Tuesday, September 30, 2008

October glee

Happy Spot #2

A spooky schoolhouse with the first pumpkins of the season!
Happy Spot #3
Popsaroo's shoulders that hold BubbaLou up high!

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion. ~Henry David Thoreau

Monday, September 29, 2008

Blowing off steam!

Our wee family needed to go find a happy place Friday afternoon. It had been a long and stressful week, we needed to bond. So off to Orlando we went, Universal passes in hand.

Happy Spot # 1

BubbaLou was determined to blow off some steam by pummeling those crazy clowns on CityWalk.





I can't believe it! I just can't believe it! I won! I won Edwardo! Wow!

I just can't believe it! ~BubbaLou

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Mums is a packrat!

Mums is a packrat. She likes to keep everything that she may possibly need. I jest because I can, I love her dearly. She has vision. She has hopes for fun and games, good times and stories, hugs and laughter.

Pappa Bobby and Mums got me this parachute when I was but a wee child. They got it for me to play with my friends. I can't be sure how many times it has been used, but she held on to it. For my child, her grandchild, and the friends that she would have one day.

Well, that day is today. Squeals and laughter resulted.

I have to say, she has vision! So, I take back what I said about Mums, she is not a packrat. She is a visionary!

Vision is not enough; it must be combined with venture.
It is not enough to stare up the steps. We must step up the stairs.
~Vaclav Havel

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Lucky Dawg!

"Momsaroo, I am just one person, I can't save the rain forest!" BubbaLou protested earlier this week. She had brought home a reading assignment about the rain forest and was most distressed. We looked up ways to help save the rain forest and one of the ways was to click daily on the rain forest button. You will now find that button on my sidebar, so before you leave, please click!

BubbaLou had made posters 'to save the rain forest' in the past while at Mums house, she scattered them through the neighborhood. She knew she had done this, but still wanted to do more. I told her the posters were a great idea and that she was very smart and active to have done them. Posters work, getting the word out works! I think she believes me more now than she did the other day, I will tell you why.


BubbaLou, is a lover of animals, hers and everyone's animals. She befriends them and they love her. She has many animal friends around town that she looks forward to visiting. One little puppy named Lucky lives in Mum's neighborhood. Lucky got lost the other day, but BubbaLou and her friends Banana and Kenzer made posters and passed them out to people in the neighborhood. They were even looking in the drains down the street.
Later that night, someone who had gotten a poster, found Lucky!

That is what I call one Lucky dawg!!!!

Monday, September 8, 2008

BubbaLou for President!

Car rides home from school are always so interesting. You just never know the things that are going to come out of BubbaLou's mouth, because you have no idea what is going through her head. Let me tell ya, there is lots of stuff in that noggin of hers!

BubbaLou announced today that she has decided that when she is President of the United States of America, she is going to be changing LOTS of things.

Now, this isn't the first time BubbaLou has spoken of her aspirations to lead this wonderful country, but I thought I would probe her for her platform. I was just curious. She has not by a long shot addressed all the issues, but there are several things she feels very strongly about. Trees and animals. I think those are age appropriate!

Here is a sample of this eight year old's musings of how things should be run...

A ban on cutting down or burning trees, unless she says so.
"Next thing you know, a squirrel will be in your tree popping you in the head with acorns!"
addendum: No squirrels will be allowed to pop people in the head with acorns.

No hunting rabbits, or polar bears in the Arctic, or any other animals unless she says so.

Tight Spider Control! Only pet spiders should be allowed to live.

Extra houses should be torn down and more trees should be planted.

Oil prices should go down so you could fill your tank for $14.
She remains undecided about offshore drilling since there are lots of sea creatures that may be hurt. She is against drilling in ANWR. She is concerned about the animals.

She has decided that dollars would become dollops and that they would only be used in stores, everything else could paid by a toy brought to her.

She has the crazy notion that kids should be able to show up at school anytime they want!
And of course, NO HOMEWORK!

BubbaLou says, Vote for me and you will be on the right path!