Christmas Weekend

On the weekend my family went to Delaware for a trip. A trip is when you don’t stay in your house for one or more days. Sometimes you can go to another part of the world! And you also need to pack up your clothes, toothbrush, toothpaste, shoes and your other daily stuffs. You put your stuffs in your suitcases. Sometimes you take the airplane. You have to take airplane because where you’re going to might be far away. I’ve been on an airplane to Florida before.

From our house to Delaware, it took one whole morning. We left on Saturday morning. On Saturday afternoon we finally got to Delaware. Delaware is called the first state. William Penn found Delaware. Delaware was found because William Penn needed more ocean ports. Delaware is a small state. I was born in Delaware. We used to live in Delaware. On the weekend we went to Delaware to celebrate early Christmas.

Christmas is a holiday that most people celebrate in Lord of Jesus Christ. We get presents on Christmas Day. Santa gives us the presents. But the truth is our parents give us the presents. I used to believe in Santa. But when I left cookies and milk on the table, Dad always ear them. So I never leave cookies for Dad again! I didn’t leave cookies on Christmas Eve this year either.

Over the weekend we stayed in my Aunt’s house. She has two children. Ariana is seven years old. She goes to first grade. Ariana is the same height as me. Alex is five. He’s Ariana’s brother. Alex goes to the Kindergarten. I played with then a lot. We played Sorry game. I won three times. We also played Frisbee and football upstairs. We invited Ariana and Alex to visit our house before we left. It was rainy when we came back home.

Porgy is my Aunt, Uncle and Uncle Anthony’s pet dog. Uncle Anthony’s wife, who is Ariana and Alex’s aunt, said she’ll take Porgy on Christmas Eve because Porgy is her dog. Porgy is not allowed to climb up or down the stairs. Porgy is soft and brown. When Porgy gets damps, he is smelly. Porgy is seven years old.

Yesterday we had a party again. Ethan and his parents came. Aunt gave Kathy and me presents. … Well, that Aunt is my Mom’s long time friend. Mom, Dad and the other parents made dumplings. I made 2 weird dumplings. Mom said that I have to eat my dumplings that I made. I didn’t know who ate the dumpling at the end. After dinner, we played with the WII. I played bowling against Mom. I won! I got three strikes and I don’t know how many spares. After playing, Ethan had to go home. Ethan gave everyone a hug. Then we said “Good-bye”. After they left, I wanted to open my presents. But Mom said, “No! Only on Christmas!”

12/16/07 My Weekend

Yesterday my family went to Target. Target is a place where you can buy things. There are toys, books, T.V.s, and other things like clothes. Target also sell gift cards. Once Mom told me to push in the big balls outside. I could not because they were rock.

Dad found there were little white things in my hair. Mom said they were from my clothes. But they were really head lice. Mom said that she would wash my hair at home. And she was going to give me treatment. She said after the treatment I can't wash my hair for one night. Also Mom was being mad in the car for the whole ride home because Mom thought I was dirty.

Head lice is little bugs that go in your hair. I found that out on the web site. I saw pictures of head lice. They even had big pictures of head lice. When Mom asked me do I want to look at it, I said no. I already had enough of it. Also Mom put treatment in my hair and washed my hair.

I wish I never had head lice again! ‘Cause head lice is itchy, the web site said that. But I wasn't itchy at all. And I have something Mom said here, Don't touch anyone's hair. Especially Tierra's and stay further from Tierra. If I touch Tierra's hair again, I'll get head lice, and I'll have to find another place to live. Also head lice is black but the ones on my hair were white because they were eggs.



Today Mom and Dad bought a Wii. A Wii is a game. They got it from Target. Wii is like Nintendo game. It took Dad about 1 hour to set it up! The Wii is white. You can put lots of games in it. As long as it says Wii on the box!

It took a long time to set up. I played while Dad set it up. I helped Dad a little. Then Dad asked what was my favorite number. I said 9687. Then I made a person. I choose a girl. Then we finally got to play.

My favorite game is Bowling. All you do id swing the remote control. At the second time I got three strikes and six spares. The first time I got 108. The second time I got 168. I am good at bowling.

I love the Wii. I want to play it all day. But Dad said no. I'll remember my number. My nick name was Sara. I made that up. Dad's going to set up for two players! I am going to play with Mom and Dad. And I'm going to watch Mom and Dad play with each other!

Today we went to the computer lab. The computer lab is where you can do anything you want on the computer. Guess what I like to do on the computer? I like to play games. That's what I like! There are so many different kinds of games. My favorite is Barbie and Bratz.

At the computer lab today, I had to finish doing my kids parathion. Yeikela and David finished theirs first. I only had a little bit to do. All I had to do is to put in some pictures. Then I am done. I have to do .... Me, School, things I like, house, things I am good at, and things I don't like. So far I finished Me, School and things I don't like.

I have to type, too. I already typed all of it. But I have to type more. Every picture I put in goes into the writing center. I don't have to type about the picture, but I want to. It takes long for me to type, but at least I'm practicing.

I wish I could play on the computer everyday. That way I can finish kids parathion and play. Maybe someday I will have a computer of my own. I like laptop better than desk top. Laptop you can sit on the bed and play. Desk top ones you can only do on the desk. I like the computer lab.

Sunday 12/8/07

Today my family went to the aquarium. An aquarium is where fish and other animals in the ocean are. The aquarium has all the animals in big glass tanks or in big pools. Usually aquarium are dim. The only have lights in the tanks. The aquarium that we went to was in Baltimore.

There were a lot of fish. Kathy said she saw Nemo. Mom saw Dory. There were little fish and big fish. I saw a giant puffer fish and two little puffer fish. I tried to make the giant puffer fish blow up by scaring it. But it would not blow up. There were yellow fish, blue, brown, polka dotted, black, red, green and other colors like purple fish.

There was a big pool of stingrays, too. There were big rays. There were little rays. All the rays were brown. The rays look like kites in the water. Not I know why people call them wings in the water because...... rays look like they have wings.

We also went to a 4D movie. We watched The Polar Express. I think it was a 3 D. We watched the movie with special glasses. I was scared because the glasses we got made the pictures on the screen look real. The movie wasn't so long that's for sure. At the end of the movie, we dropped our glasses in a bin.

