Tangled week

 This week we had Tangled week. It was more of 3 days of Tangled stuff, because on Monday we were on vacation. First, we made our schedules on Tuesday. Then, on Wednesday, we started Tangled week. We did not do Tangled week based on the whole movie, just on the ''When will my life begin'' song. We (Mama) decided we should see if it is possible to do it. Rapunzel had a really tight schedule! If you have watched the movie, have you noticed that she gets all of her cleaning done in 15 minuets? Anyways, we had 3 minuets to sweep the floor, which I did the kitchen. Then, we had 2 minutes to polish and wax (one chair), 3 minuets to do laundry, 3 minuets to mop, 2 minuets to do the dishes and 2 minuets to sweep again! The ''we'' is referring to Eben, Jasper and I. Opal would do it but the earliest time she can wake up at is usually 8:03, not 6:30. Chores was the only crammed part of the schedule; for all of the other things we had at least 15 minuets. On friday, we hung a sheet over the part of the new garage that is visible from the back yard. Then Dada moved the projector outside and we had outdoor movie night! We watched the movie Tangled. Tangled week was really fun!

A Berg Story by: Kivi

This is a made up story about Berg, my little brother. '' Once upon a time, Berg was taking a nap. Then, he needed a sip of water. Berg:'' I am going to go get a sip of water. La la la la la. Hey Mama? I need a sip of water.'' Mama: Sure but your water cup is in the car.'' '' Berg: Ok! I will be right back. Hmm. Oh, there is my water. Hey, I see the drivers seat! I am going to try it out. This is fun! Hey, what does this pedal do? Ahhhhhhh! I am driving! Wait a minute, this isn't our van. This is a pizza truck! Look, there is the pizza delivery guy! He is waving to me! Hi, can I borrow your pizza truck? To late! Now, how does this thing work? Oh, maybe this weight goes on the pedal. Wow, this goes fast. Now, pizza time.'' After eating 3 pizzas… '' Oh boy, I am stuffed. Hey there is the church! Eben is at Awana! I'll go ask him how to get home. Ok, so I turn in to the church parking lot, and then I park into that cement thing.

 

                                 To Be Continued...

LC3 Family Reunion

This year at family reunion, Mama and Dada were the people that dress up and act in front of the church. This was my second time going to camp. LC3 reunion was at black lake bible camp. Every one at church could come if they wanted to, and there were lots of places to stay. We stayed in the lake house. Because Mama and Dada were usually busy, we were allowed to wander around the camp during break time. There were 2 carpet ball places, and one none of the other kids knew about, and was right in front of our cabin. Camp was really fun. In the morning and at night all of the kids went to kids club, and the adults went to church. I went to kids club the first night, and for the rest of camp I helped in toddlers club. There was one baby at toddlers club, his name was Kaid. Me and Bethlehem took turns holding him. On the last day, there were skits. I got to be in one! It was the only one with all kids acting. It was called the ambulance scene. In it, Brendan came on stage and said ''I think I am going to die.'' and then he falls on the floor. Then, Bethlehem and I come out and say,'' I think he is dead.'' Then I call 911 on my fingers and Megan comes in, caring Tarah on her back going ''we or, we or, we or.'' Then Meagan rolls him over and says that he is dead. Then Olivia says ''cut, cut! I am trying to make a skit!'' and then we repeat it over and over. The next time we did it all laughing, and then really dramatic and then Olivia told us to combine them together. Finally, at the end, she yelled''I give up!'' and threw down her clipboard. Also on the last day, I got to go on the blob! The blob is a gigantic plastic pillow. You jump on it from about 20 feet, crawl to the end, and then have someone launch you into the air and land in the water. Oh yea, Mama and Dada also made up games for us to do in the field. There were also minuet to win it games. This years theme was the amazing race. I loved it!

Baby Bear

Baby Bear is not born yet. We do not know if it is a boy or a girl. Opal and Pella think it will be a girl. Eben, Jasper and Berg think it will be a boy. I am still debating. Baby bear is 5 and a half months old. I will call Baby bear a boy for this blog. We heard about him on mothers day, at Sea side Oregon.  Now we always kiss him goodnight, and are hugging him and kissing him though out the day. Baby Bear is going to be my 7th sibling! We have all been wanting a new sibling since Pella was declared a toddler. With Pella, me and Eben were both debating, and we wanted separate genders. Eben said that he was going to teach her all about being a boy. We all talked to Pella a lot when she was still in Mama's tummy. I talked to her the most, and now at night she cries "Kivi" when she needs something. I really want baby bear to be a girl, but that would ruin our pattern.

Camping at the dairy farm

Last weekend we went to the Vanderpol's uncle's farm. We went there because Mama wanted to see a calf be born. We camped out on their aunt's backyard, which was within walking distance to the cows and calves. The pregnant cows were within a 5 minute driving distance, so that it was quieter for them. We stayed for a day and a half. There were 5 calves born while we were there, but we only got to see 3. The first calf took about an hour, but was a girl and was healthy.

Two of the calves were bulls, and since it was a dairy farm, they had to go to a special pen where another calf already was so that they could be sold. The last two were twin girls, and were backwards. Mama got to pull the second one out! But, they were both dead. Only Mama, Mr. Vanderpol, Eben, Julia, Jasper, Simeon, Malachi, and I got to see the twins. While we were there, we also got to see them make cows pregnant, and we got to go in the pregnant cow pen, and the going-to-be-pregnant pen! We also got to bottle feed the calves.

 It was really fun (and sad)!

Christ Lutheran VBS

The week after our vbs, we went to a different one. They separated us by which grade we were going into, so I was in 4th grade. Eben was in 5th grade, so I didn't get to see him. There were a lot of volunteers! In each grade there were at least 4 helpers! On my team there were 2 people named Kevin. They were both helpers. I made a friend named Emma who had been ''going to that vbs for many years.'' We had a nice teacher that gave us candy if we said our verse. All of the verses except for the first one were from 1st Corinthians 13, so I knew them already. It was Island themed. They had a lot of decorations! On thursday night there was a performance. We did not go be cause Mama had not heard about it.

VBS

This year at vbs, our church did a theme on the Israelites going to the Promise Land. Mr. Logan was Moses. Mama was the dance leader again, and this year  Eben was one of her dance helpers. Mama had to talk him into it. I was on team Dan. Our cheer went like this: '' Dan, Dan, we are the clan. Our only weapon is a frying pan; we go to battle, we go to war. And everywhere we go we praise the Lord! On this land we trod, we will trust in God!  I was on Ms. Dolores's team. This year at the market place, there was butter. I tried to make it three times. The first 2 times I tried, I had glass containers and they both broke. The third time I tried I had a plastic container with no marble and it still broke. All you had to do to make it was shake it up and down! Also at the market there were animals. On thursday, it was our turn to bring our half-grown chicks. On the 1st day there was a pony and 3 goats. More people liked the chicks than the pony! I guess it was because you could only brush out the pony and goats, and could catch, pet, hold and feed the chicks. There was also a bakery which I went to 2 times. At Moses time, we went through the red sea, ate manna and quail, and heard Moses snore. It was really fun this year.