10 Ideas To Celebrate Carrot Cake Day

10.Bake a carrot cake with your family.

9.Find out where carrots come from.

8.Do your best Bugs Bunny impersonation.

7.Dress up like a carrot for the entire day.

6.Find out if orange juice goes well with carrot cake.

5.Offer slices of carrot cake to your friends.

4.Find out what other things you can make with carrots.

3.Watch episodes of The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show while having your carrot cake.

2.Do a carrot cake dance.

1.Buy a store bought carrot cake and share it with your family!

Orko's Birthday

“What a perfect day for my birthday,” Orko said proudly to himself as he floated all the way to the kitchen table carrying a beautiful chocolate cake with pink icing. It was nearly 12 O’Clock, and Orko couldn’t wait for his friends to come and wish him a happy birthday. He carefully placed his cake on the table and sat down to wait for a knock at the door. He waited…and waited…and waited. Unfortunately, nobody came. Orko felt his tummy rumble. To a Trollan, a tummy rumbling sounds like a lion roaring. “Oh, well, maybe they must be attending another party,” he said to himself, as he took a chunk of chocolate cake and ate it all up. At 2 O’Clock, nobody came still. Orko relaxed on the chair in the silence of the room and said, “Maybe they’ve gone off to the beauty parlour, or Cheesy Unicorn, or somewhere.” He took the cherry from the top of the cake and swallowed it down. Then he took two chunks of cake and ate them as well. Icing got all over his cloak, but he didn’t mind. At 5 O’Clock, Orko became really sad. Not only had he eaten the entire cake, but none of his friends could come to his party like he told them to. Then he heard his sister Furaha calling. “Orko! Orko! Orko!” she cried, “I just got a letter from Tommy Oliver, he says he knows why everyone can’t come to your party this year!” Orko opened the bright red envelope and began to read Tommy’s letter:

“Dear Orko,

I’m sorry your friends couldn’t make it to the party today. They were busy with other stuff. In the meantime, why don’t you celebrate at home with your sister? Family are the friends you would celebrate your birthday with.

Love,

Tommy Oliver.”

“So it may seem like a perfect day after all.” laughed Orko. But then, he remembered he had eaten all the cake. “Don’t worry,” said Furaha, “I’ve got something extra special.” She and Orko ran to the cupboard. Orko helped Furaha to open it, and his yellow eyes sparkled! There on a tray were about 11 rainbow coloured cupcakes that Ua baked. “I just thought we could share it together,” said Furaha innocently. “What are we waiting for? Let the party begin!” cheered Orko.

Furaha and Orko spent the rest of the evening talking about birthday related stuff and eating rainbow cupcakes together. It really was a perfect day for Orko’s birthday.

THE END.

10 Things I'd Talk About If I Were To Attend Today's Coffee & Cake Chit Chat Club

10.A Comforting Bond

The baby and toddler years for Furaha have never been found to be so sweet and gentle. This goes to her older brother Orko, who always takes care of her whether it's playtime, naptime, mealtime or bathtime. This vignette sees Orko take all these parts of a baby and toddler's day with ease, especially with his sister around.

9.No Swimming For Furaha

I thought this up just as Mum cancelled today's swimming session at the Puffin Pool. In this vignette, Furaha is excited to go swimming with the Lost Galaxy rangers, until she wakes up with a sore head and a cough. Orko and her parents try their best to cheer her up and understand the importance of staying home when sick.

8.Orko Discovers A New World

In this vignette, Orko is playing catch with Furaha and her new frisbee, when all of sudden Furaha throws it behind a bush. While going to get it, Orko falls down a hole and stumbles upon a marvellous natural world - something mankind has never uncovered before. It's quite similar to the Mr Men episode 'Mr Worry & The Giant', don't you think?

7.Hibernation

We know all animals hibernate for the Winter - but what about lions? NO THEY DON'T!!! You want a vignette who wants to-

"SSSSSSSHHHHH!!"

Sorry. You need a vignette which shows a One Snowy Night style story about a duo of friends inviting soft toy animals into their bed one Winter's night. In this story, Orko and Furaha are tucked up in bed for the Winter when all of a sudden, Furaha realises their toys need to be tucked up too. So inviting them into bed is a good idea, especially if you're a kind little Trollan wizard.

6.Mother Nature

This is a sweet little vignette about exploring the wonders of nature where you least expect it, through the eyes of our friends Furaha and Orko as they explore a meadow, discovering all of Mother Nature's wonders. Sweet, really, nothing much to say for a simple vignette.

5.Under The Weather

Let's face it: I've had storm headaches one too many times in the last couple of years, especially with what Mum calls to the cats previously 'Boombangabangs'. In this vignette, Furaha refuses to get out of bed because of a sore head and a sad attitude. Orko and the rest of the family try to cheer her up with different things, including her favourite pink liquid medicine, but all that Furaha needs to heal is a nice family group hug.

