Queen of the Monday

When you're Queen of the Monday, the sky is the limit!

Hiya, Friends!  You may notice that I'm wearin' a crown today, and that's because I am the Queen of Monday.

I didn't win any contest to make me Queen of Monday.  Nobody divinely appointed me Queen of Monday.  I just decided for myself that I'm gonna be Queen of Monday.  If ever there was a day of the week that needed a Queen to reign it in, it's dang ol' Monday, so I'm gonna do my best. 

What really drew me to bein' Queen of Monday is that I just want to wear my sparkly crown, you know?  Have you ever noticed that things are just easier to cope with when you're wearing a sparkly crown?  I've gotta believe that it's the same way with Mondays.  They'll just be a little easier to deal with if I greet it with a crown on my head.

Hey.  You know what, Friends?  Monday is a pretty big thing.  I'll betchya there's LOTS of Monday to go around.  We could all be Kings and Queens of Mondays.  If ya don't have a sparkly crown to wear, cut yourself out a paper crown.  Or just adopt the attitude that you're wearin' a crown when it comes to Monday.  It'll mess with ya less.  That's my hope!

Anyways, Friends, I think you're just magnificent.  Let's work together to make this Monday magnificent, too.  I love ya lots!  I'll see ya tomorrow!  Muah!

Playin' With The Writer's Blocks Again!

I suppose I could build with writer's blocks!

Hiya, Friends!  Happy Sunday to you! 

Well, ya know, sometimes, things to write for this blog come really easy to me.  I can write a buncha stuff, and it's effortless!

This time right now is NOT one of those effortless times. 

Maybe I'm all keyed up over turning four, still.  Maybe it's just the time of year.  I don't know what it is.  But I seem to have caught a case of the Writer's Block the way the Common Cold is going around this time of year.

Of course, it'll pass.  It always does.  And in the meantime, I've gotta figure out something to do with all the Writer's Blocks lying around.  I could probably build a pyramid.  That'd be cool.  I definitely think I oughtta build something where I build up with the writer's blocks.  Then I can use 'em to climb up and over the blocks, and have something to write to you about.  How about that?!

What do you do when you're blocked by something, Friends?  Do you build something with the blocks?  Do you curl up in a little ball at the bottom of the blocks and get comfortable?

Well, it'll pass.  I know it will, Friends.  I'll be back tomorrow. A little writer's block is better than a big writer's block.  I love ya Friends!  I'll see ya tomorrow!  Muah!

Saturday: Have It Your Way!

I'll have one Fabulous Saturday, extra fun, and a side of sparkles, please!

Well, hiya, Big People!  Happy Saturday to you!

You know, havin' a Saturday is a lot like going to Burger King.  You can have your Saturday any way you want.  You just hafta order it up right!

I can't tell ya what kind of a Saturday to order, any more than I can tell ya how to have 'em make your burger at Burger King, but I can tell ya what kind of Saturday I'm ordering.

I'm havin' the Fabulous Saturday Special, with Extra Fun (Some Fun comes standard, you know), and a side of Sparkles.  And root beer.

That's how your pal Zoe does her Saturday up right.  But you've gotta figure out what makes Saturday great for YOU, Friends.  Nobody can tell ya what's right for you, but you!

Hey.  I love the heck right outta ya.  I'll be seein' ya tomorrow.  Be good!  Muah!

September Eleventh

In some ways we are different, but in so many ways, we are the same.

Hiya, Friends! Usually, I'd say "Happy Friday," and while I DO want ya to be happy today, I understand that today is a day for remembrance and reflection.

I was born ten years after the terrorist attacks of September Eleventh.  In fact, I came home from the hospital on a cold and rainy September Eleventh, 2011, which I hear is the exact opposite of the warm and sunny September Eleventh of 2001. 

I understand that I'm growing up in a very different world than all of you who are old enough to remember 9/11/2001.  I'm not sure if it's a better or worse world... aspects are better, aspects are worse.  It's just...different. 

I do hope that my generation never has to know the horror of a day like 9/11/2001.  I do hope your generation never has to live to see another day of horrors like 9/11/2001.

Friends, we're all Just People.  Every single one of us, around the world. Strip away the politics and the religion and the geographical boundaries and the language differences, and we are all Just People.  We're all connected.  My friend Daniel Tiger has a perfect saying for this: "In some ways we are different, but in so many ways, we are the same."

In so many ways, we are the same, Friends. 

I love ya lots, Big People.  I really do.  I'll be seein' ya tomorrow.  Muah!

Four

Four is everything I hoped it'd be!

Hiya, Friends!  As you know, yesterday was my Fourth Birthday. 

