My Fashion

I have my own fashion.  I  like it, and wear it every day, unless I am wake boarding or skiing. In it I wear lots of skirts. My getting dressed goes something like this: Take off pjs. Put on a tank top.  Put on clean underwear. Put on pants and skirt # 1, the longest. Then skirt # 2, that only lets skirt #1 show an inch. Then skirt # 3, 4 and so on. My record of skirt wearing is 12 skirts at a time. Usually they go higher then my waist, but usually they only go up to my waist. I have 3 drawers over flowing with skirts. I can barely close them! One of my skirts, the longest and my favorite, is all brown and brushes the floor when I walk. When I wear my heelys with that skirt, you can't see my heelys so it looks like I'm a ghost hovering over the floor. Eben calls that my ghost costume.

Easter

Easter is always fun. Everyone hides Easter eggs full of candy for kids to find. Kids eat lots of candy, start feeling sick, but keep eating more candy.

Easter got her name from a roman goddess, named Eostre.You pronounce that Estie. She was said to send bunnies to deliver eggs to the people. That is how the easter bunny got started. We have changed Eostre's name to Easter.

 If you are a Christian call Easter Resurrection Sunday! Not Easter!

 Because of this myth parents go out and hide eggs for their kids to find. Then the kids find them, and eat the tasty treats inside them. On Resurrection Sunday, my siblings and I take turns hiding plastic candy filled eggs around the yard, after we have found the ones Mama hides for us to find. We also find the big Resurrection basket, and eat the goodies in there, too. Grandma and Grandpa also come over, and last year Grandpa hid eggs filled with pennies. Pella found most of them. Resurrection Sunday is almost here, so get ready!

Opal's flower fiesta

This year for Opal's birthday party she decided to have a flower fiesta. Mama bought her a big beautiful dress, but it was too big so Opal said I could wear it for a Mexican dance Eben and I did. For her party, Opal didn't want a cake, but cookies. She wanted gigantic cookies all stacked on top of one another. The flavors from bottom to top were Strawberry lemonade, a giant snicker doodle, then a oatmeal cookie on top with the Mexican flag and on top of that was a pink flower and the words,' Happy Birthday Opal !' In purple frosting.  She also had a piñata, shaped like a flower, and it was the same rules as always, youngest first. I didn't break it open, but instead hit my pelvis. It hurt. I can still feel it, and that was1 and a half weeks ago. It took about 3 rounds of hitting the piñata  before it finally broke open. It was filled with tootsie rolls and 2 tootsie pops.  Then she opened presents. Opal had lots of presents. Here are some things she got, to name a few: a balloon, some linking jewelry, 3 bags of bubble gum, clothes and markers. We had fun and Opal loved it. For food we had enchiladas,  quesadillas and refried beans. For drinks we had horchata and lots of other Mexican drinks. We also had water. Opal invited just the right amount of people, which we thought was too less. She made up a very fun party and helped with the clean up.

Rosie, Rosie, Rosie. Always frolicking in the posies. I say no, she says yes. Sometimes she does the dishes, and she does her best. I try to be friends with her but she refuses. She says she has... to many bruises. I say no, She says yes. Sometimes she does the laundry, she does her best. I try to be friends,  but she says no. She says she looks like the panda bear Po.

        WARNING: This poem is not about me. I just made it up while I was thinking of what to write my real poem on. 

