Hey everyone. Sorry I'm late. I kind of forgot yesterday. Heh heh. So, today, I've made a deal with my Grandma because she really likes to read my blog and she really wanted me to post. I'm supposed to blog as much as I can for five minutes. Deep breath Ok, here goes.
On Monday, we had an awesome F.H.E. I loved it, especially just being with my family.
On Tuesday we didn't have school because it was Thankgiving break. Yes! I've loved reading whatever I wanted all week. I did a bunch of homework and then I chilled out the rest of the day. I did that pretty much all of the other days except Thursday, Thankgiving, of course. Thanksgiving was fun. We had an awesome, delicious dinner and fun with our family.
I don't remember doing anything else this week nd I think my time is up so Here's a quick funny thing that happened and I'll see ya later! I hope you enjoyed reading today! :)
P.S. In order to understand this story, you have to know that Ikr means 'I know, right?' and that Idk means 'I don't know'. Thank you!
My mom was giving my dad a haircut and I decided to watch.
Then my mom asked me something and in response I said, "I D K." My dad has recently been learning what all of the computerized abbreviations mean and my mom said, "Uh, Amory, I'm not sure if he knows....."
My dad interrupted and said, "No, no, it's ok, I know what that one means. It means 'I don't know', right?" My mom congratulated him and to show off he said another one. "I also know what I K R means."
I had to think about it. After about five seconds I guessed, "I kan't read?"
My mom and dad burst out laughing and my mom said, "Haha, you obviously can't!"
Then I realized what it meant and burst out laughing myself. Hahahahaha!
Now whenever I say or hear someone say "I know, right", I burst out laughing and say, "I kan't read," and then I tell them the story.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
November 21st
Hey everyone. Sorry I'm really late. I've been forgetting and being lazy and my back has been killing me so I didn't want to lean over a computer for half an hour. I'll make this really brief and then, since everyone has been asking me what I want for Christmas, I'll be putting my wishlist on here. Ok, here we go.
On Monday, I mostly just did homework. As usual.
I had Writing and Lit., Geography, and Choir on Tuesday, as usual. It was fun. Then I went home and read one of my books by Richard Paul Evans that I'd gotten from the library, along with more than half a dozen of his books. He is now my favorite author, by the way. If anyone got me almost any one of his books for Christmas, I'd probably be overjoyed. It's taken me about a week all together to read five of his books.
On Wednesday, we had Speech and Debate, Shakespeare, and Art. I always love going to Art. It gets my creative side going and makes me want to do all the art I can possibly squeeze out of myself. We also had Mutual at my YW's leader's house. We watched 17 Miracles. I was surprised. Everyone has warned me about that movie, saying that it was a real tear-jerker. I found it frightening, devastating, or moving in a few places but I didn't shed any tears. The closest I got to crying was my eyes watering and my vision getting slightly blurry. That was a lot for me, though. Some of us were really bawling.
On Thursday, we had a Choir performance at an Alzheimer's center. We sang probably a little more than half a dozen songs, including God Bless America (I thought it was really cute when one of the older ladies was singing along and there was another lady that was pounding the air in front of her like she was playing the piano). It took us about half an hour to finish our performance and then we all went home. To do homework. There was no Biology that day because the teacher was in the hospital with food poisoning. Yikes.