We also saw sharks. There were different kinds of sharks like the Mako shark, the goblin sharks and the great white. But they cannot fit the great white in there because the great white is too big. And I said the whale shard can't fit because I heard the whale shark is about 50 feet long. Also some of the little sharks were with the stingrays because there were no more space for those sharks.

I wish to go to the aquarium again. Dad said I should have one dollar. I showed him one dollar. Dad said I should get permission to go there first. If we went to the aquarium, I would visit all the animals I didn't visited this time. Oh, one more thing about the animal I saw. Then I'll finish. Mom said there was an Octopus next to the starfish on the window. I didn't see it because I thought it was a cleary cleary. O.K. now I'll finish. Mom said she'll show me the octopus on the picture she took of. Next time if we go to the aquarium again, I hope the dolphin show is open 'cause I want to see the dolphin show. We had a good time. Kathy didn't take a nap. She was so busy running up and down the stairs.

What I Could Do If I get a Computer

A computer is something you type anything you want to say in there. Only that's not the only thing you can do. 'Cause you can search on the websites too. And guess what? The funnest thing on the computer is to play games! And games are favorite thing in the whole wide world.

What I am going to do if mom got me a computer is to yell. I'm going to say, "YAY! YAY FOR A COMPUTER!" Only then mom might put in time out 'cause I'm yelling. And Dad said no yelling inside the house. I think maybe I'll do it outside.....or when Mom and Dad are in the basement. Probably, I'll jump on the bed.

The other thing I'm going to do is run. I'm going to run inside the house! 'Cause I 'm allowed to do that! Maybe I will zoom so fast that I'm just a blur. But then I will knock things down. So I'd better not do that.

When I get a computer, I will play games. I wish I could yell in the house. If I get a computer, I would put in a DVD and watch a movie. I will share my computer with Kathy. I want a Laptop and a Desktop. I will get my own key board!

12/2/07

Yesterday Kathy had a birthday party. A party is when you invite people to your house or the place where you are having the party. Then you eat cake. After that you get to play a lot. If you are the host, you have to gave goodies bags at a party. At the end of the party, you give them out.

Alex and I played in my room. We made books about Kathy. I made a mail box to put all the things we made in to. I made a poster that says "Kathy is only two! We need two candles on the cake." Alex came up with a club named "The Kathy Club". We wrote answers to the questions we made.

Alex Dad called three times and we still tried to sneak back upstairs. Then we went to the basement to eat. I ate meat and rice and dumplings. We had to watch a Dora show. By saying “had to" I mean it is Kathy's favorite and Kathy has the birthday and the other kids like the show too. I finished my meat. But I didn't finish my rice. I drank milk in a princess cup. I ate with a fork. I finished my dumplings too. Then I went to play. I saw some kids ate well. Some kids ate a little bit.

It was a long party. After we ate, we did crafts, put some pictures in frames, ate cookies and then we ate the cake. Except I didn't care for the cake so I didn't get any. All the people got goodies bags. I had a new leaping trick. I tried a lot of times on that trick. I want a party just like this. But I will invite my school friends next time when I have my party.

I like reading because it is fun. Now I read chapter books. I love Junie B. Jones books. Before Kindergarten I couldn't read. So mom, dad, grandma and grandpa read to me. When grandma and grandpa read to me, they read Chinese books. I started with picture books in kindergarten. I started chapter books in first grade. My class in first grade only have one chapter book. In pictures books I read about geckos, learning, princess, the seasons, and all kinds of things like eels and fish. In chapter books I read Junie B. Jones, Cam Jansen, The secret of droon, Magic Tree house, Magic School Bus and Ramona. My favorite is Junie B. Jones because Junie B. is very funny.

There are a lot of Junie B. Jones books, like Junie B. Jones of ouch, dumb bunny, is not a crook, is almost a flower girl, one man band, cheater pants, boo ....... and I mean it!, meanie Jim's Birthday, stupid smelly bus and other books. What I like about Junie B. is that she is funny. The author's name is Barbara Park. I like Barbara because her books are funny. I love Barbara's Junie B. Jones books. She is one of the funniest authors ever. Barbara lives in Arizona. The books are all about Junie B.'s time in school, parties and other places like the neighborhood.

So far I have read was Junie B., Magic Tree House, Magic School Bus， The Secrete of Droon, Can Janson and Ramona. I plan to read Harry Potty next. I actually finished the first Harry Potty book. My parents expect me to reach the fourth grade reading level. My teacher wants me to reach a higher reading level even I am only in the second grade. I think I can do that.

Light Festival

11/24/07

Yesterday we went to the light festival. The light festival was comes every year. There are tunnels of lights. When you get in, you have to pay. The park charged us 12 dollars. We go little cards with bells on them too. You can take the bell off by ripping the bell out. I didn't remember what was on the card.

There were lots of Christmas trees there. There are little trees. There are big trees. They are all made of lights. We saw trees of lights when we just got in the park. All the trees have green leaves made of lights. I saw three trees together too.

There are a lot of tunnels of lights. There are different colors of tunnels. There are blue tunnels. There are white, red, and white and blue close up tunnels. All cars drive through the tunnel very slowly because if the cars drive too fast, the people in the car won't get a good look at the lights. One tunnel has a nest on top of it.

We also saw soldiers, deer, a peacock, ducks in the waters, a dragon, a man in a boat in the water, an eagle, a snowman, candies, light bulbs, a owl, penguins, an igloo, Santa Clause, an elephant with presents, a jack jumping out of box, and some reindeer. All of them were made of lights. Kathy cried out whatever she saw out of her window. Everyone of us was happy. Kathy didn't remember the lights from last year because she was little then. In the candy land, the gingerbread man was there. There were candy canes, lolly pops candy wrapped up the little circle of pepper mint. Also a candy house and a gingerbread house. In the teddy bear land, we saw lots of teddy bears made of light. All the teddy bears were playing. There was a hug sign at the entrance of the Teddy Bear Land that said "Teddy Bear Land". There was a teddy mommy and a teddy daddy made of lights too. All the teddy bears were made out of brown lights.

