“I can’t wait until I’m grown up and I can do anything I want and not have anything to worry about.” -Bil Keane-The Family Circus- journal entry: It wouldn’t be as fun to harvest the pumpkins without the help of children. They scream at every size, shape and color and …
” When you’re pretty sure that an adventure is going to happen, brush the honey off your nose and spruce yourself up as best you can, so as to look ready for anything.” -Winnie-the-Pooh- journal entry: Well, I’d say that George looks ready for anything. He decided that the scissors …
“A stitch in time saves nine.” -Benjamin Franklin- journal entry: Oh, this was fun to make. It is a teeny tiny pincushion made inside of a teeny tiny trunk. I simply sewed two 3×3 squares of soft, textured fabric together, right sides together and left a little opening on one …
“Just living is not enough”, said the butterfly. “One must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.” -Hans Christian Anderson- journal entry: It really doesn’t take much to prod the imagination of a child. Not a minute had passed before the little girls had given the butterflies names and were …
” There is a time – all too brief as it too soon becomes apparent to parents, to be little, a time to be in-between and a time to be old. Let each have its season. Let little be little.” -Malcolm Forbes- journal entry: Most parents love their children. They …
“Look for the bare necessities.” Baloo from The Jungle Book journal entry: Grandpa got a jump on me with this one. He saved all of the scraps from the punch-out models that his grandsons had put together with him. When he piled them on the newspaper and went for the …
“Look, you’re really cute but I can’t understand what you’re saying !” – From Finding Nemo- journal entry: This is a picture of little Afton building up to a “face plant” in the dirt. Grandpa moved the swing set from the gravel by the sandbox to a softer place in …
“You have to feed the crickets to keep the crickets alive to feed the lizards to keep the lizards alive . . . or something like that.” -Jody Rainville- journal entry: I’m not sure I like the sound of ” Lizard-in-a-Bag”. It has a “take-out” sound to it. Once again, …
