Christmas Morning

I had a great Christmas! I hope everyone who celebrates it had a great one too.

When I woke up on Christmas morning, I had this wonderful excited thought: YAY! I get to open and get presents! This is going to be the time of my life! After I had that thought I quickly tip toed down the stairs, and my mom right away told me "Nuala don't look in the living room" "Go wake up Flynn" So I quietly ran up the stairs and barged into his room. He was quite surprised but he said I didn't actually wake him up, he was up 30 minutes before just staring at the walls. Once we had gotten down the stairs, and were in the living room, my mom said"someone go wake up dad" "Tell him we're going to do stockings now" Since I knew I was going to be the fastest, I ran up the stairs woke up dad and said we're going to do stockings now.

 When the whole family was in the living room all seated, Flynn and I took our stocking of the hangers and started digging through them and pulling miscellaneous items and candy. I got a book light, thank you cards, a dice game called Flash!, strawberry chapstick and a lot of other different candies. My brother Flynn got some of the same things except for a few. Suddenly, I noticed that there were a lot of Hershey kisses on the mantle. And I mean a LOT of Hershey kisses. I counted them and there were 54, and 54 divided by 2 is 27, so we each got 27.

 After we did the stockings, we started to open some of Santa's presents. I got: Beats (really pricy headphones) by dr. dre, the game Apples to Apples, Color Cord Bracelets, and Opaque Paint Markers called Painters. My brother got 3 Nerf guns and a lot of other stuff from Santa. Our relatives gave us presents too, but with their presents mixed in with the presents that our mom and dad gave us, its to much to mention so I'm just going to mention something that I really loved, and that my brother really loved. I really loved the IPad Air that I got, and my brother really loved the Xbox One that he got.
 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

christmas, christmas, christmas. have a holly jolly chrsitmas

Christmas is leaving me in total suspense. I made a countdown list just because I was so excited. It started at 17, and now its at 4, so that's good. I've been wrapping a lot of presents getting in preparation for Christmas. Last night I was walking around Legacy Place (the mall that everybody goes to in Dedham) shopping for the presents I had to purchase for family. We were basically window shopping saying "nah, I don't think they would have it." or, yes, maybe they would have it." But whats kind of hard is that all the stores are packed with everybody getting their last minute presents. My mom has gotten so many packages from Amazon for presents, and she can't even fit them all in her room. The presents that I'm getting I'm hiding under my bed so that they are hidden.
I believe that it is going to rain on Christmas, and that's really sad. I hope everyone has a nice winter season!

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My Elf on the Shelf returned!!

Black Friday morning, I walked down the stairs still half-asleep, and sat on the couch. Eureka! I had remembered that my elf would be coming back soon. Then, I looked to the left, and... my elf scout was sitting on our nook next to the heater!! YAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now Jolly would be hiding places until Christmas morning. If you don't know what an Elf on the Shelf is, well I'll explain. You can buy them, or sometimes they just arrive at your house, and they return on Christmas morning to go back to Santa. They move almost every night to a different spot in your house, and they usually hide on high things. You can even write your elf a note, and sometimes they write back. They sit still all day, and then only move at night. I encourage you to but one if you like elves, and if you like little company.

The Soccer Ghost

                                                The Soccer Ghost

By Nuala Rodgers

One day a girl named Jenny was playing right forward in a soccer game. The other girls on Jenny’s team thought she had been acting a little suspicious. Like when she would be shooting on their goalie and BAM!  She would be gone. Well, it was getting closer to Halloween, but the girls just thought they were seeing something.

This suspiciousness had been in their minds for a couple of weeks.  Jenny’s mom or dad might have been in on this. It would only happen when she would be playing soccer, and her mom or dad were watching.

But on Thursday, they had a game. Jenny was so psyched!!!! When she got on the field, and she was playing, she seemed to magically disappear from the field to the bench, and then the coach started yelling and screaming “WHERE’S JENNY?? WE NEED HER!! GOSH!! WHERE COULD SHE BE??!!” And sure enough you couldn’t see Jenny on the field which made them think she was a GHOST! But the coach was too focused on the game that she was still in shock of where Jenny went.