4.Shelter From The Storm

This comfortable vignette sees Furaha and Orko lie outside in the sunshine looking up at the beautiful blue sky, with lots of fluffy clouds...until the sky darkens and it starts to rain. Quickly, our friends take shelter in a cave, where they talk about where the white clouds go when the dark clouds roll in. Orko produces a feast for the friends to enjoy, and they snuggle down to sleep just as the sun goes down. Sorry to deliver spoilers.

3.Every Day's A Holiday: Winnie's Birthday Countdown

This is becoming my new favourite picture book of all time - especially with colourful illustrations, soft colour pallets and my favourite pictures - Winnie in her dad's office and saluting fallen soldiers during Memorial Day. A true American patriarchy! Sorry Disney.

2.Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers

I'm glad the original and best Power Rangers series is on Netflix, and despite all the misunderstandings I had before I had my headache and cough, I really enjoy the debut of the teens with attitude - not the attitude I had when I was a non-smoking, non-drug-hyped teen myself.

1.Furaha, Orko & Optimus Celebrate Hugging Day

It's Hugging Day - Furaha's favourite day in the whole wide world! Besides Cuddle Up Day. She plans to celebrate with Optimus and Orko by playing tag, then Orko and Optimus are free to suggest their own ideas, from relaxing on the sofa to spending time in nature. This is seriously one way to spend Hugging Day, even when Blue's Room predicted the holiday before.

10 Things I'll Talk About If I Were To Attend Today's Drop In Session

10.Every Day's A Holiday: Winnie's Birthday Countdown

Not Winnie The Pooh, but a different Winnie - a human little girl - celebrates every day of the year until her birthday comes up. From rarely known days like Popcorn Day and Cheese Lover's Day to Kick Butt Day and Take Your Child To Work Day, there's a day for everything! Plus, it's getting to be one of my new favourite picture books - besides Kipper of course.

9.Tater Tot Day

Ah, tater tots. The perfect combo with pizza, burritos or any other savoury food. I haven't tried them yet, but I think it would be perfect with my next Pizza Hut order - if my diet can allow me.

8.My Bad Night

I didn't sleep a wink last night. I tried absolutely everything - I even thought up a new idea - but everything didn't work its spell on me until I crashed out at four. Luckily, I woke this morning at 6:38AM and everything was fine. Mum said it was because I was excited to meet the new support worker!

7.Bubble Gum Day

You know those Natural Confectionary Company 'Guzzle Puzzle' adverts where a helpline tells two pieces of gum to marry each other? Yeah, that's innuendo right there, well, Bubble Gum Day is a time of day when everyone blows the biggest bubble with the sweetest candy in the history of the universe. Even I'm starting to feel like Winnie now.

6.Wear Red Day

If there were a Wear Red Day for the One Stop Shop, I'm up for it. I've already got a red hoodie, so it would be exciting if everyone else wears red too. But remember, everyone who has autism likes different ways to wear things, and some of the clothes might be too itchy for them to wear, so they prefer more comfortable clothes, like me with my black hoodie for instance.

5.Heavenly Hash Day

Who wants Heavenly Hash? Haven't tried that one either, but if my awesome baker support worker baked all this gooey chewy choco-ooey goodness, then it'll be right on the menu any day.

4.2002-Nami Day

This is a day I made up to celebrate the weekday lineup of Toonami in 2002, featuring Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, He Man and Transformers Armada. It's also a celebration of two of my favourite characters on the lineup - Orko and Optimus Prime. Orko is from the 2002 He Man series, and Optimus Prime is from Transformers Armada - EVEN THOUGH ALEXIS TENDS TO SPOIL IT WITH CLOSE UPS OF HER HOPEFUL LOOK! GGRRRAAAAAGGGH!!

3.Self

Self is the tale of a stop motion wooden doll who strives to fit in with a CGI glass community full of deaf people. Well, Disney, animations featuring diverse people are much better than lazy live action remakes featuring, according to Mr Eric Cartman, "Diverse women complaining about the patriarchy". So now you guys know what it really means to be black, deaf and British, right?

2.Break From Netflix

I was meant to say this in a separate blog post, but I'm really sorry, but I think my Orion & The Dark lineup has to be put on hold due to my bad night. No confronting the dark, no Mighty Morphin' moves, no Fun Land Farms, no environmentally friendly Bigfoot and no Chicken Little-style family dynamics until I've totally recovered. Speaking of...

1.Chicken Little

I was meant to say earlier that The Willoughbys is Netflix's very own Chicken Little, because its slow paced animation is nothing compared to the fast paced CGI animation that Chicken Little had to offer. Sure, there are a lot of exciting moments in the film like Abby Mallard and Runt singing Spice Girls during a slumber party - okay, Abby, imagine what it would be like if you were British.

"Who, me?! No no no, I'd rather be off being American, thank you very much."

Oi, Abby! Well, this isn't necessary, but hopefully this is what I'll talk about during today's Drop In.