Bb is for Birthday Girl

The doodle days of summer are over and now birthday season

has arrived! Today is the birthday of someone special--not

one of your cousins, but one of your cute aunts!

This is a picture of her when she was about the same age as

her seven-year-old son, Eddy, who just started 2nd grade.

Looks like they got glasses at about the same age.

This is a picture of her on her very first day of

kindergarten--the same day she turned 5 years old!

Her daughter, Lindsay turned 5 years old just a few

days before her first day of kindergarten this year, too.

And this is a picture of her at about the same age

as her three-year-old son, Parker. Please don't

get eight stitches above your eye just before

your third birthday, Parker.

This is a picture of that cute girl all grown up

with three cute kids of her own!

Happy Birthday Betsy!

Love, Mom

XYZ is for The End

 XYZ is the end of the alphabet and this is almost the end of the
Doodle Days of Summer because soon it will be the first day of
school for some of you including . . .

one little person who has an August Birthday and is Cute,

Daring, Eddy's little sister, Fun-loving, Granddaughter #1

and a Happy, Independent, Juicy, Kindergarten Kid

 and Loud, Little Lady who is also a Mother-hen, Nice,

Parker's big sister, and a Quilt-snuggling Rascal who is

 Sassy, Talks alot and has Unending Vim and Vigor and

Wonders when this list will ever end!

Before your back-to-school homework piles up, and 

before the Suitcase of Summer Surprises is totally empty,

maybe you could write one last list in your Doodle Book

of the ABCs of you!

Happy back-to-school all and . . .

Happy Belated Birthday Lindsay Lu!

Love, Grandma

Qq is for Questions

How many states have you colored
on your U.S.A. map in your doodle book?
Would you like to color a few more?

Can you find and color the state where
Mount Rushmore is located?

 
Can you find and color the state where Grandpa
saw the Liberty Bell?

 

Can you find and color the state where Grandpa
and I rode in a "jammer" through Glacier
National Park last summer?

Can you find and locate two different states where
we have seen tulip fields and a Tulip Festival?

Can you find and color the state where we went
to a Hot Air Balloon Festival?

Do you need a few clues to help you in guessing
which states to color?

Grandpa and I are on a quest to visit all 50 states in the U.S.A.
Can you guess how many we have been to so far?
The correct guess just might be worth a bonus treat from
the Suitcase of Summer Surprises!

Have a happy day in the U.S.A!
Love, Grandma

Ss is for Smile!

Did you know
"a smile is happiness you'll find
right under your nose"


I just saw a movie that made me smile.
It also gave me an idea that maybe you could
make a list of feelings inside your doodle notebook:

 
Or maybe you could draw several circles on
some pages of your doodle book and draw
different feelings or expressions on each circle.

"Smile--
if you can't lift the corners,
let the middle drop."

Reading  one of these books might  make you smile . . .
or give you good ideas for doodling . . .
 You could even  doodle, draw or write your own
list of "100 Things That Make Me Happy"!




Keep smiling!
Love, Grandma