On Friday, we had to get up super early (5:45 may not seem early to some of you, but I'd rather sleep in until at least 8:30, not that I ever get to.....) to go to the temple. We were also going to a play that day and we wanted to go to the temple but we had to be back at my house by 8:30 so that our friend's mom could pick us up and bring us. The temple was busier than we thought it would be at 7:00 in the morning and we ended up just doing confirmations for some temple names. The funniest thing that happened at the temple that morning needs a little background: You all know that Caden has remarkably long hair, right? Well, lots of us homeschoolers in our co-op tease him about it and call him a "girl" because of his long hair. He never takes it seriously and none of us ever mean it seriously, it's just something funny to joke about. Well, he had just gotten his hair cut the day before, on Thursday. When we were doing confirmations, there were three of us girls before him. When it was his turn, the temple worker, said the first three names correctly, starting with "Brother McKay". By the fourth name, he messed up, saying "Sister McKay, in the..... Oh, I'm so sorry. Brother McKay....." and he continued, finishing the last two names. Us three girls that were in there found it hard to contain our laughter as he finished. When we were done in the confirmation room, the worker went up to Caden, saying, "I'm so sorry about that." Caden kind of chuckled and said, "Oh, it's ok," and went to the dressing room to change, as did the rest of us girls, giggling and chatting about it on the way. The funnies thing is that, even though he cut his hair, he was still called a girl, by accident but it was still funny. :) After the temple, we scrambled to get home and change into our regular clothes before our friend's mom got there. We managed to be ready just on time and jumped into the car for the half-hour drive to Kingsburry Hall. If you want to know what the play was about, get the book called Nine Dragons from your local library. It's a children's picture book and it's all in free verse poems. The funnest part of the play was that, during the play, we found out that one of our homeschool friends that's in our co-op was in it. We didn't know until his character came out on stage and started talking. We never would have recognized him if he didn't have any lines. Then we all went home. Right when we got back to our house, Caden's friend had pulled up because my mom said he could come over. Jett, the friend whose mom had driven us, wanted to stay, too, so she did. We (Caden, his friend, Jett, and I) all hung out together. We went to the 7-11 gas station across the street from us and got Slurpees. Then, while the rest of us were sipping our treat, Caden's friend went out to the sidewalk in front of the store where there was a window. We were sitting inside right next to the window. We watched him do weird things like "walking down stairs", pretending to fall down a hole and throw stuff down the hole at a "person", and doing the "elevator". For the elevator, you pretend to push buttons in front of you and then you bend your knees to look like you're going downward in an elevator at the same time as checking your "watch". It was pretty hilarious. One time, he pretended to fall on his back and at the same time, a real guy walked by to get into his car. He looked at them weird and Caden and his friend came back inside (Caden was doing it with him). Every time they did the elevator or any of their other "acts", they would crawl off to the side and walk back into view. Once, when they were crawling off to the side, another guy was getting into his car. He was looking at them funny because, you know, there are two teenage kids crawling on the sidewalk in front of a gas station store. To make it worse, Caden's friend looked up at the man as he was getting into his car and said, "Ehh!!!" and the man looked at them weirder. he came back in with Caden, laughing really hard. He's so funny! Then there was one other time when just Caden's friend was crawling off to the side. He rounded the corner and there were two ladies rounding the corner from the other side (they worked there). They saw him crawling on the sidewalk and screamed, scaring him half to death. He quickly got off the sidewalk and said, "Oh, I'm so sorry," and they walked back inside, laughing. He told us what happened and we burst into laughter. Pretty soon, we were all done with our Slurpees so we made a plan for something weird to do on the walk back home that would make people stare. The first thing that we thought we had concluded on was that I would walk in front of everyone on the sidewalk, calling them like they were puppies (at the same time as patting my leg to call them), while they followed me, crawling and panting like dogs. Jett was going to film us and do something weird at the same time but that whole plan just didn't work so I just walked normally, Jett didn't film and Caden and his friend just walked funny instead of doing what we'd planned. We were all afraid to. It was so funny! For a while after we got home, we played Apples to Apples. Then we just went in the backyard and hung around until my mom decided that she wanted to take Jett and me to DI to look for clothes for me so I could shadow Alex at her school. It requires you to wear a uniform. Shadowing is just where you go to the school that your friend is at and follow them around for a day. Later, I had a babysitting job. I grabbed a book and the mom drove me over there. The baby and the two-year-old were asleep so that was good. I finished my book and I talked to the older kids for a while until it was time for them to go to bed. As soon as they were ready for bed, they heard the baby crying. The mom had said to call her if the baby woke up so we did that and they helped me with her until the mom got back. Ah, the touch of an older sibling. (whispering) It works wonders!
On Saturday, my back hurt a lot so I just stayed in bed practically all day, reading or doing homework. Sounds like fun, right?
