100 Blog Posts and a Wonderful New Year!

How was your '09? I know mine rocked like you would not believe. I want you to have a little tiny peek at it. So here are the first and last pictures from the year.

Here is a picture I took of something I was grateful for to post about. First picture of the year.

Last picture of us going sledding. Why is my type blue?

Oh, well. Here is to a wonderful 2010!

Oh, the Joy and Laughter Caused By Duplicate Presents

It was the afternoon of Christmas and all through the house all the creatures were stirring, even the darn Legos.

Okay, I can't do that forever. So here is the rundown Dad asked for the Ghostbuster's Wii game, which many family members eagerly bought for us. So you can imagine my Father's glee when he opened the game and shouted '"It's Ghostbusters!'" He had proclaimed this just when I had unwrapped my present and discovered the game's twin.

Aren't we so pretty? Then can the family game.

So now we are the proud owners of Ghostbusters! Of course if we were going to get one we were going to get a million- a hundred- okay three.

Now I Better Post this Or Else Peter Will Keep Breathing in My Ear!

Okay, I have to get Peter off my back so- you all know how we watched the Phantom of the Opera (I don't know how to underline things on my blog, so if anyone knows please spread your knowledge). Well right after Christine was "forced" to kiss the Phantom Peter made the comment "' Now I really hate that guy.'" Then at the end of the movie he repeated what he had said, my Mom readily replied to '"Be nice to the poor man because it is not his fault he is permanently disfigured."' Now that I have posted this maybe my bother will leave me alone- maybe.

Merry Christmas and I Hope Your House Is Clean!!!!

I am not trying to make you feel guilty if you house is dirty- because our is a bit dirty too! I am just trying to give you hope that it might be clean.

Moving on. So how was everybody's Christmas? I think we might have too much family all on one day. Like I love my family, but if it grows much bigger I might go insane.

So do you want to see something that Peter and I - and Laura (a bit)- discovered we loved? If not, do not scroll down.

Okay. I know all of you are amazed that Peter and I were both able to sit through a two hour twenty-nine minute movie. Where they sing a lot. Emphasis on a lot. Like a lot.

So we got it from Netflix- long story- and we watched it on Christmas Eve. Then again on Christmas day. We really enjoyed it- maybe our mom actually rubbed a love for old movies into us- those this isn't old, but I guess it can be counted as a classic.

I sort of have to go now, but I will really try to blog sooner or later. Truthfully.

Here You Go Sister Acton, Now Look at All the Pictures

For my 12th birthday I got to go to Germany with my aunt, uncle, cousin,and grandmother- who lived in Germany for some of her life.

Here are some of the pictures from the trip.

Part One- Munchen

P.S. These are not in any order

The castle were King Ludwig the Second grew up.

Me on a bridge looking out at Neuschwanstein

Neushwanstein from the front

Me in a u-baun or a subway

A figure on a castle
The castle for Ludwig the Second- again!

Hopefully I will have some more pictures for you tomorrow- or even today.

I Wonder Where Time Goes?

All right. I have to ask you all a question. Where does time go? Like, literally. For instance, if you spend an hour, where does it go after it has been spent?

Well, I've been wondering that recently. Seeing as I have had, roughly, 378, 432, 000 seconds go by in my life time. In short, now I'm twelve.

And the world is rapidly changing. One of my early- but not so awesome birthday presents was a trip to an ENT doctor. Where I learned that I have something called A-Typical Vertigo. Which pretty much means that I have some problem with my blood flow in my ears and that it makes me dizzy. Now I have exercises to do to make me dizzy while I retrain my body. Great, right? Let me also mention that I had to undergo a series of tests to determine what my other issue is. And no, for all you wondering, that other issue is not my lack of sanity. Just thought I'd set that straight. So that other issue is something with the fancy-pancy name Otalgia. Which means something is up with my ears and the doctors don't know what. I could have told you that- minus the fancy name of course. But I must be a hypocrite and say not to get angry or annoyed with the ENT for not knowing something or forcing you to wait to get an appointment with them. It is not their fault. Thank you.

I usually would have pictures up from my birthday at this point, but I'm going to wait until sometime around, eh, December 5 or 6, when I will report back with a lot more than just some birthday pictures. What am I not telling you, you ask. Well get used to not knowing or come and torture it out of me. Live with it.

Chipmuck logging off.

Literally.

