A Falling Failure

Oh, Little Snow, you tried again
to make Miss Dilly Bean
happy, but you left
the streets
BARE BARE BARE.

(Yes, Little Snow,
Miss Dilly Bean understands
that you REALLY tried,
but that Little Temperature
just would not cooperate.)

That's not very nice,
Little Temperature;
you really should learn
how to get along
with Little Snow.


Hoping just ONE snow day
will find its way to
all of you who spend
your days with Cutie Pies.


Miss Dilly Bean
 

The BABY Kitty Strikes

 

If any superheros or
super duper undercover
crime fighters need a
sidekick, they may want
to ask...

the BABY Kitty!

She's quick, nimble, covert
and
CUTE CUTE CUTE!

Just look at
Little Miss Sneaky
diving into a casserole
the VERY second
Little Fridge
opens its door.

(Also note how
she conducts
surveillance while
devouring
the forbidden food.)

After the BABY Kitty
realizes the area
is secure
she goes in for the attack!

The poor casserole
doesn't stand a chance.


And look...

BABY Kitty comes
with her own
crime-fighting costume!


Hoping none of your
casseroles were
 harmed recently.


Miss Dilly Bean

The Produce Prowler

Because of two certain
SPOILED SPOILED SPOILED
squeaky piggies,
(see little photo below)

Miss Dilly Bean
has discovered that
she now spends
OODLES and OODLES
of time
at Little Grocery Store
sorting and sifting through
leafy greens looking
for just
the
PERFECT
tasty treat
for the
squeaky piggies.

And Miss Dilly Bean
was a wee bit surprised
when she slowly realized
how
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY
she gets
when she spots
leafy greens
that are
SUPER DUPER
fresh!

(She never paid
this much attention
to leafy greens before
the squeaky piggies came along.)

She even thinks she might
be a leafy greens
"expert" by now...

(Squeaky piggies,
Miss Dilly Bean
REALLY REALLY REALLY
loves you!)


Hoping someone loved (spoiled) in
your life appreciates
all you do.


Miss Dilly Bean




 

This Can't Be Happening

Oh Little Reader,
do you know what is
WRONG WRONG WRONG
with this little photo?

This is the view outside
Little Classroom!

(Which means
Miss Dilly Bean
and
the Cutie Pies had
to suffer through
all this
GLORIOUS snow
while at SCHOOL!)

Little Snow,
you seem very confused.
Remember, Little Snow,
you are supposed to start
in the middle of the night
and
STICK STICK STICK
to
everything by
early morning so
Miss Dilly Bean
and
the Cutie Pies
may have a
SNOW DAY.

So now that you understand
this, Little Snow,
please come back
very soon
and make
Miss Dilly Bean
and the
Cutie Pies
very
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY.


Hoping you can
convince Little Snow
to please
give Miss Dilly Bean
just
ONE snow day.


Miss Dilly Bean



 

Cutie Pies and Valentines

The Cutie Pies were
VERY excited
last Thursday.

Goodies GALORE
were shared
with Miss Dilly Bean.

Sweet flowers from a
sweet Cutie Pie.

(Miss Dilly Bean
LOVES LOVES LOVES
to get flowers.)

Oodles of
fancy boxes
with oodles of
goodies inside them.

Miss Dilly Bean's
FAVORITE cartoon!

Little Reader, just look
at this
SUPER DUPER CUTE
valentine with gift card!
 

Awww...this little fella
comes with a goodie
as well.

Double the fun goodies from
a Cutie Pie.

(Miss Dilly Bean is pretty
sure ALL the Cutie Pies
have walked up to her desk
by now to
see, touch, and hold
Little Baby Giraffe.)

Of course, it wouldn't feel
right if an apple for the teacher
didn't find its way over to
Miss Dilly Bean.

And it's GOLDEN!


Hoping you felt
special last Thursday too.
(And ate too much chocolate
like Miss Dilly Bean!)