Yesterday, the plug for my computer gave out. Caden's was already broken so now we didn't have a plug for either of our computers and they had both used all of their battery power. I'm now using my mom's computer until our plugs are either fixed or replaced (hopefully today). I also stayed home because it hurts to sit, especially on hard chairs, and I would have been completely miserable if I tried to go to church. Noah stayed home, too, he insisted because he had a stuffy nose and a cough. Usually he's really sensitive about that stuff and sometimes you can tell when he's using his slight illness as an excuse to stay home. Usually my mom can convince him to come to church anyway and he turns out to be totally fine but this time he really insisted, so she let him. I read pretty much the entire time. The rest of the day, I mostly rested, until our friends came. I was feeling a little better by then, able to walk up and down stairs maybe a couple of times and walk around the house a little. We had enchiladas (yum!). Ice cream for dessert. Then we hung out and made jokes and Caden practiced swordfighting with a couple of them before they left. Then we all went to bed. I was really tired.
And today I've mostly been reading and, of course, blogging. :) That's all for now, folks! Here's my wish list. Enjoy! :P :)
Sculpey clay (found in craft stores like Joann's and Michaels)
There are certain little animals that are really high quality for toys that I'd like to have for my barn set-up. I couldn't find a link but I might be able to send a picture later if you ask me about it.
Individual art things like fancy colored pencils and sketch pads (ranging in ALL sizes).
Lots and lots of duct tape. All colors POSSIBLE. I want to up my duct tape supply tremendously. Also, lots of plain, gray duct tape.
Lots of binder dividers. I want to start my own coupon binder.
Gift cards to lots of different places like pet stores, craft stores, music stores maybe, and almost any other store like Walmart or Target.
Pencils (colored pencils and especially mechanical pencils).
I have a certain list of books that I want. Here it is:
Any book by Richard Paul Evans. Even children's picture books of his. I especially like The Sunflower, The Christmas Box, and Timepiece (all of these are my reading level. Also, it might be a good idea to talk to my mom if you want to get one of his books so nobody accidentally gets the same one).
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Any of The Lord of the Rings series. I want to read them. They're also by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Pretty much any dog, cat, bird, or fish book that has information about them or that has a lot of the different fish, bird, dog, or cat breeds. I like to know the breeds, mostly.
Any book in the Warriors or Seekers series by Erin Hunter.
Any American Girl book. I like reading these as they give good advice on things and the majority of them is historical fiction (I've read all of the historical fiction books (when I was about 9) and I liked them so much I wanted to collect all of them to read to my girls when I grew up).
Any book in the A Banner is Unfurled series by Marcie Gallacher and Kerri Robinson. I love these books.
Any book you think I might like that is similar to these books.
Also, if you're reading this after I've sent you a wishlist but there are new things on it, it's because either I didn't have some of those things on my wishlist yet or I didn't think of them when I was sending it to you.
I hope you liked reading my blog!
A.J. McKay
On Monday, I mostly just did homework. As usual.
I had Writing and Lit., Geography, and Choir on Tuesday, as usual. It was fun. Then I went home and read one of my books by Richard Paul Evans that I'd gotten from the library, along with more than half a dozen of his books. He is now my favorite author, by the way. If anyone got me almost any one of his books for Christmas, I'd probably be overjoyed. It's taken me about a week all together to read five of his books.
On Wednesday, we had Speech and Debate, Shakespeare, and Art. I always love going to Art. It gets my creative side going and makes me want to do all the art I can possibly squeeze out of myself. We also had Mutual at my YW's leader's house. We watched 17 Miracles. I was surprised. Everyone has warned me about that movie, saying that it was a real tear-jerker. I found it frightening, devastating, or moving in a few places but I didn't shed any tears. The closest I got to crying was my eyes watering and my vision getting slightly blurry. That was a lot for me, though. Some of us were really bawling.
On Thursday, we had a Choir performance at an Alzheimer's center. We sang probably a little more than half a dozen songs, including God Bless America (I thought it was really cute when one of the older ladies was singing along and there was another lady that was pounding the air in front of her like she was playing the piano). It took us about half an hour to finish our performance and then we all went home. To do homework. There was no Biology that day because the teacher was in the hospital with food poisoning. Yikes.
