World Wide Day of Play Week

When she grows up she will have at least 5 pets at the same time, but for now she has plenty of imagination to enjoy while she plays outside!

This week we are highlighting the Nickelodeon-sponsored "World Wide Day of Play" by posting printables for you!

For this 8 x 10 color printable, please right click to save image to your computer, and print out!

Hoping you enjoy some outside in the real air play this week, letting your imagination run wild!

Cheers,
Priscilla

The Witches

     "Come down out of that tree, little boy, " she said, "and I shall give you the most exciting present you've ever had."  Her voice had a curious rasping quality.  It made a sort of metallic sound, as though her throat was full of drawing-pins.
     Without taking her eyes from my face, she very slowly put one of those gloved hands into her purse and drew out a small green snake.  She held it up for me to see.
     "It's tame, " she said.

Roald Dahl, The Witches

Roald Dahl Week

"I am at the maker of music, the dreamer of dreams." -Roald Dahl

Shine - Roald Dahl Quote

Celebrating the wit, wisdom and beloved characters of Roald Dahl this week. I love this quote, and love it even more when read in context:

“If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it.
A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”
(Roald Dahl, The Twits)

Celebrating Roald Dahl Day

Happy Roald Dahl Day on September 13th!

the joy of back to school!

This is going to be us next year :o/. Not sure if I'm ready or if he will be either, but it's all good, right?!

Back to school!

It's back to school time.
And *I* am going back to school -- I'm taking art lessons.
Here's an example of what I am working on.

(This character is based on my son who's a new daddy. Nicklas Patrick was born last Thursday.)

- Ruth McNally Barshaw