Skiing

I love to ski. Just last weekend we went to Snoqualmie to ski and have dinner and learn how to snowboard.  The Schocks came with us. They had to learn how to ski too, so Eben and I didn't go on the big ski lift that much. Instead, we stayed at the magic carpet to help Grace and Nathaniel learn. We had brought two little learning snowboards, and Nathaniel and Grace used them. Eben and I took turns letting Grace wear our ski boots and skis so that we could learn how to snowboard. We soon figured out that snowboarding was way harder on your own than when we were three and had a rope attached to both ends of the snowboard with Dada pulling us making sure we don't fall. The first time I tried to snowboard, I fell off. Then, I just hopped on my stomach on my snowboard and raced after Grace. I did the same thing the second try. Then, on my third try, I tried to do it standing up. I failed. Then I put my straps back on with help from Grace, who had accidentally fallen in the same spot. I tried it again and made it to the bottom, then clasped. I did it again then switched boots with Grace again. This went on for a really long amount of time, possibly a couple hours. Then Eben and I went on the big lift. Then again three more times. We went back to the magic carpet after that to where Grace was about to board the magic carpet with Opal and Jasper and Nathaniel. We kept going, switching and going, until Mama suggested she, Eben, me, Jasper, and Nathaniel all go up on the big lift. We agreed for Eben and I to go on one lift first, and Mama, Jasper, and Nathaniel go next on another lift after us. We did that until the lift closed, which was about midnight. We walked  to a little Mexican restaurant, who's doors were always unlocked for skiers, like us, to keep our stuff in and to come in out of the cold for refreshing and going to the bathroom, and other things.  We called it the lodge. The adults took turns taking care of Pella and Berg. We made trips to the lodge regularly through out the trip. It was a lot of fun! I hope we get to go again next time!

Christmas 2014

Every year, on Christmas Eve, we open up the white presents under the tree. They are always P Js. This year Opal and I asked for Christmas nightgowns. On Christmas Eve, we got our wish! Opal, Pella and I got dresses. Mama, the boys and Dada got pants.

That night, we all had a sleep over in the boy's room. I made our beds. In the morning, Grandma and Grandpa were not there yet, so we had to start without them. The Christmas morning schedule then began. First, we all went upstairs with Mama. We meet Dada at the top of the stairs where Dada lights the candles on the cinnamon rolls or cake, and we sing happy birthday to Jesus. Then we all blow out one candle each.

We then all sit on the couch and we take turns reading Luke 2.

 Then we eat the breakfast desert and go over to the stockings. We all open stockings and give Dada hugs and say thank you. Then Grandma and Grandpa open their stockings and so do Mama and Dada. Before we wake up, Dada always puts Nonnie and Poppie on ichat. Then we open presents from under the tree. Eben and Me get one present under the tree for every one. We open the presents one by one. Age order. Then Dodie and Mr. Steave come. And so does cousins. Then we play with our toys and show them to Nonnie and Poppie. (We are eating snacks through the whole day.) That is mainly all of Christmas. Wait! I forgot something. Dada always sets up a scavenger hunt all around the house. This year, we found a Wii and new dishes at the end of the scavenger hunt in the car! Then me and Eben and Jasper played Wii until dinner. Ok, now I am done!

Madagascar

For the past couple weeks in our school, we have been in Madagascar. We have been reading books, watching movies, writing reports, and making timelines. We also had to learn about an animal from Madagascar. Since there are so many animals, that wasn't hard! I chose the tomato frog. When it is scared, it puffs up like a balloon. Here is a poem I made up about Madagascar: In Madagascar they make lots of baskets baskets, baskets made out of straw. In Madagascar they have a big market big market, huge market, totally outside. In Madagascar they sit on woven mats, woven mats to eat their food. Their favorite holiday is the new year season, new year season, the new year season, in Madagascar they like the new year season, that is their favorite holiday. It took me a few days to figure out what to write (it was due on friday), because all the good poems had been taken already. But I persevered. Madagascar isn't as interesting as some of the other countries that we have been to, but it still has some interesting things. Like one of Their holidays, they take their ancestors out of the tombs and then throw them a party! They invite everyone in the neighbor hood over and people talk to the ancestors, they dance with the ancestors, and when they are done, they wrap the ancestor in new white silk. ( This Party only happens when ever a family can  afford it, which they try to do every year,  but it usually ends up being every seven years, because 95% of Madagascar is poor.