I’m so excited about these! This is my new design for a nifty pair of Ladies Keds Shoes featuring The Cheshire Cat.  These and other shoes are available at my  Zazzle Store. Check it out!

http://www.zazzle.com/robertabaird/gifts?cg=196588093733611854

Brutus and Phil were used to being the only monsters in the room. After all, the old ” monster under the bed” routine was their expertise. That is, until they met Hildy!

Hildy who’s toys were always broken…. the doll, who’s head was permanently detached, books torn, the pig, who’s stuffing fell about him in clouds. Why even the dog hid behind the potato bin during dinner!   But this….. this was  different…  a Hildy Monster….. never before had a monster been so cute and so scary at the same time!

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?”  - The Mad Hatter

When Mario fell asleep, the mice lassoed his paws and held tight as the others sneaked passed him, carrying their treasure into the night!

Sooo weee …. pig, pig, pig!   It’s National Pig day……. No really it is!

Started by Ellen Stanley, a Texas art teacher who created National Pig Day in 1972.  Her intent was to to recognize and be thankful for pigs as intelligent domestic animals.  There’s no evidence to suggest that this is truly a “National” day, which requires an act of congress. But you can celebrate it anyway!

A few suggestions…

Then once everyone has a costume you could:

Why should preschoolers have all the fun??  Oink, Oink, Oink….

The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence: at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and addressed her in a languid, sleepy voice.
‘Who are you?’ said the Caterpillar.

What’s a Doodle Diner look like? Head over to our group blog and take a look! This is my entry!

We are the blue eyed girls!

per·spec·tive (pr-spktv) n.

Subjective evaluation of relative significance; a point of view.

“Are you content now?” said the Caterpillar.

“Well, I should like to be a little larger, sir if you wouldn’t mind,” said Alice: “three inches is such a wretched height to be.”

“It is a very good height indeed!” said the Caterpillar angrily, rearing itself upright as it spoke (it was exactly three inches high).

“But I’m not used to it!” pleaded poor Alice in a piteous tone. And she thought to herself, “I wish the creatures wouldn’t be so easily offended!”

“You’ll get used to it in time,” said the Caterpillar; and it put the hookah into its mouth and began smoking again.

Who’s been painting my roses red?
Who’s been painting my roses red?
Who dares to paint the vulgar paint
The royal flower bed
For painting my roses red
Someone will lose his head

“Well then, you see, a dog growls when it’s angry, and wags its tail when it’s pleased. Now I growl when I’m pleased, and wag my tail when I’m angry. Therefore I’m mad.’”