As far as birthdays go, it was a pretty darned good one.  I went to the gym with Mommy and exercised.  I got to eat a cupcake for breakfast, which totally cancelled out the exercise in the gym, but whatchya gonna do?  A new Daniel Tiger recorded on the television, so I got to watch that. Then,  Mommy filled up my pool out on the gazebo, and I got to do a little swimming, but that was right when it started to rain, so the air was cooler, and also, my swimming pool does not feature heat, so that water was straight outta the hose.

Well, it was fun, but chilly, that swim.  And with all the rain, I just figured it best if we come back inside and I could watch some of my favorite films.  So that's what we did.

I got to have spaghetti for supper, and then cupcakes and I had a present to open.

I'd say it wasn't a bad way to start out Four.

I have high expectations for this age, Friends!  And I thank you for coming along with me on this ride!  I love ya lots!  Muah!

Happy Birthday, ME!

I think I'm gonna like bein' four years old, Friends!

Well, hiya, Friends!  Happy Wednesday, and happy birthday to ME!

That's right.  I am four years old today, and I like it.

I don't really have any special plans for today, really.  I'm gonna have some birthday cake.  Mommy and Daddy have a coupla presents for me that I'll get to open a little later on.  I like havin' a pre-birthday and a regular birthday.  It stretches out the specialness over a longer period of time.  I like that!

I keep thinkin' back to my very first birthday.  I was at the hospital, I remember.  They made me wear a little hat and I was always wrapped up in blankets.  It made me really sleepy, that little hat, and all those blankets.  I mean so sleepy that I couldn't keep my eyes open!

And every time I fell asleep, I'd wake up in a clear plastic box with wheels!  That was something!  I remember specifically asking for cake, since it was my birthday, and all.  I figured the hospital would at least bring me cake.  I'd heard all about birthday cake.  No such luck.  If they heard me, they did a darn good job of ignoring my requests for cake. 

Right off the bat, I learned that as a Noob, I hadn't oughtta trust people over two, because they'll just act like they can't hear the words coming out of your mouth and make it all out that you're just crying.  And they don't give ya cake.  Pfffft.

But I had plenty of people around on my Very First Birthday.  No shortage of hugs from grandparents and Daddy and Mommy.  That was nice.  I love hugs.

And in true My Family fashion, the celebrating wasn't over after the sun went down on my Very First Birthday.  Nope!  The next day was a Saturday, and I met Aunt Colleen and Uncle Lorentz for the very first time, and they brought me a BALLOON for my Very First Birthday!  How about that?!

And then when I came home for the Very First Time, I got to meet Rozzie, my best pal. 

That Very First Birthday was really great and definitely a hard one to top, but I've loved all my birthdays since. 

Thank you for stoppin' in to see me today, anyways, Friends! I love ya!  Muah!  I'll see ya tomorrow!

Last Day As A Three-Year-Old

I hope I do as gooda job at Four as I did with Three!

Happy Tuesday!  How was everybody's Labor Day Weekend?  I had a great one, as always.  

Well, Friends, this is my last day of bein' Three Years Old.  I don't mean to keep dwellin' on this, but it's a big deal to me to be turning Four, after bein' Three for literally a quarter of my whole entire life.  It seems a little weird and scary to be thinkin' about not bein' Three anymore after today.

Don't get me wrong.  I'm really lookin' to bein' Four.  Three was good to me, but Four holds so much excitement I can hardly stand it. 

I mean, since I'll be Four tomorrow, I think I'll pretty much get to go play on my swingset all by myself.  I won't hafta wait around for Mommy or Daddy to push me on the swing.  I can get myself on a swing now.  I'll be able to use my slide on my own, with less supervision.  Maybe I'll get to spend more time in the yard, Just Me, without somebody else (MOMMY!!!) constantly hovering around me.

Also, as a Four-Year-Old, I plan on helping get food in Rozzie's food dish.  I've dabbled in this pastime, and as it turns out, I love feeding Rozzie, and I'm pretty good at it.  I'm also looking forward to being more helpful around the house.  You Big People might think this is just nutso, but for a Little Kid, bein' asked to Help Out, and given a task and real tools to use, like the real broom, or the real mop, or a cloth and real squirt bottle for the windows... it really just makes the heck right outta a Little Kid's day. 

Maybe I'll even be able to help with the laundry and the vacuuming when I'm Four. 

I like gettin' bigger, Friends. Bein' a baby was a lot of fun.  A LOT of fun.  But even I've gotta acknowledge that my world was pretty teeny-tiny when I was a baby.  My diet was bland and boring or blended up.  Gettin' bigger is where it's at, and that's really great, because that seems to be the direction in which I head.

Hey.  I love the heck right outta ya, Big People!  I'll be seein' ya tomorrow- on my BIRTHDAY!   I've never had a birthday on a Wednesday before, so I think it'll be a new adventure!  Have a great Tuesday!  Muah!