I got my cat!

I got my cat! Her name is officially Reese and she is living in the unfinished side of our basement (which isn't that bad!)  She got her own litter box (STINKY!) and her own dishes and her own little basket to sleep in! Plus mom got a HUGE bag of cat food, and if i know mom, she wouldn't buy a huge bag of cat food for a cat we might not keep. Or if she did get rid of it, we would at least keep the cat until the bag of food was out. So I basically got at least one month to keep her ;)! But I know that we are because mom said that she was pretty sure we were keeping it! I have to go to a banquet now so I'll talk later1 :)

Look What The Cat Dragged In

Hi everyone! Sorry, how long has it been? I have ALOT to tell you, but I could never fit it all into one single blog. So I will just tell one major event. So can you guess? I might get a new kitten! AHHHHHHHHHH!!! Exciting, right? Now I'm trying not to get my hopes up because I might not get her, but it's so hard not to get psyched! Let me tell you how I got my parents to even slightly agree with me:

One day at my church we were having 'Mom's Market' (which is basically one big yard sale, but inside) and there were 5 kittens there, and they were all free! They were the cutest things! I asked mom, and for some crazy reason, she considered it. But then she asked dad, and after a little discussing, I got a no, which was expected on such a short notice. Though they women selling them (who I knew) let me play with them to, hopefully, entice future customers (and it worked). I fell in love with one of the kittens, but I knew I would get another no, but at least I knew what kind of cat I wanted; playful, yet calm, and would agree to being held. My friend Jenna saw me playing with them and told me that her cat (she lives on a barn) had a litter of kittens and she was giving them away for free, and I told her that I wanted one. I asked my parents and they considered it. Next Sunday at church, Jenna gave me pictures. One night mom discussed it with me, saying it wasn't the best thing under the conditions, and the next night I showed her the pictures and had a little 'opera', and her heart softened a bit. Now we are back to considering. The main reason we can't just get one is (money) and mom is allergic, we think. But Jenna said we could test her out and give her back if it doesn't work out. Maybe I should give you her description: She's a calico, all white with three orangy-black spots on her back and one on her forehead. Her tail is completely orangy-black. She is CUTE! I'm thinking of three possible names, Noel, Bean, and Reese. Whenever I see a calico cat, I think of the name Coffee for no apparent reason, but Coffee just doesn't seem to fit her. (By the way, if you have name suggestions, please comment) I think that concludes this blog. Root for me, as the raging 'parent against kid and kitten battle' go's on! :)

Surprise City

WOW.... Has it been long, or has it been long? I have tons of loads of things to share but, lets just go one by one. Over summer break my dad and both sisters went on a trip to Montana for 2 and a half weeks, and most of the time my brother stayed in his room doing computery stuff, my mom worked, and I snacked and watched TV. But somewhere in the middle of all that was a trip to NEW YORK CITY; which I'd been looking forward to  for the whole summer!!! I could write a book on all we did, but I will stay with one highlight: going to see The Lion King on Broadway! It was so amazing and unique there is no amount of exclamation points to describe it! One really cool thing was that they weren't afraid to show the animal in the costume. In fact, it seemed like actually wanted you to see the human. For example, You know the bird in the Lion King; the one who works for Muffassah (is that how you spell it?) uh... Zazu!  (is that how you spell that?) all that it was was a man dressed up in a black and white suit, sort of like a joker, with powder on his face and a large bird for a puppet. I really liked him. He was funny and really good at acting. But anyway, back to the point, there was even one point where they took the bird puppet away and the man ran around. it was a amazing experience. I guess that concludes this post. Bye-bye!

Living Long!

Sorry! Its been so long! I have a lot to talk about, but I'll say one thing a blog. Over the weekend we set up trampoline. We put it away for the winter, but now its time to get it out! Its been hot, hot ,hot!! 75 degrees F.! We had to help dad with yard work. It was tiring, but after that we went to Rita's. Since it was the first day of spring on Saturday, a regular cup of water ice was free! They were selling new PEEPS flavored water ice. I got that. It was delicious! I turned 10 February 12th!!! How exciting! I have now officially lived a decade! I feel grown up! My parents only let us have birthday 'parties' when we turn 5, 10, and some other age. For this birthday party I did a 'Red Carpet' show. We actually got a red carpet, we all dressed up, and I interviewed them! We had cake and played games. I invited 10 girls over, so I got a lot of presents. Combined with my family gifts, I got a lot of gifts! I've got to go to school now, bye!  

Exchange Your Student, Please

Wow! How long has it been since I wrote? Well, I finally got some news; We're getting an exchanged student! For those of you who don't know what an exchanged student is, I'll fill you in. An exchanged student is a kid who comes to your house from a different country, such as France or China or somewhere, and they spend time with your family. It could be two weeks or even a year. This is our third exchanged student. All of our exchanged students were boys, and they were all from France. I always get so excited when we get an exchanged student! Plus, all the exchanged students we've gotten have been there for my birthday! All of them stayed from February third to February eighteenth. My birthday is the twelfth. Exchanged students are so nice...I just can't wait!!    

Employment

Hi, me again. Seems like it's been forever since I wrote. My Mom's going to come back from Colorado on Tuesday. She's been calling me almost every day. I miss her.

All my siblings have 'jobs', which means they get payed. I have a job too-taking care of animals-but no one really called. But now my G'ma offered me a job. My G'ma is legally blind, so she can't read books that well. One part of my job is to read to her. I love reading to other people, so that part of the job is great. The other part is fine, just not my favorite thing to do. I help her clean her house. But I always have fun with my G'ma, so it's fine. My job is every Saturday, it just started last Saturday. I got payed 2.50! And for me that's a lot of money! I'm glad I got money, but mostly, I like spending time with my G'ma!  