I'm Tired of Blogging about my Ears- So I'll do the Brain!

Did any of you know I love brain conditions? Well I do. Have any of you ever heard of synesthesia? No? I thought so. Well, I'll tell you what it is about. It is when your senses sort of "combine". For example, I connect four with the color purple and seven with yellow. That is synesthesia. I find this extremely interesting, mostly because I experience it a bit.

Go and read about it. Let me know if you find any other brain conditions.

No! I Lied! I Do Have Something the Blog About!

I lied. There is something to blog about.

The new book by Rick Riordan. Seems a bit of the opposite of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, huh. Now instead of helping the gods or whatever, they are fighting them. I hope that this won't feel like all of the other books like this (Fablehaven, 39 Clues). It is odd that now I seem to be reading more books with siblings and less with only children. I don't usually like it, too much fighting and there always seems to be too little friends.

I wish Rick Riordan good luck in meeting my standards. I'll be reviewing my Egyptian mythology, though I know it quite well already.

What to Blog About, What to Blog About...

I have no idea what to blog about. But I'll say hi and tell you happy belated Halloween. And I shall tell you that in TEN days I shall be TWELVE. I don't know what I'll do.

Hi, everyone!!!!!!

I Want To Tell You A Story- About Me!!!!

Okay, so I want to tell you a story that started four years ago with my first Activity Day leader, Sister Beal, and her niece, Alyssa. I loved Activity Days, being the new girl and all, and I loved Sister Beal and her daughter. Then she started bringing Alyssa with her. I quickly learned from Alyssa that her sister had cancer. One fateful night, she talked about her sister getting a wig because her hair had fallen out. Something about hearing from a friend that her sister had lost her hair clicked in me. That night I set myself a goal. I wanted to cut my hair for cancer. It took four long years, practically the duration of my time in Activity Days. I had many different leaders, friends, ect. But something never changed. I always remembered Alyssa and Sister Beal.

One Sister Beal's last night teaching Activity Days, (or at least I think that was what it was) I gave her a necklace. So now every time I put on a necklace I remember her.

Back to the story, in May of this year my Mom and I decided that we had to cut my hair because with the length it just kept needing to be cut. But my hair was still too short. In a desperate effort to meet my goal, we looked for another wig cutting program and found Pantene, who only took eight inches of hair. Then after preperations and all that stuff, I cut off 32 inches of my hair for a women with cancer.

Tonight, I had my last Recognition Night for Activity Days. I invited Sister Beal, and I was thrilled to learn that Alyssa and her sister were doing wonderful! She gave me a necklace and earrings that brought tears to my eyes and I love so much. Thank you, Sister Beal!

I can't thank Alyssa and Sister Beal enough for shaping my life in so many ways that changed me completely and put a new lens in front of my eyes so that I could see it in a new way. I love them both so much and hope they are blessed for what they have done.

Thank you Alyssa and Sister Beal. Say "hi" to Alyssa for me Sister Beal.

This Is A Really Short Blog Post, But It Is A Long Title

Watch this video! Now! Awesome!

I'm Feeling Optimistic Today... Which Can NOT Be Good

Okay so you're tired of the long blog post titles. I don't know if I'll work on that one yet or if I'll let you suffer. I just said I felt optimistic, not generous.

So listen, anyone know what month October is? You, in the back with the red and purple shirt. Yes, you're right. Go indulge yourself in a bucket full of cookie dough. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Frankly, I can't think of a much better way to spend a month. Now, a few of you know that I care a bit about cancer- enough to cut my hair for it (totally not bragging)- so I have loved October, what with all the posters with Breast Cancer and even two hot air balloons with the ionic pink ribbon on it. But their was something I read in the magazine Real Simple. It was an article about breast cancer. That you can read here. Now once you have read that go to the bottom and keep clicking on the pictures of women, there should be five. I find this so inspirational. Isn't it wonderful that people can fight for something like this?

Hoping that I was not so optimistic now? Well live with it.

Da, Da, Da, Da, Here Comes the Bride, All Dressed in White...

It is no longer official! Wesley Acton WAS going to marry Laura, but it is now OFF! So here is how it started.

One dark and stormy night, I learned a dreadful thing! Wesley had proposed to Laura and, much to the dismay of all the older siblings, she accepted. They had a date for their wedding and their siblings' deaths. Wesley called her " my Girlfriend Laura", and all of the older kids were preparing their funerals. Then it happened. Laura DUMPED Wesley!!!!!! And we all thought we could live again!

