Ellie here! Like my pooch Rosie?  Such a silly picture.

OK so… I love art, and for my Grandmother’s birthday I made her a LOOPY FLOWER. Grandma’s love this sort of thing!  Here’s what you need: construction paper in 7 colors- include some green, a stapler, a bottle of glue, scissors and some yarn. Here’s what to do: First, to make flower petals, curl construction paper strips into a loop  and glue ends together. Next, to make leaves, using green stripes glue the ends together making a water drop shape. Make 2 or 3. Now, curl the colored strip you want to be in the center just like the one’s for the flower.  Then make five more rings, but these should be smaller than the ones you made for the petals.  You are ready to put them all together. To do this you have to staple one smaller petal  inside a big petal. Choose 1 big one to be the center, and staple all the other big ones around the middle and staple the leaves in between any of the petals you want. Since my grandma has the one I made I will make another and put a picture up soon.   I’ve got school tomorrow got to go.

Ellie here, a great idea I just loooove  is- every year my Mom helps me plant zinnias. We choose a big pot and keep them on the patio so it is easy for me to water them. We plant a lot so the pot gets pretty full. My brother does this too. This year I have a lot of blooms, so far 9 have bloomed. They are really pretty, one of the orange flowers looks like a really small petally ball. I’m really exited for next summer because my Dad said I can have my own little garden- just for me.  So the zinnias will be experience for me, so I’ll understand about what to do.

I’m really exited about school because I got the teacher I really really wanted, both of my brothers had her and they were always telling me nice things about her. Her name is Mrs. Kramer.  I’m also really exited about school- well- just because I love school.  My favorite subject is art and my Mom is making me my own bag this year.  I will put a picture up when it get’s done. I’m really exited about that.

OK, I said I would tell you about the books today, didn’t I, well here it goes: AMELIA’S SCIENCE FAIR DISASTER- this one is at the top of my rating for the Amelia books. I liked reading the parts about Amelia’s group working together to come up with an idea for the fair and I liked when the science  fair was going on.  Now for AMELIAS MOST UNCOMFORTABLE EMBARRASSING TIMES- this one’s not one of my favorites but it’s still really good. I would definitely recommend it.  There is also AMELIA’S 5th GRADE JOURNAL- this one is my favorite by far.  At the beginning of the book she tells you that she thinks the year will be horrible and boring then she tells you what she likes and dislikes about one season and tells you what she did over the season and she tells that stuff for all the seasons. After that she tells you how good the year was. Here’s my report about AMELIAS 6th GRADE JOURNAL -this book is not one of my favorites but it’s still AWESOME  and FANTABULOUS it’s also really fun to read. In this book. Amelia always talk about how bad her Social Studies and English teacher is, it’s the same person. Well that’s all the books I’ve read so far, but Iam reading AMELIA’S 6th GRADE JOURNAL. My mom is raising her eyebrows because she does not like me reading about middle schoolers yet, but there is nothing bad in the books. See ya later alligator!

Hey there this web site is for girls who like being a kid!  My mom’s gonna help me write it and keep safe and up to date.  Check in sometimes to see my posts about homemade fun facials, recipes I cook with my dad, games I make up with my brothers and lots of stuff like that. Soon I will get my first recipe up, but I need to test it! Cheers!  -L

Sittin' in the Grass

I was out in the backyard with Dad yesterday while he pulled weeds (“there’s too many,” he says) and I love sitting in the tall grass, which he says there’s too much of, too (he hates cutting grass).
He got some nice pictures of me doing my favorite thing, which I don’t have to describe since you’ve already gotten an earful of that.

Mint Hunting I

Mint Hunting II - Closer Inspection

And then some dessert (not that I found anything…Dad got me out of the mint because I was crushing it and it’s his favorite herb), so I looked under the bench to eat some grass. Grass is a breath-freshener, you know.

Grass Hunting for Dessert

Thunder chased me back inside, not Dad. We’ve been getting way too much rain and Dad says some of the flowers just aren’t blooming enough and some others are loving the rain, so I don’t know what is problem is: the yard is beautiful, anyway!
Inside, I got me over on my back, which I do to scratch an itch. I haven’t been able to do that since my surgery and he was so surprised to see me roll over onto it!

Cute Side

He and Spencer call it my “cute side.” I am darn cute, aren’t I? (Well they think so….yea, and a few others, too!)

This post is just a short one.

Oh, yeah, I’m feeling pretty good but I’m still limping a bit on my left front side. Just a pulled muscle, I think. Gotta keep up with Dad in that department, y’know! My back is healing but it has a ways to go. I sure do want to climb the stairs to the second floor and chase the squirrels and cats from next door…but that’s a No-no. I give Dad and Spencer sad eyes but they just aren’t gonna fall for that!

Whoa! I gotta go….there’s one of them now!

See ya next time!

Portrait in the Barn

(That was taken on my first winter at the old house up in the canyon…but I was lookin’ at something. Maybe I was looking for you then, too.)

… é natal… é natal, etc, etc.

Falta-me a torta de chocolate da Mima. As compras ao senhor Armando: açúcar ou farinha para fazer os belos dos bolos. O cheiro bom que vinha do forno, não só dos belos dos bolos (estou-me a repetir…), mas da carninha boa.

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mas também as imagens vindas da TV, dos filmes. O recorrente “The Sound of Music”… recorrente e repetente. Mesmo a  propósito, na semana passada, num momento de zapping, vi um vídeo… John Coltrane – My Favorite Things

My Favorite Things

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I’m feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don’t feel so bad