And, if you were listening closely, you could hear Jenny speaking in a very low voice saying “How am I weird?”

And the girls on her team now thought that Jenny was half-girl, half-ghost, but they still acted like it was so normal, and everything was cool.

But, the girls on Jenny’s team panicked so much when they were at home. At night they panicked, at mealtimes, and at school. And then their next game came around…..

And the same ghost thing happened again!! But this time the girls knew something was up. So, at the end of the game the girls asked Jenny “Why were you turning into a ghost in different times at the game?” “What are you talking about,” said Jenny.

After the game Jenny told her parents about this ghost problem. Jenny said “The-e-ey-y we-er-re ask-k-ing m-e-e-, as though she were on the verge of tears, but her dad stopped her and said, “Oh honey, we just put a fog machine with a foggy ghost on the bench. We really didn’t mean to scare you and you friends.”

“You never even told me that,” said Jenny. “No, we didn’t”, said her parents. “We just thought that because Halloween was coming up, we thought we would try to like seeing a foggy ghost on the sidelines during the game.” “Wow! now I won’t have any friends”, said Jenny. “Oh yes you will said her father”.  “But how did you make me invisible on the field”, Jenny asked.  “Oh with a shadow casting projector, it didn’t make you disappear, it just made you look really dark and hard to see”, her mom added.

Jenny couldn’t wait to tell her friends, or wait she wondered, maybe she should keep the secret until after Halloween?

What do you think she should do?

The   End.

About the Author

Nuala Rodgers is 8 years old.  She plays soccer on the B travel team and loves it. She lives in Dedham, Massachusetts, and goes to the Avery school. Nuala enjoys traveling, and thrives on school, and soccer. Nuala has a dog named Sunny, and a cat named Benny, and loves hanging out with them. And she has a family with whom she laughs a lot.

Sadly, soccer is ending

Sadly, soccer is ending. It has been a great season, and I only have 1 more game in Milton  at Houghtons Pond/Blue Hills Reservation.

I made a lot of new friends, and we've only lost 1 game against Mansfield 2-1. Yesterday we beat the Mansfield team that we previously lost to 2-1. I had both assists, and this girl whom is really good on my team scored both goals. But, in the first half, I let in 1 goal playing goalie. I was about half of a second behind it, but it slipped of the grass and into the net. Since we won, we clinched 1st place in our age group for Dedham. We were all jumping on the girl who scored both goals for us. WOO-HOO!!!!!!!!!!

Some of the girls on my team I had already known, but some I hadn't so it was fun to still have close relationships with the friends I knew, but also meet new girls. But since most of my team were in town before, we knew each other. And some of us were even on the same team.

What was sad was you had to leave some of your friends from your team, and from school (etc.), because there are an A, B, and C team. For example, I had a best friend Sarah, and we were in 2nd grade together, and now she is not in my 3rd grade class, she's not on my soccer team. She's on the A team, and I'm on the B team.

I can't forget my soccer COACH!!!!! My coach was my coach in town, and now in travel. He is a very nice guy, and I feel he teaches us a lot of things that help us improve on our soccer skills. What's also funny is that my coach gave us nick names, like I'm Nualr, theres Mace face, T, and a lot of other names. Well, at least I'll be with my same team in the spring!!!!!

A New Start, A New Chance to Learn

Second grade brought many new changes to my life. I got a new home in a new town. I got a new school, a new teacher, and all new friends. Although at first I was nervous leaving the Cape the only home Id ever known, I quickly realized that I might actually fit in. The biggest surprise was how awesome my teacher was. We started emailing together, she inspired me to write, and be the best student I could be. When I had to say goodbye to her at the end of second grade I felt gloomy. It's always sad to leave behind good memories, a whole lot of fun, and a place where I felt special. But a girl has to grow up. And now, I'm in 3rd grade!!

My new teacher is named Ms.Merrit. She is very different from my old teacher, but I think I'm going to enjoy it. I have lots of new classmates, new rules to learn, and even some new opportunities. One of these is a chance to take violin lessons. Another one is to participate in this thing called girls on the run (I'm in it!). Finally, there's travel soccer. There's gonna be a lot of good material for blog posts. So stay tuned.