Oh, I got my book!

Want to See What I Look Like With NO Hair?

Okay, right off the bat I have to say I am grateful to my mom.

But, NOT grateful enough to let this go.

Remember this??!!!!!!

I am soooooo upset I can't even show it to you. AHHHHHHHHHHH!

Now my Mom has ordered it, because NONE of the stores in our WHOLE ENTIRE TOWN have it!

I am pulling my hair out, but I have all the videos. HA, HA, Take that book stores!

Okay, I'm losing it.

Real Quick Post!

I want you all to read this article. Be amazed at the work behind something so pretty.

A Meal in Paris (and Some Much Craved REVENGE!)

Okay, so I'm going to be brief because I have much better news. You know how I mentioned a certain show called The Next Food Network Star? Well we ate one of the meals that the winner made and it rocked. To say the very least. So if you just happen to like good food and Paris, go here. We subsituted the cheese for mozerella and it was still good.

So it is finally here. The book we've all been waiting for. The book I have been preparing you for.

CATCHING FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I tried to put the picture on, but couldn't. So go and read the book. It rocks!!!!!!!

Cool Idea (So Listen Up)

Okay, so one of my favorite authors in the whole world (Rick Riordan, sound familiar?) suggested that the readers read an article about children reading what they want in school. I enjoyed reading it and I thought you would too, so look here. It is very good. I, personally, think that children should be aloud to choose their books, after all, when you think about the kids have to do the reading , so shouldn't they be able to read what they want? They say that she let them read Maximum Ride, which everyone should read eventually, because it is AWESOME. Just in case you were wondering.

Catching Fire, (the second book in a series by Suzanne Collins, who wrote the Underland Chronicles (Another one of those books that everyone should read), called the Hunger Games (Check it out)) is coming out in two days (the first). I can't wait, but I'm babysitting that night so Peter and Laura better be good, or else. I would be grateful for those threats about their behavior from anonymous sources. Though they will probably be fine.

Logging off. Though you aren't, your checking for those books.

That's Child Abuse!!!!!!!

So school is back up and running. With Mom soon stepping in for another teacher part time life has just been a bit chaotic. Like if you took school out of our lives we would still never be home. Now, to the child abuse part. It is the fourth day of school. Now this is actual fact so trust me, my backpack, on the fourth day, weighs as much as Laura. My SIX YEAR OLD SISTER.

So now I quote a friend's mom, 'That's child abuse.' Wisely put, Sister Walker.

So if ANYONE can go and tell this to Ms. Heather, or, even better, send her to this blog so that she could see what is happening, I would be very happy.

And Ms. Heather, if you're reading this, let me tell you. I either love more than is probably good for me, and my back, or I need my head checked for going through this year with you. Hopefully it is the first. So there.

My mom has told me that she also needs her head checked for letting me do this.

Now I want you to know. I will most likely not blog much until Christmas. Assuming, of course, I live that long. Go ahead and call me pessimistic. I will always think I just face the facts in the face.

I Now Know the Feeling of GUILT!

Yeah, I know. What reason would I ever have to feel guilty seeing as I am as angel as I can get? I have recently discovered one. I told you a horror story last night. And you all woke us screaming. I could hear you.

So I had to make a contract thingy-madjig. Fill in all the blanks and print it so that your kids don't sue me from lack of sleep trying to comfort their parents, as they did to a certain person in New York I hear.

I promise that I have read Emily's horror blog post. This is the reason that I will not sue her for this. So there.

Signed: Your name Signed: Emily

Signed: Child's name

So there.

Where to Begin the Chaos...

Okay, so do you remember my most recent post. Yeah, the one with NO pictures. Yep, that's the one. You know how I mentioned a batch of brownies in the, eh, 3 paragraph.

Okay, so I'm ready to reveal the horror story behind these brownies. If you do not have a stomach of titanium, do not read this.

(In spooky voice) It was a bright and sunny morning. And I decided to make brownies with my Aunt Xin. So we were going along and just by chance the recipe right next to it was GRASSHOPPER BARS. (I have to intervene for a second and remind you how everyone except for me and the adults had an obsession over grasshoppers during that week. They also knew that they could be eaten.) So Aunt Xin and I went to work making the brownies. We had decided to make green frosting, the color of grasshoppers. We had a great time, when, a piece of genius. (Gasp) So we went and painted some marshmallows with these letters R,I,and a P. We drew the outline of a grasshopper with green sprinkles on it. I made little red x, eyes and a white frown and a white tear.

