Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Slice of Life - Inspired by Frog and Toad

Text says Toad took his clothes out of the closet and put them on. Then he crossed out: Get Dressed. Below that, there is a picture of Toad outside a closet dressed and holding a pencil and paper.

It's book fair week so I have been wearing t-shirts with books on them every day. On Monday, it was And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou, on Tuesday it was an Eric Carle shirt that said Love and had the Hungry Caterpillar crawling on the words. Today I am wearing my Frog and Toad shirt. It had an image of Frog and Toad at a table with a bowl of chocolate chip cookies. The text says, "We must stop eating!" cried Toad as he ate another. That one really works for me. Frog and Toad are so incredibly relatable.

Today on Bluesky, the Frog and Toad Bot account has a great image that unsurprisingly also works for me. I do love a list of things to do. Mostly I love having things on the list so I can cross them off. I have even added something to a list after I have done it just to cross it off. In that spirit of list making, here's a list of things I will do tonight before sleep.

1. Leave comments on other peoples' slices
2. Finish reading Girl Decoded by Rana El Kaliouby 
3. Update the book on StoryGraph
4. Get my breakfast and lunch ready for tomorrow
5. Put on my pajamas
6. Get ready for bed - brush teeth, wash face, etc....
7. Set my alarm
8. Get in bed
9. Fall asleep

A large cross section of an orange is centered and the title Slice of Life is on it. The address for The Two Writing Teachers wordpress blog is also there in small print.

6 comments:

  1. Newtreemom
    Great list... it looks like you can accomplish everything, and cross it off- very satisfying.

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    1. I was able to get to everything and it was delightful to put crosses through it all.

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  2. I love Frog and Toad. And lists! So glad I read your post. It made me smile.

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  3. How I love Frog and Toad. Now I want to reread one of those books! The inspiration made for a fun slice. Isn't it satisfying to cross things off of a list?

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    1. So satisfying. Lists are great sparks for dopamine even when they are things easily accomplished.

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