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Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon was SOOOOO FUN because it was my first time watching it, (etc). But I wouldn't have been there if it wasn't for my Mom and my Uncle. We were at my cousin's house for Easter, and my cousin and I had to do a lot of convincing. Sylvia (My cousin) kept the notes we wrote to them for Thanksgiving! And on the note my Mom wrote to us maybe in the Spring of 2014 we could have a sleepover. So that proved to my Mom that she had wrote it, and we could have a sleepover. When my family left my Mom said to me "Dad and Flynn will meet you guys at the marathon." I responded "Okay!"

 So I slept over Easter night, and in the morning we got dressed, and we watched part of a movie we had started the  last night, and soon it was time to go to the marathon. We packed sunscreen, LOTS of food, a game, and blankets. They lived in Maynard, and we had go to Newton, so it took a little while, but not too long.

When we got there we unpacked everything, and their Grammy and Grandpy  there on the other side were there, and 2 other cousins. Everybody set stuff out, and we just talked with family members. It was VERY fun!!! First, there were just army women and men walking, and police with their motorcycles, and cars. We cheered them on. Then I noticed that my Dad and my brother were right behind me. I was shocked for a second. They had brought a lot of stuff like food, and coats. Finally, the marathon began.

YYYYYYAAAAAYYYYY!!!!! Some runners came through. I heard screams from all around. I was so EXCITED! First, the wheelchair athletes came through. They were sweating, and really tired, and working very hard. We cheered so much for them! Second, the women runners came through. I remember the first 2 women: The first girl was Rita Jeptoo, and the second girl was Shalane Flanagan. Shalane was actually from Marblehead! Rita was a 33 year old women from Kenya. They were so fast! I could tell that they were working so hard also. Third, all of the men were running past us. Zoom! They also were running very fast. I remember the first guy: His name was Meb Keflezighi. Meb was 38. The whole group of men were very fast. After, other men and other women were running. That's when we started giving out waters.

Sometimes they were running so fast that when they got the water out of somebody's hand, and it would just drop. And sometimes the people would tell you to splash/throw the water on them. We brought 10 gallons of water, and we ran out! So then we started giving out oranges. And that went good too. Some of my cousins put them on a plate, but I didn't. Eventually, we ran out of those! After that, my Dad told me that after my aunt came by, we would leave. I said "Okay" in kind of a sad voice, because we were going to leave all of the fun! Soon enough, my aunt came by. We both said "Hi" to each other. P.S. I'm the girl who's wearing a hat in the picture.

Then we started packing our stuff up, saying good bye, and walking to the car. My Dad really wanted a drink so he said we would have to go to a store to buy him a drink on the way home, but there was a lemonade stand, and the lemonade was only $.50. So we bought that.

When we got home I found out the winners: 1st place winner for the men was Meb Keflezighi who finished in 2:08:37, the first place winner for the women was Rita Jeptoo who finished in 2:18:57, but Shalane Flanagan came in 7th place. For the wheelchair athletes the 1st place winner for the women was Tatyana McFadden who finished in 1:35:06, and 1st place winner for the wheelchair athletes for the men was Ernst Van Dyk who finished in 1:20:36. They all did really good!

And that was the time of my life.

Movie Review 5: RIO2

RIO2 was a way better movie than RIO, the first one. I'll tell you 4 of my favorite parts. One was when the some of the blue birds played a soccer game with some of the red birds. We wanted the blue birds to win, but unfortunately they lost. But it was so cool because I love soccer and there was a scene on it, and they made the birds ave so much talent in the "bird soccer game." Another one of my favorite parts was when the husband blue bird was on his GPS trying to find Linda and Tolio which were his old owners, and the lady said searching for dinner in Tokyo! My 3rd  favorite part was when they moved to the Amazon Rainforest, and they met this other blue bird. Their family thought that they were the only blue birds in the world. The bird they met had the voice of Bruno Mars. (Really good singer). He showed them his house that he made last minute for them. It was pretty good though. My last favorite part was when they got in a house, and they were pretty much acting like people! They were making pancakes, watching T.V., and sitting at a table eating breakfeast! They had no shelter so that's

where they went. So as you can tell, this was a very good movie. Kids will like it a lot, and adults will like it to!

