Book Review: Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret

Date Finished: 12/30/17

Pages Read: 149

Rating: 7 out of 10

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Author: Judy Blume

Setting: School, Margaret's House, etc



Margaret Simon is 12 years old, and she just moved from New York to the suburbs. As anyone else would, she wants to fit in and have friends. And when she and her new friends form a secret club called the PTS's (Pre- Teen-Sensations) to talk about growing up girl stuff, Margaret decides to take part in it. In the club they have boy books, they have to wear bras, and if one of the girls gets her period, they have to tell each other what it was like. Even though it's great to talk about all this stuff with her friends, Margaret knows she can already talk to God about all this stuff. Anything that's on her mind-even wanting to grow. This book was good. I liked that it was about girls and puberty, because I will go through some of that stuff soon. This book made me think about what it will be like to start growing as a girl. My favorite part was when Margaret went to Norman Fishbein's party and played a game where she had to kiss a mystery guy. I think you would like this book if you are a girl and would like to know what it will be like when you start to grow up and go into puberty. I think the lesson in this book is, "It's okay to not have a religion and still talk to God."

Book Review: Wonder

Date Finished: 12/22/17

Pages Read: 312

Rating: 7 out of 10

Genre: Fiction

Author: RJ Palacio

Setting: School, August's House, Outside, etc



August (Auggie) Pullman is not like any other ordinary kid. He does ordinary stuff. He eats ordinary stuff. H e has ordinary stuff. But he does not look ordinary. Ordinary kids don;'t make other kids run away from them and scream on the playground. Ordinary kids don't get stared at wherever they go. And ordinary kids look ordinary. August is not an ordinary kid. He has had 27 surgeries since he has been born, and now he is 10 and just about to go into 5th grade. Problem is, he has to actually go to school...and he has never done that before. August knows that this will not be easy- especially with his face. What will happen at his new school? Will he make friends...or will he be bullied the whole year through? This book was  pretty good, I liked the story of it. This book made me think about what it is to be a privileged kid, and it also made me think about what it must be like to have a disfigured face like August's. My favorite part was when August met Summer, because at first she was the only girl who was nice to him. I think you would like this book if you like a good book about what it is to be a friend. I think the lesson in this book is, "It's not enough to be friendly. You have to be a Friend."

Story Thieves 3: Secret Origins

Date Finished: 12/3/17

Pages Read: 370

Rating: 10 out of 10

Genre: Fiction book about Adventure

Author: James Riley

Setting: In a comic book called Jupiter City


   

Bethany and Owen are no longer jumping into books - but does a blue fire portal count, too? Bethany keeps seeing a mysterious man who's always outside her house. And when she decides to follow him, she and Owen are amazed at what they see. When they find out the blue portal leads to a comic book world named Jupiter City, they are determined to find out why there are no superheroes (or villains) in the city, and who Doc Twilight (the mysterious man) really is. But when they are saved by Doc Twilight and he is then captured by the greatest villain ever, and the only one remaining in Jupiter city, The Dark, they are also determined to take down The Dark and rescue Doc Twilight. But how can they do it? Surely they will need the help of old and new friends to save the day. But who is Doc Twilight really? And who is this Nobody, and what is he really up to? Will Bethany and her friends save the day? Or will they come crashing down? And what kind of villain's name is the Rotten Banana? This book was also soooooooo good, it was definitely the best book I've read in the Story Thieves series, even better then The Stolen Chapters. This book made me think about books and the characters' lives and how different they are. My favorite part was when Charm met Gwen, because it is so funny how they act towards each other because of how different they are from each other! I think you would like this book if you like LOTS of adventure -and of course books. I think the lesson in this book is, "Be careful with who you Trust (basically Nobody)". READ THIS BOOK! 📕📖📗📘📙📚(And also read the Pick the Plot book that Owen gets thrown into by Nobody. You either save him or kill him.)

