Sadie's Nighttime Adventure

Hi everyone! It's Ellie here, and today I have a post about Sadie Yellow Labrador's nighttime adventure. Enjoy! 

It was almost 11:00 PM, and Sadie Yellow Labrador was still awake in her bed. On Boxing Day, her family moved to a town called Brambly Corners into a townhouse called Harebell Hall. Two other families lived in Harebell Hall, but she had only met one of them. The Tuxedo Cat Family, who had two twin daughters Lilliana and Rosetta who were 13. They were 2 years older than Sadie so she hadn't really become friends with them. The other family were kind of mysterious to Sadie, even though they lived right next door. They hadn't come out of their house yet, and Sadie wasn't sure why. 

Across the way, Sadie saw Lilliana and Rosetta's light still on, and heard them bickering like always. Downstairs Sadie's parents and Lilliana and Rosetta's parents were talking and laughing in the Tuxedo Cat's living room.

Sadie went to go look out her window and lo and behold she saw a figure on the roof of the mysterious family's house. 

Sadie had always been very curious and she wanted to go check it out. She made none of the parents were paying attention and she stepped through the crack that separated the houses.

Sadie use to be a rock climber and she carefully made her way up to the roof of the mysterious family's house.

She hopped on to the roof, surprising the figure. The figure turned around and gasped. 

"Hi!" said Sadie

"Umm.. who are you?" said the figure

"I live next-door. I'm Sadie" Sadie responded

"Oh.. I'm Isabelle Hopper" the figure said.

"Do you live here?" asked Sadie.

"Yeah" Isabelle responded.

"Why do you never come out?" questioned Sadie.

"How long have you been here?" asked Isabelle.

"Two days" answered Sadie.

"Oh, that's why. My family just got back tonight from my Grandma Diana's house. We were there over Christmas" responded Isabelle.

"Oh! That's makes more since" said Sadie.

Sadie made her way down to where Isabelle was sitting on the roof. 

"Why are you out here on the roof?" asked Sadie

"I like to come out here before I go to bed. I want to be an astronomer when I grow up so I like to find constellations and track movement in the sky" responded Isabelle.

"That's so neat, what constellations do you have so far?" asked Sadie

"I have only found Aquila the Eagle tonight" replied Isabelle.

"Can you show me where it is?" questioned Sadie

"Sure" said Isabelle pointing to the center of the sky.

"It looks like a kite" said Summer.

"It does" replied Isabelle.

"Do you have any siblings?" asked Sadie suddenly changing topics.

"Yeah, I have a younger sister named Katerina, she's only 4 months old," responded Isabelle, "how about you?"

"I have two younger brothers Berkeley and Bailey and a younger sister Marley" Sadie answered.

"So your the oldest, like me!" smiled Isabelle.

"Yeah!" laughed Sadie.

"Well, I have to go to bed now. It's almost midnight" said Isabelle. 

Had it almost been an hour? Sadie turned around and Lilliana and Rosetta's lights were out, and it sounded like the parents were wrapping up their conversation.

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow then?" asked Sadie

"Yeah, see you tomorrow!" said Isabelle.

Summer waved goodbye then crawled back off the roof into her own room.

As Sadie was about to go to bed, she realized she had a new friend in Brambly Corners! Hopefully she'd make many more too! 

Thanks for reading the post! See you in Brambly Corners!

~ Ellie

Christmas in Brambly Corners

Hi everyone! It's Ellie here and today I have a post about Christmas this year in Brambly. Enjoy!

Christmas this year in Brambly was very exciting for all the critters that lived their. More homes were built for the increasing number of critters that were moving into Brambly and a new family moved in.

Three houses (the Luxury Townhouse/Beachwood Hall and Cozy Cottage put together) were built in a square around a courtyard. In one of the houses moved the Tuxedo Cat Family, in another one the Yellow Labrador Family moved in, and in the last one the Hopper Family moved in. The courtyard of houses is now called Harebell Hall. Harebell meant Bluebell in Scottish.

Another Christmas gift this year for the critters was a new family that moved in. Their names were the Yellow Labrador Family. There were 6 of them in all, but only 4 of them are currently in Brambly. The two younger twin Labrador's Marley and Bailey were staying at their Aunt Thalia's house until the house was set up and ready. The Yellow Labrador parents were Bentley and Lucia and there older children were Summer (10) and Berkeley (7.) All the critters in Brambly were very excited to have new neighbors!

Do your critters get anything awesome for Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa this year? If so and your willing to share please comment below! I would love to hear what you got! Thanks for reading this post! See you in Brambly Corners!

~ Ellie

The Toy Store

Hi everyone! It's Ellie here and I'm sorry I haven't been posting recently. Today, I have a post about the Brambly Corners Toy Store. Enjoy!

It was the first day of winter break, but Renee was not at all excited. Renee lived in the Magnolia Mountains in the far corner of Brambly Corners, and it took 30 minutes to drive to the small town of Brambly where all her friends lived, in the valley. She wouldn't get to see them if she wasn't in school. 

Renee was grumbling about this when she walked downstairs to get breakfast. Renee's mother Raina made scrambled eggs and toast with a side of cranberry jam. Renee saw that it was lightly snowing outside, so she gobbled up her breakfast hoping that the snow would give her something to do.

Just then Renee heard the doorbell ring. Renee ran to get it, wondering who'd be up in this corner of the mountain. Renee opened the door and there stood her best friend in the whole world, Lilliana! Lilliana lived in Brambly Corners, with her parents and her twin sister Rosetta. Behind, Lilliana was her mother Natalie. Renee invited Natalie and Lilliana inside, where Renee's mother gave Natalie a big hug. Lilliana and Renee's mothers were best friends, just like Lilliana and Renee! Natalie explained that she was here to see if Renee would like to go to the village with them to help Mrs. Hopper on the opening day of her toy shop. Of course, Renee said yes!

When Renee and Lilliana arrived they found Ms. Hopper and her youngest daughter Katerina. Ms. Hopper was organizing some items on the shelf, while Katerina played around in a toy grocery cart.

Ms. Hopper was so pleased to have Renee and Lilliana's help. Renee helped put things from inventory onto the shelves while Lilliana entertained Katerina to keep her from being a distraction.

Soon, the first customers Ms. Tippyscotch and her son Hopper came. Hopper's twin sister Honor was at her cousin's house in Honeysuckle Hollow, so it was only Hopper and Ms. Tippyscotch. Hopper loved the slide in the play corner.

Lilliana watched Hopper as he played with some of the cars off of the wooden shelves. 

While Lilliana distracted Hopper, Renee packaged up some Christmas gifts that Ms. Tippyscotch was buying for Hopper, Honor, and her older daughter Brooke. 

Soon it was time for Hopper and Ms. Tippyscotch to leave, and Hopper was very interested to know what was in the big box that Renee handed his mother. Ms. Tippyscotch said he'd have to wait for tomorrow morning when they opened gifts.

That's how it went the rest of the afternoon. Mrs. Hopper greeted customers, Renee helped them find what they wanted, and Lilliana entertained the little ones. Animals from the neighboring town of Honeysuckle Hollow came, as well as some of the Brambly Corners residents. It was very busy and a huge success.

At the end of the day, both Lilliana and Renee's moms came to pick them up. They got into a long boring adult conversation with Ms. Hopper though giving Renee and Lilliana time to play with some of the toys themselves. They drew all over the chalkboard and played tea, just like they did when they were little. At the end of the day, Renee realized it had been a great first day of winter break after all!

I hoped you enjoyed today's story everyone! Hopefully, I will be able to post more stories over my winter break! Thanks for reading!

~ Ellie