Valentines Weekend

Yesterday me and my family went to a parade called Silver Spur Rodeo. I counted 83 horses, 2 camels, and 7 dogs. One of them was pushing around a ball. I thought the dogs were cute. I counted 5 bands. One was from the Gila Ridge high school,and one was from Kofa high school. When I am older, I want to play the clarinet because it sounds beautiful.

My family thought that the people from the Quechan indian tribe were very funny. We think it is funny beacause people spray painted there belly`s then did a war dance.

When my dad was gone for a whole week, we moved furniture around. Now I have my own room. The crib was moved into the other room so now Josh and Darren share a room. I am glad because every night when my brother is crying, he's in a different room. When he was in my room, he would cry and it was hard to go to sleep.

A few days ago, we had the Valentine Box competition. I won 2nd place for my Valentine Factory. I was surprised and all day my tummy hurt because I was so scared that it wouldn't win. When Mrs. Sevier announced that Nicholas and Nikki won 2nd place, I smiled and just shyly walked to the front of the room. Nicholas made a box that looked like a shark. It's mouth opened to eat the valentines. Olivia and Gonzalo won 1st place. Gonzalo's was a robot. Olivia's had a heart on top and a box on bottom. There were circles on the heart that lit up. If you pressed a button, it would sing. And it had "Happy Valentines" written on it.

Our new van

We just got a new van yesterday. It is white on the outside and very big inside. It has 12 seat belts. There are lights for each seat. It has a lot of air conditioner vents. It has a lot of leg room and my mom suggested that Jay have the back bench, I get the middle bench, and the 3 little boys sit on the first bench. I like that idea! Between my mom and dad's seat is a BIG space to put stuff. It's a great camping thing and a good trip car. I LOVE THIS CAR!

Today in my primary class we learned that some things stay the same forever and some things change. Like a piece of bread gets moldy. But the gospel will stay. Sister Martin is my teacher. She is very fun. She is actually a grandma with white or gray hair. She has purple glasses. She wears green eyeshadow and she is always in warm clothes because in my classroom it is always freezing. I love our classroom and I love our teacher.

Yesterday, my dad helped me build a building with a flag on the very top. It is for the contest at school for the best Valentine's box. My mom printed lots of faces for me to glue on as windows. I will take a picture when it is done. It is gray and under it is grass. I think it's a good idea!

February 2010

I have been reading Harry Potter, Charlotte's Web, and lots of Magic Treehouse books. I got another Magic Treehouse book from the library today. I like to read.

It is almost Valentine's Day. We are having a competition at school to see who decorates the best Valentine's box. It is only 2nd grade that is having the competition. I think I'm going to make a building with windows that open and have pictures inside of people doing stuff. I am very excited for it.

Last night I went to Achievment Days and we decorated bottles of hand sanitizer. Mine has frogs and flowers on it with ribbons around the top. The bottle is orange. What we do is we take off the sticker and get off as much stuff as you can. Then put vinegar on it and start scrubbing it. Then you make sure that it's all dry. Then put peanut butter on it and rub the bottle really fast and all the stickiness comes off. Then you wash it off and your hands too. Then you dry it off, put stickers on it and ribbons around the top if you want. Then the bottle is all ready.

We decorated our living room and it's better than last time. It now has the piano in it and we bought a new computer desk. I want to decorate my room like a teacher room. I would put a map above my bed, a big desk in the corner with lots of papers, and a nice comfy chair. I want my brothers out of my room including the crib. My mom and I are talking about ideas. My favorite color is blue.