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Where does a general keep his armies?

































In his sleevies!

20 Seconds of Glory

(I just remembered that i hadn't posted this yet. [Or maybe i did. I don't remember. I'll just post it again anyway.] Sorry, it's been a LONG time since this happened. It was last school year in the spring I think. Totally awesome.)

Well, maybe more like 30. 

Ya know how I told you our school was going to a Cardinals game and singing Take Me Out to the Ball Game?  It was so totally fantastical!  I can't even express in words how cool it was, really.  It is kinda funny because Mr. Teacher kinda directs like he's directing an orchestra instead of preschoolers and kindergartners, and 1-3rd graders with a few 4,5, and 6th graders sprinkled in there.  Really, he does.

                                                                            



Girl Scouts

Our first meeting for this year is tomorrow. I am so excited!

AND we have a camping trip next weekend! Excitinger! Both the Bridget/tt s are coming! Yay!

Okay, I think you get it. I'm EXCITED!

Cooking

On Friday at school we cooked our own lunch! Apparently our new PE teacher is also a chef... a really healthy chef.  Healthy as in no meat and veggie everything!

I normally stick to broccoli and peas and corn and that sort of stuff. Not really a big fan of beans or squash or tomatoes, especially not all nixed together! But I tried something new and I'm glad I did even though I didn't particularly care for it.

At least it was fun.  And dessert was good!

School

I have the same teachers as last year but we moved to a new room to accommodate our now larger class.  Homework- reading and writing with the addition of Khan Academy, a math website.  Out classroom is HOT but not as hot as outside!

I'm happy because we don't have to share our bathroom with the little kids! It's so much cleaner! And it doesn't smell horrible (yet). 

We have a new PE teacher whose friend goes to my church and she is really nice (both of them).

And I LOVE MY ART TEACHER!!!

Highlights of Summer

June: I made a new blog, I left for a while, it was sad.
July: I went to vacation bible school by my grandma's house, my blog reached it's 100th post, I turned 12!, we played bananagrams.

August: it got HOTTER, it finally rained.

Now summer has 5 days remaining until school starts. So sad.

Such a dork

How many people do you know that would stare at a clock for 4 minutes untill the time was the same up-side down as it was right-side up? And then 3 minutes after that to see the time be a palindrome? Well, now you know one. Label me a dork, I don't care.

Just guess what time it was.

Finally!

It rained! Phew.

And that thunder? Didn't sound angry so much as it did a sigh of relief, like the whole world was sucking it in. Ahhh.

Going Crazy

I licked the needle instead of the thread and put my cream-cheesed bagel on top of the cream cheese container instead of the lid.

Not only that, but it's so hot (100 DEGREES without the heat index!) the hose water is warm and going to the pool isn't fun. Now I can't wait for fall.

Happy Birthday

Because it's always someone's birthday, right? God made you and you should celebrate the day that you were born and that you know God is going to use you to touch outher people's lives if you give your life to him. Just sayin'.

I guess I have some filling-in to do...

So I just turned 12! On my birthday I:

Had breakfase in bed. Crepes! With marscepone, raspberries, fresh fresh peaches, and chocolate sauce.

Opened presents, in bed! From parents, 'My Neighbor Totoro,' a new watch; from Abigail, earrings; from grandma Judy, a PHONE!; from grandma Linny, notebooks and money; from aunt Julie, fingernail polish and giftcards; from the other Hodges, a Swiss Army Knife and Swiss Army Flashlight (I almost blinded myself!); from the Mumfords, bananagrams; from aunt Pam, a bag and a book; from Paige a KLUTZ book (I love those!). 

The reason I do that is because people always ask me what I got for my birthday, and I really don't like answering that question.

THEN we went to P. F. Changs for dinner.  I had Crispy Honey Chicken, mom and Abigail shared some kind of shrimp, and my dad ate whatever nobody else did.  It was awesome!

I had a kickbutt birthday and I wanna thank you all.  :)

Bananagrams

It's a game that I got for my birthday. I love it!

Perhaps the greatest hand of bananagrams ever played. At least by me!

Can't Believe It

Tomorrow is my birthday!  I'm so excited.

I guess we've kinda had both kinds of extreme weather this year, haven't we? A c-c-c-oooooollldd winter and an, "iAy, caramba, tengo calor!" summer! (That lower-case 'i' there is the up-side down exclamation point.)

IT IS HOT OUTSIDE!!!

Church Billboard Quotes

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Honk if you love Jesus.
Text and drive if you want to meet Him.

Hi

I don't have much to say.  I. Am. Excited. For. My. Birthday.

Happy 100th Post!!!

And I can't believe my birthday is in 4 days!!!

It's gonna be totally awesome!

Officially a TOTAL Dork

1. Glasses (wire-rimmed)

2. I have a scientific calculator...

3. Braces. Three words: my. Teeth. Hurt.

Hi

The fish fry was awesome.  The slide was HUGE!  IT.  WAS.  HUGE.  NOT.  KIDDING.

And we had fun even though we got sunburnt.

VBS Fish Fry

I'll give you more details later, but here's the basic, well, layout.

We do a program and sing our VBS songs.

Everyone goes out side.

There's a giant blow-up slide and stuff for kids.

There's a big tent where the grownups sit and talk.

Around noon they start frying fish from the Fish Man!

It's the best fish ever.

Here a handful of chips equals a veggie, gravy is a condiment, and Jell-O is a salad.

VBS

Perhaps my favorite thing.

It's so fun!  Even if I am only a helper this year, I still love it.