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Post by m0drnmoonlight on Nov 28, 2023 14:45:42 GMT -5
^What’s funny is he left 3 kids at home but then brought 3 friends of kids and the 4th friend appeared when they were already there. Then his 3 actual kids showed up, too. At least the guy liked kids? And he was very generous - like every family trip he was like "Sure you can bring friends!"
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oldhickory
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Post by oldhickory on Nov 28, 2023 14:54:26 GMT -5
That brings up a good question. Did any of the big families in the series ever take family-only vacations? I remember the Thomas-Brewers chilling at home the first summer after the wedding to come together as a family, but almost every vacation otherwise was a free for all.
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Post by m0drnmoonlight on Nov 28, 2023 17:05:56 GMT -5
That brings up a good question. Did any of the big families in the series ever take family-only vacations? I remember the Thomas-Brewers chilling at home the first summer after the wedding to come together as a family, but almost every vacation otherwise was a free for all. I think the Thomas-Brewers did Hawaii on their own? Considering, what, half the BSC was on a school trip there already. Then there's a Little Sister book, Karen's Island Adventure, where they go to St. Thomas I think it was and Karen makes a friend at the resort but I don't think anyone brought anyone with them
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Post by sparklymouse on Dec 25, 2023 14:22:04 GMT -5
Karen’s School Surprise. David Michael was learning computer stuff and got an Internet pen pal from school. He was trying to use dial-up Internet at home to talk to the kid.
Nobody on Earth has ever shown more enthusiasm for Oklahoma than David Michael in this moment.
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Post by sparklymouse on Jan 1, 2024 18:52:34 GMT -5
Karen’s School Trip. Natalie’s beverage of choice for the field trip was Fresca. The thought of Natalie sipping Fresca in a bag like a 40 made me laugh. Also, in comparison to Natalie’s mom, Hannie and Nancy’s moms both made them take milk. 😛
There’s nothing like having fun with a dinosaur. The last time that I shot a basketball my shoulder popped so badly. 😀
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Post by sparklymouse on Jan 12, 2024 14:11:00 GMT -5
Karen’s Ice Skates. Karen and Nancy won awards from the mayor for saving Bobby’s life. Karen was having an internal crisis because she felt like she could have prevented Bobby’s accident. The drama of this was so funny to me.
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Post by sparklymouse on Jan 13, 2024 17:19:55 GMT -5
Karen’s Puppet Show. This had some funny zingers. Hannie couldn’t go to the art camp because her family was going to visit her aunt and uncle. They had gotten a new boat and a new puppy. Nancy then said that she wasn’t going to the camp, either. Karen got all snotty and was like “Why, did your aunt and uncle get a new airplane?”
Charlie was loudly listening to some music in his room. The lyrics were “Down, down, you dropped me down to the ground. Ooh! Ow! Ow!”
Part of Karen’s mean girl song for her puppet show was “Summer camp? Not for Hannah. Hannah’s going to Montana.” Haha, Hannah Montana. (You can't rhyme much with Hannah. Hannah's eating that Banana?)
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Post by sparklymouse on Feb 1, 2024 15:07:51 GMT -5
Karen’s New Friend. Elizabeth’s sister had a house fire, so the family moved into the big house for 2 weeks. Karen’s stepcousins, Ashley and Grace, felt badly that Karen’s parents were divorced so they inexplicably smothered her with love. Oohh, burn, Karen. Literally, lol.
Karen’s School Mystery. Kristy arranged a toy sale for a Krushers fundraiser. Lisa was trying to get Karen and Andrew to clean out and donate stuff. Karen did not want to give up her old tea set even though she had a newer one also. Lisa wasn’t having it, so Karen got super dramatic about it. (Then Hannie and Nancy pooled their money and bought the set to keep at Nancy’s house so that Karen could still play with it. Such friends.)
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Post by sparklymouse on Feb 9, 2024 15:59:32 GMT -5
Karen’s Goldfish. Karen was brainstorming tombstone inscriptions for Crystal Light I.
CRYSTAL LIGHT, R.I.P. CRYSTAL LIGHT, ONLY ABOUT TWO WEEKS OLD CRYSTAL LIGHT–HER LIFE WAS SNUFFED OUT BY A FISH-KILLER (“That last one sounded dramatic. I liked it.”)
She went with CRYSTAL LIGHT, MY DELIGHT. A LOVELY FISH.
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Post by sparklymouse on Feb 23, 2024 15:48:27 GMT -5
Karen’s Show and Share. The kids took turns bringing things in to share with the class. Natalie brought her penny collection. “She has a penny from 1971. That is practically ancient.” That penny is 10 years older than me. I feel attacked, Karen. (This book was published in 1999, so that was a 28-year-old penny. )
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Post by sparklymouse on Mar 15, 2024 20:13:10 GMT -5
Karen kept a spy journal in Karen’s Spy Mystery that was full of funny observations. That must have been a typo, but the fact that she called him Billy made her sound all sassy and sarcastic.
Karen told her mom that she was suspicious of Bill, so Lisa and Seth invited Bill over to dinner to get to know him. After he left: LOL. Karen was NOT here for Bill.
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Post by sparklymouse on Mar 21, 2024 15:26:45 GMT -5
Karen’s Good-Bye. The family was talking about who they hoped was moving into the Korman’s house. Lol, Karen was not feeling like an ugly duckling in this one.
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Post by sparklymouse on Mar 28, 2024 19:11:10 GMT -5
Karen’s Cartwheel. Other people had pointed these out in the actual book thread. Karen had some funny moments of exaggeration.
The Three Musketeers started an odd-job service to make money for some dolls. They were making posters for advertising.
Later Karen was sad that she didn’t get picked for the special gymnastics team.
Karen’s gymnastics teacher had a poodle named Station Wagon. There was hot debate in the book thread about if that was funny or stupid. I say weird but funny. I’d call it Wagon (like Waggin’ a tail).
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Post by sparklymouse on Apr 12, 2024 19:55:23 GMT -5
Karen’s Yo-Yo. Karen’s substitute confiscated her yo-yo and didn’t follow the class rules for when to return it. Karen was mad.
Everyone in the class took up yo-yoing. Pamela was doing some tricks. Leslie then talked to Karen. Yo-yos, the way to world peace.
The chapter where the pro yo-yoers visited the classroom was titled “Stoneybrook Yo-cademy.” It made me snort.
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