Now the true horror, we went and hid the grasshoppers, which, I can tell you, did not win us any love from our victims. Actually it won us some frowns. We would not tell where they were, except that they would get them after dinner. Then they started putting two and two together. Dinner was wolfed down while they talked about how they worried that we had killed them and they would have to eat them.

Dessert came and there was a countdown. 10, 9, 8, 7 ,6, 5 , 4, 3, 2, and it stopped right there. This was followed by fear and Peter slamming a door and crying. It was quite funny because it took a little while to make them eat it. But there was a reason, not to eat them.

And so ends my tale of horror. Now if you think you are brave enough to, here is a picture of the dreadful brownies...

Now YOU Try and Sumarize a Week in Blog Post- With NO Pictures

That is my challenge.

As many of you may know, recently yours truly and company went to Ottowa, Kanas, to visit the GRANDPARENTS and meet up with the COUSINS. It was quite an interesting week to say the least.

Now there are two things I want you to know right off the bat, I will not tell you why there are no pictures, (until further notice) or about a certain batch of great -and very dramatic- brownies.

I must say we had a great week. My Grandmother owns some land and all the cousins (coming from cities) had a great time with all the open air. We rode a horse named Babe, like the pig with the singing mice that my mother ADORES. I was great to see everyone and we all had a blast. We went to Worlds/Oceans of Fun and a place called the T-REX Cafe (I suggest you look it up, it's cool). We went a played at and Arcade and went miniature golfing. Now I must pause and elaborate a bit. Peter and Laura love things like arcades and I can have a good time too. Just about every cousin hit a jackpot. We probably cut about 40 trees down. Now have you ever placed miniature golf with 3 adults (me not being counted as one, though I should be, my own mother thought that I was twelve once or twice) and six kids? No one, yeah, I thought so. We did not wait, we did not count how many strokes we took, we did cheat a couple times though.

My mom loves the movie, High Society. Have you seen it. Well we had to bring at least one movie, besides The Princess Bride. I have to tell you about The Princess Bride, before I tell you about High Society. My family loves The Princess Bride, we quote it and everything, so it has become almost a family joke. So we have to bring it on, like, every trip. Now, High Society. High Society is a movie with Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Louis Armstrong that is absolutely hilarious. We watched a ton on the trip. I think you would like it if you saw it.

I have to go, it is way late and I'm up at 7:00 AM!

I Have My Own Room! Ha! Ha!

I have been sharing a room with my younger sister for a while and this week I got my own room. When my Grandmother moved out, (We miss you, Omi) we made her room the study and I moved downstairs. I am really grateful to my mom and dad for helping me move in. 

Today we went on a hike to the Crest. We had a great time and we went with some friends. It was, brace yourself,  48 degrees! Which is just about freezing in New Mexico, and it was windy. 

They had a wonderful view from way high up. We could see Costo from up there.

I can't remember what we were looking at, but it was fun.

We had lunch right by the edge, no one fell off though. There were some people further up. We called to them as loud as we could. We decided their names were Jimmy, Lisa, Michael, and Carl.  

And now I would like you to meet my long-lost cousin: Fred Ingrip Chipmunk! 

I know this is really brief, but I will try to blog more soon.

See ya!

Happy Day! Happy Day!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How many of you know of a certain obsession I have with seven books written by someone called J.K. Rowling? If so raise you hand. (I really hope all hands are raised.) 

So the Half-Blood Prince came out today. I think it was well worth the wait and was definitely better than a certain well- known vampire romance movie that came out because the movie was not ready. I did not enjoy the book much. End of sentence. Too many explanations and far too little action. I LOVED the movie. 

So today our parents surprised us by taking us to the movie, while Laura was off with Ba. It was funnier than all the other movies put together. There would be complete silence or a weird expression and the whole theater would burst into laughter. I found this to be odd because the book had struck me as sort of low-key. So to go and see such a funny movie was a bit of a twist. Sure they cut out 400,164,684,765,942,374,896 scenes and made -one, two, three... Okay, let's just say A LOT of mistakes. I have to congratulate them, to transform at 652 page book (I checked) and make it into a 2 and a half hour long movie is a feat. 

