63

63
The giant number that you see is how many bundles of crayons we collected for kids in need!

HOORAY! HOORAY! HOORAY!

I Love To Paper Punch

Lately, I've been doing a fun craft- paper punching! I paper punch animals, food, and other things and add them to the growing city on my group's desk at school.
I sit at a table at school with 4 other nice girls. Together we have constructed a place called Paper Punch World. Here are all the cool features:
1. An announcement board.
2. The sidewalk.
3. SC's Pets. This is a store that sells paper punch animals.
4. LF's Food Store. A food store that we're still making food for!
5. The Jackpot Toy Store. This store sells paper punch animals, toys, and food.
6. The Eraser Hotel. A bed and breakfast inn you can send your erasers to. It features tables made from bottle caps, beds made from erasers, and hippie posters hanging from the wall...
7. The Tourist Center. Still under construction....
8. The Recycling Bin! When we have old math worksheets, old spelling papers, etc. we put them in the Ziploc bag hanging from SW's desk and they later get used as building materials. This feature makes our little world 100% GREEN!
Got any other ideas?

Choosing Colors

My parents are painting the family room red. They brought at least 5 color sample sheets home from Home Depot.
Here are the colors they brought home:
Cool Melon
Youthful Coral
Lipstick
Red Tomato
Modestly Peach
Candy Mix
Coral Expression
Daredevil
Coral Serenade
Sahara Sun
Mineral Red
Roasted Pepper
Rosy Outlook
Peony Pink
Red Jalapeno
Briquette
Pink Eraser
Cheery
Firecracker
Poinsettia
Here are the colors we are trying to decide between:
Red Tomato
Daredevil
Here is the color that will probably win:
Daredevil
Thinking of names for paint colors sounds like an interesting job. In fact, I bet I could think of a lot of names for red.....
Raspberry Jam
Fire Truck Red
Brick Red
Scarlet
Red Rock
Ripened Apple
Valentine Red
Island Bird
Burned Pink
Saucy
Baseball Stitch
Sunset
Tropical Flower
Crayon Red
Fiery
Red Laser
Crimson
Cranberry Juice
Anger

Too many colors to choose from......

Comfortable Evening

My mom and my sister and I walked around the block. We watched sprinklers and kids and looked at neighborhood landmarks. Then we did our chores and had a nice dinner of spaghetti with homemade sauce. For dessert, we filled the car with blankets and drove to Sonic, where we ordered Sonic Blasts and milkshakes. We peeled off the Limeades for Learning stickers so we could go on their website the next day.
Then we took a little drive around other parts of our neighborhood. We saw teenagers partying at the Lakeview Pool and fancy houses at Stephen's Manor. Then mom showed us some of the houses that she thought were interesting. Then we went home and brushed our teeth. My sister and I ran downstairs, hoping that Mom would let us stay up later.
She did. That night, we talked and talked until out mouths hurt. We laughed at old photos on the digital frame. We waited for Mom to whisk us upstairs, but she was so caught up in the talk that he forgot about the time.
We finally headed up to our bedrooms many minutes later. We fell asleep and dreamed about the comfortable evening.

Finally! The Weekend!

Finally! The weekend is here!
Now I can do all those creative projects I was planning to do......
1. Make origami
2. Do paper punch art
3. Hang out with one of my neighbors and draw
4. Melt crayons. And while I'm still on this topic, I'd like to thank everyone who donated crayons! You helped us a lot!
5. Find some way to get Mom's permission to make a paper-maiche sculpture out of bathroom cups
6. ?
7. ?


Okay, I think I have enough now!

Welcome!

One of my friends started a blog! Her name is Soso, and you can find her blog by clicking on the link that says soso's prose on it on my blog list.
Happy blogging, Soso!

Math Is SO Confusing!

Q: If a triangle has 2 right angles, then it isn't a triangle. For some mysterious reason, it's impossible. The triangle I'm dealing with looks like a triangle, but it's not now because it has 2 right angles! So what shape is it now?
A: ??????

I don't know the answer! A lot of you wise bloggers probably know, but I don't! It just goes to show you that math is SO CONFUSING!

Blogging Buzz

I told one of my friends about making blogs, because this friend is VERY creative. She said she wanted to make one and check out mine. Soon, we told another friend and she wanted to do it, too! It looks like we all have the blogging buzz! I hope they start blogs, because then I'll have two new blogs for my list!

Party Bus

Q: Today, on my bus, the radio was playing an awesome song. Everyone was singing along or yelling, "TURN IT UP!" There were a lot of hand motions going on, i.e. doing the wave, waving hands, etc. Everybody was getting into it. Then, at our stop, all of us ran out screaming. We raced each other to our houses, laughing and talking. What day is it?
A: Friday.

The Festival Of Origami

Yesterday was the first day of school, and my friends on the bus know what that means. IT'S ORIGAMI TIME!
Starting last year, we decided to give out origami on the first day of school, the last day of school, and every other Tuesday. We started doing just that yesterday. I lugged an empty cheese ball container full of cranes, boats, bunnies, turtles, tables, airplanes, sleds, flowers, flower darts, journals, pencils, cat heads, star boxes, parrots, picture frames, and penguins on the bus. Everyone got free origami! Everyone loved it! I can't wait for next Tuesday!
Blog you later!
5th grade rocks!

10 Annoying Things About Summer

Even though I like school, it's hard to get into back-to-school mode, so why not make it easier to say "bye" to summer by listing ten annoying things about it?
1.Mosquito bites.
2. Next-door neighbors. They aren't annoying, they are my friends. They weren't home to play this summer.
3. Early bedtimes.
4. Websites that make websites. I'm looking for a place to put my Cousin Studio (my cousins and I have a fake filming company) videos. Why not post them on the Web for everyone to see? Only problem: Practically every website maker out there is too easy, too hard, or too expensive!
5. Thunderstorms at 2:00 in the morning.
6. The Crayon Project. The project isn't annoying, but hardly anyone donates crayons!
7. Going food shopping. This is partly why I never saw my friends this summer.
8. Hardened lemonade powder that won't come out no matter how hard you push it!
9.NO HOMEWORK!
10.NO SCHOOL!

Wow, I'm ready to kiss summer good-bye already! That really worked!

Fun With Trains

Two of my friends, A and S, came over today. We had a great time playing together, because one of the only things we did was play with toy trains! By the end of our playdate we had constructed 2 railroads! Here they are:
A's railroad: Monster Railway. This was kind of a work center for trains. It had a hill, a bridge, a tunnel, a harbor, stations, and even a shed for the train that A made all by himself. It used to have another bridge the trains went under and a workstation. Now we know how big the power of a single innocent foot can be.
S's railroad: The Children Railroad. This railroad was supposed to be a kiddie attraction. It featured a train track with block walls, a hill, a Waterworks Workshop, a place where you could watch construction vehicles at work, a playhouse, and a visitor center. This place was REALLY fun to build. S's mom liked it, too!

We've been thinking about doing something like this: Every time they build a railroad on one of our playdates together, we'll give them a ticket. Then they can buy homemade gifts with their tickets at the Railroad Store. I can't wait for A and S to come again so we can try this out!

summer is...

a poem by Claire

chalk sticks
ice cream licks
grass stalks
long walks
lemonade
lots of shade
tire swings
butterfly wings
basketballs
free for alls
pretty flowers
long hours
bathing suits
yummy fruits
car drips
rain drips
pretty sights
quiet nights
fireflies
tired eyes
moonbeams
sweet dreams