I wish we could go there again for a longer time. I made of necklace out of the bell. I fell asleep in the car on the way back home. I made a necklace for Kathy too. I asked Kathy one thing we saw at the festival. Kathy said a snowman. Today Kathy can not find her necklace. Kathy's necklace has a silver bell, and mine has a red bell. Kathy and I put our bells in the bath tub last night to play.

My Weekend

Today I went to the piano practice. Piano practice is when you practice your piano songs. A piano is an instrument that you sit down and play in front of it. A piano is played with your fingers. It has white keys and black keys. You plan the keys with your fingers. The white keys are called natural keys. They are the bottom lines. The black keys are called sharps and flats. The sharps are on the right of the bottom keys, and the flats are on the left. The black key are on the first line.

I played with Alex until piano time. Alex tried to play Jingle Bells. I said that does not sound like the Jingle Bells. Alex made up a new game. It is called "Sawed the Trees". Then he tried to saw me with his arms. I did too. We both got on the base. Base is the railing of the stairs that lead to upstairs. I sawed the parents with my arms. Alex made up another game called Smash. We pretended to smash things.

Then we had to play the songs. We played "Ode of Joy". Then we played the scales. We played the C manger scale and the D manger scale. We learned how to play the first part of Jingle Bells. I played the first part of the Jingle Bells. After that we played UNO.

At the UNO game, I was in second place a lot of times. When you get one card left, you say UNO. There are different cards. There are skip cards. There are draw two cards. There are change the cold cards. There are a lot of number cards. I play UNO a lot of times.

When my mom came back, Alex's dad told mom that I didn't play well. I think Alex played better than me. I wanted to play like Alex. Mom talked to me in the car. She said that I should practice "Ode of Joy". Then she said to write in my journal about anything I want.

My Birthday Party

Problem solution way to read a journal.

Characters;
The characters are Kathy, Mom, Dad and me. Kathy is my little sister. Mom is named Sherry. Dad is named Steve. Kathy is 2 years old. Mom is XX years old. Dad is XX years old. I am 7 years old. My name is Sarah.

Setting;
The setting is at the AMF Bowling ally. It is day time. It was cold outside. The clouds were in the sky. It was a little dark outside. The sky was gray.

Problem;
There were no goodies bags. My Dad thought that AMF already had goodies bags. AMF said that they only give bags for the goodies. I had to wait so long for 11:00 to come. I was bored. While I waiting, I bowled by myself.

Solution;
Mom went out to buy goodies to fit the goodies bags. She bought Hello Kitty bags. Everybody got the same thing. After Yeikela arrived at my party, other people came. Deigo, Kathrine, and Alex all came. While we were bowling, mom and her friends packed the goodies bags.

My Birthday

Yesterday was my seventh birthday. On your birthday you have a party. You also get presents. I like the presents. On your party you get to invite anyone you like. You also get to eat cake. Other people sing happy birthday and you get to blow out the candles. I am seven now.

Last night we had a small party at home. My mom brought a fruit cake. A fruit cake is a cake with fruit on the cake and inside the cake. I love the strawberries the most. Kathy ate a grape and spitted it out because it was sour. We still have some more cake saved. I only got a little piece of the cake.

I got to put on the candles. There were only five in on bag. So I got two more candles from the other bag. Then we waited for mom to come downstairs. After that, mom, dad and Kathy sang happy birthday to me. When they finished, Kathy almost blew out the candles. I stopped her. I blew out the candles. The candles were colorful. I licked two of them on the bottoms.

The party was fun. But I didn't get any presents. I really want ear rings. I'm going to have another big party at AMF Bowling Ally this Saturday. I'm going to have a bigger cake. Daddy said that I can wear ear rings when I'm eight.

Pajama Party

Yesterday my class has a pajama party. Most of the class already had parties. A pajama party is when you bring pajamas to school, at noon you dress into it and do something else. Sometime you eat, and sometimes you watch a movie.

At school my class changed into our pajamas before lunch. Almost everybody brought their pajamas. Some didn't bring pajamas because they didn't have any. My pajamas matches. My top had flowers on the sleeves and princesses on the front. My pants has flowers on it.

The choices for pizza were pepperoni or cheese. I got pepperoni. At table three, Jeremy said pepperoni was better. Kesean said cheese was better and he got cheese.

My class watched Lady and The Tramp. Lady and Tramp were both characters in a cartoon. The movie was so long that we could not finish it. We watched the movie while we ate pizza. We watched it when we packed up. But we were too loud so Ms. Roshan turned the movie off.

Halloween

Yesterday was Halloween. At my school we had Halloween party. All of us brought out costumes to school. At Halloween nights, we go trick or treating. When you trick or treat, you say "trick or treat" to get candies. Some people trick or treat at houses, and some people trick or treat in the malls.

When we had a party at school, we had a parade in our customs on the playground. I was the little mermaid Ariel. When we got back, we ate cupcakes and juice. When we packed up, we got goodies bags with candies inside from our teacher. At Bar-T, we had a party too. We played musical chairs. I ate candies. We did all of that in our customs.

At home, Kathy changed into her costume so we could go trick or treat. We went to the mall. But Mom wanted to eat first. So we ate at Panda Express. After we ate, we went trick or treating. I only got five or six candies. Kathy got twenty or twenty-two candies. I tried to steal some candies from Kathy. But Kathy started crying. When I let go, she stopped.

Halloween was fun. I wish that everyday was Halloween. Next Halloween I will be a Barbie. My Barbie costume comes with a jacket. I will bring ballet shoes if I can find the other shoe. Now I only have one shoe in the closet. My dress is so long. When I walk up the stairs, I sometimes trap myself. I love Halloween.

My sister Kathy

Kathy was born in the Washington Hospital Center on December 6, 2004, when I was 4 years old. The first time I saw Kathy was when she was 2 days old. Mom had to stay at the hospital for one more day because the doctor wanted to make sure the mother and the baby were fine before they could go home. We decided the baby's name should be Kathy. Mom and Kathy were home in the morning the next day. When I went into the room, mom and Kathy were there. Kathy was drinking milk from mom.

