Three Year Olds

If you have a relative that's three years old, you know that they can be a little crazy sometimes. They can be loud, climb to the top of closets, and just overall be very loud since they start to talk.

Three year olds can be sweet too. They try to do what you're doing, they sometimes do the things that you ask them to to (emphasis on sometimes), and they chase pets around (as well as scaring them). It's also very cute when you try to give them a hug, and they run to him their mom, and then they start to yell at you to get away.

So if you have a three year old relative, let them make the first move.

P.S.

        Good luck.

Babushka Baba Yaga by Patricia Polacco

In Babushka Baba Yaga, Baba Yaga wants to be a grandmother. Baba Yaga steals some clothes from a drying rack and puts them on to make her look like a grandma. Baba Yaga goes to town and meets a lady, she asks to take her of her kid, Victor. Victor wanders near some wolfs, Baba Yaga transforms to go save Victor. Victor was scared of how she looked but when she hugged him, Victor knew that was his babushka.

In this book, I liked how Patricia portrayed Baba Yaga as a old troll like lady. The pictures themselves told a story as the word just helped describe. Patricia showed that you can't judge a person without knowing them. Even after Victor knew that his babushka was Baba Yaga he still loved her and knew that she would take care of him.

The Book Thief by Mark Zusak

      I am currently reading "The Book Thief" by Mark Zusak. It is the story of a girl growing up in Munich, Germany during the reign of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich. The girl named Liesel is growing up with her middle class foster family under the communist government. Throughout the story she starts to steal books and learn to read. One of the most interesting aspects of the story is its narrator who is Death as a conscious entity. This story presents interesting ideas about Death and how he sees the world of humans.
     I would recommend this book if you like historical fiction stories about the world wars. I would also recommend it to anyone who likes stories of children growing up in poverty.

The Chiefs Game Sunday!

This Sunday there is  a football game and it's not just any game. This game is rather important. The two teams competing in this game are The Kansas City Chiefs and The Pittsburg Steelers, but this game determines which of the two teams will play one more game to be in the super bowl. So it's a pretty big deal.

But the Steelers are kind of good, so I guess we will see...

We lost! =\

😡The Missing Kid😡

One day there was a kid that went missing at my school and he never came back so I have gathered up some friends to try an find him. So, what we did was we worked really hard to find him so we looked at the grocery store and we looked at the mall and looked at the school but we could not find him any were. After, that we stated thinking about were he could be so one kid said we could look at the sports store but he was not there but we all said that we never checked at his house and we all looked there and sure enough he was at his house in his room sick. 

Christmas Break

         This year for Christmas break we got a very special gift from our Grandparents. They paid for all of my dads side of the family to go to Disney World in Florida. It was so fun but, if I got to go again I would go sometime when school is in session during winter because Christmas break time is 1 of 3 of the most busy times of the year there. My favorite ride was Peter Pan because you got to fly over the large city where Peter Pan lived. By the end of each day we were all worn out and there was really no reason to stay because all the lines for rides would be 1-3 hour long waits. My favorite part of the whole trip was going to the beach. The sand felt so good on our feet. I had 4 other cousins that were on the trip with us Briley (5) Braxton (3) Taryn (3) and Lucy (1). By the time we were all ready to go the 4 of them looked like they had jumped in a bag of flour. I think the kids enjoyed the sand more than the water. It was a very fun trip and I would love to do another long trip with my cousins and family again.

Friendship

A few days ago in class, we came up with one word to describe what we want 2017 to be like. My word was friendship. I chose this word because I have amazing friends who do amazing things for me everyday. This year, I want to do more for them.

A couple of examples are a few months ago, Sarah invited me to go to All Star Sports with her and her family. We had an fun night full of laughter. Another time, Sarah had me over for a sleepover. We used a Truth or Dare app on her phone, and it was my turn. I chose dare, and the screen read, 'You must apply lip gloss to the other person's lips using only your foot.' It took us about ten minutes to actually do it because we were too busy laughing, but we did it. These are a couple of my best memories with Sarah, and I hope to make more in 2017.