Miss Dilly Bean

Teeny-Tiny And Oh-So-Cute

Oh Little Reader, did you smile
and
"ooh" and "aahh"
as soon you as saw
this
teeny-tiny and oh-so-cute
little hedgehog?

This past weekend
Miss Dilly Bean stumbled
upon a little
television show all
about raising
teeny-tiny and oh-so-cute
little hedgies...

And now
Miss Dilly Bean
REALLY REALLY REALLY
wants her own
little hedgie
that will be
teeny-tiny and oh-so-cute.

Now if you-know-who will
just agree!

"Oh, Mr. Dilly Bean,
Miss Dilly Bean
wants to know if..."


Hoping you stumble
upon something
teeny-tiny and oh-so-cute
too.


Miss Dilly Bean





 

Give It A Whirl

A couple of years ago,
a DELIGHTFUL co-worker
shared a SUPER DUPER
healthy smoothie with
Miss Dilly Bean,...and
she has been hooked
ever since.

In the SUPER DUPER healthy
smoothie, you'll find
a handful of blueberries,
a smidge of almond butter,
a few ice cubes, almond milk,
a bit of protein powder,
and a
handful of leafy greens.

(Miss Dilly Bean promises that
you'll BARELY taste
the leafy greens yet be thrilled
with feeling
SUPER DUPER healthy.)

Just whirl it all up...

And enjoy!

As you can guess,
some of the critter cutie pies
get very excited
when all
the whirly whirling begins
because...

they get some too!
(BABY Kitty, this slurpy smoothie
treat is for Maizie the Peke
and Rosie the Peke.)

"I'm READY READY READY,
Miss Dilly Bean!"


Hoping you enjoy
something that makes
you feel
super duper healthy too.


Miss Dilly Bean

Snuggle Buddies Part Six

Miss Dilly Bean won't say
much about this because it
is PART SIX so
you know the whole
snuggle buddy story, Little Reader.

But can Miss Dilly Bean please
just say that seeing
Maizie the Peke and BABY Kitty
together is just so
SWEET SWEET SWEET.

(No matter how many times
Miss Dilly Bean sees it.)

And this was going on at the same
time...one Rosie the Peke
SNORING SNORING SNORING
away.


Hoping you feel happy
when you see something
sweet over and over and over.


Miss Dilly Bean
 

41 Or 1,000

Last week Miss Dilly Bean
celebrated a birthday...

one Cutie Pie jokingly
thought Miss Dilly Bean turned 1,000
so after hearing THAT number,

41 didn't sound too bad.

Cutie Pies helped make the day
Super Duper special with...

a gift card to one of
Miss Dilly Bean's
favorite little stores.

And...



Flowers...which ALWAYS
make Miss Dilly Bean
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!
 



What new book will find
its way to
Miss Dilly Bean???

The fun continued
when a DELIGHTFUL co-worker
brought these buttery treats.
(Ummm...there were a few
more buttery treats originally,
but Miss Dilly Bean
isn't sure where they went...)

Come back, Little Buttery Treats.

A SUPER DUPER
dinner with Mr. Dilly Bean.

A sweet, dainty necklace
from the best sister
EVER EVER EVER!

Miss Dilly Bean's birthday fun
even continued
into a new day
when a DELIGHTFUL parent
brought one of
Miss Dilly Bean's favorite lunches
to school.

(Those of you who spend
your days with
Cutie Pies
COMPLETELY
understand how exciting
it is to have a special lunch
on a school day...)

A little Chinese New Year goodie
from a Cutie Pie.

And finally...
a perfect message found
inside a card from
a Cutie Pie...

And look...
Cutie Pie spelled
"pekingese" correctly!

So even though Miss Dilly Bean
did
NOT NOT NOT turn
1,000,
she really did
have oodles of fun
turning 41.


Hoping you have a
Happy Pekingese
kind of day too.
(And Congrats if
you're turning 1,000!)