At night month old, Kathy started crawling. I put a cloth in front of her face. Kathy just looked at it and crawled away into the kitchen. Grandpa taped that on his video camera. I felt happy because Kathy could finally play with me. She was trying very hard to climb up the stairs and she did it. But she was still trying to get down the stair. Kathy did not make it downstairs. But she could slide down on her tummy. At that time I played with Kathy after school everyday.

When Kathy first walked, Grandpa drew a picture of Kathy standing there on the calendar. The month was in January. I forgot what day it was. But Kathy still could not walk up the stairs. I felt happy because Kathy could walk. She sometimes played with me. Kathy always went on my bed to play. Soon she could walk down the stairs then. Now sometimes she slides down. I am happy that Kathy can walk down the stairs. Sometimes she pretends the stairs a slide and sits down and slides down.

I feel so happy about Kathy because when I didn't have a sister, I was bored. I didn't have anyone at my age to play with. When Kathy was a little bit older, she was so cute. Now Kathy talks just like me. But when she try to say "to do something", she says " I want need to do it". I love her so much. She is fun to play with and she shares her toys. Sometimes she doesn't share so I grab her things and she cries, because she likes it a lot. When mom tells her to write a 2, she always scribble scramble on the paper.

Today in the morning was cold. Dad woke me up. Today was school picture day. I wore red top. Dad took me to downstairs. I ate a peanut butter jelly sandwich for breakfast. Then Dad sent me to school. I read a book at the morning line. After the second ring of the bell, we went to class. I unpacked my backpack. I accidentally took my journal home. I read a book for morning work. Then someone picked us up for pictures. I got my background gray. Then we went back to class. Just when we went back, I received my book that I bought from the book fair. The book is call "What's Up?". It is a kind of diary. When we got back, we went to lunch. I ate a cheese sandwich. The sandwich had too much cheese so I didn't finish. The teachers called the quietest tables to get to recess.

Today we has indoor recess because it was raining outside. Mrs. Done's class came in with Ms. Roshan's class. I made a rain bow paper in the room with markers. After recess I went to math. At Mrs. Duvall's room, we did some measuring with paper clips. Mrs. Duvall gave us two papers for homework. Then at class, we packed up our backpacks. Then I went to Bar-T.

At Bat-T, I wrote in my "What's Up" book. By the time my mom picked me up, it was still raining and cloudy.

Pumpkins Patch - October 18

Butler's Orchard is 15 minutes away from my school. People come to pick strawberries, pumpkins and blueberries along the year. The park has a hayride through a small forest. The forest is now decorated with wooden ghosts, a board with eyes on it and scare crews for Halloween Season. Butler's Orchard also has slides, a tractor and a petting zoo. In the petting zoo there are pigs and chickens.

The hayride has a wagon full of hay and it has a little car in the front. The hayride goes through the small forest. I saw two ghosts. The hayride waiting line was long because there were a lot of people came to have field trips from different schools. The hayride was a long ride. In the forest the ghosts looked like they were floating because the strings to hang them were clear. At the end of the forest, we saw eyes on a black card board. There were so many eyes on the board. The hayride led to the pumpkins on the field.

When the wagon stopped, everyone stood up. The driver opened up the ladder to get us down. When it was my turn, I was scared to go. But I went down with help. At the bottom of the ladder, I jumped off. The blue team started picking pumpkins first. I was in the blue team. I got a heavy pumpkin. The teachers got a little wagon for our pumpkins because we all picked up the big pumpkins and they were so heavy. Then we had lunch. Everyone brought brown bag lunch from home because Butler's Orchard doesn't sell lunch.

After lunch the blue team played on the big slides. I went on the tunnel slide. I went on it a few times because I really like the ride. Then I petted a pig at the petting zoo. I saw a big green tractor, so I went in the tractor to play. The tractor had a slide inside. I went in the front seat. Then everyone got free apples. Those apples were small but red.

I wish I could go there again someday. If I do, I will player longer and Kathy will come too. I will get another pumpkin to bring home. I will ride the hayride and go through the maze again.

Yesterday

Today I woke up late in the morning. Kathy woke me up by yelling. I got dressed. Then I went downstairs to eat breakfast. I ate cereal for breakfast. Then I put on my sneakers. Dad dropped me off at school. I went to the media center to line-up. I returned my books. I got The Butterfly Alphabet book and Cam Janson and the Pizza Shop Mystery. When the bell rang, I went to class. In class I unpacked my backpack. Then I colored my data notebook with markers. Then I read a book. I finished The Butterfly Alphabet book before my teacher called us to come to the red rug. My teacher said it was time for reading and writing. We have groups of kids. I was in the strawberry group. First, the strawberry group did spelling. The spelling words were too easy for me. I finished faster than anyone. When it was time to switch, I went to Ms. Roshan. We read a book called "The Busy Beavers". Then we answered some questions about the problems. When we were done, we went to lunch. I bought my lunch. I also got water with my lunch. After we all ate, we went to recess.

At recess I played bats with my friends, Tierra and Sylvia. I was a bat. When the bell rang, we lined up on the black top. Our class argued about where our line was. When Ms. Roshan came, we went to class. I went to Mrs. Duvall for math. Today we worked in the packages. The package was easy and it was adding, subtracting and graphing. I was done the second. Then Mrs. Duvall gave us homeworks. Our homework today is regrouping. I went back to my class. Then we packed up. I got my mail box things. My mail box is where my papers are. I got my backpack. Then I went to the hall where the walker line was. When the bell rang, I went to Bar-T. At Bar-T I played Lava and Water game. By the time my mom picked me up, it was sunny outside. Kathy also picked me up when I was doing homework.

Shenandoah Park

Shenandoah Park is located in Virginia. The park is like an hour and a half away from where we live. People come to camp and see the Autumn leaves change from green to red and yellow. On the mountain people take pictures of the view under the mountains. The park is famous because its tree mostly have red an yellow leaves in fall. My parents want to go there because I can have a sense of fall. The park has a lot of things such as a water fall, a store, a restaurant, a hiking trail, mountains and a little forest. We also see birds, flowers, deer, bears and plants, When we are on the mountain, I see cities and grasses. When we were hiking, I see a little forest.

