Childhood Dreaming

I love Arthur and the rest of the Elwood City gang! But uh, you probably knew that from my post a couple months ago.

Last night, I had my normal Sunday night rendezvous with one of my best gal pals. We watched Desperate Housewives and some cheesy reality TV. Afterwards, we took stupid pictures because we were bored (don't judge!) and she pointed out to me that she had some Arthur books, which were perfectly placed between her art and philosophy texts. The mini Marc Brown novel I picked up was entitled Who's in Love with Arthur? The answer? ME! Haha, just kidding. Sort of.

You see, I aspire to be like many people and Marc Brown happens to be one of them. I think he is a complete genius. The books and the show Arthur are so intelligently written and played a big role in my childhood. They force children to learn a little something about life. I love how the show includes current pop culture into their episodes and have special appearances by well-known people like the Backstreet Boys! I'm serious. Check it out here!

In addition, writing a book is one of my many aspirations. Writing a children’s book is my ultimate goal. I hated reading growing up, but there were two book series I could flip through for hours: Arthur (of course) and The Magic School Bus—nothing beats the quirky Frizz. I want to be able to write a book that inspires and impacts kid's lives.

xoxo

If I Celebrated Halloween...

I would have worn the above! Except, I was cooped up in my dorm room most of the weekend coughing, sniffing and doing school work. YAY. Fortunately all of my school work is done. On the other hand, I have a sore throat from all the coughing I've done. Needless to say, I didn't just do school work on Halloween. My friends whisked me away from my work to watch "Orphan" after I baked some sugar cookie goodness.

That aside, anyone who knows me knows I'm a huge Arthur fan. Seriously. Arguably, Arthur is the last wholesome cartoon on TV. When I can, I try and catch the lovable Aardvark on PBS. Watching an episode of Arthur allows me to revert back into my childhood days, where I would rush home from school, grab a grape Juicy Juice and plop on my couch--envisioning myself as part of the Elwood City gang. Ah, thooooose were the days.

xoxo