In short go see the movie and let me know what you think. (Just get there two hours early and buy tickets online.) 

Truce!

Yes, I know that I have not blogged for, well, forever. I'm sorry and hope you will not be angry with me. I have been reading quite a lot and swimming so you can't blame for taking joy in those little matters. 

I am sorry this is so short, but my mom and I are starting Little Men tonight and I don't want to miss the beginning. 

Thank you and good night. 

I Have No Creative Title For this Post

So today we  watched Inkheart. I can't make it any clearer than that. Overall I think it was a pretty good movie and very enjoyable. Though Mom and Peter, who have read the book noticed the mistakes made (which was quite a twist because I am always the one pointing out mistakes). 

We are all having a great summer so far! My aunt, uncle, and cousin are coming soon. YES!

Swimming, Biking, and a Sunburn! Life's Good!

Yesterday, while Laura was home sick, the Actons took us to a swimming party! It was a ton of fun and the water was WARM. We all had a great time. I think one of the best parts was the drive home. We had a great time talking with each other. At one point we were trying to convince Sister Acton to let us stay at a hotel. Later we wanted to take a tour of the US and Canada. We drove over a bridge with holes in it, and after we got off it yelled at passing cars that we had lived. 

Today we went bike riding for TWO WHOLE HOURS in the rain and sun. It was a lot of fun. 

As most of you know I am prone to sunburns. Today I added to my sunburn. Now my skin is RED. Because I can't use a lot of lotions or sunscreens I can't put most things on my skin. So I am enjoying being red. You don't have to pity me, though.

Logging off.

Happy, Happy, Happy, HAPPY!

 Ignore my grammar. I can't believe it. 

If you have been listening you know that I love a certain book called Skeleton Creek. I am also eagerly awaiting the next book. And guess what! The cover is out!

How is that for an awesome cover?

I still don't know the release date. I think it is either October 1st or September 10th.  Let me tell you now before you go banning this book (sorry if you weren't planning to ban the book) just because this is part of a series with the word "skeleton" in its name does not mean it is a ghost story. It is a great book and I suggest that you read it. Though I do suggest you look at my other post or google the book, because it is not you average book...

I LOVE GIRL'S CAMP!!!! And I'm Not Even 12

My Mom went to girl's camp to lead/help/who knows what- the first years. For those of you who do not know what Girl's Camp is, I'll tell. It is a four day camping trip for girls 12 to 18 (I think). Notice I am not twelve until November. So then why do I love this experience? I get to make lost and lots of desserts and we get to eat them. 

I must tell you of a large mistake I made. I was planning to make some cupcakes and a cake. I can't explain it all, but I'll try. The oven was accidentally turned off and only half the cake was baked. The other half was batter. I had pieces of cake and battery crumble. While I was working with the cake the cupcakes sort of burnt. We all liked the treats though. Now you know how desperate we are for desserts.

I have a challenge for you. Read 462 pages in less than one day. I did it. Much to my sleep's dismay, mind you. If you beat that let me know. You'll have bragging rights for forever.  

Someone Tell the World: The Sky Is Falling!!!!!!

I practiced piano WITHOUT COMPLAINING for TWO WHOLE WEEKS. This is bad, horrible, chaotic, and just about every horrible thing in the world. I don't like practicing piano. Though I do enjoy learning songs that I enjoy.

Guess what! Guess what! Guess what! Guess what! The fifth season of The Next Food Network Star is on. Just about everyone is very excited. Last year we watched it because one of the contestants, Kelsey Nixon, was LDS. We had a great time, but it is a very suspenseful though. I would suggest watching it. 

Well I must log off. Watch the show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

Okay, Your Turn

I seem to have this problem every summer. Even though I have 40,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

books in my bed, I need to find something else to read. So since I have given you book ideas, I am going to tell you to suggest books for ME. 

How's that for a change? Huh?

Come on I need book suggestions. 

Summer Has Begun... I'm Sort of Sad

Okay, okay. I know this blog post is late, but you can't blame me completely. I was semi-miserable and I did not have the strength to blog. Woe is me. 

I know I promised that I would talk about the plays, but I hove something much more important to talk about:

  YOUR SUMMER READING LIST (FROM YOUR'S TRULY) 

Actually, I have to admit that this is actually more for Mitchell than for anyone else (we have challenged each other to find books for the other and this is a mish-mash of news and books).

