Magic trick

"Hey Ajdin, what are you up to?" asked Uncle Tibbs.

"Oh, I'm just practicing for my magic show," I replied. "It is not as easy as it looks."

"Oh? Do you need some help?" he asked.

"Actually... yes! You can definitely help me practice for it," I said excitedly.

"Uhh, why do I have the feeling I'm going to regret this?" said Uncle Tibbs.

"Uncle Tibbs, you just sit still right over there, ok?" I lifted my magic wand.

"Ajdin, wait! What are you going to do? What type of trick--"

Then I said the magic words.

"A-BEAR-A-CADABRA!"

*POOF!*

"Yes, it worked!" I exclaimed happily. Uncle Tibbs was now about 1/10th of his former size.

But Uncle Tibbs wasn't so thrilled.

"You made me small!" he shrieked in a high pitched voice.

"Yes, I know, that was the trick," I said.

"I mean, I'm like Sandy and Jerry and Ben's size - no offense to them, sorry. And what is this - am I wearing a bow?" asked Uncle Tibbs incredulously.

"Don't worry," I said. "I can change you back."

"Please! Do it right away!" he said.

I waved my magic wand again and said some different magic words.

"HONEY-POCUS!"

*poof!*

"Umm... hmm... that didn't work quite as I expected," I said.

"OH MY GOD! Now I'm even smaller!" cried Uncle Tibbs in an even higher pitched voice. "And I'm still wearing a silly bow! Ajdin, do you even know what you are doing casting magic spells?"

"Well, I'm still practicing," I replied. "Uncle Tibbs, you are rather cute when you are small." I picked him up and him on my lap.

"I can't believe how small I am," he said.

"Okay, let's get you back to your normal size once again," I said. "This spell should work..."

"Should?"

"I think if I just say the original spell backwards, that should do it... let's see.. so that would be... ARBADAC-A-RAEB-A!"

*poof!*

"Oh thank heavens, I'm back to my old self!" said a normal Uncle Tibbs. "Thanks Ajdin! Ajdin? Ajdin, where are you?"

"Mhffffph.... you're...sitting...on....me..."

"Oh, oops! Ajdin, are you ok?" said Uncle Tibbs as he unflattened me.

"Uncle Tibbs, I think I need to practice a bit more, what do you think?"

"I think that is a beary good idea," he said. "And perhaps next time, you can try this spell on a non-stuffie."

BORED

Wow, am I bored. I don't think I've been this bored in my entire life.

Like many of you, I've been stuck at home for many days straight. There are adventures to be had outside exploring and doing fun things, but for now.... I am so bored.

"Hey Ajdin, why the sad face?" asked Uncle Tibbs.

"I am B-O-R-E-D," I said.

"Well, I figured you might be lately, so I got you an arts and crafts kit to help pass the time," he said.

"Wow! Look at that!"

It's a "Design Your Own Superhero Mask" kit!

I've always wanted to be a superhero, and now I can become one. I'll need a name, and special superpowers, and of course there has to be an evil villain too.

"Thanks, Uncle Tibbs!" I said.

"You're beary welcome, Ajdin," he said. "I can't wait to see what you make!"

(By the way, isn't Uncle Tibbs just awesome? I am lucky to have an uncle like him).

Uncle Tibbs' new apron

I was hanging out with Uncle Tibbs when my mom came by with a little surprise for him.

"Something for me?" he asked. Indeed it was, and it was something fun!

"Oh, this is beary exciting!" he giggled.

Uncle Tibbs opened it to reveal a black apron that said "Bear Grills." This is a gift from Droopy and his human and we received it a long time ago but forgot to post about it.

"Put it on, Uncle Tibbs," I said.

"Okay, how does it look? It fits perfectly! This will definitely inspire me to do more grilling."

Thanks for the apron, Droopy! Grilled salmon, anyone?

Update: Uncle Tibbs

A few months ago, we found Uncle Tibbs lying on the couch. He seemed to be in pretty bad shape at the time and quite stressed out.

It's always good to check-in with friends to see how they are doing in challenging times, so let's see what he is up to now.

Ah, there he is! He's... lying down... oh no... this is not looking good.

"Uncle Tibbs, are you okay?" I asked. He did not respond!

I moved closer.

"Uncle Tibbs...?"

Ah-a! Uncle Tibbs can't hear me because he is listening to nice, relaxing music on his earphones. He also has fresh cucumber slices on his eyes to cool any inflammation.

And he is being served fresh water with a slice of citrus on the side!

This looks like a wonderful spa treatment for Uncle Tibbs! We'll just leave him alone to enjoy it and won't bother him this time.

And hey... this looks so nice... I'd like to have one myself...

Remember to RELAX everybody!

Also, thank you everyone for the birthday wishes last week! I received some cool stuff in the mail and will show you soon next time!

Guest Post: Uncle Tibbs

Is this thing on?

Okay, good.

Hello everyone, this is Uncle Tibbs writing a guest post for Ajdin, who is still air drying after his much-needed bath. He left me with his computer, so I just have to turn it on and then we can get started.

But where is the on button? I can't seem to find it. This is a pretty new computer.

"Hello Uncle Tibbs! Do you need any help with guest blogging today?"

Er, it is a little embarrassing, but I can't find the on button on Ajdin's computer.

"Here it is, at the top right corner!"

Oh wonderful, thank you!

"Are you excited to be guest blogging this week? What did you have in mind?"

I thought I would share some pictures I took from a previous trip. They're all right here on this floppy disk.

"Errr..."

So now I just have to find the disk slot and put it in the computer.

"Uncle Tibbs, everything is on the cloud now!"

The cloud?

"Yes, cloud computing that allows for on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources such as networks, servers, storage, applications, and services and..."

Can you show me?

"Yes of course!"

Hmm, I guess I am behind the times a little bit.

"That's okay, Uncle Tibbs!"

Alright, now Ajdin gave me his password to his blog so I will just log in now.

*type type type*

Hmm, but it doesn't seem to be working. Do you know what could be wrong?

"The caps lock key is on!"

Ah, you have good eyes, Miss Feathers!

"And now we are finally logged in and ready to create a new post. So Uncle Tibbs, what will you write about?"

Yes, umm... well... you know... after all of that, I forgot!