Movie Reveiw 4: Mr. Peabody and Sherman

This movie was AWESOME!!! So this dog adopted Sherman, and he has an awesome life. They have this thing called the way back, and you take a elevator to it. It's this big red circle. If you just type in where you want to go, it will take you there. You can go in the future, or the past, but if you go in the future, there would be 2 of you! In the way back, they have been to Egypt, and some other places. Mr. Peabody and Sherman are smart, and make a good team. Another thing in the movie is that Mr. Peabody invites a girl's family that is in Sherman's class, but Sherman hates her. It goes  interesting. People wonder how Sherman is so smart, so Sherman has to make some stuff up. But when Penny Peterson is in his room, she asks him a few questions, and he answers them all right. She said "How do you know all of that?" He mumbled "In the way back." Then he showed her the way back, and they went to a place. Sherman was very guilty because Mr.Peabody said to NEVER show anybody the way back. They meet really cool people, like: Leonardo De Vinci, and Mona Lisa.Well, I am not going to tell you the whole movie, so if you want to find out more go see it!!

New Season of Soccer

My new season in soccer is going well, and a couple of days ago was my first practice. I switched teams this year, from the white team, to the green team. But whats better about it now, is that I am on Amanda's team. (My friend's team). I am really excited for this new season, because I love soccer. Every year, you get a new I think professional coach, to teach you a little bit, but you're coach still teaches you too. Plus, my friend's Dad is the coach now, and he is very nice! Practices are awesome. what makes it awesome, is that I get to go with my friend to practice with her Dad. My goal for this year, is to at least get 1 goal in the whole season, because last year when I was on the white team, I didn't score a goal fro the whole season. But I'm kind of sad because my old coach was so nice too!




What's weird about the t-shirts, is that they are a adults small! Every game we play a new team, but in the whole season, we play each team 2 times. We played the Yellow Highlighters on Saturday for the game. Every Saturday we play a game. And we started our season off well! We won the game 1-0!! I was sweeper 4 times, and I kicked some balls that went like 4 feet above everyone's head! We have this thing on our team called sweeper and stopper, instead of no defense. It was EPIC!!!!! Well we started our season off great, so stay tuned for the next post!!

Movie Review 3: Muppets Most Wanted

This was a great movie. As you probably know the first Muppets movie was really good, so you would think this second one is really good. And if thought that, you are correct✔. The Muppets go on this world tour, and they had just hired their new manager Dominic Badguy. Dominic says it pronounced (BAD-jee). But in the movie Dominic does very bad things, so that's why his name is Dominic Badguy, instead of BAD- jee. There are 2 Kermits, one is named Constantine, and than other one is just the regular Kermit. The Constantine Kermit, has a mole, and the 2 Kermits get mixed up, because Constantine puts a glue on mole on the real Kermit's face, so nobody can tell them apart and the real Kermit cant really go on the world tour. But there is a way to get them all back together, but you have to see it to find out what happens!! Plus, Constantine has a different voice, and Constantine put this green paint to cover up his mole! And Constantine's voice sounds nothing like Kermit, but the Muppets think it the real Kermit!1and it sounds nothing like Kermit, but the Muppets think its the real Kermit! Hard to believe right!? Dominic, and Constantine make so much mischief!! If you want to see what happens, you have got to see the movie!!!!

P.S. Tina Fey is in it.

Mom and Grandma's Birhtday

My Mom and Grandma's birthday is really on the 26th, but we celebrated part of it. My Grandma came up, and my 2 aunts, Auntie Meg, and Auntie Shana. First we went to the Museum of Fine Arts, witch is located in Boston. We left at 1:45,and left at 4:15. Anyways, the pieces of art were truly amazing. There were a lot by Claude Monet, and Vincent Van Gogh. Those artists are very good!! What was cool was that some of the pieces of art were made out of clay, wood (etc.) And it showed me how they have very different styles of art in different cultures. And a lot of the paintings were based on a real time, or person, or a thing, or a pattern. That my first time there, but it was AWESOME!! Then at 4:10 we started to walk out of the museum, but our car wasn't there yet so we just sat down on the bench. Finally, I saw a blue traverse pull up, and I said "Come on guys, I see our car!" So we walked to the car, and all got in it.

