May 27th, 2012

Sigh. When Mom has tiring days at work, she never feels like helping me type. Things have been pretty quiet here though, so I guess I don’t have much to report.

Wren’s friend showed up. His name is Raven, and he is itty bitty.

He’s kind of cute, I think, but he’s really high strung! He’s always bouncing around and doing things. He’s so high maintenance that Mom invited another doll home to help keep track of him.

Meet Lark, Wren and Raven’s nanny/governess/au pair. Mom is letting her have some time off before they talk about what Lark’s going to do.  I think she’s going to have her hands full taking care of Raven, but what do I know! Mom says that they both need to go to school, but she doesn’t know of any place that would accept such tiny pupils!

After Mom took some photos off the camera and put them on the computer, we remembered that we forgot to tell you one big thing that happened. Mom took Milton, Caleb, and I INSIDE BUILD-A-BEAR! BAB was holding a 100 Million Friends Made event, and if you brought your BAB friend in, you got a free t-shirt. Mom carried us in a bag inside the mall. Milton and Caleb got to come out of the bag—Milton being a BAB, and Caleb was actually wearing BAB clothes. I was a bit miffed that she didn’t let me out of the bag, but then she reminded me that I am going to go on a HUGE outing in June! (Right, Buttons?!)

Mom says that it is getting near our bedtime, so I’m going to sign off here. I hope you all are having a good day!

May 8th, 2012

Things have been pretty quiet around here. Mom works, and we all read and watch TV. She takes me and a few of my friends to work with her—we wait in the car for her lunch.

Spring has struck Wisconsin. All sorts of plants are in bloom! The first trees that flower around here are apple trees. That picture is a crab apple tree that Mom found at a local park.

Those are pear blossoms from our front yard. Mom loves taking pictures of flowers—especially ones that live around us!

There also have been plenty of pretty skies to take pictures of. This one is over Partridge Lake in Waupaca County.

And of course, Princess, who always makes Mom smile!

April 21st, 2012

My mom has been struck by a wave of work related grumpiness, so we haven’t been updating like we should.

We have also been playing around with Etsy. Mom started herself a shop there to sell her photography. We’re going to first start with the postcards she gets for Postcrossing. We also made a Facebook page for her website. She says that she would love it if any of you would drop over there and ‘like’ it. (She says that I have more readers than her website and Facebook page!)

We have been updating her website too. The website is mostly Mom’s attempts to show off her photos. She wants to be able to pay for her photography habit with her pictures! I guess that makes sense! If she uses that money to buy photography stuff, she will use the other money to buy stuff for my friends and me! (And books!)

Are any of you (or your humans) on Pinterest? Mom spends a lot of her time on there too.

Wren is still here. Mom ordered another of her kind a month or so. He comes from a place called Lati. His name will be Raven, unless he protests a lot! He is a White Basic Laches Special—whatever that means! I’m not too worried, because Mom is having a hard time finding him clothes, and she says that she won’t start making him his room until he ships! Right now he has some toys and a wig to wear when he shows up.

Mom says that we have to go to bed soon!

April 3rd, 2012

Mom has been taking my friends and I to work lately. We sit in her car and wait for her lunch break. It’s been so nice! We get outside and get to see all sorts of interesting things.

Caleb and Wren get to go inside the building, while Milton and I wait in the car. During her break, sometimes we drive behind her building and look at the pond.

The pond itself isn’t very pretty—it’s a retention pond that doesn’t get cleaned out. But sometimes, there are birds there.

Including ducks, which are some of Mom’s favorite birds! This is a mallard (Anas platyrhynchos).
Does anyone else get to go on drives? I know Sullivan and Hammie get to go on all sorts of walks. Mom takes me for a walk sometimes in her backpack—maybe now since the weather is so nice, I can convince her to go!

March 30th, 2012

Mom, Milton, Foster, Caleb and I went to the mall a few days ago. While we waited in the car, Mom bought us something that she had seen in the Build-a-Bear flyer that we got in the mail.

I am the proud owner of a ‘pawpad!’ My mom loves electronics—and really wishes she could afford an ipad. But this is much more in our price range!
It’s kind of hard to write on, but Mom says that it is the thought that counts!
She also bought me a Build-a-Bear ‘pawtrack,’ sort of a BAB MP3 player. She says I look moody when I’m listening to it!

It plays some Build-a-Bear music—probably like 20 seconds a piece. It’s pretty cute!

It is REALLY loud when you hit one of the buttons though, so I don’t think I’ll be using it too much—at least when Mom’s around! (Mom’s not a big fan of loud noises, unless it’s one of her favorite bands!)
Hope you all are having a great day!

March 23rd, 2012

Things have been pretty quiet around here. Mom had a bad day at work, so we decided that she ought to help me write in my blog. We always talk about happy things here! I think we should talk about favorite TV shows!

After Mom came home from her bad day at work, we watched a TV show called Dinosaur Train. Mom likes it because it reminds her of one of her friend’s nephew’s. I like it because it has two of my favorite things in it, dinosaurs and trains!

Dinosaur Train Theme Song

When my mom was a kid, one of her favorite shows was Sheri Lewis and Lamb Chop’s Play Along. One of the reasons Mom liked it so much was the addictive song at the end!

Lamb Chop’s Play-Along Theme Song

Mom says that she doesn’t really remember anything about the TV show itself, but another of her favorite shows as a kid was Sharon, Lois & Bram’s Elephant Show. One thing she still remembers is the end!

Ending to Sharon, Lois and Bram’s Elephant Show

Are there any children’s shows that you remember? Or any that are your favorite now?

Oh—Mom says that I ought to tell Buttons that if Build-a-Bear clothes fit you, when Mom gets to making me an outfit, if you want, she can make you one too—have any wants? She just uses fabric—she can’t knit or crochet!

Hope you are all having a good day!

March 20th, 2012

Last month, my Mom took Wren, Caleb, and Adelaide to a ‘BJD Meetup.’ I didn’t know what that meant until Mom explained to me that meetups were groups of people who gathered for a common interest. Mom and one of her friends from work both like dolls like Wren, and her friend invited her to this meetup. It was going to be a crafty meetup, so Mom had to bring supplies.

Mom said that Wren was the star of the trip, so she got dressed up.

Wren said it was a lot of fun—she got to meet other dolls like her. She was the smallest by far!

This is Wren and Mom’s friend’s doll, Cillian. He was pretty much the average size!

The reason this all matters to me is that it got Mom interested in doll clothes making again. Right now, she’s working on making clothes for my AG friends, but she says that she won’t be able to resist making clothes for me for very long! She says that I am pretty charming when I want to be!

Hope you all are having a good day!