First Snow!

It snowed! I was so excited. In the first picture, you can see Conrad with his eyes closed because the snowball I threw at him is about to hit him. We went sledding for a LONG time. My mom thought it was funny that I wore my swim goggles. I didn't want to break my glasses, and the swim goggles helped me see. And, my face didn't get as wet. I hope it snows a lot this year, and again soon.

How to Give a Dog a Shower!

Our dog, Jake, smelled stinky, and needed a bath. Dad was afraid he would splash water everywhere in the tub, so he tried the shower. Jake took up most of the shower! I "pretty pleased" Daddy to see if I could give my dog, Stitch, a shower, too. He said, "yes". I used the special doggy soap. Stitch was very calm, and it was fun!

Thanksgiving Day!

We went to Kansas City for Thanksgiving to Uncle Clark's and Aunt Stephanie's house. We had a good meal. My favorite thing was Stephanie's homemade noodles (I didn't want any, but Mom made me try them, and I loved them. We brought some home, and I ate all the leftovers). The favorite thing I did that day was played the Wii.

My Friend, Kathy!

Last year, I met Kathy at the Stoney Creek craft show where Mom had a booth. Conrad and I helped her carry in her stuff, and she gave us each $1. We saw her at a couple other craft shows last year, too, and we loved to help her because she is nice and talks to me about what I am interested in.

This year, I was looking forward to seeing her again. I was excited to see her at Stoney Creek again. Last week, Mom helped at the HG booth at a show for one night and I helped her, and Kathy's booth was in the same room. We talked a lot and she gave me a quilt!!!! That night, when Mom got home, Ginger and I were fast asleep under my new quilt, and Mom took my picture.

Today, at Savannah's craft show, I went to help my mom, but I helped Kathy all day. I got to put things in sacks, make change (she told Mom that I could subtract in my head), and used the cash register. It was really fun.

I did go back to Mom's booth, but mostly just to get more samples (in the picture, we are eating the samples that I had just gotten). Today, Kathy gave me a white scarf that she had made and $5 for helping her all day. Mom never pays that well!

What ? Wednesdays

We did a Science experiment and tested for starch. This sweet potato has starch--I know because when I put iodine on it, it turned purple. We tested other things, too. We also wrote secret messages with lemon juice and let it dry. Then we painted the paper with iodine and our messages showed up. The paper has starch in it. The next morning, I put iodine on a Ritz cracker and I learned that it has starch, too, because it turned purple!

Cat House!

Dad says that he doesn't like cats, but I sometimes catch him petting Ginger. He did something else nice for the cats. Conrad and I helped him build a cat house. He got the supplies from scraps from building our house. The cat house matches our house exactly. It has three floors--so that more than one cat can lay up high (they like to lay on high things--like Dad's boat--and Dad doesn't like the cat hair and smell in his boat). The cats like it and it will keep them warm in the winter (Dad is hoping that Ginger will sleep there at night, but I have a special spot under the quilt on my bed for her).

Wednesday Fun!

We went to Nathan and Sara's house while Mom and Dad went to Kansas City. We had to get up at 5am. We got to go upstairs which we have never gotten to do before while we were there for piano lessons. We did our school work, and some we did with Nathan and Sarah. We even practiced our piano and had our lesson. We got to play the X-box. In a way, I was happy to see my parents so that I could go home and see my cat, Ginger, but I was having so much fun that I wasn't really ready to leave. Dad thought he knew a shortcut home, and instead we drove around and around and around on gravel roads and it took us an extra thirty minutes to get home! I was so tired.

What ? Wednesday

What I learned this week was that Dr. Seuss wrote a book using just 50 words. His publisher said he would give him $50 if he could do it because he was sure he couldn't do it. He did do it, and it was Green Eggs and Ham that he wrote. I was amazed. I really like that book!

Onions!

When we were at Uncle Herbert's house in Oklahoma, I found out that he eats RAW ONION every day for lunch. He has eaten that for lunch every day for a long time! So, on the second day we were there, I tried it. I liked it! Mom bought me an onion today.

Castle--Yum!

At my birthday, Regan and Patti gave me a chocolate cookie/candy kit to make a castle. They know me so well!
Today, I put it together, and it was hard not to eat all of the candy (I did sneak some) because we hadn't had supper yet and I was hungry. We are taking it to Grandma and Grandpa's tomorrow to share with the cousins.

Herbert and Jimmie's house in Oklahoma!

We had a very fun trip to Oklahoma. I loved picking pecans off the ground and using a hammer to get the shell off. Herbert even paid me $2 for helping him. Then, he sent the pecans home with me!

We found a tarapin turtle that we caught and then let loose. Herbert has a new dog named "Speck". He is very playful and we played many hours together. They also had five very small kittens. One looks just like my Ginger. I love her. She is very cute.

One night we ate fish and fried potatoes. I thought it was SO good--I ate more than anyone else and Mom and Dad decided that I must be getting ready to grow.

Trick-or-treat

This year, Conrad went as a cowboy, and I was the Cat in the Hat! We went around Grandpa and Grandma's neighborhood like we always do. We got a lot of candy, and my favorite that I got was fruit roll-ups!

While we were trick-or-treating, a very funny thing happened. At one of the houses, there is always a witch. She has scary music playing, a cauldron with smoke coming out, and always says scary things. One year, she made Conrad cry because he was so scared. And, one year, she told me that she was going to cook me and eat me. I have always been very scared, even last year!

This year, even though the picture looks dark, it was still light out. When we were getting close to her house, I thought I saw a statue of a witch moving up and down on her sidwalk, but Dad said that it was the witch we saw who was outside lighting all the candles up and down her sidewalk. Her back was to us, and suddenly, Dad snuck up behind her tree and so did we. Then, while we watched from behind the tree, Dad snuck up and touched her and said, "Boo!" She was so scared (and mom didn't like the words she said!) and for once, we scared her more than she scared us!!!!