On Friday, we had to get up super early (5:45 may not seem early to some of you, but I'd rather sleep in until at least 8:30, not that I ever get to.....) to go to the temple. We were also going to a play that day and we wanted to go to the temple but we had to be back at my house by 8:30 so that our friend's mom could pick us up and bring us. The temple was busier than we thought it would be at 7:00 in the morning and we ended up just doing confirmations for some temple names. The funniest thing that happened at the temple that morning needs a little background: You all know that Caden has remarkably long hair, right? Well, lots of us homeschoolers in our co-op tease him about it and call him a "girl" because of his long hair. He never takes it seriously and none of us ever mean it seriously, it's just something funny to joke about. Well, he had just gotten his hair cut the day before, on Thursday. When we were doing confirmations, there were three of us girls before him. When it was his turn, the temple worker, said the first three names correctly, starting with "Brother McKay". By the fourth name, he messed up, saying "Sister McKay, in the..... Oh, I'm so sorry. Brother McKay....." and he continued, finishing the last two names. Us three girls that were in there found it hard to contain our laughter as he finished. When we were done in the confirmation room, the worker went up to Caden, saying, "I'm so sorry about that." Caden kind of chuckled and said, "Oh, it's ok," and went to the dressing room to change, as did the rest of us girls, giggling and chatting about it on the way. The funnies thing is that, even though he cut his hair, he was still called a girl, by accident but it was still funny. :) After the temple, we scrambled to get home and change into our regular clothes before our friend's mom got there. We managed to be ready just on time and jumped into the car for the half-hour drive to Kingsburry Hall. If you want to know what the play was about, get the book called Nine Dragons from your local library. It's a children's picture book and it's all in free verse poems. The funnest part of the play was that, during the play, we found out that one of our homeschool friends that's in our co-op was in it. We didn't know until his character came out on stage and started talking. We never would have recognized him if he didn't have any lines. Then we all went home. Right when we got back to our house, Caden's friend had pulled up because my mom said he could come over. Jett, the friend whose mom had driven us, wanted to stay, too, so she did. We (Caden, his friend, Jett, and I) all hung out together. We went to the 7-11 gas station across the street from us and got Slurpees. Then, while the rest of us were sipping our treat, Caden's friend went out to the sidewalk in front of the store where there was a window. We were sitting inside right next to the window. We watched him do weird things like "walking down stairs", pretending to fall down a hole and throw stuff down the hole at a "person", and doing the "elevator". For the elevator, you pretend to push buttons in front of you and then you bend your knees to look like you're going downward in an elevator at the same time as checking your "watch". It was pretty hilarious. One time, he pretended to fall on his back and at the same time, a real guy walked by to get into his car. He looked at them weird and Caden and his friend came back inside (Caden was doing it with him). Every time they did the elevator or any of their other "acts", they would crawl off to the side and walk back into view. Once, when they were crawling off to the side, another guy was getting into his car. He was looking at them funny because, you know, there are two teenage kids crawling on the sidewalk in front of a gas station store. To make it worse, Caden's friend looked up at the man as he was getting into his car and said, "Ehh!!!" and the man looked at them weirder. he came back in with Caden, laughing really hard. He's so funny! Then there was one other time when just Caden's friend was crawling off to the side. He rounded the corner and there were two ladies rounding the corner from the other side (they worked there). They saw him crawling on the sidewalk and screamed, scaring him half to death. He quickly got off the sidewalk and said, "Oh, I'm so sorry," and they walked back inside, laughing. He told us what happened and we burst into laughter. Pretty soon, we were all done with our Slurpees so we made a plan for something weird to do on the walk back home that would make people stare. The first thing that we thought we had concluded on was that I would walk in front of everyone on the sidewalk, calling them like they were puppies (at the same time as patting my leg to call them), while they followed me, crawling and panting like dogs. Jett was going to film us and do something weird at the same time but that whole plan just didn't work so I just walked normally, Jett didn't film and Caden and his friend just walked funny instead of doing what we'd planned. We were all afraid to. It was so funny! For a while after we got home, we played Apples to Apples. Then we just went in the backyard and hung around until my mom decided that she wanted to take Jett and me to DI to look for clothes for me so I could shadow Alex at her school. It requires you to wear a uniform. Shadowing is just where you go to the school that your friend is at and follow them around for a day. Later, I had a babysitting job. I grabbed a book and the mom drove me over there. The baby and the two-year-old were asleep so that was good. I finished my book and I talked to the older kids for a while until it was time for them to go to bed. As soon as they were ready for bed, they heard the baby crying. The mom had said to call her if the baby woke up so we did that and they helped me with her until the mom got back. Ah, the touch of an older sibling. (whispering) It works wonders!