Secondly, when we had gotten on the car, we were headed to the Charles Playhouse to see a Blue Man Group production. We had to park in the parking garage, and then head up the elevator. It was a little bit hard to find a parking spot, but we found one on the 3rd floor of the parking garage. Once we got out, we were very excited to go on the elevator, because we were so excited to go to the show! We got into the elevator, with 1 other family. In fact, they were also going to see the Blue Man Group! We pressed the G button. Swipe, slip, the elevator was going down. My ears popped a little bit. When we got to the ground, we started walking to the Charles Playhouse. You know how in the cites, they have those things where you have to press the button to walk across the streets, well we had some of those. I looked up, and sure enough I saw the sign that read Charles Playhouse with the Blue Man group on it. So we walked in, and we waited in a short line, and when it was our turn, our family gave the man our tickets for the show. After our family gave the man our tickets, we walked up the stairs, and into the theatre. There was this girl that was telling the people that walked in where their seats were. She told us where our seats were, and we walked right down the aisle and sat down in our seats. Flynn, my Grandma, and my Auntie Meg were sitting in the row that I was sitting in. It was the back row. But my Mom, Dad, and my other aunt Auntie Shana, were in front of us. We started talking, until a waiter came up to us, and asked us if we wanted a drink.

"Sure!" we said. And we all ordered drinks. In a few minutes, the lights turned off. An announcement went on, and said "We can tell that Dorothy has a headache." And then it told us to say "We are sorry that you have a headache." So that's what we did. After they made those funny announcements, the show started. My favorite parts were when 1 of the blue men started throwing gumballs into another blue mans mouth, and the blue man was spraying the different colors of the gumballs onto a white cardboard tipe of thing, and when on of the blue men went up in my row, and took a teenager up on the stage and sat down at the table with her, but 1 of the blue men put a blue top on her, connected to a black skirt to look like she was a blue women, instead of a man, and they started eating Twinkies, and at 1 part when they were eating Twinkies, Twinkie that was mushed up, and was like a cream, started coming out of the little holes in their outfits. It was gross but funny. Towards the end of the show, I noticed that there was toilet paper right above me, but it was stuck, so my Auntie Meg gave it a little tug, and it started rolling down on me. It was so, so, so, so, so, so, so, EPIC!!!!!!!!!! We were pushing it forward, and Auntie Meg and I were shaking the toilet paper. Also VERY EPIC!!!!!! The last thing I loved was at the finale when these HUGE!! And I mean HUGE balls, were being passed around the theatre. Our family would just be right there, but our fingertips just wouldn't touch it. the people would always bounce it away in front of my Mom's row. And those were my favorite parts!!!


 Third, we went out to restaurant called Legal Seafood. We literally had the best waiter in the world!! Her name was Sherina. She was very nice. When my Dad reserved some spots, he just that we had a birthday in the family, and they gave us our own little private  room, called the Governor's Room. She asked us if we wanted to close the door? And we wanted to because you basically never get to do that. Auntie Meg made a beautiful toast, each a candle because it represented my Mom as a light in our lives. I thought the toast was very meaningful. When we ordered, I got fish-shaped ravioli with cheese inside with red grapes, and fries. It was very yummy!! I devoured it. For dessert they made a cake with a picture of my Mom on it. It was also very yummy! When we got home, and my Mom opened my present, she was so delighted. I got her a $50 gift card on Groupon,(app on the I-pad that gives you better prices on shows, and stuff like that). And my card really touched her heart.

Snow Tubing

When I still lived in Falmouth in my school's camp we went snow tubing at Nashoba Valley. I had to have all of my snow gear, like my snow pants, boots, gloves, and a hat. So we walked into the school early, and half of the kids were already there. The instructor welcomed us and said good morning, and hello. I had some of my gear on, but then I noticed that I didn't have my boots! I told Tina (One of the school teachers there, and a helper of the camp) that I didn't have my snow boots, but I knew I had brought them. She told Flynn to call my Dad on her phone, so he did, and my Dad answered and said "Oh yeah I think their in my cars trunk." He was on his way to work, but he was nice enough to come back with them. I was so happy that I had got my snow  boots again!


