My Thanksgiving Adventure

                                       

    I look forward to Thanksgiving every year because it's a chance for me to really think about the great things in my life. And let me tell you, I have a lot to be thankful for! Starting with my parents and Zippy, for putting up with me constantly leaving the Hollow (sorry guys, I've had some important missions to take care of). Then there's my best friends in the whole wide world - Phinn and Croak. I couldn't have gone on any of my amazing adventures without them. I'm thankful for my new friends, Ollie, Ophelia, the Soarington children, Shelly, Myrtle, and Otis. They make sure that life is anything but boring. Lastly, I am thankful for all of you! It's been so incredible having my stories printed into books and sharing my adventures with people all around the world.
    Okay, enough of the sappy stuff. As well as being thankful, Thanksgiving is also about FOOD! At sundown on Thanksgiving day, all the frogs of Lily Pad Hollow get together for an amazing feast of roasted grasshoppers, mashed sow bugs, and fly pie. Mmmmm! My mouth is watering just thinking about it! It's the one time of year that I eat until I nearly pop! Then I waddle home and curl up in my bed for a long, long snooze.
     The next morning, it's tradition that all us young frogs play Lily Pad Tag and race our pet snails. My snail, Smudge, and I have been practicing at home, but I'm doubtful he will win any races this year. He'd rather slide in circles than follow the track. Oh, well. He gets so excited just to participate and see the other snails, so it's all worth it.
     I hope your holiday is as amazing as mine is sure to be! See you on the next adventure!

My Not-So-Rainy Day Adventure

Hello humans! Our lovely fall weather has decided to drastically change from 80 degrees, to cold and blustery - within a day. Can somebody please tell whoever is in charge to make up their mind already? Our meteorologist frog, Stormy Stan, predicted rain this weekend, so I slipped into my favorite rain boots and braced for the downpour - which apparently is never coming. And I was so looking forward to splashing around in some squishy mud puddles. Oh well. I've decided to treat today like a rainy day anyway and embark in some indoor fun. My day began with a camping trip - in my living room. Boy, was I surprised to find that a wild animal (my pet snail, Smudge) had meandered into my tent! I used my awesome fighting skills to scare the beast away (and just in time because it looked like it was going to charge). 

After leaving my campsite behind for the day, I boarded my great pirate ship and used my sharp, witty mind to figure the clues to a treasure map I found (okay, it was a puzzle, but when I put it together it did make a picture of a treasure chest). 

Once the map was complete, my faithful deckhand (Zippy) and I searched the house for treasure and found some, in the cabinet (fly cookies - yum). After a long day of pirating, I ended my day, curled up with my favorite R.T. Hopkins' book next to a roaring fire with a steaming mug of hot fly tea. Couldn't have asked for a more exciting and eventful day, without even changing out of my pajamas! See you on the next adventure!

My Halloween Adventure

                            Happy Halloween! Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha! 

(That my was version of a scary laugh)

I think I may have found a new favorite holiday! It doesn't get much better than carving pumpkins, dressing up in super fun costumes, and trick-or-treating for candy. The night felt magical as we tromped down the leaf strewn streets, pumpkins aglow, with the sounds of laughing children in the air. Hope your Halloween was just as spook-tacular! See you on the next adventure!