A Plane Ride

This Thursday somebody's going to Colorado. Guess who; and no, not me. My Mom and Nicole! They're going there to see some friends. And they get to ride a plane! I want to ride a plane! I've always wanted to. But, maybe, in the summer, my Mom and me are going to go to New York City! I've always wanted to do that, too. I excited, but it's a 'maybe' still, so I shouldn't be too hopeful. That's all. 

Wii

Nicole is actually taking this Finding Foods thing seriously. At first she was just doing it for fun, but now, she's doing a little 'show' and having a person to shine a flashlight on her for a spotlight! I don't think Nicole means to be so funny, but she is. Yesterday, during her show, she gave us each a piece of tortilla and said we could put anything that she had to offer on it (which was only tomatoes, cheddar cheese, almonds, and bacon). But the pieces of tortilla that Nicole gave us were only 2 inches each. It was difficult to make a sandwich.

My Mom's Birthday was only two weeks ago, and my brother Jacob gave her Wii Fit Plus. Mom let us use it and it's awesome! It has all these new games like skateboarding, Segway, kung-fu, and even flying...as a chicken! But it's been making a lot of fights over who gets to play it and for how long. We've got it worked out...almost. We also got Wii Music for Christmas. But I'll talk about that later. Wii is cool!          

I guess I should also let you know my parents jobs. My Dad is a youth pastor at Franconia Mennonite Church. My Mom babysits for our neighbors, Mrs. and Mr. Ostlund (Who is my piano teacher). The toddler my Mom babysits for is named Noah and is 18 months old. He's a cutie. My Mom also has a teaching certificate and is on the sub list at Dock (a high school) and Penn View (an elementary school). Noah might be mentioned a few times in my posts for a little 'Noah Cuteness', so try to remember who he is. Noah has a huge vocabulary, for a toddler. He's very smart.

Maybe I should tell you what clubs I'm in at school. I'll list them; Reading Olympiads, Peer Mediators (where you solve arguments during 2nd grade recess), and I was in Math Olympiads, but I quit. Outside of school, I'm in SHYBA (a basketball league) and Girls Club at my church.

You know, I was really just writing this blog to do something. I'm a real talker. But that's all I have for now.          

A Long Term Sub, Again.

Well, I just got more information about Finding Foods, Nicole's cooking thing. She gave me a flyer saying that Healthy Snack Week would start Monday the 18th and would end on Friday the 22nd. It also says to invite as many people as you can. On her flyer it says, and I quote, "I love hosting the show because it's just fun to make experiments with food and seeing what people opinions are like about the food." But maybe I should stop talking about Finding Foods and talk about something else. (By the way, If my posts get boring, please tell me!)

 Right now I'm in fourth grade. I guess I should give you some back round knowledge before I get into my whole story. For preschool and kindergarten, my Mom home schooled me. We lived in Halifax at that time, a place near Harrisburg. Then, we moved to Franconia Township. I went to Franconia Elementary for 1st grade when we lived there. Then, we moved to Souderton, and I went to West Broad Elementary school there. I've been in West Broad Elementary for second, third and now fourth grade. In third grade I had a pregnant teacher, Mrs. Hostetter, and she only taught for three months before she had her baby. She  took the rest of the year off. Now, in fourth grade, my teacher, Mrs. McGowan, was pregnant and already had her baby. She only taught four and a half months. But the funny thing is, Bekah had a pregnant teacher third, fourth, and fifth grade. It's uncanny!!

                 

The New Chef

Nine is usually a hard, difficult and stressful  age, not that 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 aren't. But 9 is ,to me, a place where you really start to grow up. Blogging, in my case, is part of that growing up. We will see how I take  that on.

 Right now I am sitting at our family computer listening to my younger sister pretend to be Rachel Ray as my Mom contently listens. Maybe I should tell you about my family; My younger sister is Nicole, age 8. My older sister is Bekah, age 14. My older brother is Jacob, age 15. My Mom is Valerie, age 41. My Dad is Michael, age 49. But that's just so you know who everyone is in case I mention them. But, like I said, right now my sister Nicole is touching all the food and experimenting with it to see how it turns out. She calls her little 'show' Finding Foods. I think she's trying to be like Rachel Ray, but her foods don't always turn out as good. For example; yesterday during dinner, Nicole tried making celery with peanut butter and toasted it in the toaster. My Mom told her to call it Roasted Celery and she agreed. My Mom was supportive of this but asked if Nicole was actually going to eat her concoctions. When Nicole answered no, my Mom told her she had to eat everything she made, plus what she was served. So Nicole ate the Roasted Celery. I didn't eat it myself, and all Nicole said was that it was really chewy. But I know one thing; I will never eat toasted celery in my life.

Nicole always makes a big deal about little things when it comes to her cooking. Like when she applied the peanut butter on the celery, she used chopsticks. We all laughed, but Nicole told Mom to tell us to stop laughing. Usually, on Finding Foods, Nicole makes healthy foods. She said that this week was healthy meals and next week was healthy snacks. Her slogan is 'If you don't know where to look, come to Finding Foods!' She always says it in a sing - song voice. She even got Bekah to play piano while she sings it. Bekah is a 'big fan' of Nicole. But there's one thing that I'll remember; Nicole saying that she was on Ellen De'Generous.