Soon enough we were on the bus and rolling on the highway. Flynn and I were listening to music on our mp3 players. This kid sitting in the back of us, kept asking us if he could listen to a song. Sometimes he would grab our headphones of our head. We kept saying "Please stop." But we finally got there. We had to pick a partner to got snow tubing with. Me and this girl in the 4th grade decided to be partners. Everybody lined up to get their tags to clip on your coats.We finally got in line to go up to the mountain. When it was my turn I was very excited. He clipped me on this thing with my snow tube and it took me up to the mountain. When I reached the to top of the mountain I got to the shortest line I could find with my partner. Although they were all pretty long, but at least it would be a little shorter.


When it was my turn, I got in my tube and I went flying down the mountain!! It was so AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I did a ton of times, and then it was time for lunch, so we went to the picnic tables and started eating our lunches. Yum! Yum! Yum! I had a lunchable. That was my first time on a mountain, and it was very FUN!!

Movie Review: 2: The Lego Movie

This is a really good movie. It is all made out of Legos, that's what makes it cool. This guy named Emmett, has a daily routine he does in the morning, like getting dressed taking a shower, etcetera. It was really cool for me to see how its all  made out of Legos, because I never knew how bubbles looked like in Legos, when he was in the shower. He also went to the coffee shop, on the T.V. there is this show on called "Honey where are my pants?" So funny! Emmett meats a lot of people in the movie. There are 2 worlds, but there are a lot of city settings. Emmett meets people and some animals. Kids love it, and so do adults. It's really cool. My Dad liked the movie, and so you might like it.

Movie Review: 1:The Nut Job

I think this was a very good movie, I would rate it 5 stars. Some squirrels want to find some nuts, but it's very hard. They try a lot of different places, like a little nut stand that is locally on the sidewalk, and in a nut store. And Greyson ( one of the squirrels red fox color) makes a lot of plans. He is also very sneaky. This movie is very detailed. Sometimes they almost get caught! But do they? You have to watch the movie to find out! I would recommend this movie for kids, and adults! This is a fiction movie, and it's an animated movie, but that makes it more fun!! It has tons of settings including the trees, a store, basement, (etc.) this is also a very exciting movie, containing fast sounds, and dialogue. This also contains a lot of nut scenes. And just remember, it's not only for kids! Be ready for the next movie review!

SkyZone

Well today witch is February 18th, I went to Sky Zone witch is a trampoline park. I free jumped, played in the dodge ball court, and did this thing were I jumped into lots of foam squares. First, when I free jumped I jumped of the trampoline "walls", and I jumped in the squares witch are just what separate people because there can only be 1 person on each square. And I jumped and then went on my knees, and I jumped and sat down and it kind of bounces you back up. I had an 1hr and a half, and I probably did that for 30 minutes. And then I went into the dodge ball court, and we played Revenge, witch is a game where there are 2 separate  you have these soft balls so nobody will get hurt, and you throw them and if somebody catches it, your out so you stand on the side. But if the person that got you out gets out, then your back in. I played that game for about maybe 35 minutes. And then I got in line to jump into foam squares. When it was my turn, I jumped a little bit and BOUNCE I jumped in. It felt very foamy. Then I got out, and went back into the free jump, and did what I did in the beginning basically, I jumped off the walls, and jumped up and down. So I did that for some more minutes, and then in the nick of time, I got to jump into the foam again. I just had a lot of FUN there!!!!

