School

Some times I love school, but sometimes I don't. I like school sometimes because it just, well, feels good to get it done and I look forward to it. I don't like it because sometimes it just feels like a big burden that I always have on my mind. A little voice inside me is always telling me: You have to do your school. Except I always have to do other things on my schedule. Then, when it is time to do math,  it takes me forever to do my math, and I never have time to do the other things on my list, so sometimes if I want to get all the things on my list done before Friday, I have to use up my free time doing school. I am using up my free time right now to do my blog. Some times my school list looks long, but its actually small. Sometimes my school list looks short, but the things in it are really long. I usally worry if there is a report on my school list. My free time is almost over, so, I am going outside. Bye!

Great Wolf Lodge!…Again!

I like Great Wolf Lodge. This is Jasper and Opal on a jet ski. 

There is a big bucket that pours 1,000 gallons of water! I stood under it with Dada and Jasper. 

There  is also an umbrella. This is me being soaked by the sides of the umbrella by the wave pool.

This is our family at the water park.

We got the wolf den! We had to share bunks because there was only one bunk bed. 

This time at Great Wolf Lodge I was able to go on the Tornado! Eben and Dada always get off  the tube before me. We went for our Christmas present. 

India

India is very interesting. I like it a lot. At first I didn't like it, but now I do. I didn't like it before because I had to write a lot of reports, like my one on Mother Teresa. I also didn't like it because of all the books I had to read. One thing I like about it is the food. I liked the naan and how we had to eat with our hands. Every meal had naan. Except I don't know how the kids can stay awake as long as they do! And  why are the boys more important than the girls! OK, I know why. The boys take care of the parents when they get old. I am going to end my blog now, so, good bye!

What we have learned in India so far

While we were in India, ( we are still in India) we did a lot of things.

First, we dressed up the boys. We dressed them up because in some parts of India they do in to scare away the evil spirits.  Eben and Jasper were matching, but we did not have a third matching dress for Berg.

The food was also pretty interesting. We had to eat it with our fingers because there are no forks in India. 

We also made naan. Eben preferred the un messy things, that left me with the messy things, like mixing the dough with my hands. 

At job time, opal was the laundry girl. She'd do the laundry normally, than when she took them out of the dryer, she'd hang them up to dry again. ( The laundry was still a little wet.)

 We also did henna, on our hands and feet. Okay, maybe only I got it on the feet, but… you got the point. This is Eben's hand. 

These are my henna feet. 

  

This is Jasper's lightning henna hand.

This is Mama doing Opal's hand.

Nonnie taut us chess. There was also a little dutch boy named Jasper that learned with us. 

 We had tea time too. I liked it a lot. 

In India, kids have dinner at 8 or 11 a clock! Me and Eben did that. We slept in the next morning. I almost fell a sleep. Mama almost did to. 

January

January is really fun. I keep thinking it is spring, but it is actually still winter. It never snows in December, but it always snows in January. I don't think it is going to snow. It snowed a little bit this year, but not  enough to go sledding. The Shocks took us sledding on Mount Rainier. I wish that our lake could freeze. I like winter, but I also like summer. Fall and Spring are nice, but its not really hot or really cold.  If it does snow I want to build another igloo. At Leavenworth we built a snow man. It was mini, about the size of Berg. I'm going to end my blog now, so good bye!

Snow

I like snow a lot. It is fun to play in. Last year we built an igloo. I want to make another one this year. Today we had the first snow! (It is Monday, December 17, 2012.) I like to go sledding down our driveway. I also want to build a snowman this year. I can't wait for Christmas! Except that I can. I think snow represents Christmas. It always comes at Christmas time!

Winter Advents

I love winter. It is the time of Christ's birth. It is my favorite time of year. I like decorating the tree together and going Christmas shopping and picking out things that we think our siblings would like. Opal got to put the star on the tree this year. We have a thousand advents. First, the chocolate calendars. Then we have the socks. When its our turn we pick a sock and open it. There is always a candy inside. Sometimes it is two. Then we have the tree. When it is our turn, each morning we light the tree. And we have the calendar. A long time ago, Mama made a cloth calendar. In the first pocket, there is always the star of Bethlehem. The last one is Baby Jesus. And last we have advent. Each morning at devotions, if its our turn we light a candle. We let it burn for the rest of devotions until it is prayer time, then the person who lit it, will blow it out.