T-Shirt of the Week.

So many kids read Beverly Cleary's books and love Ramona -- but for me, it was always about Beezus.

I, too, have a rambunctious and adorable and charismatic younger sister.

So, yes, I identified with poor Beezus Quimby, who always played second fiddle to her rambunctious and adorable and charismatic younger sister.

Ramona was always doing something exasperating, like squeezing all of the toothpaste out or pulling Susan's boing-boing curls or taking one bite out of every apple because the first bite tastes the best... while poor Beezus embroidered.

We have an entire roll of film of my sister, as an adorable toddler, eating leaves.  You can see me in the background in some of the shots, wearing my HUGE glasses, reading a book.  Then there was that time that (oh god, she's going to kill me) she made finger puppets out of tampon applicators.

I was probably reading then, too.

Sob.

Anyhoo, soon older sisters everywhere will be able to unite -- there'll be some of these shirts available at my Etsy shop tomorrow.

Comments

[Kelly Fineman]

Tampon-applicator puppets is clever and funny, in a mildly troubling way.

[Kelly]

Oh, my goodness, Leila, you're a freakin' genuius.

I've always identified with Beezus too!! I was poor Beezus also--just wanting a moment to read. I want one of these too. (Did you make my Snape shirt?) When and how can I buy my shirts?!?

[Leila]

Kelly, check my Etsy shop and if what you want isn't there, just drop me an email telling me what you want, I'll make 'em & email you when they're available.

(I'm so sorry if you've already done that -- when the Gawker thing happened, it was before I had a somewhat decent system in place, I got kind of slammed and I think I may have misplaced some requests.)

[Amanda]

LOVE IT. Even though I was the adorable little sister. Hee hee.

[Kelly]

Thanks, Leila. It was RIGHT before the Gawker thing. I'll send you an e-mail.

Amanda: Don't you little sisters feel the slightest bit guilty? Even we thought you were adorable!

[TadMack]

But... but... *I* always identified with Beezus and I'm the YOUNGEST! Of course, there were three of us so maybe that changed the dynamics a touch...

[Erin]

Beezus! I love Beezus! And I just got paid. Score!

[Lauren]

Geebus, Beezus... soon my entire wardrobe will be your shirts. Oh well. They still rule. And of course I was Beezus.

[Lady S]

I love it! I was just telling my students (second grade) how much I loved Ramona as a kid. Do you remember when she started Kindergarten and her teacher said "Sit here for the present."? We learned about past tense verbs this week and I had to introduce the word present. I wish I could buy every one of your shirts.

[bookbk]

You know, I think this one may have pushed me over the edge of my resistance to buying all clothes. Because...I might just need to have it. And a Wimsey & Vane one for my mother-in-law.

[daphne grab]

i LOVE this shirt! i adore reading ramona but i am so not the boing-boing curl pulling type. while my little sister charmed the world with her dance routine to 'chicken soup with rice' i holed up in my room reading.

[Kara]

I was Beezus. Another shirt I must have :) Have dropped you a message via etsy.

[James Sisco]

Cool! I always associated with Beezus more too! I guess i'm more like her than Ramona. I love the Beverly Cleary series of klickatat street. I wish Cleary would make more!