Miss Dilly Bean

Heart To Heart

A Cutie Pie from Little Classroom
created this little drawing
for a writing assignment...

and immediately
Miss Dilly Bean
thought of two
Cutie Pie Critters
who
ARE
that little drawing.

(Little Reader, are you
thinking of the same TWO
Cutie Pie Critters too?)

Maizie the Peke (looking a little groggy)
and the
BABY Kitty!

Miss Dilly Bean
REALLY REALLY REALLY
hopes
Maizie the Peke
and
BABY Kitty
will be snuggle buddies
forever.


Hoping a sweet, little
drawing reminds you
of something you
love too.


Miss DillyBean

Go Crustless

This is what happens
when you throw together
4 eggs, CREAM, cheese,
and
a MOUND of roasted veggies...

A super duper
crustless quiche!

And sprinkled with
fresh parsley
which Miss Dilly Bean
swiped from the
squeaky piggies'
ENDLESS supply
in Little Fridge.

Super Duper Crustless Quiche,
Miss Dilly Bean is
pretty sure that
your secret ingredient
is the...
CREAM!

Little Carton of Cream,
you made
Crustless Quiche
rich but fluffy light
at the same time.

(You may visit again,
Little Carton of Cream.)


Hoping you discover
a Super Duper
secret ingredient too.


Miss Dilly Bean
 
 

Roasty Toasty

Last week, Miss Dilly Bean
discovered the delicious joys
of what happens when you
roast chick peas
in the oven
 with
some olive oil, soy sauce,
and
lime juice.

(Magical flavors begin
to float all over
Little Kitchen.)
 

And to make it really
Yummy-in-your-Tummy,
Miss Dilly Bean tossed
the roasty toasty chick peas
over a salad
using her new
super-duper favorite
homemade dressing
of
Dijon mustard, olive oil, and lemon juice.

(Up next or sometime soon,
 Little Reader,...a carrot/ginger soup
with cashew cream.)


Hoping you enjoy something
roasty toasty too.


Miss Dilly Bean

Away They Go

Little Reader, these two
cutie pie pekingese
are
SPOILED SPOILED SPOILED
in so many ways...

including having
their own little stroller
to zip around in
with Miss Dilly Bean!

Miss Dilly Bean just
loads Maizie and Rosie
into Little Stroller,
zips the
hood, and
away they go around
Little Neighborhood.

Miss Dilly Bean
hopes to bring
you some
more little photos
of
Super Duper Stroller...

(because you may want
one too for your
 cutie pie pekingese!)


Hoping you enjoy
spoiling your
cutie pie critters too.


Miss Dilly Bean

 

The Power Of Curry

Lately, Miss Dilly Bean
has been doing lots of
COOKING COOKING COOKING
which she's pretty sure
has made
Mr. Dilly Bean
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY.

This little lentil
soup with curry and coconut milk
was a snap to make,...

but Miss Dilly Bean
does not use
curry very much
at all...

and had no idea
just a little
tablespoon of it
would envelope
the house!

(Little Curry,
you are VERY powerful!
Make sure you only
use your power for good,
Little Curry.)


Hoping someone is happy
with all the cooking
you've been doing for them.


Miss Dilly Bean

Hello New Friend

Who knew roasted beets
tossed over a homemade
mustard/olive oil/lemon juice dressing
and sprinkled with
freshly grated parmesan cheese
was just so
YUMMY-In-Your-TUMMY?

(Miss Dilly Bean knows now!)

Miss Dilly Bean was
pleasantly surprised
at how yummy and healthy
this little meal turned out to be.
(and EASY!)

Served with an egg over toast,
the roasted beet salad will
be invited back very soon
to the
Dilly Bean Home.

Little Roasted Beets,
you are a wee-bit pricey
at the store, but
you are
SO SO SO
worth it.


Hoping you enjoy
a tasty, healthy meal too...
that's easy!


