Yesterday

Believe it or not, we got snow Tuesday. It snowed most of the day. It was fun because we got the day off of school. Papa had the day off of school too. Lucas, Matthew, Papa, Mom and I played a game called Settlers of Catan. I will blog about that some other day. We played in the snow for awhile. We put Lucas's skis on and put some hay string on Joe. He pulled me and Lucas back and forth on Morris Rd. We had a fun day. We also went to the Pollman's farm and fed the cows and the horses. Papa, Lucas, Matthew, Larah and I all went. Mom had a pretty quiet house...only Mom and Katie were at the house. While we were at the farm Lucas and I went through the hay tunnel. We went in one side and came out the other. And guess what?...it is raining all day today.

Joe

Joe is our neighbor's dog. He is a male, hyper, strong, black lab. He adopted us. Hey, it's a good deal. We have a dog and don't have to feed it or take care of it. All we have to do is love him and he'll stick around. Boy-O- Boy is he fun. We hook him up to the sled and have him pull us. He can pull me and I am almost 100 pounds. All you have to do is throw something and he'll move. And boy does he move fast. We also hook him up to the sled and have him pull our hay into the horse pen. When we are playing outside and when he is out there, we tackle him. He is a good dog. He makes it easy to be with him...when he is hooked up to the sled. And when you are just with him.

Things I Have in Common With my Big Brother Justin

#1 We both like to draw.
#2 We both are musical.
#3 We both have brown eyes.
#4 We both have the best mom in the world.
#5 We both have the best papa in the world.
#6 We both like Audrey.
#7 We both are the oldest of our gender.
#8 Neither of us have any body piercings...YET.
#9 We both have 5 siblings, almost 6.
#10 We both have become Christans.

I love him and he loves me.

Thursday Thirteen (Plus One)

Thirteen of my Pets (plus one more)

#1 I have an Anole (lizard)
#2 I have a Calico (cat)
#3 I have a Canary (bird)
#4 I have a Appaloosa (horse)
#5 I have a Rosy Barb (fish)
#6 I have another Rosy Barb (fish)
#7 I have another Rosy Barb (fish)
#8 I have a Platy (fish)
#9 I have another Platy (fish)
#10 I have a Fancy Finned Gold Fish (black fish)
#11 I have another Fancy Finned Gold Fish (black fish)
#12 I have a Catfish (fish)
#13 I have another Catfish (fish)
#14 I have a Leopard Gecko (gecko)

A Few Funny Jokes From Reader's Digest

(Colorado)
How do you know you're in the
presence of a real Coloradan?
He caries a his $3,000 mountain
bike atop his $500 car.

(Massachusetts)
Lewis Black on Boston traffic:
"The last person to get across
the town under three hours
was yelling, 'The British are
coming! the British are coming!

(Michigan)
What do you call 40 guys
watching the Super bowl
on television? The Detroit Lions

(New Mexico)
Traveling outside Taos, a man
comes upon a Native American
lying in the middle of the road
with his ears pressed against
the blacktop. "What are you
doing?" asks the man. The
tribesman replies, "Woman late
30's, three kids, one barking dog
in late model, four-door station
wagon, traveling at 65 mph."
"Amazing you can tell all that
just by listening to the ground?"
"No." says the Native American.
"They just ran over me over five
minutes ago."

(Montana)
Four women are driving across
the country together each one from
a different state: Idaho, Nebraska,
Montana, and California. Shortly after
the trip begins, the woman from Idaho
pulls out potatoes from her bag and
throws them out the window. " What
are you doing ?" asked the Nebraskan.
"We have so many of these things in
Idaho, I'm sick of looking at them."
A moment later, the gal from Nebraska
pulls ears of corn from her bag and tosses
them out of the window . "What are you
doing ?" asks the gal from Montana."We
have to many of these things in Nebraska,
I'm sick of looking at them." Inspired, the
Montanan opens the car door an kicks the
Californian out.

That is my favorite.
And I will have more later,
but I have to go now.

In Six Days

I have six days until I get my braces off. Exciting but I'm not sure I want them off yet. I wonder what I will look like without them. I have to get a retainer a week after I get them taken off. So when I go to get a retainer Mom and I are going to have a date. Boy-O-Boy I cannot wait until our date. Hey, I'm a poet I did not even know it.

My First Piano Lesson

My first piano lesson was yesterday. And I am having a lot of fun with it. I cannot wait to get my school done so I can go play it over at the church building. It is so much fun. Wednesday I learned middle B, C, D, and E out of A, B, C, D, E, F and G. And I learned what a whole note is, a half note and a quarter note. I learned what a treble clef is and what a bass (base) cleft is . I learned what a staff is and what bar lines are. A few little songs I learned were The Train, The Seabees, Grandfather's Clock, Moccasin Dance, March of the Gnomes, Dance of the Gnomes, Mary Had a Little lamb and Birthday Party. It was so fun. I want to learn more next Wednesday.