KID SCOUTS HAS A BLOG, TOO!

I was going to write about Kid Scouts one of these days, but our troop leader Ms. Beth beat me to it!!! She started a blog, http://kidscouts.blogspot.com. You can read all about this week's meetings (which I missed for TUi classes), what you need to do to get badges and more!This picture shows meeting postings at the Kid Scouts meeting place.

I love Kid Scouts, and am very proud that I'm a Junior Scout. It's a great opportunity to meet other kids in SL, especially since not all kids go to school.

BYE CLOWNTOWN! HELLO TINY TYKES!!!

Clowntown is now Tiny Tykes. I visited Tiny Tykes yesterday, and I liked it! The aging summer resort town look of the place has been changed to a cartooony appearance. Just about every store has big googly eyes on it and some have a ramp that looks like a tongue! It looks like something you'd see at a circus and I think it's cute!

When you first TP into Tiny Tykes, there is a playground area that includes a really fun monkey swing. There are also plenty of toys for tinies, including a drum kit. I always get weirded out when I try a tinies toy, because it shrinks my arms and legs and I lose my hands and feet! But if you're a tinie, it would be lots of funs for you.

There are plenty of shops at Tiny Tykes. I especially liked Timeless Creations, which has many pretty clothes. Robin (Sojourner) Wood has a store with her lovely shapes, skins and clothes, and Marianne McCann has a booth here with her homemade toys. There are still some openings for stores if you'd like to become a shopkeeper.

Tiny Tykes has an adoption agency with really neat things in it, like a fun train and a coloring/computer table. It also has beddies for kids who are registered with the agency.

The BEST thing about Tiny Tykes is the puppet show that YOU put on. You click a booth and it gives you two bear puppets. You wear the puppets, sit in the booth and put on a show. Now I can add "Puppeteer" to my ever-growing SL resume. What makes it even better is you get moneys for making this show or for watching it! The animations for audience members are soooo cute too, as you laugh and clap for the show. It's the funnest camping set-up I've ever seen.

The people I met at Tiny Tykes are really nice, too. Love Brokken, who runs the adoption agency, is really sweet and the kids who hang out there seem full of fun. Good luck to her and this sim!

Update: There is going to be a talent show at Tiny Tykes on Saturday, March 8, at 5 pm SLT. Those in it will get four minutes to perform, and everyone in it will get a trophy for appearing, not just the winners. The winner will get 200L and a 300L gift card. The second place prize is a 200L gift card and third place is a 150L gift card. IM Love Brokken for more info on what should be a very fun night--wish I could go! (RL work, phooey!)

BACK TO SCHOOL!

Well, today is the first day of HardKnock Elementary. I'm not there, because us 3H kids don't start until March 18! And I was going to go down there, but I realized that the sim is going to be soooo crowded because it is the first day, that my spot should go to someone who actually has class today! I asked Ms. Jill and a friend to let me know how it goes, and I'll write about it then.

I HAVE snuck into my 3H classroom a couple of times, though! (Shhh, it's a secret!) Here I am writing on a chalkboard. It's a really nice room that captures the spirit of our little red schoolhouse.

GREAT GIFTS FOR MOMMIE!

It's not too early to think about Mother's Day presents! My friend from Camp HardKnock, Mahja Aja, is selling these pretty vases near her home. Prices range from 25L to 100L--similar vases can cost up to 250L!!! I especially like the one with the pink pattern and the one with the child's hands pattern--that's perfect for a mommie!

You can find Mahja's vases at Sunflower Island (198, 75, 24).

And if you're a kid involved in a project like making pretty vases, be sure to let SL STAR FOR KIDS know all about it!

SPEAKING OF STUPIDHEADS...

...my Yahoo mail account is not working right! I can't get into it!!! This keeps happening with them, but I have to keep trying, otherwise I'm going to have to make this whole blog all over again!!!

If you want to reach me, please IM me inworld or post a comment in this blog. Thankies.

DON'T GIVE UP!

An editorial by StellaStarr Soderstrom

It can be heartbreaking to be an SL kid. Too many of my friends have left this place. Maybe they've created new avies, or maybe they've left altogether. All I know is, they're gone, and I miss them.

I've nearly left too. I've almost grown myself up and stopped being a kid a couple of times. Late July/early August was NOT a good time for me here. The picture in this column was taken at that time. I left Camp HardKnock early because a couple of girls were mean to me. My then-mommie and I had a big falling out, with my aunt/alt and RL lady both getting involved and--wow, would we all do things differently now!!! The place where my aunt and I stayed turned out to be real poopieheads about kids living on the sim, which also made me feel unwelcome in SL. Then, I had a sad experience with a prospective mommie and daddie--they liked another girl more than me, someone they met after me, and when I didn't want to be her sissy they didn't want me anymore! My heart was so broken!

But I couldn't stay away from this place for more than a couple of days. I went to classes at TUi and went to Happy Days and explored SL like I love to do. And one day, I went to a class at TUi to learn how to make a caramel apple. The teacher was a student teacher, and she was sooooo nice to me. And that teacher, Kimber, is now my best friend/mommie/guardian/cool big sister in SL!!! I chose her over a couple of families that decided they wanted to adopt me at MAW...I went from no one wanting me to everyone wanting me!!!

So you see, things can change for the better. It's like RL...you never know what wonderful thing can happen, right around the corner. When things seem tough, it could be very much worth it to stick it out.

And if anyone reading this ever feels really sads, and needs someone to talk to...I'm here, and I'll listen.

I want to turn this over to our readers. Have you ever felt really sads and wanted to leave SL? What made you stay? Remember, people who write in can choose two items from my With Love from StellaStarr stores as a thankies for being published here!

Hugs to all the sad kids. It will get better, you'll see!

Love,
StellaStarr

WHAT A PRETTY FREEBIE!

I'm not going to post about fashion much in this blog. Justine Colville has a blog about kids fashion, and Maxi Rehula (YAAAAY Maxi!) has a blog that mentions kids stores, so I'd rather leave that talk to them. But I just had to let everyone know about this pretty freebie I found in a Girls Starter Kit at Bratz and Angels Adoption Agency! It's called Blue Flower Girl, and doesn't it look nice! I made the hat and sent a copy of it to the person who put the kit together; I hope she includes it in the box. If anyone reading this wants a copy of this hat free, IM me on line or respond to this blog post and I'll send one to you!!!

I've changed my hair AGAIN, if only for a little while! It's by Calla, and it's called Purple Lilacs. It's in their discounted styles area, and only cost 100L! I think it's very cute, and being a redhead is a new thing for me! *giggle* And you can't tell from this picture, but it has two ponytails going down the back. I love it!