Thursday, May 26, 2011

The last bits of school

Hello all!  I've had a sore throat this week and mom has been hogging the computer (it's the end of the school year, so she has lots of paperwork).  Anyway, I thought I'd update everyone on what happened the last week of school since I'm still AT school with my mom and I'm bored.  Teachers have to work a LOT at the end of the year!
First, we had our 4th Grade Play.  I was a member of the Old 300: "Stephen F. Austin's first 300 families to come to Texas."   We had to sing a song about Texas being our home and we got to wear long skirts.  My sisters helped me with my costume - I borrowed the shirt from Molly, the skirt from Josefina, and the boots from Samantha.  The only bad part was Jordan, a mean boy in my class, told me Old 300 girls didn't wear glasses.  Miss Jones told him that he should be kind and that I would be a wonderful Old 300 girl because I'm a hard worker and the Old 300 had to be hard workers.  That made me feel better.  Here I am in my costume.
 Today was the official last day of school.  We had our awards assemblies and had to clean out our desks.  I HATE cleaning out my desk.  No matter how hard I try, I still find squished valentines and candy cane crumbs and bits of Thanksgiving leaves every year.  This year, Miss Jones really tried to help me organize my things, but I'm still messy.  She told me that I'm creative and artistic, but she never told me I was neat.  I got a really special award this time - I was named Student of the Six Weeks.  Mom was very proud!  Here I am leaving school at lunch.

I mentioned how much I hated cleaning out my desk - but did I tell you how much Mom hates cleaning out my backpack?  Well, she handed me some Oreos, sat me down, and told me I wasn't moving til my things were organized.  I don't think my backpack was too messy this year - what do you think?
 Well anyway, I guess I had better go.  We just ordered pizza and Mom says we need to go pick it up.  I got a great surprise in the mail today - but more about that later!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Guess what?

Today I found out that I'm going to summer camp!  I'm so excited I can hardly wait.  I want to pack my bags tonight, but I still need a few summer outfits.  We're going to stay in a real cabin and everything.  I just have to pick my activities soon.  I can't decide!  I know I'll do crafts, and maybe horseback riding, but what about softball?  Is anyone else going to camp this summer?

Monday, May 16, 2011

Hello world!

Hi!  I'm Makennah.  I have SIX sisters.  Well, I think they're my sisters.  When I call them that, they always look at me strangely and mumble other names.  Their names are Felicity, Josefina, Samantha, Kit, Ruthie, and Molly.  They are fun to live with, even if they are different sometimes.  We have a kitten named Licorice, a basset hound named Grace, and a goat named Sombrita.  It's always interesting!  Right now, I share a room with Molly and Josefina.  It's kind of crowded and we all have very different styles, but maybe this summer I'll get a room all to myself.  Molly has been upset with Josefina and me because she tripped coming into the room the other day and scraped her nose.  She carried on for hours about not being 'mint' any longer, whatever that means.  Molly blames me because she says I'm messy.  Well, I had better go.  It's late Sunday evening and that means tomorrow we have school.  Only 9 days left!