My Awesome 1 week off school!!!

On the morning of the 9th day of February, I was so excited that we had 1 whole week off school!!!  At about 8 o'clock, my family had breakfast and then we got ready to go on a 6 hour car ride to Seaside Oregon.  

During the car ride, it was kind of interesting.  About half way there we stopped to rest, then we kept on going.  When we finally arrived at our destination, I was sooooo tired!!!  We climbed the stairs to our hotel room, opened the door and I flopped on the comfy bed.  After 5 or so minutes we walked to Safeway down the road to get dinner.  After dinner it was time for bed. 

The next day we drove to Seaside Beach.  Burter and I walked down to the water and raced the waves back to the shore.  We got bored of that and decided to have a little fun.  So we walked into the water and accidentally got our pants wet!!!                         

After that we went back to the hotel, Burter and I got changed into dry clothes and went to Canon Beach.  At Canon beach, there is a giant rock called Haystack Rock. 

Next to the rock are lots of rock-pools that I played in.  But the tide came in so the water got deeper and Mum told me to get out.

 

 

The next day, we drove to Bainbridge Island and got a hotel there. It took a whole day until we arrived.  We walked around th eplace and went to some parks.  We hiked at Fort Ward and played in the playground at Battlefield park.  

 We could of stayed longer, but Burter wanted to go, so I had to go.  But it was fun anyway!

The next morning, we got up, had breakfast, and walked 2 kilometers to the ferry terminal.  We took a ferry to Seattle.  When we were there, we walked around a little and had lunch.  then we walked to the Seattle Center.

It's so big!!!

We walked around a bit and after that we went to Pike Place Market.  We saw shirts and lots of different kinds of flowers.  Up stairs, we saw joke shops and fake fortune tellers.  We each got to get something.  Burter got this trick ring that squirts water.  I got a gold coin with Rachael the pig on one side and Seatle on the other side.  Then we walked around town.  Along the way, we stopped at a really cool and tall library.  We went all the way up to the very top floor and lookd out of the glass and saw all the miniature cars and trucks.  Then we took the ferry back home.  Today I took 22,000 steps on my fitbit!

I had such a fun 1 week off school!!!   

 

Ice Skating News

Today after Burter and I finish doing keyboard lessons, Dad took us to ices skating lessons ( Mum was sick today!)  Today was skate with Santa so we had to wear Christmas clothes.  I wore a green skirt with black stockings underneath, a red T-shirt and a red jacket.  Before we went on some older and more experienced skaters did their routine either by themselves or doing it synchronized with a partner.  After them different groups went on the ice to do their routine.  I am in Yellow group which has a lot of kids!!!  Anyway, I think we did pretty well!!!  After all the groups had finished we had a surprise skater!!!  His name was Jeromy and he got bronze medal twice in the olympics!!!  He could jump and do a triple turn!!!  It was very interesting!!!  After his turn everyone clapped and then all the kids that do skating lessons and the coaches could go back on the ice and skate with Santa!!!  Santa also handed out goody bags for all the people that were on the ice!!!  
 
At the end of free skating with Santa, all the kids gathered around the circle in the middle of the ice rink to get our skating report cards.  I passed stages 1,2,3 and 4!!!  I am so proud of myself!!!

Snow, Snow, and More Snow

This morning, at about 8am, I woke up and saw snow in my front yard.  I quickly woke Burter up and told her the exciting news.  We asked mom if we could go and play in the snow.  Mom said, 'Yes' and she helped us change into our snow jackets, snow pants, snow boots and mittens.

As soon as Burter and I got outside we started a SNOW BALL FIGHT!!!  That lasted about an hour and by then we were STARVING!  We quickly went inside and ate our breakfast.  Then we asked Mom and Dad if they could come outside and join the fun.

When Burter and I first got outside again, we quickly got a snowball in our hands and hid behind Dad's car.  When Mom and Dad came outside, in a flash they were covered in snow!  That's how the snowball fight started.

We all had such fun playing in the snow and I can't wait until we can have more snow so that we can make a snowman!!!!

Cross-Country

At school I have started cross-country.  In cross-country we have to run long distance.

More than three weeks ago we had a cross-country race.  The race was held at a stadium that was in a park.  We had to race against 34 other catholic schools and over 150 kids!!!  Each school picks 4 boys and 4 girls from each class.  The people that they pick represents their school in the race.  I was chosen but I had to run with the Grade 4's because of my birthday.  

Getting Ready:  All the Grade 4 Girls!

The Grade 4's had to run 2.25 km!!!  Some bits of the run was really hilly.  On the run I met a girl called Isabelle.  We were talking while we were running!!!  When at last we entered the stadium I said goodbye to Isabelle and started sprinting.  In the end I came 30th!!!  It was a pretty tiring run but I kind of had fun.

  

Sprinting for the finish!

Day 2

Today was extra fun because I played with people I haven't played with before.

We played Tiggy (Tag).  It was so much fun because everyone was so fast!!!  One person was even sweating because he was chasing me so much!!!

Then in class we had to do double dictation!!!  One page was 35 words long and the other was 50 words long.  We were going to do three but the teacher said we could do something fun instead.

At the end of school we packed our bags, ready for the end of the day prayer.  This time I knew some of the words to it.  I will get the hang of it soon.

So far, school has been a good place to be!

First Day of School

Today was the first day of school!!!  We only went to school for 2 hours, but it was really fun.

First, we met our teacher and we met our classmates.  Then we did an activity to talk and to know more about our classmates.  I got to meet a lot of people.  There are 31 in my class.

Next, we made a chart about class rules.  There were a lot of new class rules I haven't even heard of!  I had a few ideas to add too.

Last, we got the rest of our school supplies.  I got 2 large binders and lots of folders.  I also got pencils, notebooks and loads more.

I can tell that this year's going to be a good year.

Something Very Unexpected

On Sunday, it was a nice and sunny day and Mum had plans for the day (like usual) and part of Mum's plan was the family was going out to a fair!  I love fairs.  They are so much fun.  But this fair was not just an ordinary fair...

First we got temporary tattoos of a whale and a pirate hat each.  Then we also heard people playing music and singing.  But it was about 5 minutes until the unexpected thing happened...  

We waited, and finally 5 minutes had passed and two people were rolling a trolly with--was it true?  It was a real life mermaid!!!  Her name was Oceania.  She told us that mermaids are only in Richmond B.C.  Oceania read us a story about a mermaid.  The story was called The Little Mermaid.  It was a different version.  At the end the Little mermaid didn't get married to the Prince, instead she turned into foam.  

When the story was done we got to take pictures with Oceania.  Secretly I touched a bit of her tail.  It felt like rubber.  But she said she was a real mermaid and she was even on the front page of the newspaper!

Soon enough it was time to go as we had ice skating after.  I had an excellent time at the fair and hope to go again next year!!!