Shenandoah Park has the longest skyline in this area. The skyline has lots of outlooks. People stop by to take their time to enjoy the mountain view. People drive slowly so they can have a closer look. When we drove, we saw deer. We saw black baby bears crossing the skyline too. We also saw the forest. The forest is full of trees. There also is a little mountain where we stopped at and you can climb on it. When we saw the picture, mom looked like she was scared. I saw Kathy went pee-pee in the grass. We also took pictures of the mountains. I took a picture of mom and day. Dad took a picture of me and my foot.

The big meadow is an open are. It has a teeny woods. We went there after lunch. I ordered tadpole fish and French fries. Then I wanted macaroni and cheese. So I switched food with Kathy. In the teeny woods, I found a long hiking stick and a little stick for Kathy. We played in the teeny woods and ran in the tall grasses. On the way back, I was the leader. I kept stopping to talk. Dad and Kathy were slow pokes. When we got to the end, I dropped my hiking stick. There were tall grasses in the meadow all over the place. On the way back, we saw people lay on towels. When we come back we will bring two towels to take a nap on.

Later we walked to the waterfall on the forest trail. The path to the waterfall is long. We hiked to the waterfall. When we got to the waterfall, mom was disappointed and dad was too. I was happy. Dad and mom were a little upset because the waterfall was too small. I don't know why I was happy, but I like to see the waterfall. At the waterfall, we took pictures. I took a picture of mom. On the way back, mom found two hiking sticks for Kathy and me. Walking back was not as easy as going down. I was so tired that I could not walk up the stairs. When we got back, we went hiking to the little forest. I got another hiking stick. Then we hiked back. I was the leader. When we got to the edge, I dropped my stick. We crossed the road to go to our car. On the way home, I fell asleep. I woke up at night when we arrived at home.

The family trip was fun. I wish we could go there again. When we go there again, I am going to bring my own money and I am going to buy a little toy bird. The little bird makes a sound when you push it on the sticker on it.

Today in the morning it was very cold. It's much colder than yesterday. I think that fall is really here. Kathy woke me up. I was early to school. I went to the media center to line up. I returned my media books and I got new books. I got Cam Jamson and George and Martha. When I just check out the books the bell rang. My class went to our classroom. I unpacked my backpack. Then read a book. Ms. Roshan called us to to line up for computer lab. I went on the www.onemorestory.com. I read a book online. The book's title is "My Little Sister Ate One Hare". The book was about a girl ate one hare by throwing it in her mouth. It is a counting book for babies. I like the story. I will write a story about Kathy later. Then Ms. Roshan told my class to go back to classroom. I was the line leader. When we got back to class, we read some more. Then we sat on the red carpet. Ms. Roshan read us the book "Grandpa's Face". We did papers about the story. The paper asked us what the problem was. I forgot what time we went to lunch. But after lunch, we has recess. I played basketball with the girls. Some of the boys were on the girl's team because they thought the girls would lose. When the bell rang, my class lined up on the black top. Ms. Rosahn picked us up. Then we got back, I went to Mrs. Duvall for math. In math today, I did the work in my red folder. The work was adding, subtraction and graphing. I finished all the work so Mrs. Duvall gave me more work. When it was time to go, I got my work and I went to my class. Then we has a class meeting. We talked about what we were happy about. I said that I was happy about my teacher. Then we packed up . I went to Bar-T. In Bar-T I went to the computer lab again. By the time my mom picked me up, it was cloudy and cold. Mom gave me her coat. With her coat, I felt like a grown-up.

I still remember the book. Here they are,

My little sister eat one hare
we thought she throw up then and there
but she didn't

my little sister eat two snakes
she eat two snakes for heaven's sake
she eat two snakes, one hare
we thought she throw up then and there
but she didn't

my little sister eat three ants
she eat them with their underpants
she eat three ants, one hare
we thought she throw up then and there
but she didn't

my little sister eat four shrews
she eat them with their smelly socks and shoes
she eat four shrews, one hare
we thought she throw up then and there
but she didn't

my little sister eat five bats
she eat them with their ties and hats
she eat five bats, one hare
we thought she throw up then and there
but she didn't

my little sister eat six mice
she eat six mice, one hare
we thought she throw up then and there
but she didn't

my little sister eat seven polliwogs
she eat them as they turn to frogs
she eat seven frog, one hare
we thought she throw up then and there
but she didn't

my little sister eat eight worms
she eat them with all their germs
she eat eight worms, one hare
we thought she throw up then and there
but she didn't

my little sister eat nine lizards
she eat nine lizards, one hare
we thought she throw up then and there
but she didn't

my little sister eat ten peas
with those peas we're sure she'll throw up

what a mess!

Dear Diary

I woke up early this morning because I woke up in the middle of the night. I got dressed and I ate breakfast. I had cereal for breakfast. My dad dropped me up at school. I went inside to the media center to line-up. When the bell rang, we went to our classroom. I unpacked my backpack and my folder. Then I read a book. My teacher called us to the red carpet. We did a setting paper. The paper told us to tell why the people do the things where they live. Then we went to lunch. I ate a peanut butter jelly sandwich. Then we went to recess. I played with chalk on the ground next to the gray door. Later I went to Mrs. Duvall for math. We did numbers today. Then I went to P.E.. I got my water battle with me so that I wouldn't get thirty in P.E.. In P.E. we jogged. We got 17 for a score. Then I went to Bar-T. In Bar-T I wrote in my diary. When my mom picked me up, it was cloudy and hot. Mom also bought ice cream. The ice cream was called Sundae Cones. I ate one of the Sundae Cone when I got back home. Today in Bar-T we played Ghost in the Graveyard. You have to be still because if you move, the ghost sees you and you are out. We also played Find the Thing I Hid. We had to find the thing the person hid.

My Chinese name is like 刘力瑞。The Chinese name is there because mom told me to write my Chinese name and I wrote it there. I learned it yesterday, on Monday, when I was not at school because I thought there was no school on Monday.