Book Review: Story Thieves 2; The Stolen Chapters

Date Finished: 11/7/17

Pages Read: 354

Rating: 10 out of 10

Genre: Fiction book about Mystery and Adventure

Author: James Riley

Setting: In a book called Story Thieves 2: The Stolen Chapters ( yes, in the book the characters are trapped inside a book named that)


Owen Conners would never jump into a mystery, especially without his friend, Bethany, and her permission. So how did he end up in one and with his memory erased? In the beginning of the book, Owen and Kiel are in the book (but they don't know it) at Owen's mom's library that is on fire. A man in a question mark mask and a Sherlock Holmes hat and coat appears in front of them with some mysterious news. Because of Kiel and Owen's erased memories, they don't know that below them in the sewers, Bethany is in a room filling with water and she will have to jump out of the book soon so she doesn't drown. But then she will have to abandon Kiel and Owen forever! What will she do? What will happen to Kiel and Owen? Will they meet new allies on their mystery? And who is this Doyle really? This book was sooooooooooooooooooo good- it may even be the best book I've read in the Story Thieves series! This book made me think about books...as it would. My favorite part was when I met the new character Moria, because she is so funny. I think you would like this book if you like LOTS of mystery and adventure -and of course books. I think the lesson in this book is, "Be careful with who you Trust".  Oh, and here's a piece of advice: READ THIS BOOK! 📕📖📗📘📙📚

Book Review: Tortilla Sun

Date Finished: 10/15/17

Pages Read: 218

Rating: 5 out of 10

Genre: Fiction book about Mystery and Adventure

Author: Jennifer Cervantes

Setting: Mostly New Mexico



This book was called Tortilla Sun, and it was about a girl named Izzy. Izzy is 12 years old, and is anything but lazy, for she will search for adventures until she finds one. Izzy also loves to write.  Problem is, she isn't good at finishing her stories... in her writings or in reality. So when Izzy finds a baseball in a memory box of her moms with the words Because...Magic with a space between them, she is determined to find the missing words, even if her mom has to send her to New Mexico. This book was pretty good because it was about adventures-and I love adventures. I also like food...and this book had a LOT of food in it.  But this book was also kind of sad because some people die or almost die in this book. Anyway, this book made me think about adventures and my adventures in life. My favorite part was when Izzy and her friends, Mateo and Maggie, go up in the hot air balloon with Maggie's yarn ladder to heaven. I think you would like this book is you like adventures and mystery. I think the lesson in this book was, " Go out there and be adventurous". I hope you enjoyed the review- and the book if you read it too!

Fruit; A Poem by ZoeCreates

Oranges, Grapes, Bananas indeed. 🍊🍇🍌
Lemons, Pineapples, every fruit has a seed. 🍋🍍
Strawberries, Apples, Peaches galore. 🍓🍎🍑
Blueberries, Tomatoes, I want some more! 🔵🍅
Avocados, Coconuts, Cucumbers are yummy. 🥑🌰🥒
Peppers and Pumpkins go to my tummy. 🌶🔶
Limes, Berries, Grapefruit are sliced.🍈💥👛
Watermelons and Figs are diced. 🍉 o
Cantaloupe, Honeydew, and Plums are fine. ⥀💚🍑
Cherries and Starfruit are mine! 🍒⭐
Papayas, Mangoes, and of course Pomegranates. 💛🔸🔴
Pears, Kumquats, every fruit on the planet! 🍐⭖
Fruits, Fruits, there are so many. 🍏
Fruits, Fruits, there is more than plenty. o

Book Review: The Great Green Notebook of Katie Roberts

Date Finished: 10/7/17

Pages Read: 105

Rating: 9 out of 10

Author: Amy Hest

Genre: Fiction book about Family

Setting: School, Katie's House, The Trolley Car Café, Outside (Texas)



The Great Green Notebook of Katie Roberts is about a girl, who is obviously named Katie Roberts. This book was supposed to be a notebook, Katie's Great Green notebook. The book, or notebook is about Katie and her family. Katie has a Mom, two brothers named Billy and Seymour, and a Stepfather because her real Dad died in the war. Katie also has a friend named Lucie, who is her so called "soulmate" and a person who she can tell anything to. Katie is very intelligent and definitely has a mind of her own. She encounters many obstacles and experiences throughout the book, like her mom, a new Café, and even crushes on boys! But what will happen to Katie when she is forced to train a boy named Rudy in spelling? I thought that this book was good because it is sooooo funny. Why? Because Katie has lots of tiny stories that she writes into this book along with her life story. Some stories are headlined, "The Mean Mother", by that famous kid author Katie Roberts. I think that's pretty funny. Sometimes it says, "ANNOYING BOSSY MOTHER EXAMPLE #1234 and so on. This book made me think about my life and how it is compared to Katie's. My favorite part was when Katie goes to the school dance. I think you would like this book if you like comedy and the importance of life and family. I think the lesson in this book is, "Live Your Life and live it Freely".
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Book Review: Looking for Me

