Monday, August 28, 2023

2023 September Themes List

  1.  Storm
  2. Memory
  3. Hide
  4. Anger
  5. School
  6. Joy
  7. Radio
  8. Lock
  9. Gossip
  10. Rain
  11. Ghost
  12. Candy
  13. Confession
  14. Tomorrow
  15. Overwhelmed
  16. Award
  17. Goodbye
  18. Mystery
  19. Fall
  20. Adolescence
  21. Corner
  22. Invasion
  23. Monster
  24. Actor
  25. Home
  26. Bone
  27. Dream
  28. Fight
  29. Basement
  30. Sleep

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

From a Child's eyes chapters 1-4

 

Our Family Story Chapter 1-3

 

Nine-year-old Connor Ousler sat on top of the kitchen counter. He shouldn't have been up there, nor should he have been snacking on a chocolate chip cookie but he was doing that as well. It was later in the day, a Friday afternoon, and the family was getting ready to head out. Their parents were going to have a date night at a local restaurant while Connor and his brothers, nine-year-old Carter (Connor's twin) and seven-year-old Niles, were going to be dropped off at a babysitter's house where they were going to spend the night.


Another family that was friends with theirs usually watched the boys for their parents when the two were busy working or needed a date night. It was usually a few hours and sometimes, like tonight, they would spend the night. That was rare and only when they had plans to try for their next child. The babysitter understood and happily would have the boys over for even a full weekend at a time. The sitter, Hank Anderson liked kids. Hank and his wife Molly didn't have any kids of their own yet, but a family of their own was their dream. Things hadn't worked out yet, and perhaps they should have tried harder than a few nights of fooling around, but maybe one day they would have kids of their own running around. But until then they enjoyed the ruckus the Oursler kids bought to their home.

Monday, June 7, 2021

Themes

  1.  Asthma
  2. Rash
  3. Heart
  4. Kidneys
  5. Brain
  6. Dirt bike
  7. Injuries
  8. Surgery
  9. Family
  10. Friends
  11. Mother
  12. Father
  13. Brother
  14. Sister
  15. Doctors
  16. Dentist
  17. Emergency
  18. Home
  19. Belonging
  20. Pain
  21. Comfort
  22. Accidents
  23. Calling for help
  24. Guardian
  25. Moving
  26. Loves
  27. Hate
  28. Birds and Bees
  29. Laughter
  30. Heat
  31. Cold
  32. Snow
  33. Ice
  34. Summer
  35. Fall
  36. Winter
  37. Spring
  38. School
  39. Playground
  40. Rumors
  41. Bullying 
  42. Adventures
  43. Homecoming
  44. Helpful
  45. Phones
  46. Planes
  47. Trains
  48. Cars
  49. Technology
  50. Kidnapping
  51. Lies
  52. Abuse
  53. Safety
  54. Growing up
  55. Blogging
  56. Internet
  57. Television
  58. Movies
  59. Toys
  60. Coats
  61. Provided for
  62. Skinned knee
  63. Wiggly tooth
  64. Tooth fairy
  65. Santa
  66. Holidays
  67. Together
  68. Tragedy
  69. Forgetting
  70. Space
  71. Museum
  72. Ocean
  73. Swimming
  74. Drowning
  75. Hotels
  76. Camping
  77. Fires
  78. Headache
  79. Nightmares
  80. Butterflies
  81. Blues
  82. Check ups
  83. Testing
  84. Running away
  85. Worth fighting for
  86. Searching
  87. Stargazing
  88. Confusing
  89. Hugs
  90. Kissing
  91. Rubber Duckies
  92. Clothing
  93. You and me
  94. Growing up
  95. Hair cuts
  96. Band aids
  97. Names
  98. Adoption
  99. Paperwork
  100. Officials

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Notes

 

Friday, August 9, 2019

The Perfect Costume

 Halloween was quickly approaching as fall rolled in bringing with it a crisp bite to the air. With the excitement of autumn, the youngest members of the Anderson residence were trying to decide on what they wanted to be for the spooky holiday. Part of the fun of Halloween was picking the best costume! Oh, and the candy of course.

Cole had already picked his costume out. He was going to be a lion. It was currently his favorite animal and when he saw the costume the boy had fallen in love. His dad even let him pick up a pack of face paint so they could draw on a big cat nose and whiskers on his face.

Mayson however, was struggling. Nothing was calling out to him. He was originally thinking about being a cat, he saw a cute set of cat ears and a puffy tail. He was even thinking of talking his other dad, Mr. Sixty in going with him. Sixty liked cats over dogs. They could be cats together! A daddy cat and a kitten cat! But the boy didn't want to be one now that Cole was gonna be a lion. He wanted to do something completely different from his brother.

He thought long and hard about it. There were a lot of cool looking costumes at the party store and he saw some fun ideas online. He almost wanted to do it all, even though he knew that wasn't possible. But at the same time, nothing truly called out to him and felt perfect. He wanted the perfect outfit! He had no idea what to do!

"You'll figure it out." Hank assured him. "Just keep looking. Keep an eye out to what calls to you."

Mayson wasn't so sure. But had given his father a nod. "Okay. Maybe you're right."

Who knew picking a Halloween costume could be so hard! It was tricky! Mayson was never good a deciding. His name was a combination of two other names he liked after all. Why would dressing up be any different? He had to give it his all and make it something wonderful, pretty, and perfect! Maybe even colorful and glittery!

He just had to find the right outfit that fits all those self imposed qualifications. He'd keep looking just as Hank had said. He couldn't find an outfit if he didn't look after all.

Friday, May 25, 2018

Themes 2.0

  1.  Guardian
  2. Getting to know you
  3. Baby dolls
  4. New beginnings 
  5. Father
  6. Mother
  7. Brother
  8. Sister
  9. Hurt
  10. Safe
  11. Home
  12. Attacked
  13. Hurt
  14. Rescue 
  15. Recovery
  16. Talks
  17. Learning
  18. Friends
  19. Playtime
  20. Courage
  21. Fires
  22. Burned
  23. Loss
  24. Tooth fairy
  25. Santa
  26. Holidays
  27. Moving day
  28. Neighbors
  29. Take out
  30. Rash
  31. Blind
  32. Still breathing
  33. Playground
  34. Play date
  35. Amusement
  36. Accident
  37. Bleeding
  38. Rushing
  39. Emergency call
  40. Saving them
  41. Puberty
  42. Blue
  43. Green
  44. Technlogy
  45. Doctors
  46. Dentist
  47. Trash
  48. Homework
  49. Home improvments
  50. Teeth
  51. Surgery
  52. Artist
  53. Toys
  54. Sick day
  55. Jounals
  56. Sunglasses
  57. Well dressed
  58. Provided for
  59. Growing Up
  60. Snow day
  61. Rainy day
  62. Screams
  63. Bedtime 
  64. School
  65. Summer
  66. Fall
  67. Winter
  68. Spring
  69. Paperwork
  70. Adoption
  71. Offical
  72. Hospital
  73. Pets
  74. Painting
  75. Shopping
  76. Conversations with mom
  77. Fireworks
  78. Swimming
  79. Drowning
  80. Crash
  81. Fatal
  82. Computers
  83. Air conditioners
  84. Heating
  85. Television
  86. Internet
  87. Dangers
  88. ice
  89. Tornados
  90. Family
  91. Love
  92. Errors
  93. Hiccups
  94. Bitten
  95. Animals 
  96. Camping
  97. Vacations
  98. Beach day
  99. Oceans
  100. Together