Dear Diary

I woke up late in the morning because I woke up in the middle of the night again. I went to daddy. But dad said that I had to go back to my room. I went back to my room and fell to sleep. Early in the morning, I went downstairs to watch TV. When my mom called me to go upstairs, I washed my face. Then I ate cereals for breakfast. Mom went out to shop. I went out to play with Safirah. i rode my bike and Kathy rode her tricycle. Then Safirah and I made a leaf pile. I found a stick to mix the orange and green leaves together. Then Safirah asked for a ball. I got two balls for Safirah and me. We put balls in the leaf pile and pertended to be birds and chickens. When my dad called me, I went inside to read a book. Then I read a book called Magic School Bus, I forgot the name. When I finished the book, I made a craft called waving. I used the colors orange, blue and purple. When I finished the craft, I hung it on my wall.

Later I ate lunch. I ate Chinese pancakes. When I finished lunch, I played some more. Dad moved the sofas. Kathy and I rode on the sofas. After that I watched The Most Extreme on the Animal Planet Chanel. Mom told me to practice piano. I played the song Ode to Joy. I played with both hands. Then mom told me to write in my journal. Later mom called me to go downstairs to eat crab soup. Kathy didn't like the soup. She picked out the shrimps and scallops from the cucumber dish. I brought my diary downstairs and I wrote in it. Kathy sang the I'm Sorry song she made up. Kathy also filled the oven mitten with a lotion bottle, a cracker and a small toy baby.

10/5/2007

Today was sunny in the morning. I woke up in the middle of the night because I wished to do it. I went to daddy's room and asked dad to sleep with me. When it was morning, I was ready for school. When I got to school, I was early. When the bell rang, we went to our class. I unpacked my backpack. I read a just right book for my morning work, Then we went to lunch. I brought my lunch today. I had a peanut butter jelly sandwich. When we finished, we went outside to have recess. I played with chalk on the ground. When the bell rang, we lined up on the blacktop. Then our teachers picked us up. When we were inside, I went to Mrs. Duvall for math. When I came back, we packed up and we went to the home celebration. I went to do spin art. I did two papers. When I finished, I went to class. We got our backpacks and I went to Bar-T. At Bar-T we made gloves. I put candy corn and popcorns in my gloves. By the time my mom picked me up, it was hot and sunny. At home I wrote in my diary. I wrote about today.

Dear Diary

Today, it was cold in the morning. I woke up late. I got dressed and washed my face. Then I went downstairs and ate breakfast. I ate cereal for breakfast. When I finished, I put on my shoes. Then I put on my backpack. When I went outside, I went to the car. Dad dropped me off. I went to the media center to line up. I read Nancy Drew while waiting. Then we went to the classroom. I unpacked my backpack and then I read a book for morning work. Then we sat on the red carpet. We closed out eyes and Ms. Roshan read a book to us. We need to think about a picture that matches the story. I wrote about what my picture was. Then we went to lunch. I ate pizza at school today. When we finished, we went to recess.

In the recess, I wrote my name with chalk on the ground next to the big gray door. When the bell rang, we went to the black top to line up. We did a good job. When we got to class, Ms. Roshan put in more marbles in the box as reward. Then I went to Mrs. Duvall for math. I didn't finish because I had to move to every group. When it was time to go, I got my homework with me. I had three pages. When I got to class, I almost scared Destiny when I opened the door. I got to the back of the line. We went to P.E. At P.E. we jogged. When we sat down and everyone started talking. I was not talking. We got 8 out of 10 for a score because the other kids were talking too much. Then we went to class. Then we packed up out book bags. I went to Bar-T. In Bar-T I colored and I went to the computer lab. When my mom picked me up, it was sunny and cold outside.

Dear Diary

Today we went to the Ihop for breakfast. I ate pancakes with syrup. I ate one pancake only. When we finished, I took the paper that I got from Ihop. I colored my paper in the car. When we got home, I changed to my green dress in my room. Then we went to Costco to buy chicken. After we paid, we gave the mane the receipt from the store. I got a happy face from the man at the exit. Then we went to Bloom. Dad got shrimps and onions to cook his chicken. But the chicken did not turn out good, so mom is going to bake the shrimps separately. Then mom and I went to the piano practice at Alex's house. I played Ode to Joy, the second parts. We also played the G manger scale and the last parts of it. I also played Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star with both hands. When we finished, we went upstairs to play. We played ball in Alex's room and in the attic. When my mom picked me up, I went to the bathroom for a timeout because I locked the door and didn't open it when Aunt and mom asked me to. In the car it was hot Outside was hot too. When I got home, I changed to another dress and wrote in my diary. I wrote about today.

While I was writing, mom brought all the socks that I left downstairs and told me to ware them tomorrow.

Today

It was raining in the morning. It is a half day at school. When my dad dropped me off, I lined up.
When the bell rang, I went to the media center to line up. I lined up with my class. When another bell rang, we went to our classroom. I unpacked my backpack. Then I did my morning work. My morning work was to finish my unfinished work from yesterday. Then we went on the red carpet. My teacher read us a book. The book was about Cinderella. I read at my house before. When we finished, we went to lunch. Table three had to go to the classroom to eat lunch because we won the most table points for the lunch bunch. I am at table three. We ate with our teacher in the classroom. I ate pizza at school today. I talked about Kathy. Jeremy thought that the rest of the class were absent because they were at the lunch room. I was not done when it was time to clean up my trash because I was talking too much. So I saved some of my food. I saved my carrots.

When the rest of the class came in the classroom, we sat on the red rug again to talk about Math. Since it was a half day, I stayed in my classroom for Math. My paper was easy because it was second grade Math and I do third grade Math at Mrs. Duvall's room at math time. We finished and then packed up our backpacks. When my teacher just told me to get in the line, the office called me to go home. When I got to the office, my mom was there to pick me up. When we got home, I changed my shoes. Then I went to mom's work to write in my diary and do my homework.

My favorite food

My favorite food is ice cream. It is healthy because it is made with milk. But you can not eat too much because ice cream also has sugar in it. Sugar is not good for your teeth. Also if you eat too much sugar, you will be hyper. I am always hyper at school.

