sleeves, the long-sleeves, the sweaters and sweatshirts, and finally, the dresses.  Everything is arranged by color.  I had the most fun helping with all this!  But I have even more fun, standing in my closet and looking at how nice everything looks, in its place!  I feel like I'm at the mall!

Friends, this was a big job.  There's still some more to do, but now that I've gotten some of it under my belt, I'm rarin' to go on the rest of it.  So what I'm sayin' today is that if there's a big job YOU'VE been dreading and avoiding, I'm tellin' ya to just take the first step.  You might be surprised at what it motivates you to do! 

I love ya lots, Big People!  I'll see ya tomorrow, for May the Fourth!  Don't miss it!  Muah!

It's TUESDAY!

Who's gonna have a GREAT day?  THIS GIRL!

Hiya, Big People! 

Well, ya know, it's Tuesday, and I'm gonna just go ahead and celebrate the heck outta that fact.  Wanna hafta know why?

Because yesterday afternoon, the sky turned translucent green, and the trees started dancin' and I went and hid in the basement for a little while.  And the last time this happened, we ended up with a whole lotta trees fallen in our yard.

I was too little to understand what was goin' on that time, but this time, I was a little freaked out about the weather outside!  Mommy kept tellin' me I was gonna be okay, that it was all gonna be okay, and we were in the basement out of an abundance of caution, but I'll be honest with ya, Big People.  I was a little concerned that she was tellin' me it was an abundance of caution the way she told me gettin' my ears pierced wasn't gonna be a big deal, or the way she tells me the public toilets aren't gonna be too loud when they flush.  Lies.  All lies.  So you'll understand why I was dubious about just how "okay" everything was gonna be at the conclusion of yesterday's very bad storm.  *IF* there was gonna even be a conclusion of yesterday's very bad storm.

But what do you know?  For once, she wasn't just offerin' empty comfort and assurance.  For once, Mommy was right.  The storm passed, the sky turned from translucent green to opaque dove gray, and then gave a spectacular sunset, and all is well today. 

I am gonna have a GREAT day today!  I hope you will too, Friends!  I love ya lots!  Muah!

May-Day, May-Day, MAY!!! DAY!!!

Here's to ya, Rick, Brad, and Sabres fans!  It's May-Day!

Hiya, Big People!  Happy Monday to you, and happy May Day to you, also!

Today's title, of course, is in reference to the famous "May-Day!" call by the unparalleled hockey play-by-play announcer Rick Jeanneret.   The May Day call is not in reference to today, but rather a Sabres playoff game that was played on April 24, 1993, ancient days of yore and lore to me, but to some of you, it was practically yesterday.

Anyways, Brad May got an amazing goal in an intense playoff game, and Rick Jeanneret was so excited about it, he made his May-Day call.  Give it a Goog, give it a listen.  That is what pure exhilaration sounds like.

That is why RJ is forever ensconced in the pantheon of great announcers.

So have a happy May Day!  Have a happy May-Day, May-Day, May-Day, too!  There are all kindsa things to celebrate today, so celebrate 'em all!

I love ya lots, Big People!  I'll see ya tomorrow!  Muah!