The Inspiration of BLUEY and the Heeler’s

(For Peanuku) 🙂

Our Cookie Ice Cream

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Australian Cartoon, Bluey

This show is Brilliant!

I wish the Heeler’s had been my parents. 🙂

The parents, Bandit and Chili, are Blue and Red Heeler dogs. Their children are Bluey and Bingo, Bluey being a blue Heeler, and Bingo a Red Heeler. I guess you can say they are an interracial couple.

The parents are very hands on in raising their children. They play with them. They teach them. They are good dogs! 🙂

There are many different breeds of dogs on the show, and they all work towards getting along with each other. I love how tolerant they are.

Probably what I love the most about the show is that it teaches creativity and using your imagination. I myself grew up moving around a lot and most of the time I only had my imagination and creativity as companions, along with lots of books, and comic books.

Which is why Storytime with Isabelle is so important.

Isabelle with Talking Bingo, and Bluey

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The Heeler Family

(Chili, Bluey, Bingo, and Bandit)

I happen to love this show! All the characters are dogs. There is a lot of Blue and Brown, the only colors that dogs can see. I love that the parents play with their children. Because of that, the children, Bingo and Bluey, are very well adjusted and happy. They will get through life more easily than those that don’t have that support system.

I love that the parents will let their children tear apart their home to create whatever set they want. A restaurant? A Doctor’s Office? A Train Station, etc….. I also love how the parents aren’t afraid to ‘look silly’ out in public, and will sometimes do some very silly things that their children want them to do. The love they have for their children far outweighs any embarrassment they may experience.

When I was young I would take the cushions off the couch and line them up on the floor in the living room to create a gymnastics mat. I would then line my little brothers all along the cushions while I would dive over them, tumbling. I don’t think that I ever hurt any of them. But, if I did, I’m sorry. 🙂

It was because of that, that my mother signed me up for gymnastic lessons. She figured that I would love them. But, I hated them! It was no longer fun. I was made to compete. I was graded on my performance, my style, my technique, how graceful that I was, how limber that I was, etc. I was expected to “perform.” All I ever wanted to do was to have fun. They took the fun out of my gymnastics tumbling. What I love about Bluey’s family is that they keep the fun in the family. They aren’t sending their children out to compete in a world that will just make them feel bad about themselves if they aren’t perfect. They all use their imagination and it helps to promote their creativity, and their happiness.

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I believe it was Einstein that said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.”

My translation, he didn’t mean that knowledge wasn’t important, it is, but imagination can take you so much further.

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Being Isabelle’s main caregiver has taken up quite a bit of my time. Oh, I’m not complaining mind you, but it was an adjustment for both of us. She did have the first 3 months of her life totally with her mother and father, and now she comes to my house anywhere between 3 and 5 days a week, depending on their working schedules. Some days I may have her over 11 hours a day, and other days just a few hours.

In addition to my childcare services, I also provide diapers, wipes, formula (when she was on the bottle), baby water (yes, that is a thing), clothing, blankets, swaddle clothes (she loves those), along with toys and books and all the other little things that baby’s and toddlers need. We may watch some Disney in the mornings but we also have story time, and playtime throughout the day.

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I’m creating a library for her here. I also pass books along for Veronica and Brian to keep at their house.

I’m going to do my best to create a “Bluey” environment here in my home. I’m looking forward to all of our imaginary adventures we will have going on in the future.

I do mourn the day when she is out there on her own where she will be judged by her attractiveness, her weight, her parents bank account, the cars they drive, where they live, whether or not she is wearing the latest designer this or that, and as always what devices does she own? But, until that day her Tutu will do my best to make her feel as if she is the most important person in the world, because she is, to me. 🙂

Smoochie Kisses,

Julie (Tutu)

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Isabelle With Her Bluey Magnets and Board

This helps to create a Storyboard, in order to tell a Story.

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Happy Heeler Valentine

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Turning 1

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Veronica and Brian with Isabelle

It was a Delicious Store Bought Cake!

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For Veronica: Whose birthday is the day after Isabelle’s.

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Preparing For Birthday # 2!

Due to a lot of things going on with all of us, I decided that I would once again, give Isabelle a Bluey Party here at my house for her 2nd. birthday.

I basically did the same thing as what you see above, but this time I used my creativity and imagination to put something very similar together, yet showcasing a bit of evolution. After all, she is evolving into a 2 year old.

She loves the T.V. Show, Bluey, so do all of us!

I mourn the day she outgrows Bluey, I’m pretty sure I will start crying when she does.