On Saturday, my back hurt a lot so I just stayed in bed practically all day, reading or doing homework. Sounds like fun, right?
Yesterday, the plug for my computer gave out. Caden's was already broken so now we didn't have a plug for either of our computers and they had both used all of their battery power. I'm now using my mom's computer until our plugs are either fixed or replaced (hopefully today). I also stayed home because it hurts to sit, especially on hard chairs, and I would have been completely miserable if I tried to go to church. Noah stayed home, too, he insisted because he had a stuffy nose and a cough. Usually he's really sensitive about that stuff and sometimes you can tell when he's using his slight illness as an excuse to stay home. Usually my mom can convince him to come to church anyway and he turns out to be totally fine but this time he really insisted, so she let him. I read pretty much the entire time. The rest of the day, I mostly rested, until our friends came. I was feeling a little better by then, able to walk up and down stairs maybe a couple of times and walk around the house a little. We had enchiladas (yum!). Ice cream for dessert. Then we hung out and made jokes and Caden practiced swordfighting with a couple of them before they left. Then we all went to bed. I was really tired.
And today I've mostly been reading and, of course, blogging. :) That's all for now, folks! Here's my wish list. Enjoy! :P :)
Sculpey clay (found in craft stores like Joann's and Michaels)
There are certain little animals that are really high quality for toys that I'd like to have for my barn set-up. I couldn't find a link but I might be able to send a picture later if you ask me about it.
Individual art things like fancy colored pencils and sketch pads (ranging in ALL sizes).
Lots and lots of duct tape. All colors POSSIBLE. I want to up my duct tape supply tremendously. Also, lots of plain, gray duct tape.
Lots of binder dividers. I want to start my own coupon binder.
Gift cards to lots of different places like pet stores, craft stores, music stores maybe, and almost any other store like Walmart or Target.
Pencils (colored pencils and especially mechanical pencils).
I have a certain list of books that I want. Here it is:
Any book by Richard Paul Evans. Even children's picture books of his. I especially like The Sunflower, The Christmas Box, and Timepiece (all of these are my reading level. Also, it might be a good idea to talk to my mom if you want to get one of his books so nobody accidentally gets the same one).
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Any of The Lord of the Rings series. I want to read them. They're also by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Pretty much any dog, cat, bird, or fish book that has information about them or that has a lot of the different fish, bird, dog, or cat breeds. I like to know the breeds, mostly.
Any book in the Warriors or Seekers series by Erin Hunter.
Any American Girl book. I like reading these as they give good advice on things and the majority of them is historical fiction (I've read all of the historical fiction books (when I was about 9) and I liked them so much I wanted to collect all of them to read to my girls when I grew up).
Any book in the A Banner is Unfurled series by Marcie Gallacher and Kerri Robinson. I love these books.
Any book you think I might like that is similar to these books.
Also, if you're reading this after I've sent you a wishlist but there are new things on it, it's because either I didn't have some of those things on my wishlist yet or I didn't think of them when I was sending it to you.
I hope you liked reading my blog!
A.J. McKay
Sunday, November 6, 2011
November 6th
Hey everyone! Funny thing of the day: I woke up this morning at 6:00, thinking it was 7:00. Wow. That is annoying.
Hmm..... Let's jog my memory a bit, shall we? On Monday, we had a quick F.H.E. before going to a Halloween party with a bunch of our homeschool friends. I love friend parties! We went to our friends' house (actually a mansion) and had a ton of fun playing Halloween games, other fun games, and (of our own choice) freeze tag. That was so much fun! I'm feeling motivated to have a party of my own sometime soon.....