Date Finished: 9/24/17

Pages Read: 161

Rating: 6 out of 10



This book, Looking for Me, was a book about a girl named Edith who has a remarkably huge family. This book is written in poetry form. Edith thinks that she is just plain old number four in her big family. She's not that old, so she doesn't exactly get privileges, and she's not that young, so no one holds her hand and she can't get away with stuff. But slowly from the beginning to the end, Edith realizes that she is way more then plain old number four. This book was okay. It wasn't the best because it was sad. The book made me feel pretty grateful for what I have, though. My favorite part was when  Edith plays in the rain with her little brother, Melvin. I think you would like this book if you think you don't play a important part in your family. I think the lesson in this book is, "You are always Something". I hope you like this book if you read it.
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Book Review: Abby Spencer goes to Bollywood

Date Finished: 9/18/17

Pages Read: 249

Rating: 3 out of 10

This book, Abby Spencer goes to Bollywood, was about a girl named Abby who has a father from India who is a famous Bollywood actor. Abby goes to Bollywood to meet her one of a kind Dad. But, he doesn't want Abby to tell anyone that she is his daughter. So Abby has fun with some of her Dad's friends, like Shiva, Mina, Bina, Shaan, and even her Grandma Tara! Abby soon finds out that the life of a movie star isn't so grand. She barley ever gets to spend time with her Dad, let alone talk to him. One day, she happened to walk by a group of photographers who were trying to get a glimpse of  her Dad, or as they called him, Naveen Kumar. One photographer calls to Abby. She ignores him. Again and again he asks her if she knows where her Dad is. Finally, Abby can't take it anymore. "Leave me and my Dad alone!" she angrily yells out. As soon as she says it, she regrets it. What will dad say? Or even worse, what will he do? Read Abby Spencer Goes To Bollywood to find out. I didn't really like this book. I thought that it was a little too boring. My favorite part was when Abby goes shopping with her Dad's girlfriend, Rani. I think if you were 9-15 this book could interest you. I think the lesson in this book was, "Think before you answer." If you decide read this book, I hope you like it because I didn't.
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Book Review: Story Thieves

Date Finished: 9/4/17

Pages Read: 382

Rating: 10 out of 10


I read a book called Story Thieves. It is about a girl named Bethany who has the power to jump in  and out of books. One day, Owen, a boy in the book, is at the library putting books away one day, and he picks up the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory book. When he turns to put it on the shelf it jumps out of his hands...and PLOP! On to the floor. Owen jumps backwards, wide eyed. The book jumps again. And opens. Slowly, a hand comes out. Then a head. Bethany's head. She looks at Owen, and all around her. Owen just stares. She climbs out of the book and explains, ans tells Owen to never, ever, tell anyone about this. A few days later, Owen asks Bethany to take him into his favorite Kiel Gnomenfoot book. Bethany hesitates, but then agrees. They jump in after school at Owen's house. But disaster occurs when Owen kills the evil Dr. Vertify, who was supposed to kill the Magister.  Bethany is furious. she takes Owen out of the book with her, only to find the Magister and his apprentice, Kiel Gnomenfoot, standing behind them. Soon, the Magister tries to persuade Bethany to let all of the characters out of all the books in the world. Meanwhile, Owen is trapped in the book in a prison. Nobody comes along and frees him. Owen says, "Since the real Kiel is out of the book, can I be another Kiel in disguise?". Nobody agrees but tells Owen to be careful.  Owen then meets Charm, Kiels friend. Out of the book, the Magister releases  several monsters out of books to capture Kiel and Bethany. Owen and Charm face some complicated and dangerous challenges in the book. What will happen to Kiel and Bethany? What will happen to Owen and Charm? Read the book to find out!
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                                                      💜 I loved this book. 💜

Hurricane Irma

Six days ago Hurricane Irma hit Jacksonville, Florida...hard. It hit us the worst in the middle of the night. At 2:40 am our house lost power. There was lots of things falling on the roof, and it was frightening. I woke up around 3:00 to the sweet flash flood alert. That was scary. The wind didn't blow that hard, but it blew hard enough to make the right side of our maple tree in the front look/be 90% bare. Here is the main thing: overall, Hurricane Matthew was worse damage. Irma was just scarier, especially because it was practically all night. I got really scared when I heard alerts from a phone because I didn't want to get a tornado. The worst part was when I woke up in the middle of the night and there was noises, a flash flood alert, and scaryness. Here are some pictures from  Hurricane Irma:

This is me up in our maple tree out front, taking out stray and broken branches from it.🌪🌲🌳🌴🌩

