Thirty years ago Tony the Tiger, Snap, Crackle and Pop grinned out at you from the supermarket shelf, and the next thing you knew, the sugar-coated cornflakes and puffed rice were being wolfed down at the breakfast table by a circle of cheerful kids.
"Then I wanted to transform a noisy company of cheerful kids who gathered to spend time together in the city or go to the movies.
Chastain, daughter of a chef and a firefighter, wasn't so cheerful as a kid.
All I knew was that I had gone from a cheerful, optimistic, androgynous kid to a person feeling anxious, uncomfortable, and unseen.
Many a cheerful, polite, nice kid gets a better recommendation than their obnoxious-but-brilliant grade-hound peer Make nice with their teachers.
Many of us will be lost when it comes to buying cheap and cheerful gifts for kids' parties, not to mention wrapping paper and cards, clothes, cotton and needles, dye, shoelaces, kitchen utensils and the odd pot of paint.
Rather, they are friendly, cheerful, and outgoing kids who discover they have a common bond in their love of mysteries.
Online, he impressed me as a cheerful and well-adjusted kid -- in a picture he e-mailed me, I was struck by his broad grin and sharp, all-American looks.
Not that bogus family-vacation destination, filled with wholesome kids and cheerful balloons and bright sunshine.