We had classes on Tuesday, as usual. Writing and Lit., Geography, and Choir. Writing and Lit. was fun, as always. We read and wrote Limerick and Haiku poems and we discussed what we had read in the book (1,001 Arabian Nights) up to that point. At Geography, we always have fun talking and figuring things out in our groups that we rotate. We usually watch a YouTube video about animal life in the certain place that we're studying that week. We'll have a graph to do, a story to read, a game to participate in. It's so much fun! I think I'm getting used to Choir a little more. For a while I wasn't having much fun. Maybe it was because the kids were talking a lot or because we were learning new songs and had to sing them over and over to get them right. Whatever it really was, I'm having more fun now.
On Wednesday, we had Speech and Debate, Shakespeare, a Shakespeare play, Mutual, and Battleguard. Speech and Debate rocked, as always. We learned how to give speeches better and had a ton of fun together. We did just about the same thing we do each week for Shakespeare. We talked about what we read, we did a couple of dances, we played a game outside. Shakespeare is always fun. Then we went to see The Tempest, a Shakspeare play, and a great one. It was amazing! I loved the stage, the actors, the way it was put together! My favorite actor was the chef guy (I can't remember what his name was!). He was so cute! His part has a tiny but of background: He was in a shipwreck and was washed up onto an island but hadn't found the rest of the people that had been on the ship. He was wandering around and talking to himself about how he was hearing the thunder and he wondered where the rain would fall. Then a spirit poured water on his head. Real water. He made a sad little crying noise like, "Eehhh!" and then he wiped the water off of his face with his chef hat. So cute! I loved it. The play was wonderful. For Mutual that night, we made cute little high-heel shoes out of colored cardstock. We're giving them to our friends for an Individual Worth experience. This Battleguard was the last one of the year. Sniffle I love Battleguard! I get to see some of my friends that I would normally not see and, if I want to, I can even join in. Since this one was the very last of the year, I decided to be in the battle. My goal was to actually hit someone, which I am not very good at doing. I hit four people in 1 1/2 hours! Amazing! I was very proud of myself.
On Thursday, we forgot Biology. My mom had to take Caden for a toe check-up and we forgot. Oh, well. I got to work on the document I've made to keep track of lots of stuff in the game Geniuses. For a while, actually...... Ok, it was a few hours. As Alex would say, I'm totally obsessed. I love it, though!
On Friday, I went to the temple. It was fun! Caden did family names and we had an addition to our group. I don't have a code name so I'll call her Jett (her Geniuses name, of course). After the temple I went to Mackie's house and I finally got to see her parakeet named Tempest. She's so cute! She has beautiful coloring and makes the most adorable tweeting noise. I was wearing a hoodie so I got to have her in my hood for a while. So much fun! We worked on our friend story together, shared secrets, and talked about the animals we wanted to get sometime soon. I love going to Mackie's house! After hanging out at her placee for a while, we went to my house for an upside-down dinner. We had upside-down pot-pies, bottles of chocolate and strawberry milk (turned upside-down with a hole puched into the bottom and a straw put into the hole), and upside-down cupcakes! We even ate under the table! We had so much fun. After dinner there was a play being performed at the Draper Theatre by our very own Shakespeare Elite class! I was so proud to watch my friends put on a wonderful performance. Thanks so much you guys! They did The Merchant of Venice. I loved it!
Yesterday, I got to help my mom clean and organize the toy area. She also cleaned Sariah's stuff off of the floor in my room and moved shelves in to put stuff on. I was pretty happy about that. After I vacuumed, I cleaned up even more stuff, feeling motivated to organize a bit. I also worked on my document for Genius stuff. I call it The Genius Files. Hee hee! Yeah, I'm obsessed. Every free moment I have goes to that.
I went to church today and took tons and tons of notes on the testimonies and the lessons. I'm so proud of myself! I haven't done that very much before and now that I'm doing it more often, I'm finding that I get so much more out of my lessons and church even goes by faster! And now I have a lot of things to think about.
I hope you all had a good week! I'll hope to see you sometime soon. :)
Hmm..... Let's jog my memory a bit, shall we? On Monday, we had a quick F.H.E. before going to a Halloween party with a bunch of our homeschool friends. I love friend parties! We went to our friends' house (actually a mansion) and had a ton of fun playing Halloween games, other fun games, and (of our own choice) freeze tag. That was so much fun! I'm feeling motivated to have a party of my own sometime soon.....
