Hi! I’m Mia

March 18, 2009 By 44 Comments

Today is the first ever guest post from my daughter. She was really really excited to do this. Enjoy!

img_0075My name is Mia Maria. Well, not really. That’s just the name my daddy gave to me when he’s writing about me on Writer Dad. I am seven years old and my birthday is in January. I love drawing, cuddling with my mom and dad, and watching movies. I do not watch television.

I go to a dual immersion school and I get to speak Spanish all day long! My teacher is a lady and only speaks Spanish to us but she speaks English when she is speaking to other grown ups. My favorite things to do in school are read, write, and play. I am in this program called Ballet Folklorico. We are learning two dances right now called, “La Michuhacan” and “La Azteca.” I wear a purple skirt and a kind of shirt called a chino poblana. I also wear a pair of black shoes.

I love to draw because it makes me feel happy and makes me smile. My favorite things to draw are bunny rabbits! My favorite things to eat are Chinese food, Mexican food and all kinds of seafood. I think seaweed is really yummy. My favorite dessert is chocolate chip cookies and ice cream. My favorite kinds of ice cream are rainbow sherbet and spumoni. I like to cuddle with my mommy and daddy because it makes me feel beaming. I think that’s how you say it.

My brother’s name is Max, but only like my name is Mia. He is the rascaliest brother I have ever met. He always wants to kiss me and is always antagonizing me. We always get along and cuddle on movie night. Movie night is every Friday. We get to watch a movie and have movie treats. My favorite movies are American Girl doll movies, Tinkerbell, and movies about baby animals like the arctic one with the polar bears and snow foxes. (WD NOTE: She means Arctic Tale)

I love being seven. Bye-bye and adios.

Mia

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Pen and Ink

November 26, 2008 By 13 Comments

I’m sprinkling a few hints about the future over at Up and Coming Blogger.  You can get it here.

We’re almost at that time of year, when time and money disappear.

Days are short and nights are long, filling with familiar song.

Reds and greens, and snowy whites, dancing under festive lights.

Dave and I exchanged some chat, rapping about just where we’re at.

We both agree that gifts are grand, but a perfect present should be planned.

Santa’s sack just spills with stuff (as though we don’t all have enough).

So much of it so much the same, you could probably rearrange the names.

When everything is assembly line, what’s the difference, hers and mine?

That’s when the light bulb made a ding, and we heard a new idea sing.

If you find yourself a bit adrift while searching for a perfect gift,

Then Dave and I can lend our skill, combine our minds, create a thrill.

You can email us a few fun facts, then sip some nog and just relax.

We’ll curl your info into art, fully unique and bursting with heart.

Dave will draw and I will write.  Then we’ll send the file to your delight.

Our custom art is now yours for good.  You could have it framed (we think you should).

You could dangle the drawing from every door, because that file lasts forevermore.

I feel you thinking, “Well gee, how much, for all those words and art and such?”

Get ready now for our super surprise.  Lower your jaw and widen your eyes.

Our collective inkwell brings you art – singular, special, and bursting with heart.

Pooling together preeminent skills, starting at fifty one dollar bills.

Contact us now if you would like to reserve, the singular gift that you know they deserve.

Sooner is better, there’s limited space, and surely you don’t want a frown on your face.

Fill in the form and then we can get started, devising a gift that is sure to be hearted.

Give your someone special a gift that they will remember forever.  Order a custom piece of art that includes unique prose and a one of a kind drawing.  Prices start at $50 (a bit more if you would like a hard copy printed and sent in the mail).  Gifts will be written and drawn on a first come first served basis.  Contact us today and let’s get the jingle bells jingling.

Update: Dave and I joined our mutual talents at the Collective Inkwell where we now do ghostwriting and custom blog design.

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