Grampy's birthday

On Sunday my family and I went into Boston with my Grampy's family and went to St. Margaret's Church. After we went into Boston and went to the Boston Tea Party and Ships Museum, and first checked out the gift shop, then we went into a little tea and pastries cafe' and I got a chocolate chip cookie, and a bottled water. Mmmmmm..... it was so good!But I did get my hands chocolaty Next, we went to a replica ship, and I dumped tea into the harbor! A tourist took us down the stairs to some beds, and George Washington writing some letters, and there were a lot of barrels. Where the beds were you could hear some people talking. Example ( "Be quiet".) Then we went up stairs and checked out Thu boat, and took  family photo. After that, we went into a dark room where the background was the harbor, and these 2 ladies were having a argument. After that, we saw this thing about a old chest that was once full of tea, and dumped into the harbor. It looked really old. Then we went to a room with paintings, and 2 of them started talking. The 2 men were: Samuel Adams, and King George III. It was so cool because they made it so it looked like they were talking. So realistic! then we went into a room that had a movie called "Let it Begin Here." It had really loud noises like gunshots. Last but not least, we went back to the gift shop. Me and Sharon were poking people with this fake pirate knife, that when you poked a person  with it it went in, and when you took it out it was a knife again. Then we all went back to our cars, and went to the Legal Harborside. I got salmon with corn and mashed potatoes. When it was time for desert we had a cake with 80 candles plus 1 for good luck.And it had my Grampy's high school picture on it. I will always remember that very FUN and SPECIAL birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I the dog got out

This all started when I was scratching at the glass slider door, and my owner let me out. I ran out , and went down the steps ran around the back yard, to get to the front yard. The gate was open, and I had the chance to get out, run down the road of Fulton, and maybe go down Morse. So I said in my head this is like when my owner gives me a piece of cheese or something! This is like a Hershey's chocolate bar! And I went on to my neighbor's yard and smelt her bushes, then I ran down the street all happy, and decided to check out Morse. So that's what I did.... again I smelt some bushes did some of my business.... (lol) I kept hearing my owner shout "Treat boy!" "Treat boy!" I heard my friend Nuala about to cry. I think she thought I got hurt. Anyway, when I was done smelling bushes, and doing my buissness, I ran down Morse, and down Fulton, I saw my friend Nuala she had a huge smile on her face. Then we both ran to the door, and she opened the door for me. 5 days later...... We have a awesome life!

Pedicure

Jan.11 I went to East Dedham Nails and Spa with my Mom, and kids don't usally get to go in the spa. But Apple my mom's nail girl said I could. So I put my feet in the water, and waited until another girl game over to do my feet. I gently put my feet on to the towel, and she dried them off. First, she clipped my toenails so they would be nice and even when she painted them. Second, she filed my nails, and buffed them. It felt good to have them feel healthy, and clean. Then she told me to put my feet back in the water. So I waited for about 5 min. And took them back out because now she had to paint them blue the color I had picked out. I kept my feet really still so she could concentrate. Once she painted them, she put this clear polisher over the blue. Last but not least, she put little white flowers with a red dot for the center, and put little dot connecting them. This was my favorite pedicure!                                             

                                                              

Family Matters

My family and I, on vacation, went to Acton to go to my cousin Sylvia's birthday party at Bowladrome witch is a bowling and arcade place. First, we got our shoes, then the lady behind the desk put everybody's names on the screen. She got all the names by a sheet of paper my aunt gave her with all of our names on it. Then we sat down, and the first person of every group would start bowling. In my group Sylvia went first, then me, then her friend Brianna, then her other cousin Luke, and last but not least her friend Tessa. So we did that for about 10 times. After, everybody was done, I looked up on the screen and I had come in 2nd place! Then my uncle (Sylvia's Dad) said "Do you want to play another round"? We answered YES! So we played another round in the same exact order. Again, at the end I looked up on the screen I had come in 2nd place! We were all excited! Some of the kids asked my uncle B.J. where our shoes were, they were right on the shoe plate. Then the lady came over and said "Go over near the water fountain, right next to it is the hand sanitizer so your hands will be clean to eat". Then we all got hand sanitizer and went to the party room. They served pizza, lemonade, and fruit punch. The lady gave us each a slice of pizza, and our choice of drink. When we were done, the lady said the rules for the arcade, and gave us each a bowling card. I went into the arcade and played ski ball, a water gun game, a ball drop game, and I do not really know what the rest are called. After I cashed in, and got a mini pack of paper cards, some candy, and a frissbe sling shot thing. And that was the party I went to at Bowladrome! See ya!