Hello Pandas,

Oh no! You wouldn’t believe what happened to me. I was supposed to take care of Carl Caruso’s Pompoms over the weekend and…well…they’re gone! I can’t believe it – I spent all that time building Pompom furniture and making carrot soup just for them. No appreciation!

Ella, this kind of thing could happen to anyone.

I guess so. As I told you yesterday, Carl Caruso wanted to pay a visit to his grandpa and asked me to take care of his Pompoms while he was gone. I didn’t think it would be so hard. I never knew that they were such fans of roasted apples…

Back up, Ella: just so you Pandas know, Kamaria invited Ella and me to dinner. When I went to pick up Ella, she was still in her PJs. Typical. So I had to help her pick out just the right outfit. She wanted to wear her yellow pantsuit, but it’s a good thing I was around to convince her that my grandma wouldn’t be caught dead in that and a certain blue dress did a fabulous job matching her eyes and bringing out the blond tones in her hair.

Sometimes I wish I had a little Ella figure to dress up so I would know how things look on me. You know what I mean? The kind you can cut out and dress with whatever you want. Then I wouldn’t need your help all the time, Max.

Anyways, I wasn’t feeling too well and spent entirely too much time in the bathroom, regretting all those raw vegetables I munched on while making the carrot soup. Let’s just say it wasn’t a pretty picture. I had to open a window in the bathroom to let some fresh air in and could already smell the roasted apples Kamaria had baking in the oven. I went back out to get dressed and then noticed it was awfully quiet. I looked around for the Pompoms – and then I knew – they had hopped out the window to escape the bathroom stench and get their grubby little paws on some roasted apples!

What are we going to do with all this carrot soup? Good thing that Carl’s coming back tomorrow. We might need your help on the search though, Pandas. We’ll keep you informed!

Be good Pandas,

Max and Ella