Miss Dilly Bean

A Week For The Cutie Pies

Miss Dilly Bean and
her Cutie Pies
(and OODLES of other Cutie Pies)
celebrated
ALL LAST WEEK
that they are part
of a
SUPER DUPER SCHOOL!

Festivities included an
afternoon of bowling.

(A few strikes were had!)

Cutie Pies had more
free time than usual
and discovered the joys of
puzzles.

Puzzly puzzles were
ALL OVER
Little Classroom. 

Movie afternoon was
 big fun
with these little
tasty treats.

Crazy hat day...

Miss Dilly Bean
faithfully wore
Little Crab Hat
ALL DAY.

And after
OODLES and OODLES
of fun all week,
Miss Dilly Bean
saw this little goodie
at the store...

so she scooped him up
because he reminded her
of their movie afternoon
from the day before.


Hoping you celebrate
in a
BIG WAY
something important to you.


Miss Dilly Bean

P.S.- There were
OODLES of other festivities including:
penny wars, a drug dog presentation,
spelling bee, talent show,
family lunch hour, and the
annual volleyball game!

Snuggle Buddies Part Five

One DISHEVELED-looking
Maizie the Peke
and
one BABY Kitty
still snuggling away

night after night...

after night...

after night... 

"Ummm, Miss Dilly Bean,
I think the Little Reader
knows by now
the whole
Snuggle Buddy story..."

Awww...but, Maizie,
you and the
BABY Kitty are just
so
CUTE CUTE CUTE
together.

(Miss Dilly Bean thinks
there can never be
too much
CUTENESS shared!)


Hoping your critter
cutie pies
aren't complaining
about
OODLES and OODLES
of little photos
of them.


Miss Dilly Bean

Where Are You, Little Bubble

If you're a Little Reader
who spends their days
with Cutie Pies then
you probably recognized
these forms immediately.

(If you don't spend
your days with Cutie Pies,
they are standardized testing forms
with
OODLES and OODLES
of fill-in-the-bubbles
all over,
up and down,
and
all around.)

Miss Dilly Bean's Cutie Pies
are just a wee bit
too young to manage
putting their
Cutie Pie names in
the teeny tiny boxes
and then
coloring in the
corresponding bubble.

So...

Miss Dilly Bean brought
ALL
the bubbly
answer forms home
and
discovered she might be
too
OLD OLD OLD
to color in all the
bubbly bubbles
for the Cutie Pies' names.

The bubbles
were
BLURRY,
TEENY-TINY,
and
maybe even
MOVING AROUND
a bit.

(Stay put, Little Bubbles!)

So Miss Dilly Bean
begrudgingly
dug into
her drawer
and got out...

Little Maginifying Glasses.

And Miss Dilly Bean
was surprised to see
 Little Bubbles
weren't so
BLURRY,
TEENY-TINY,
or
MOVING AROUND.

(Thank you for staying put,
Little Bubbles.)

Although Miss Dilly Bean
was very grateful
to
Little Magnifying Glasses,
she returned them
to the DRAWER
because
she can't really be
OLD OLD OLD
enough to need them
all the time???

(Mr. Dilly Bean's opinion
is not needed here.)


Hoping you can
avoid blurry bubbles
that move around
too.


Miss Dilly Bean

Green Stuff

In between doing some work
for Little Classroom
and the
Cutie Pies,
Miss Dilly Bean whipped up
a lentil and kale soup.

(And she does mean
"whipped up"; it
was so
quick and
EASY EASY EASY!)

Miss Dilly Bean
looked lovingly
at the vividly green
kale admiring
all its
SUPER DUPER
healthy power...

only to hear
Mr. Dilly Bean
make a
not-so-nice
comment about
that
"green stuff"
in the soup.

(Don't get your feelings
hurt, Little Green Kale,
Mr. Dilly Bean
just doesn't know you
well enough yet.)


Hoping you whip up
something
Super Duper too.


Miss Dilly Bean