In summer I like it because it is cold. Ice cream has all kinds of flavors. My favorite kind of ice cream is party cake. Party cake has pieces of cakes inside. The cake pieces are sweet. The cake pieces are in rainbow colors. Ice cream is cold. Sometimes it melts because the room temperature is high. When you keep the ice cream in the freezer long, it is kind of hard to bite. When ice cream is cold and hard, and you bite it with your front teeth; you can feel the cold air even before you bite it. I usually bite with my back teeth because I am not going to feel too cold. When the time my front teeth were gone, I felt very cold when I bite with the space where my front teeth were. I also like the ice cream pushed down into the cone because I can still have ice cream after I finish the top and when I am eating the cone.

My family usually buy ice cream from Blooms. Sometimes Blooms has buy one box get another box free. When my parents see the sales sign, they usually get two boxes. This time we got party cakes and chocolate cookie dough.

Dear Diary

Today was hot. I woke up late. We went to Ihop for breakfast. I ate a pancake. I put syrup on it too. We finished and we got candies. I got three pieces. Then we went to Costco. We bought apples, bananas, grapes, orange juice, milk and eggs. I had my shoes off in the cart because I had flip-flops on. When we were done, we went to the car. I was tired. So when we got home, I got in bed but I did not sleep because I was so hungry. So I ate. When I finished eating, I had to go to the piano practice. I learned the second part of the Ode to Joy. I also played Twinkle, Twinkle Little Stars. When I was done, I went downstairs to play with Alex. I played some music. I also made a paper fox. When my mom came back, I went in the car to go home. The car was so hot inside. At home I changed to my blue dress and I played princess with Kathy. Then my mom told me to write in my journal. I wrote about today.

At Alex's house, Aunt gave me hair clips as gifts. She also did my hair with mom. I like the butterfly hair clips the best. When I got home, I shared some hair clips with Kathy. She did not put them on because she has short hair. Yesterday my mom bought me two pairs of shoes. Both pairs of shoes had the same design name on them. They were the same shoes as mom's because our shoes both are from Born. My shoes are red clogs.

Dear Diary

I went to my art class yesterday afternoon. I learned how to do a peacock. First, I drew the eye. Next, I drew the line across the eye. Then, I drew the beak and the head. After that I drew the neck. After the neck I drew the body. On the body I put designs. Finally, I drew the tail. I drew designs on the tail. I then drew two tree branches. Then I drew weird shapes. Then I colored. I was not done when I had to leave. So I took my work home to finish. I also bought markers. When I finished, I gave to mom and she put in a folder. My mom and dad like my finished art work.

Today, it was cold in the morning. I got to school early. When the bell rang, I went to the media center. I went to my class line. When another bell rang, we went to the classroom. I took my media book out. Then we went to the media center to return the books we borrowed last week. Today I borrowed a book. The book is George and Martha tons of fun. When we got out of the media center, we went to the computer lab. I played go-go-go karts. I love the game. It is fun. But I did not have time to finish it. Then we went to lunch. I ate macaroni cheese. In recess I did a race. When we got to class, I went to Miss Davall for math. I wrote in my journal. When I got back to my class, we packed up and I got in the walker line. I went to Bar-T. In Bar-T I played "Lava and Water". It is a game that I made up to play with my friends. When my mom picked me up, it was cloudy.

Oh, I forgot to mention, my mom bought me a whole set of interesting books. I started reading one yesterday and I brought one to the art class. I just found out that I got my Spider magazine too.

Dear Diary

Today was cold in the morning. I ate breakfast at home. My dad sent me to school. When I got to school , I waited for the bell to ring. When the bell rang, we went to the gym for line-up. I went to the media center to line-up again. My class name tag was on my line. My class went straight to our room. I was faster than everyone.

My morning work was to finish my unfinished work. When I was done, we sat on the carpet. Then did our journals. When we were done, we had lunch. I brought my lunch box today. I had my mini hot dogs. When I finished, we went to recess. I chased the boys and hung upside down on the bar.

When the bell rang, we went inside. In my class we had math. But I went to Ms. Davell's class for the third grade math. I learned what a double bar graph is today. When I finished, I went back to my class. Then we had P.E.. In P.E. I jogged. After P.E. we packed up. I went to the walker's line. Then I walked to Bar-T. In Bar-T I rode on a scooter. When my mom picked me up, it was sunny outside.

At home I ate ice cream. I ate chocolate cookie dough. At home there were mosquitoes. The mosquitoes always like to bite me. I think I have something in my blood that they love.

My Weekend

9/15/07
Dear Diary,

Today, it was cold in the morning. I woke up late. I got dressed up and ate. After I ate I went to Alex's house for piano practice. I learn how to play how to play Ode of Joy with both hands. Then played twinkle, twinkle little star. When we finished, Alex and I went downstairs to play. When my mom came, I went home. At home I took a nap. When I woke up, we cleaned the laundry room. I played with Kathy. Then we went upstairs. Dad got the vacuum cleaner. Then I watched TV. After mom was done cleaning, we went out to eat. We went to a buffet. I ate spegetties. Then we went home. I took a bath and went to sleep.

9/16/07
Dear Diary,

Today was cold in the morning. I woke up late. I ate breakfast. Then Mommy went shopping. I went on my roller skates. I did not know to skate yet. I took them off soon. I went upstairs to play with Kathy. I hid in the closet. I also played with my flash light. Later on I went downstairs to watch TV. The DVD I wanted was not there, so I watched another one. When the movie was over. I took a nap. When I woke up, mom was home. And I watched more TV. Mom told me to write in my diary. I wrote about yesterday and today.

In the evening I read my card. I have a card about presidents. There are 43 presidents. Stephen Grover Cleveland is on my card two times. Every president except George Washington lived in the White House because when George was president, the White House was not built yet. I also learned that Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president and James Madison was the shortest. My mom wants me to remember 3 presidents everyday. I remembered George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson today. I also learned that the first president seen on TV was Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Dear Diary

Today I was early to school. I go in the outside line. When the bell rang, we went inside. I went to the second grade line for line up. Then I got to my class. I was the third person in. After I hung up my backpack, I did my morning work. My morning work was to read a book and write what you should say to your friend about the book you read. When you are done, you have to read another book.

