Mark had a snake named Biff. One day, Mark took Biff to school. He had the snake in the bag, which he put in his locker. At recess, Mark checked the locker. The bag was still there, but Biff wasn’t! Write what happened next.

Mark was very worried and scared. “How did Biff get out of the locker?” wondered Mark. Then Mark searched near the lockers but did not find Biff. After, he searched the school. He finally found Biff on a table in the art room. Then Mark put Biff back in the bag in the locker. Then he searched the locker to see if could find out how Biff got out. Then he found a crack in the side of the locker. The crack looked big enough for Biff to crawl out of it. Mark decided not to leave Biff in the locker ever again!

Clarence had a pet pig named Elmer. As pigs do, Elmer grew very big. On hot days, he loved splashing around in cool water.  One day, Clarence was taking Elmer for a walk. They passed the pool where the school swim team was practicing. Elmer broke away from Clarence and jumped in!  Write what happened next.

The swim team was frightened that there was a pig in the pool, so they got out. After they got out of the pool, they tried to find out who let the pig in the pool. They looked and looked, but they could not find anyone. Then Clarence came out of hiding and said, “That’s my pig!” Next, Clarence tried to get Elmer out of the pool, but Elmer did not want to get out because the water was warm. After an hour passed, Elmer said, “I want to live in the pool because the water is just the right temperature.” Clarence said,”OK,” so they built walls and ceilings over the pool. Elmer lived in the pool the rest of his life. Elmer lived happily ever after.

I think that snickers are better than candy canes. 

The first reason is because I like chocolate and peanuts combined better than mint. The mint flavor is too minty for me, and I like chocolate and peanuts combined better.

The second reason is because you can only get candy canes at Christmas time, but snickers you can get anytime. They only sell candy canes around Christmas time but they sell snickers any time you want to have them.

The third reason is because snickers are not made from just sugar, but candy canes are. Snickers have peanuts in them which give you protein and energy, but candy canes are just sugar.

I hope I have convinced you to go and get some snickers.

On Saturday night we went to my friend Kate’s house for a BBQ. When we got there we made some slime. The colors that we could chose from were blue, purple, orange, yellow, green, and many more colors. I chose blue. Then Kate made some blue slime.

Then we went on their bounce house and played a game. Then we had dinner. For dinner we had bread and hot dogs. After dinner, we had dessert. For dessert we had brownies, ice cream, and tons of sprinkles. After dessert we tied up Kate’s brother Jonathan. Then it was time for us to go, so we hid from our parents. When the parents found us, we came out of hiding and said  goodbye. Then we left and went to bed. 

I hope that we can do this again!

I think that swimming is the best sport.

The first reason is that swimming is fun. I think swimming is fun because I love to swim in water. When I swim I feel relaxed.  

The second reason is that it gives you a lot of exercise. Exercise is good for you because it burns calories and it helps you stay in shape.

The last reason is that in swimming you don’t need a lot of equipment. In soccer you need clothes, socks, shin guards, and shoes, but in swimming you only need a swimsuit and goggles.

I hope that I have convinced you to go out and swim!

I think Mike and Ike’s are better than peanut M&M’S. 

The first reason is because peanuts are not my favorite nut. My favorite type of nut is candied pecans.

The second reason is beacause I don’t really like the taste of chocolate and nuts combined. I like nuts and chocolate separately, but not together.

The third reason is beacause I like the fruit flavor of Mike and Ike’s. The five flavors of Mike and Ike’s are lime, lemon, orange, cherry, and strawberry. My favorite flavor is orange.

In all, I feel that Mike and Ike’s are better than peanut M&M’S.

This morning I was in the the play “The Sound of Music.” I was a servant in the play. My friend Anna and Kate were in the show too. Anna was a kid and Kate was a nun. As far as I know, nobody missed their lines. I really enjoyed putting on this show. I was really nervous the first time I went on stage in this show. My favorite scene was the party scene. The people who came to see me in the show were my mom, my dad, my nana, and my favorite babysitter Nora. 

For my costume, I wore a black leotard and an apron. I also wore a headpiece around my head. The costume was not itchy. The headpiece had to be bobby pinned down. 

Next year come and see me in the show!

Yesterday my old babysitter, Nora, came over.

When she got there we showed her the new ping pong table and played some ping pong with her. Then we showed her the cleaned up garage and offered her some snacks. Then she said, “Can I have a glass of lemonade?” I said, “Yes.” Then my sister poured her a glass of lemonade. Then we played a little more ping pong. Then we showed her the slackline. 

Then we went in the garage and painted. I painted flowers with dot art which is where you use the back of the brush to make dots. Nora painted a sunset over the Grand Canyon since she was just rafting in the Colorado river. 

Then it was time for Nora to go.   

Two days ago, we got a ping pong table. In summer, spring, and fall we are going to keep it in our back yard but in the winter we are going to keep it in the garage. 

The ping pong table is blue. There are three balls. I learned that in ping pong the games go up to 11 points and, you have to win by at least two points. You switch serves every two points. We have four paddles, so that mommy, daddy, juju, and I can all play together. All around the world people call it table tennis, but in the U.S. more people call it ping pong. 

I played ping pong with Juju, mommy, and daddy.  I think my mommy is the best player in the house right now. 

When I play ping pong I feel happy. 

In Bend, we went tubing on the Deschutes River. When we got there, we pumped up the tubes, and put on a lot of sunscreen.

When we got to the edge of the river, we put the tubes in the water, and sat in the tubes. When we sat in the tubes we could feel the cold water on our bottoms. Then we put the strings of the tubes around the handles on the other tubes, so we would not separate. Then the river pulled us downstream. We went under four bridges. There were rapids, but we did not want to go on them, so we walked around them. After the rapids, we got back on the tubes. Then we floated another twenty minutes before we got out of the river. 

You should really try tubing.