We had classes on Tuesday, as usual. Writing and Lit., Geography, and Choir. Writing and Lit. was fun, as always. We read and wrote Limerick and Haiku poems and we discussed what we had read in the book (1,001 Arabian Nights) up to that point. At Geography, we always have fun talking and figuring things out in our groups that we rotate. We usually watch a YouTube video about animal life in the certain place that we're studying that week. We'll have a graph to do, a story to read, a game to participate in. It's so much fun! I think I'm getting used to Choir a little more. For a while I wasn't having much fun. Maybe it was because the kids were talking a lot or because we were learning new songs and had to sing them over and over to get them right. Whatever it really was, I'm having more fun now.
On Wednesday, we had Speech and Debate, Shakespeare, a Shakespeare play, Mutual, and Battleguard. Speech and Debate rocked, as always. We learned how to give speeches better and had a ton of fun together. We did just about the same thing we do each week for Shakespeare. We talked about what we read, we did a couple of dances, we played a game outside. Shakespeare is always fun. Then we went to see The Tempest, a Shakspeare play, and a great one. It was amazing! I loved the stage, the actors, the way it was put together! My favorite actor was the chef guy (I can't remember what his name was!). He was so cute! His part has a tiny but of background: He was in a shipwreck and was washed up onto an island but hadn't found the rest of the people that had been on the ship. He was wandering around and talking to himself about how he was hearing the thunder and he wondered where the rain would fall. Then a spirit poured water on his head. Real water. He made a sad little crying noise like, "Eehhh!" and then he wiped the water off of his face with his chef hat. So cute! I loved it. The play was wonderful. For Mutual that night, we made cute little high-heel shoes out of colored cardstock. We're giving them to our friends for an Individual Worth experience. This Battleguard was the last one of the year. Sniffle I love Battleguard! I get to see some of my friends that I would normally not see and, if I want to, I can even join in. Since this one was the very last of the year, I decided to be in the battle. My goal was to actually hit someone, which I am not very good at doing. I hit four people in 1 1/2 hours! Amazing! I was very proud of myself.
On Thursday, we forgot Biology. My mom had to take Caden for a toe check-up and we forgot. Oh, well. I got to work on the document I've made to keep track of lots of stuff in the game Geniuses. For a while, actually...... Ok, it was a few hours. As Alex would say, I'm totally obsessed. I love it, though!
On Friday, I went to the temple. It was fun! Caden did family names and we had an addition to our group. I don't have a code name so I'll call her Jett (her Geniuses name, of course). After the temple I went to Mackie's house and I finally got to see her parakeet named Tempest. She's so cute! She has beautiful coloring and makes the most adorable tweeting noise. I was wearing a hoodie so I got to have her in my hood for a while. So much fun! We worked on our friend story together, shared secrets, and talked about the animals we wanted to get sometime soon. I love going to Mackie's house! After hanging out at her placee for a while, we went to my house for an upside-down dinner. We had upside-down pot-pies, bottles of chocolate and strawberry milk (turned upside-down with a hole puched into the bottom and a straw put into the hole), and upside-down cupcakes! We even ate under the table! We had so much fun. After dinner there was a play being performed at the Draper Theatre by our very own Shakespeare Elite class! I was so proud to watch my friends put on a wonderful performance. Thanks so much you guys! They did The Merchant of Venice. I loved it!
Yesterday, I got to help my mom clean and organize the toy area. She also cleaned Sariah's stuff off of the floor in my room and moved shelves in to put stuff on. I was pretty happy about that. After I vacuumed, I cleaned up even more stuff, feeling motivated to organize a bit. I also worked on my document for Genius stuff. I call it The Genius Files. Hee hee! Yeah, I'm obsessed. Every free moment I have goes to that.
I went to church today and took tons and tons of notes on the testimonies and the lessons. I'm so proud of myself! I haven't done that very much before and now that I'm doing it more often, I'm finding that I get so much more out of my lessons and church even goes by faster! And now I have a lot of things to think about.
I hope you all had a good week! I'll hope to see you sometime soon. :)
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