My friends always do great things for me, and this year, I want to do amazing things for them, too. 

Christmas Break

On Christmas break, I got to see family and I got some presents. I got to see My Grandma and Grandpa Pollett, my Aunt Mary, my Uncle Royce, my Aunt Doe, and my Uncle Jerry when we had Christmas with my dad's side of the family. On my mom's side, I got to see my Grandma Carla, my Aunt Leslie, my Uncle Nick, my Aunt Deborah, my cousins Jake, Elijah, Ruby, and my favorite cousin Bekah. I also got to see my brother Austin whose 20 and his girlfriend Logan whose 19 (I think).

At Christmas with my dad's side, we went over to my Grandma and Grandpa Pollett's house and ate a lot of food, hung out with family, and then we opened presents. I got a bowl and a mug that says "MY mug" and "MY bowl". I've already used those a lot. I also got nail polish, a lot of makeup (I won't use those though), and a T-shirt.

At Christmas on my mom's side, we had some food, hung out with family, played a couple of games, and then opened presents. One of the games we played was where you have to unwrap a box full of stuff like a sketchbook, pens, bracelets, necklaces, lottery tickets, and a bunch of other stuff like that. The thing is you have to unwrap it with a pair of oven mitts. You have to have more than 4 people because the person next to you is trying to roll doubles on dice (two 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, or 6s). When it's your turn to roll the dice and you get doubles, you give the dice to the other person. Now you put the gloves on and unwrap. Once they get doubles, you take the gloves off and give the box to the other person. It also has to be wrapped more than 3 times. Once someone opens it, you have to stand up and sing the 12 Days Of Christmas song except you replace the words "partridge in a pear tree" and the other ones with the stuff in the box. I don't know what its called though.

 The next game we played is where money, candy, bracelets, and stuff like that is rolled up in saran wrap . The player next to you has to roll doubles just like the first game. You have want to unwrap the saran wrap, but you CANNOT rip it. When something falls out, you get to keep  it. When someone wins, they don't have to do anything but celebrate.

I got an outfit from my grandma and ended up winning a bunch of pop rocks, necklaces, and lottery tickets.

At Christmas at home with like stockings and presents under the tree, I got a twister lamp, lots of clothes, a mini stereo, and stuff like a toothbrush and toothpaste.

Overall, I think it was a Christmas with my family. 

2017 Vacations

           In March (during Spring Break) my family and I will go skiing at Keystone Resort and stay in a Cabbin up in the mountains on the resort. Next, in June my family and I and my family from Ohio and Virginia will go to Cozumel, Mexico and spend a week there. Then after we get back from Mexico we will go back to Colorado to take my brother to the Air Force Academy for college, because of that we will go back to Colorado several times to see him. During the summer we will also go to Kansas City and Beaver Lake in Arkansas. We will also go to Holton (outside of Topeka) for a few days to visit family.

Thanksgiving

 For Thanksgiving many people have many traditional foods. Most people have turkey, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, and stuffing. My family always meets at my dad's mom's house for our thanksgiving, all of the kids play, the women cook, and the men watch football. On the thanksgivings that have nice weather, all of the cousins go outside and play football.

When lunch is ready we all sit in the big table and collect our food. My Uncle Tony says a prayer and we eat. I fill my plate with mashed potatoes, turkey(light meat), cranberries(my favorite), green bean casserole, and everything else on the table. As we eat, I talk to all the family members I hadn't see since my birthday or even longer.

After we eat, the guys go into the family room to watch the annual Cowboys game. My cousin, Chloe, and I go in and watch too. The women in the kitchen finish doing dishes and go talk and watch the game in the other living room. The kids who are to young for football go to the toy room and play the video games.

After the football game is over and everybody says their good byes we get on the road and go back home to Hesston and await Christmas break.