After that we wrote notes to our people who will save our county. When it was time for lunch, some people were not finished so we let them finish after lunch. I brought my lunch. When we came back, I finished my note. Then we did math. We did our calendar for math. When we were finished, we wrote in our homework. We also packed up. Then we went to art. In art I drew a butterfly. Then we had to go.

I went to Bar-T. in Bar-T I went to the gym. I played tag with my friends. I was the "it". By the time I went home, it was sunny. At home I read in my science book about why it is getting cold. Because the sun is getting further than where we are.

My Monday

Dear Diary,

Today was sunny in the morning. I was a little bit cold. My Dad drove me to school. I was a little early. So I had to go in line. Then the bell rang. We all went in to go to the gym for a line up. I lined up in the second grade line. The second graders go to the same place. When we see our classroom, we go in it. I was faster than anybody.

My morning work was to find a just right book, the do the questions about the book. When we finished, we had to read another book. Then we went to lunch. I bought my lunch. Then we went to recess. I hung upside down. When the bell rang, we lined up. Then my teacher picked us up. In the class, we did our calendar. Then we had media. I picked the book Junie B. Jones and some sneaky peeky spying. Then I went back to class. I packed up. Then I went to Bat-T. In Bar-T we went to the computer lab. I played on the Barbie.com. By the time my mom picked me up, it was cloudy.

My Weekend

9/8/07

Dear Diary,

Today I went to the Dentists to have Mommy and Daddy's teeth cleaned. Next we went to the library to borrow my books. After that, we went home and I took a nap. When I woke up, we went to the pool. I swam in the grown-up side. After we swam we went to the Boston Market to get our food. After we ate I went to sleep.


9/9/07

Dear Diary,

Today I went to Costco to buy meat. Next I went home to take a nap. After I woke up I went to piano practice. Today I learned a new song. It is called Ode to Joy. I also played some of the old songs. I played Twinkle, Twinkle little star and C manger, D manger. Then I went home to take a bath.

During reading strategy

Dear Diary,

Today my teacher told us about the during reading strategies.

1. Make connections.
2. Stop and go back to see what you just read.
3. Stop and skip the word you don't know and come back to see if the word makes sense.

I will use these to be a better reader.

Reading Strategies

Dear Diary,

I started reading when I was little. But I never knew this till my teacher told me.

1. Think of a reason why you want to read.
2. Find a book that fits that reason.
3. Think about what you already know about the book.
4. Look at the pictures and predict what the book is about.
   

I will use these strategies and be a better reader.

Dear Diary

Today was fun. We wrote about what happened in out lives. I wrote about my trip to Florida. I was still writing when it was time for lunch．But Ms. Roshan said that we could finish after lunch. Then we went to lunch. When we came back, we only had fifteen minutes left before we packed up and went to art.

In art, we drew pictures of butterflies. When we were finished, I went to Bar-T. In Bar-T I went to the gym. After that my mom picked me up.

My note

Dear Mom and Dad,

I am glad that you came. I am going to learn about butterflies this year. I am going to be a better reader. We are going to learn how to add 3 digit numbers. I am going to do better art. I will do better in music. I also will do better in P.E. I am very happy to be in second grade.

Love,

Sarah

Dear Diary

Now my mom will type my blog for me because I don't write good.

Today is back to school night. I wrote a note to my parents at school. After that we went to lunch and recess. When we got back, some of us were not finished. So we let them finish. Then we went to PE. I jogged today. When we got back, we packed up.

I think my teacher will tell my parents how good I have been tonight.

September 2, 2007

Dear Diary,

Today I went to release the turtles. I threw my turtles in the lake near the mall. When the turtles landed, they were flipped over. But soon my turtles got back to normal.

Then Dad and I went to WalMart to buy filters. There we got Cheeto's too. When we left we went to the gas station. When we finished, we went back home.

We cleaned up the basement

Dear Diary,

Today I went out to our deck to blow bubbles. After that, I went inside to clean up the basement. But, Kathy and I really wanted to play. Kathy was sleeping on the floor. I was writing my diary on my spin chair. Dad was cleaning the laundry room. Then he put the trash out.
I drew a picture of the sea with my stickers. Then I played some more.

The day at school

I read the book “Under the lemon moon” at Bar-T today. After that I went to the gym. In the gym I played dodge ball. After we played dodge ball three times, we went to the APR. APR is the all purpose room in my school. It is also the cafeteria. I went to the green door to line up for outside. When outside time was just over, my mom picked me up.

At home my mommy wanted me to write my blog. But I really wanted to eat popsicles. After my second Popsicle, I am writing my blog.

This morning I was not late to school because I woke up early and so did Kathy. In the morning in my classroom I did morning work. My morning work was to draw a picture of myself. After we finished the teacher collected them. We also did math today. I got every answer right.

Now I am going to read my book.

My second day at school

Today is my second day in second grade. I had P.E today. PE stands for Physical Education. This school year I am, going to have PE every Tuesday.

At the beginning of the class, I did push-ups, crunches and stretches. Then I ran with my friends. My class got points because we were good. After that we went back to the classroom. Then we packed up and went out of the classroom. That is the end of the school today. I stayed in Bar-T until my mom picked me up.

My mom said that I have to work on my BLOG. When I can type as good as my mom, my mom will buy me a computer. When I have my own computer, I will let Kathy to play on it.

My family

This is my family Mom, Dad, my sister Kathy and me. My sister always copies me and sometimes I call her copycat baby. Sometimes I get mad at my mom and she puts me into time out. My dad is a sleepyhead he always sleeps in the morning. I am good. I do lots of math .One time mom ripped my math book. I do math like this: 1x1=1 1x2=2 1x3=3 1x4=4 1x5=5 1x6=6 1x7=7 1x8=8 1x9=9 1x10=10, 2x1=2 2x2=4 2x3=6 2x7=14 2x8=16 2x9=18 2x10=20. My room is big. My room is beautiful. I like to read. I like to write. I like to color and draw. My favorite game is Catch the Boys. My favorite sport is soccer. My sister’s room is messy. She likes to play. She does not do math. She is not smart. Now I told you about my family can you tell me about your family?