-Maximum Ride: James Patterson (Mitchell go here and tell me what you think. I'm excited and scared already!)  (I think this series is great, but it is more meant for kids, parents might like it, but it is more for kids.)  (This goes for all the James Patterson books I blog about.)

-Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Rick Riordan    (I'm going to stop talking about this.)

-Skeleton Creek: Patrick Carman  (A bit creepy, if your Peter and can be scared easily.)

- The Companions Quartet: Julia Golding 

-Leven Thumps: Obert Skye

- The Myth-O-Mania series: Kate McMullan   (Quite funny- if you like greek mythology.)

- The Dangerous Days of Daniel X: James Patterson   (Look back at the note on Maximum Ride.)  (Warning: Has aliens.) 

Mitchell enjoy!  I still can't believe it. Max! Fang! Iggy! Nudge!  Gazzy! (Hold your breath quick, it's Gazzy!) Angel!  Total!   What he's funny. 

Now I have to wait. It is going to be a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long,... well you get the idea.    

Check back if you want to hear my complaints and grumbles or just wait until March 20th, 2010. 

Logging off.  

Plays, Productions, You Name It (And A Birthday)

Seeing as this was the penultimate week of school everyone did their plays. I am going to be somewhat brief because I am going to leave most of the production news for my mom. You can probably go to her blog some time this week and she will have something up. If she doesn't by Sunday I will spill everything. Peter and Laura did the play Snow White. Laura was a bunny named Buck and Peter was Loper the Deer. I think they had a great time. So that they could forego the kissing at the end of the play, the kids re-wrote the ending, making the prince a football player and the kiss a magic football. I think the kids had a great time singing All Star.

For my class's play we did a play about space written by our student teacher. We also had to write a three minute monologue about an explorer. I chose Sally Ride and had a great time. 

This year I got to see one friend's play that I found absolutely funny. The kids did a great job and I enjoyed myself.

Now I must talk about a different subject. A certain blog post expressed my worries about a certain book called The Last Olympian. I will now report about my worries. I will type the number and answer the question (if I can).

1. I can not answer this question.

2. I can not answer this question.

3. No I did not go crazy.

4.  This does not happen.

5. I was not too worried, but I think the monsters weren't as good.

6. No, he does not pick up where her left off.

7.  The role is not too large, but he does play a part.

8. We see Tyson.

9.  I can not answer this question.

10.  I can not answer the question.

The P.S. at the end of the post: I can not answer this question. 

Last subject: Laura turned SIX yesterday. Happy Birthday, Laura!!!!!!!!!!! 

It Is HERE!!!!!!

More correctly: it was (and still is) here. Now if you have been paying attention or have children that have been bugging you, you already know what it is. For all of you who do not know I will tell you.

Feast your eyes on this:

This book came out on May 5th. I enjoyed the book and as I write this I am not exactly because Peter has it. It is a long story and I'll leave it at: Peter will NOT be borrowing another one of my books. If he wants it he will either have to buy it or get it from the library.  

Recognize Me?

For the past couple years I have wanted to donate my hair for a wig for a cancer patient. This year my hair was finally long enough to donate. So on Friday we went to get my hair cut!

The first thing I noticed about my hair after it was cut was how light it seemed after 24 inches had been cut off.

My mom was very surprised by how fast my hair dried and curled.

We blow-dried my hair and we all agreed that and afro was not a good idea.

Before the cut we decided to do before and after shots: 

Before:

After:

The person who cut my hair straightened it for me and I love it!

Elder Birch 1

A Week In A Blog Post

I know I have neglected and ignored you. Seeing as I am aware of this fact I , guess what, decided to blog.

I am going to tell you about our week in BULLET POINTS, just to make it more fun.

