St. Jude's

A few days ago I had a lemonade and cookie and brownie stand to raise money for St Jude's Hospital because my parents are actually taking Elizabeth and I to Memphis this year! I'm running the 5k. Total over 2 days I earned $34. It was slow, but fun.

Swing Dance

Last night I went to a swing dance party with Elizabeth, my friend Kafweeny and her family. It was for fundraising for Elizabeth's friend's musical, Little Women. We learned how to swing dance and I danced with Kathleen's brother Joe. We learned the hardest step, the pretzel. We also had a charleston contest. I didn't win, but I got pretty far. It was awesome!

The Pool

Yesterday we went to the pool with Aunt Gerri. We went down the dark yellow slide and the bright green slide. Will tried them for the first time but only liked the green slide. We also went in the lazy river and whirlpool, and went down the blue slide where you get shot out of. I did a flip off of the diving board, too! Then we went to sonic and I got a lemon-berry real fruit slush. It was so good! I had lots of fun!

Sleepover

Two nights ago I went to a sleepover at Madison's house. We swam in her pool, drew, and watched half of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ( We didn't have enough time to finish it.) I was more scared of the first one than the second, although the second was freaky. I had fun!

Dinner Party

Tonight we are having a dinner party. My dad's going to use the grill. My friend Madison and her family and Elizabeth's friend and her family are all coming over. I'm so excited!

Tracball

Last night we were playing tracball as a lacrosse game and we fought for the ball. When I tried to get the ball mom accidentally whacked me in the eye with her watch-now my eye's all puffy and red! The game was fun otherwise. I'm an idiot! I'm editing the post I wrote this morning, I completely forgot that yesterday we went to sonic and I got a lemon berry real fruit half-price slushie at happy hour. Then we went to Vlasis Park and ran around in water and played at the playground. It was awesome!

Circus Flora

Two days ago I went to Circus Flora with my friend and my family. It was so cool! They rode horses, did tightrope, trapeze, flipping, and tamed goats! The theme was Robinhood. After that I slept over at my my friend Maddy's house. I had so much fun! PS to Uncle Joe: We love tracball! That's the only thing we play these days. Thank you!

Will's Birthday

William had a great birthday! When we first woke up Will opened his Wham-o Tracball set. It's kind of like lacrosse. Then we played that a while, went to mass, and honored our father. After that, Will and dad went to the driving range while mom and I went to Dierbergs. We hung up streamers and surprised Will when he came in. Then we had QT slushies. That night our friends the Reschkes came over and we ate the Billiken cake that I made and decorated. Then we played and went to bed. It was so fun!

Branson

We had an awesome Branson vacation! My favorite part was Silver Dollar City. I rode Wildfire! There was a 65 mph 100 foot drop! We also went on a Scenic Railway, looked at a fish hatchery, and swam. Our condo was awesome! Overall the trip was THE BEST short trip ever!

Chinese Culture Days

Yesterday Will, Katie, Aunt Gerri and I went to the Botanical Gardens and it was Chinese Culture Days. We decorated a fan and got our names written in chinese. We saw a parade with a dancing dragon! We also saw lots of flowers and went in the climatron. It was so fun!

4 1/2 Days Left!

Only four and a half days left of school! I'm in a basketball competition for the end of the year. All the teams voted on which team they thought was the best-that's my team! My first game is on Tuesday. I'm so excited!

Fishing Trip

Today the 4th grade went on a field trip to a lake and we went fishing. From the time we got there to lunch time I had caught nothing. I was discouraged and muddy! Finally after lunch someone told me where to catch fish and I caught three. Then we went back to school and wrote about our trip. It was fun!

Cardinals Game

Tomorrow at the Cardinals game the Wren Singers will sing the Star Spangled Banner to start the game (that's my school's choir). My friend Madison and I are going to go to the game with dad and Will. I'm pretty excited! Do any of you know about Blackle? It's Google except it's black because white screens use so much energy because they are so bright. That's why I turned my blog black, to save energy.

Cardinals Game

Tomorrow at the Cardinals game my school's choir is singing to start the game. My friend Maddy and I are going with dad and Will. Have you ever heard of Blackle? It's Google except the screen is black to save energy. That's why my blog is black now.

Grandma and Grandpa

For dinner Grandma and Grandpa Shaw came over. The dinner and dessert were great! Grandpa pulled out Will's tooth during the visit. It was fun! 9 and 1/2 days left of school! I"m so excited about summer!

Vacations

We are going on 2 awesome vacations this summer! In June we are going to Branson and Silver Dollar City! I'm going on the scariest rides like Wild Fire. I'll ride anything unless it's a death trap! We are also going on a train with Aunt Gerri to a fancy hotel in Chicago! There's a pool on the 40th story overlooking Chicago! I'm so excited!

MAP's

Uncle John, I do adore school, but the MAP's are something to scream about! They start tomorrow. Oh, the torture! The good thing is we have no homework the next few weeks, but I'd rather have pages of homework instead of testing. The answers on my eye lids are already blinked away. I've been having bad luck, I guess.

Spring Break

A lot has happened over spring break. We got our pictures taken, Elizabeth had a party and got her ears pierced, and awesome Uncle John came over! ( I wrote that for him) I don't want to go back to school! The M.A.P.'s are coming up. That is torture! It's like being in jail! ( Actually Uncle John wrote the answers on my eyelids, so I'm good!)

More School

Guess what? Mrs. Brengle visited school on Friday! I was so glad! I really missed her. Other than that, I've been playing violin, and learning to read notes. I've been reading, too. Please comment. I will waste my time laughing at Uncle John's, and hearing his anti-school thoughts.

4th Grade

Yesterday was the first day of school. My teacher is SO nice! We really just did fun things. I'm excited about the school year and we'll have so much fun! No more vacation, but we still have a great year.