RIGHT?! Also, just got a text:

ANOTHER BOX OF CEREAL!

😳😅😂!

Husband Guy ❤️s his specific brand/type of cereal.

He was getting low.
I went to order more.
SOLD OUT!

Frantic, I placed orders anywhere that still showed 1 in stock! I figured most would be cancelled.

I was WRONG.
7 boxes just arrived! 😅😂

ME: “You must eat this FOREVER!”

That’s a lot of math, sir. 😂❤️!
⭐️CONGRATS⭐️ to you and team!

Howdy backatcha, Sarah! 😄!

Somebody I don’t know just said, “Howdy!” to me.

He’s not dressed like a cowboy.

I’m not dressed like a cowboy.

And we’re in New Jersey.

That’s kinda cool.

Saw two tired parents
Carrying
A tricycle
AND
A toddler
Who had apparently decided
Halfway through their walk
That he did NOT want to be
Employed
As a Really Good Tricycle Driver
Anymore
But PERHAPS
He’ll have
A career comeback
Tomorrow

What's the street value of tree pollen? Because, hoo boy!

The letters O, T, T, R, and O written in orange marker on a semi circle sticky note.

The 4yo has been practicing writing. Presenting: "Totoro"!

*chef kiss* No notes!

The cover of the upcoming children’s picture book, TO THE *ACTUAL* MOON AND BACK, featuring a smiling papa bunny holding his smiling kiddo bunny—who’s in turn holding her stuffed carrot—before a big full moon. (And unbeknownst to the bunnies, a UFO zips away behind them!) A wacky-but-sweet out-of-this-world parent/child space adventure that’ll have you and your kiddos laughing—and laughing again every time you hear, “I love you to the moon and back!” Text by Ame Dyckman, art by Dan & Jason (Dan Abdo & Jason Patterson), from the nice folks at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers on November 24, 2006! Pre-order from your favorite bookstore (or Suggest-For-Purchase from your favorite library), and THANK YOU! 🚀🌕&🔙!

If you & your fam/school are digging the #moon coverage, you may also ❤️:

⭐️🚀🌕TO THE *ACTUAL* MOON AND BACK🚀🌕⭐️
📝 by me
🎨 by Dan & Jason
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social
“BLAST OFF”: 11/24/26!

Grateful for pre-orders & Suggest-For-Purchase recs for your library! 🙏

🛸: “THANKS!” #kidlit

Today someone said my outfit was giving Monster High dolls and why is this my favorite Random Compliment ever? 😂!

Right? My phone still misspells MY OWN NAME! 🤨😂😂😂!

And it’s almost MUSTARD SEASON, too! 😱🌭!

EVERY. Time! I forget EVERY time! 😅😂!

SMERT!

😉😂!

“…and I’m all out of bubblegum.”

Who runs out of bubblegum?
It’s cheap and they sell it EVERYWHERE!

THANKS, Erin! And ⭐️HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIME⭐️ to you and all the Aries #kidlit folks!

🐏: “WHERE’S MAAA CAKE?!”

My car got new tires.
I wonder if it’s happy.
Like me when I get new shoes.

Today in Being An Author, I misspelled the word, “intelligent.”

😅!

OHHH! VINEGAR! 💡! I’d wondered if it was just ingredient separation, or indicative of a bigger chemical reaction—like what I assume is happening when you get yogurt pee—but you’re right that mustard contains vinegar!

(And now I feel better about eating my lunch anyway. 😂!)

When you forget to shake the squeezy mustard and IT PEES ALL OVER YOUR FOOD!

WHY MUSTARD PEE?! 😫😂!

Not enough to buy me a wheel, APPARENTLY.

😉😂❤️!

SPRING CLEAN-UP TIME!

ME: “Do we have a wheelbarrow?”

HUSBAND GUY: “Yes. But it doesn’t have a wheel.”

ME: “So we have a barrow.”

😅😂!

I’m literally A HOBBIT! 😅😂!

😂😂😂!

In today’s episode of WHY IS MY LIFE SO WEIRD?, I replaced the standard wheels on my office writing chair with big ✨FANCY✨ wheels—

But then MY SHORT LITTLE LEGS COULDN’T REACH THE FLOOR! 😭😅😂!

Peace Treaty When I step naked into my shower, / I find, staring down at me,

Peace Treaty
AE Hines
El Retiro, Colombia

When I step naked into my shower,
I find, staring down at me,
its eight dark eyes peering over
the silver lip of the sprayer, a tarantula
the size of a bar of soap.

There’s a reason we tap out our shoes,
[...]

poets.org/poem/peace-t...

Could a tiger
A toothsome tiger
Crack open a bottle
Of beer
With their teeth
Leaving a deep
(And neat)
Indent
In the cap
Without hurting their teeth
Or the beer

THAT SOUNDS GREAT! (We all had grilled cheese sandwiches and soup and said, “This is like a commercial!” 😂!—but YES, I think we need cocoa, too!) THANKS! 😄!

AWWW, THANKS, Lynne! 😊❤️!

😂❤️! I think maybe folks around here would be more joyous like you if ours was short-lived, too! (All our snow from the LAST storm hadn’t even melted yet—and we just got 14 MORE inches! 😳😫😂!) But I’m so happy you’re having fun—love the spirit, Lynne!