• * Our school tends to do a lot of performances at the end of the
  school year. This year our class is doing a space play.
• * Currently, our school is in portables. On Thursday
  12 stressed teachers took 200 something half-crazy kids to
  a 3/4 finished school, where many machines were present that
  we could destroy. Everyone had a great time and the school
  looks awesome. Can't wait to go next year.
• * I passed out of fractions!
  Yeah! On to decimals.
• * I passed out of CCFWT (Crash Course For Writing Technique)!
• * Our class started to learn how to orienteer.
• * I got to spend some time with my best friends. Critical Reframers.
  If you don't know what these are go and find someone at
  Family School to tell you, because I'm not going to.
  (This whole bullet point should be read with very heavy sarcasim.
• * I spent SEVEN HOURS on homework on Saturday.
• * We went to the zoo with some friends on Friday.
  Peter and Laura have some friends in their class that we went
  to the zoo with them (I also happen to have one of their
  siblings in my class). We also took our piano teacher's son
  with us. So, in total, there were nine kids and three parents.
  I have to admit it. It was very successful with very little fighting.
• * We had the missionaries over for dinner.
  We have three great missionaries. There were plenty of
  laughs, and one of our missionaries played piano for us.

Here are some pictures of the trip to the zoo:

Here we are all playing and running around on a hill. In the background you can see a little girl holding my hand. Her name is Mia and she is the sweetest thing ever.

I have a couple other things to say. One, for a couple of years I have wanted to donate my hair for a wig for a cancer victim, my mom and I have looked for a place where I can cut my hair. And I can't wait because my hair is finally ready. Soon I will have very short hair.

The second thing I want to tell you was a song. In our play someone sings this:

(Sung to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb)

I found the meteorite, the meteorite, the meteorite

And all of you did not

It must be because I'm so bright, I'm so bright, I'm so bright

And all of you are not

Our class loves this song, mainly because the person you sings it is so funny. We have pretty much already memorized it. We were singing it on the way to the new school.

One other thing I just remembered something else that I did this week. I blogged!

Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter filled with candy and stomach aches. No pictures to show you. 

Off topic- my blogging will become more frequent now that homework is becoming less and less intense.  

Spring Break

I don't really know what to blog about. Over spring break we didn't do much, due to behavior issues (Peter and Laura) so there is nothing to write about. We did inquiry. We read. Peter had soccer. We were ready to pull our hair out. What's new. In short, it was average and fun.   

I Can't Believe It

Today I stumbled upon another excerpt from The Last Olympian. I was really excited. I really quickly needed to blog about it. It's from  the final battle. Go here.   

MAX, MAX, MAX, MAX!!!!!!!!!!

It is here, finally. The fifth Maximum Ride book is here.

Max:

I learned that I had the date of the release two months late. Oops. 

Well, at the first Wal-Mart I saw my mom and I ran inside and found the book.

If you want to borrow it, let me know.

Now I must continue reading... 

Topper

Our mom is OBSESSED with old movies. So last summer our mother signed us up on Netflick and we watched a million old movies. 

List of Old Movies Loved By Solis Kids:

That Darn Cat (Family)

Shadow of a Doubt (Emily) (Remind me to tell you about that)

Swiss Family Robinson (Family)

Escape/Return to Witch Mountain (Family) 

Topper (Laura and Peter)

This blog post is about Topper and all the things that were caused by it. 

It all started when I tried to watch the videos for Skeleton Creek. 

Peter and Laura were watching Topper and I was watching the videos. Now, Topper is supposed to be funny and the Skeleton Creek videos are supposed to make you jump. Well the videos didn't make me jump once, because of Peter and Laura were laughing their heads off every time they saw a ghost. Well, you try and get frightened when you are yelling at siblings to be quite. 

I'll have to tell you about Shadow of a Doubt later on. That story was actually sort of scary.  

You're Tired of These Posts

I'm going to do another post about books. 

The big book this post is...

 

Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman and one of the best books  I have ever read. Just as good as Harry Potter. Gasp.  We all know that I love Harry Potter. 

Plot: Two friends have been forbidden to see each other, but a mystery holds them together. The mystery might just kill both of the friends.  Includes: ghost and possible terror.

Media: This story is told two ways- through the journal of one friend and the videos of another. The videos are the scariest part of the book for sure, but Peter can watch them so they must not be that bad. 

I loved this book. I read it and watched the videos and can't wait for the second one to come out later on this year. Patrick Carman can make a cliffhanger still be satisfactory in the most amazing way. I wanted the second, but I didn't drive my parents more insane.

 Off Topic: I saw a shirt to day that said: From zero to INSANE in 1.5 seconds. Thanks Rylee.

Mitchell read Skeleton Creek so I can talk to someone about it.

Logging off.  

