1 [Report This]Date: January 16, 2021 09:45 pm Title: Pancakes for Pigs
Well, this story is all kinds of delightful! I have loved reading it so much! You write Vanessa and Charlie so well (aka like an experienced mother) and it really is so fun to read! I also very much enjoy seeing Jim and Pam babysit together and see and learn about each other, especially since we were robbed of so much so their early relationship in the show. So happy I finally was able to read this! Well done!
Author's Response: Thanks WW. I too enjoyed bringing a different experience for Pam and Jim to have together. But also to give a little background to why she’d been apprehensive around kids and what ultimately gets her ready. Having some practice, gaining some confidence, knowing her partner has faith in her and will be her partner in raising their family.
1 [Report This]Date: January 14, 2021 11:12 am Title: Pancakes for Pigs
D'awwwww, this was just so sweet. Pam and the kiddos playing Twister seemed all sorts of fun. Love all the mental notes she's taking. I'm sure they'll come in handy in a year or so.
She's really coming into her own as a mother figure too. That she natrually also drops the Snoopy nickname shows that really well. She's honest with Vanessa and the reward is the childlike honesty that helps to fill her heart like that. Just all sorts of warm golden goodness.
And the end there was just fun with the New Year's Jinx-ing. Delightfully them in the fun silliness of it. Great job.
Author's Response:
Gotta love Twister...works on so many levels and for any age.
So do you know the book? I added some notes about it after the fact....forgot my audience and how many might not know the reference.
It is IMHO an absolutely adorable read and part of a series...
If you Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff - check it out if you don't - I think the little one will love it as you will to. Mine did.
I was going to use There's a Monster at the End of this Book - more of a classic that I think more people would know but this one had the image at the end that summed up their busy day and was symbolic of Pam and Jim's busy night.
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oh and Pam's been planning that since the gas station - she doesn't mess around when it comes to jinx.
Date: January 14, 2021 10:35 am Title: Pancakes for Pigs
There's just a lot of really good scenes in here. The Twister scene was really easy to picture, and I loved Pam teaching them the hand trick (and Charlie's misunderstanding of his father's use of it). As an uncle rather than a parent, I sympathize with Pam's lack of resistance to puppy dog eyes. It does take work.
"Good thing it's years away from now." Oh, Pam. I mean, technically you are correct? Two years counts as years.
The moment with Vanessa was very sweet, and such a good breakthrough for Pam!
SHE JINXED HIM AT NEW YEAR'S! That's amazing.
Author's Response:
Even as a parent it is hard to resist. It's definitely a skill that needs honing.
Oh yeah - years away just not as many years as she thinks...but at least she'll be a little more ready.
Yes, she did. When Pam comes out to play, she hits it out of the park.
Thanks for keeping up with the story and always reviewing.