Speaking of crying, I do a lot of crying when I watch Bluey with her. Not that the shows are sad, they are warm, sweet, and heartwarming. I can’t say that about any other cartoons on The Disney Channel, or Nickelodeon, for that matter. Other cartoons seem to have the same format, Heroes and Villains. If you watch Super Kitties, they are the heroes, and a dog is the villain. If you watch Pup Struction, the dogs are the heroes, and a cat is the villain. (Sending mixed messages there.)

If you watch the Spiderman cartoon, Spidy and his Friends are the heroes, and they are constantly bothered by various villains that are always caught, but nothing ever happens to them, and they come back again, and again to do more mischief. Again, what message does that send? I guess you can do whatever damage you want but there will be no consequences other than getting a spider web wrapped around you in the end, which you are then obviously let go and put back into society with no punishment whatsoever. I would like to see some of these villains ending up having to do some sort of Community Service for their crimes. Perhaps even learning a lesson or two.

But that isn’t what America is about anymore. America is only about entertainment, not teaching, which is why we are turning to

Australia’s Bluey.

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Turning 2

Bluey Beachy Cake

For this birthday, I knew that I wanted to decorate a cake with some of Isabelle’s Bluey toys. I decided to do a beach or pool themed cake because her birthday is July 5th., and I had other beachy themed toys that I was giving her. (Actually, everything is always from Gordon and myself. He’s just not here because he works overseas.)

I had the grocery store to actually make this cake. I told them the size that I wanted, and that I wanted some white cake with a light blue frosting. They did a great job! It was so funny that they kept trying to get me to allow them to at least put a name on the cake. I told them “No Thank You. This is perfect! I will take it from here.” 🙂

LOVE That Little Foot!

You can see one of her baby blankets in these photos.

I thought it would be a perfect table covering here.

You can see the Bluey Cereal I have lined all around the Cake, in the photo above.

First Up: Lunch

Grocery Store Fried Chicken and Potato Wedges

Not exactly healthy, but it is her birthday so Tutu splurged.

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The Cake Was Delicious!

I just used some Chinet Paper Plates, and Wooden Forks, Knives, and Spoons

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Gifts to Isabelle from Me and Gordon

Happy Birthday, Isabelle

She Loved Her Cake, and is Starting to Eat with a Fork now

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The Heeler’s Going on Holiday

I love how the airplane opens up and it becomes their hotel room and the beach, not to mention the cockpit turns into a boat.

All of us will be going on our own Holiday next year where we will be taking an airplane to an exotic location. I thought the gift was fitting.

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She was so excited about her Bluey Beach Bucket.

She wanted me to turn it all around so that she could see everything that was on it.

All of her favorite characters.

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It Was A Happy Day!

(The How-To Food Project Down Below)

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The Heeler’s Beach House

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I’ve Always Wanted To Make One Of These

Our Cookie Ice Cream

Bluey Sprinkles and Bluey Edible Papers

Just Placing the Edible Paper how I Want when the Cookie is Finished

Sugar Cookie Dough (Ready Made)

I purchased the Flower looking pan above, a few years ago.

I knew that it would make a great shape for this giant cookie.

I did spray a Pam Baking Oil all around the pan. I then put as much of the Sugar Cookie Dough as possible all throughout the pan. You do have to allow the Cookie Dough to soften, so set it out about 20-25 minutes prior to this step.

I did place the giant cookie in it’s pan into another baking pan, and baked according to the package directions for Sugar Cookies. I did allow that it may take longer. Which is why I checked on it periodically.

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When I thought it was done, I removed it from the oven and placed it onto a cooling rack.

You do want it to cool thoroughly.

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Edible Papers, Sprinkles, and Karo Light Syrup w/ a Mermaid Brush

The first thing I want to do is to use the Karo Syrup to apply the Edible Papers all around the cookie.

The syrup will help it to stick.

When done….

Next, I brushed the Light Karo Syrup all over the Cookie and added the Bluey Sprinkles

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It Looks Great Just As It Is!

However, I Added Some Vanilla Ice Cream and more Bluey Sprinkles for it to be Perfect 🙂

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For My Little Peanuku

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The How-To Birthday Cake Project

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As I mention in this cake write-up above, I did order a cake from the grocery store. The lovely plain blue cake you see, is what I ordered.

It was perfect too! Beautiful and delicious!

Here are some of our Bluey toys, with the Bluey Breakfast Cereal, and some Bluey Sprinkles, as well as some of my other one’s.

I simply started placing the toys on the cake how I wanted them.

Even adding some of the Bluey Sprinkles.

When I was finished, I placed the Bluey Cereal all around the bottom of the cake.

Great Bluey and Bingo Beachy Cake

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Cute Chip Clip Project

While I was shopping I came across these cute blue chip clips and I immediately realized how cute they would be if I hot glued some of Isabelle’s extra Bluey characters that she has, on to them. I thought that they would dress up any bag of chips, or whatever. So, I bought a few packs of them.