Surprise! Pictures Part

Now this is the picture version of our first three days at Florida. NOTE: You better enjoy every second of this because I did it TWICE.  Since I did this twice and since it's long and since one person didn't get to enjoy the majority of this trip I thought that this blog post should be for that person. Hope you enjoy the post and can experience the vacation through what everyone tells and writes about it.  Love you!   

Us admiring our tiny plane that we would soon be riding on. No claustrophobia, thank goodness.

 
Peter and  me flying together.

Laura staring out the window. 
Peter in the cockpit.

Laura in the cockpit.

 

Me smiling while in the cockpit with my ears hurting like crazy.

Aunt Julie after learning that we all came to go to Orlando with her instead of doing our homework.

Can you see my Aunt earrings that my Uncle chose. Good choice.

We ate at Cici's that night. Peter, Laura and Kyle made something we really didn't want to eat.

April my adorable cousin that you can NOT have.

Let kids be kids. Or else they'll get back at you.

Uncle Chris got us this cool room in a resort and nobody seemed really interested in it. Weird.  

We lost two hours in Florida and were really tired. Here's proof.

Sometimes I wonder what we would do without that iPod Touch. Die of boredom probably.

 
April playing with Mommy.

April sliding down the slide. While looking adorable.

We could fit our CAR into the smallest of those engines.

Laura trying to give Kyle bunny ears and still look cute.
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, BLASTOFF!

To get to Disney World early we had to wake up at seven after going to bed at like TEN. So yeah welcome to our life.

 

The exactly a mile off you can see it. And I kept on saying that it was a mile off...

I wrote in BIG handwriting (for all you classmates and teachers that might be reading this and know about my tiny writing.) proclaiming the birthday girl's birthday.

 
All of us-except nine- on the ferry ride (which should have been spelled fairy) to the castle.

 
Us all on the ride. Look at the boys expressions. HA!

April remained like this through a lot of the day which I didn't think was possible when your in the Happiest Place on Earth!

My Aunt, Uncle and I (with  a bit of Laura's head) waiting for the Buzz Lightyear ride.

  
Uncle Eric looking like a little boy on Christmas day.

Laura on the Dumbo ride. A family favorite and classic.

Mom and I on the Dumbo ride.

Some of us lined up for the tea cup ride from Alice in Wonderland.

April and Omi.
The kids trying to jerk the cup and take a nice picture at the same time.

Almost everyone in front of the castle.

You can just see the disaster coming,can't you.

 

April in line for the Aladin ride.

 
Laura, Kyle and Aunt Xin on the  Aladdin ride.

Grandpa John,Peter, Dad and I on the Aladdin ride which we tilted and dove a amazing speeds.

Liz, Omi,Uncle Chris, Aunt Julie and April on the Aladdin ride. 

Us dipping backwards while going up. It ROCKED.

Grandpa John loves his Mickey ice cream a lot. So we had to get some. Though no objections arose. 

My Mickey ice cream.

To calm my brother's fears of the Haunted Mansion  we began to discuss It's a Small World. Peter asked what that was, my father responded " It's a ride scarier than the Haunted Mansion where all these demented people sing about how happy the world is." For all those lovers of It's a Small World no offense, he was just trying to make Peter feel better.

  

Peter was terrified the whole time...

April loved it.
We went on the Jungle Cruise where you are led along on a boat though Africa. 

Our guide was wonderful. She was funny and made tons of interaction. She offered to let Kyle and Laura drive the boat through a cave while she kept her eyes closed.

I feared for our lives when Laura got a hold of the wheel. 

Everyone on the boat.

Laura having a great time. Finally.

Four of the Five Things after the Jungle Cruise.

How many of you are familar with my Pinochio story. Well I had to play the Blue Fairy last year and let's just say  it's still a sore spot. A the beginning of the day I said I would run away from anything that had to do with that puppet. My hunger over came me. We ate at the Pinocchio resturant that night.

Did you know that Sleeping Beauty's castle changes color. Sorry for the poor picture.

We missed the 10:30 bus home so we had to wait for the 11:00 one. Peter was like this when it got there. 
Peter and Laura asleep on the bus. 

Funny story I learned later on: We sent flowers to my grandmother in the hospital. While we were in Disney World he told the sale guy or whoever to give them to Nancy Macmickey. Instead of Machnicki. See we're Disney fanatics. 

FYI: The Pirates of the Caribeian ride is not as good as it sounds.    

There you have it: the world's longest blog post.