The winter sun burned as bright as it could, but it was no match for the thick blanket of clouds blotting out its warmth. Only a small polka dot of dulled, glowy brilliance burned the sun’s image into the clouds.
Overnight, the snows had come heaping and heavy, covering everything in sight. A disinviting chill and a crisp, frozen breeze swept across the Bog, leaving shivers in its wake.
Back at their campsite, Kat, Bear, and Wogs stayed nestled up by the roasty, toasty, crackling fire happily sipping on hot chockit and cracking jokes, enjoying their silly fun and togetherness.
Kat(giggling with excitement to tell her joke): Where do snowhumans keep their money?
Wogs(shaking his head with a big smile): I dunno.
Kat(laughing at her own silliness, gushed): In a snow bank!
Wogs(chuckling wide, replied): Oh, yeah, well what do snowhumans wear on their heads?
Kat(holding her middle for laughing so hard and so long, she shook her head, cracking up with her big smile): What?!
Wogs(thinking this joke was his funniest, he smiled huge): Ice caps!
Both Kat and Wogs rolled with the fun and doofiness, loving every minute!
Bear (shaking his head at his humans’ silliness, but loving being by them, he joined in the laughter): Mrow, mrow, mrow.
Being in the moment and enjoying the thing you are doing fuels goodness in your life! Look around and give gratitude for your moment, or something in your moment that is goodness in your heart. It can help you smile and feel better!
I give gratitude for you being here with me in this moment right now. Thank you for sharing your love and time with me! I hope your day is brightened by your visit, and a silly smile has beamed in your heart!
Love and Big Hugging you, always!
MK :0)
Want to give a gracious and deserved shout out to KidActivities.net for sharing the jokes Kat and Wogs told today!
It’s that time of year again! It’s time to help kids smile big and bright and feel love and happiness in their hearts!!! Christmas can be a difficult time for children in need. There are so many families who for so many reasons cannot afford to gifty-gift their kids at Christmastime.
Having connections to the medical community, for instance,I know that parents fighting cancer oftentimes face tremendous medical expenses that make Christmas even more difficult. Then there are the kids of low income families. And even right before I started writing this blog post, I was reminded of the children who themselves are hospitalized at Christmas fighting their own battles. This list goes on. And so for me, I thought … let’s help make some kids smile big this holiday! My special gift to give always is love and big hugs … and this year, I have a very special way of sharing those big loves and big hugs. She happens to come in the form of an adorable, lovable, happy monster named Lub who is having a very happy day! Thus 100 Books – 100 Happy, Smiling Kids! Lub’s Very Happy Day! Holiday Donation Book Drive was born.
Pauli and I were never able to have kids, so our nurturing hearts found other ways to share and spread love! And Lub’s Very Happy Day! story and activity book is one of those ways! This year we have already donated one classroom set of Lub’s Very Happy Day! books to a 4th grade classroom in Bay City, MI. And I got this big idea … Let’s do a Lub’s Very Happy Day! holiday donation book drive to get 100 copies of Lub’s Very Happy Day! donated to kids in need, so we can make at least a 100 kids smile … cuz Lub will do that to you … she’s big on making smiles, sharing love and happiness, and giving hugs! … And then, if 100 books get donated, we can do a random hat drawing for one lucky donator to win a classroom set for another classroom of their choice! Also, as I mentioned a moment ago, a nursing friend of my reminded me that there are children who will be confined to their hospital rooms for the holidays, and so I’m also open to the gift set of books being donated to children in hospitals.
With all of this in mind … let’s be the loving, bright stars we are and share and donate! Let’s make a happy, smiling big, loving difference to kids in need! Here’s how!
Help me put smiles on at least 100 kids’ faces this holiday season by buying a copy of Lub’s Very Happy Day! and donating it to the charity that moves your heart (Toys for Tots, your church toy drive, etc).
In return, I will donate a classroom set of Lub’s Very Happy Day! books (up to 30 copies) to the winning participant’s classroom of choice (to be determined by random hat drawing).
This holiday donation book drive ENDS Sunday, December 15, 2019, midnight, EST.
The recipient classroom of the classroom set of Lub’s Very Happy Day! books (up to 30 copies) must be in the continental United States.
You send me proof of your purchase to marykate at loveandbighugs.com
I will put your name in a hat for a random drawing for every copy of Lub’s Very Happy Day! you donate.
You donate the copy to the charity that moves your heart (Toys for Tots, your church toy drive, etc).
When we reach 100 copies donated, I will draw a random name from the hat and donate an inscribed, classroom set (up to 30 copies) of Lub’s Very Happy Day! books in the winner’s name! (Shipping to classroom’s school included.)
It’s that easy!!!
Lub makes kids of all ages smile big and instantly feel happier. She can’t help it … she’s drawn that way, lol!
What the kids are saying about Lub and her very happy day story and activity book!
“My grandson thinks Lub is cool! We love Lub’s Very Happy Day!” Kris B. Elkhart, IN
“I read Lub’s Very Happy Day! to Ethan (6) and Ally (5), and they said it’s full of joy, and it made them feel happy!” Karen H. Hamburg, MI
Maybe you are wondering what Lub is all about … well, she’s very much me in my kid-like, loving, cute monster self … so when I wrote her story I thought about things I love, and I wanted to fill her story with happy images of some of my favorite things. So that’s exactly what I did!
I love cute monsters – so of course Lub would have to be adorable.
I love PINK – so, lol, of course – Lub’s the PINKest monster, EVER!
I love LOVE. Love in all it’s kindness. Giving and sharing. Compassion. Big Heartedness. Playfulness. Silliness. All of it!
I love nature and being outdoors. The sunshine. The woodland creatures. Adorable buggy boos. The flowers and the trees. And oh how I love bright, sunny, warm blue skies with fluffy cotton ball clouds floating by … and all the imaginary shapes I can see!
I love reading, creating, playing, eating healthy snacks.
I love spending happy time with friends and loved ones.
Lub is the happiest, PINKest, most love-filled monster, Ever! Her big, PINK heart is always with her, and it beams brightly in everything she does!
Lub loves you!
Join Lub as she shares with you her love and very happy, monster-ifically delightful day! Feel playful and bright, smile big, and be happy! Have fun and be cheerful as Lub lovingly models healthy behaviors, like:
Being happy
Smiling big
Having fun
Being kind
Spending fun time with oneself
Having independence/self-reliance
Being imaginative
Having positive friendships
Napping
Eating well
Having compassion
Enjoying silliness
Valuing companionship
Being grateful
Watch your child’s face brighten with big smiles at every adorable page turn. Kiss them goodnight with happiness floating in their heads and big smiles filling their hearts!
Additional Features of Lub’s Very Happy Day:
Adorable, bright, full color, happy art and images spark big smiles
Thank you for being here with me! Thank you for donating your love and big hugs to this 100 Books – 100 Happy, Smiling Kids! Lub’s Very Happy Day! Holiday Donation Book Drive and helping me help at least 100 kids to smile big! I hope your holiday season is filled with love and kindness, big hugs and big love, laughter and squee, and healthiness! And the biggest smiles, ever!!!
