A little activist... looking for change

Hi, my name is Brenley Gillis. I am 8 years old and from Nova Scotia, Canada (where Sidney Crosby is from.) My mom, Dawn, is helping me write this letter to you.

Since January our family has bought 2 different Bleacher Creatures as gifts for my little brother & cousin. We've spent lots of time looking at your website & searching for the right guy to buy in stores around here. While I liked to buy these as gifts, I was really disappointed that there are NO female hockey players represented in your items. None. As a young Canadian girl, following Team Canada's female team is part of my life. Hayley Wickheiser's name & number are common speak among me, my friends and classmates.

Hockey is getting really popular with girls my age, girls younger and girls older. Also, guess what? Girls like to play with dolls, collect them, etc. I think you're really missing the mark by not having female hockey players in your collection.

How about some recognition for our great female hockey players? I guarantee I would buy one, and I'm pretty sure I can think of a number of girls who would love to have a female hockey player Bleacher Creature in their collections.

Please consider this for the future.

I hope you take the time to read this letter.

Sincerely,

Brenley Gillis

Snow Day Broadway Act

Maybe she needs some soap in her mouth?!?!?

A Dawn detergent commercial comes on TV. Brenley as sharp as ever looks over at me and, in her words, (Little Miss Tongue in Cheek) she says,

 "I don't know why they don't call that 'Kyle' because mom's not that good to clean!"

Then this was on the counter the next morning...

What are you saying?!?

So I was telling Kyle about the crazy morning I had with our two lovely children. I said, "Ask them about the colorful words I had to say this morning..."

Brenley replied from the backseat,
"There were all kinds of colorful words... Orange... Pink... Red... Blue... Purple. She was spitting out a rainbow!"

Not quite what I meant.

Dear Santa, 2013

Dear Santa,

My name is Brenley Gillis and I am 8 years old. I live in Barrachois, NS with my brother, Madden and my parents.

This Christmas I am trying to be the best I can be. For Christmas I would like to have a Rainbow Loom bracelet making kit. And, I would really like all the kids that don’t have parents, food, a house and medicine to have people to love them and take care of them. I want that because I wouldn’t like to be homeless or living by myself; I couldn’t imagine not being able to eat for a couple of days.

Oh! And when is our elf going to come? His name is Arnie. I really want to see Arnie because he’s magical and it’s cool that we get to wake up every morning and see that he’s in a different spot.

Say hi to your wife for me. I hope you have a good ride on the way home. Don’t drink and drive! We will leave you wine, mom’s chip dip and chips; I hope you like it!

Yours always,

Brenley xo

Before bed wisdom... or something like that...

As Brenley laid in bed tonight, she said to us, 

"I wish I had a time machine..."

Kyle: "Why?! To go forward in time or backward in time?"

Bren: "Backward... Back to the day I was born..."

Kyle: "Why?"

"Cuz it was the best day of your lives...." (with a sheepish grin)

Little pompous arse 

From September

Brenley's first day in grade 3!!!