This is our street out front flooded. It is dirty water. It dried out pretty quickly into the gutters and flooded somewhere else.🌊🍀🍁🍂🍃⛈🌧

Book Review: The Great Wall of Lucy Wu

Date finished: Aug 20, 2017
Pages read: 312
Rating: 9 out of 10

Today I finished a book called "The Great Wall of Lucy Wu". It was an awesome book. the main reason why I give it a 9 out of 10 star rating is because some things (and by "things" I mean food) in the book is/are gross. Anyway, the book is about a Chinese American girl named Lucy Wu who has a sister (Regina) and a brother (Kenny), and when her sister finally moves out of her room forever because of college, Lucy is sooo exited that she is finally going to get her room to herself forever. But, when a Chinese relative named Yi Po comes to see her sister's family, Lucy is NOT happy. Not only does her room disappear, but her entire year collapses. Lucy encounters many things, including decisions between basketball and Chinese school, a little piece of Regina, and especially Sloane Conners. Lucy's year is ruined. Or is it? Read this totally AWESOME book to find out what happens to Lucy's year, and Lucy.🏀

This is the food we ate at the book club meeting: spring rolls, chocolate graham crackers, tea, potstickers, general tsos tofu, white rice, and glazed lemon cupcakes. Yum! 🍘🍵🍚

Book Review: Queen of Likes

Date finished:  Aug. 7, 2017
Pages read: 255 pages
Rating: 10 out of 10

Today I finished a book called Queen of Likes. It was really, REALLY good. I would give it a 10 star rating. I got the book from PJ Library. It was a PJ Our Way selection. Anyway, it was about a teenage girl in 7th grade, and her name is Karma Cooper. She is OBSESSED with her phone, and would do almost anything to keep it from getting it taken away, even lie. So when her mom finds out that she has broken the rules again and goes on her phone during a bar mitzvah, she loses her privilege of being on it at all: so her mom takes her phone away. For a while, she thinks she will die without her phone. She even borrows her best friend, Ella's, phone. But slowly Karma realizes that she can live without her phone. She takes a photography class, and then she gets very interested in photography. She snaps about everything she sees. One day, Karma gets caught using Ella's phone. Ella's phone gets locked away, until her parents sign a note saying that she can have her phone back (and Ella's mom, being a very strict person, gets very mad at Ella), Karma gets in school suspension, and Ella becomes so mad at Karma that she isn't her friend anymore. Karma gets so upset, she then feels as if she were the thing in life that everybody hated and avoided. But she soon finds out many more things, and she gets to talk to Ella, too. What will happen to Karma? What will happen to her friendship with Ella? Will Karma get her phone back? Read the book to find out!

A Poem by ZoeCreates: Colors and Lights

Colors and Lights, not different, nor the same. 🔦
They are splendid, scattered, and also bright.💡
They can be twisted, shaped, stretched, and flat;💥
Long, small, large, but there's no doubt about that.💚
Colors come in all sorts of sizes and shapes. 🔶
Big and little, lights are the same.🔵
Lights are beautiful, and who likes them? Kitty.🚥
Colors are dreamy, and also pretty.🚦
Melt them if you want to; colors will spread.🔺
Lights will burn, and set on fire if they melt.💛
Lights are very, very bright.💜
Colors on the other hand...they are just tight.🖍
You can look at them, smell them, touch them, those colors and lights.👛
But whatever you do, don't eat them... they are not meant for that.✏
Colors and Lights are awesome indeed,🖋
Yes, what or whoever gave them to us did a very good deed.🕯

Road Trip North

This summer my family and I went on a road trip up to New Hampshire. It was a long drive! We went up there to see my Grandfather for his 85th birthday, he had a Pig Roast. Here are some pictures of the trip, and what and where they are:

This is a picture of some of my cousins, my Grandfather, and my siblings and I in New Hampshire after the roast (I was horrified by the pig being roasted, so I just tried to stay away from it).   Their (my cousins') names are: Emma, Linnea, Sierra, and Max. 👫👭👬👴👧👦

This is me having dessert on my Grandfather's deck in New Hampshire. I am looking out at the mountains. Up north, there sure are some pretty views! ⛰🍨🍧🍦🏔🗻🌄

Here I am picking blueberries with my Aunt Kristin in New Hampshire. My Grandfather has a farm, he grows flowers, vegetables, blueberries, and all kinds of things. I have waffles, not pancakes (once or twice I've had pancakes), so I decided to have some blueberry pancakes for breakfast there. They turned out perfect, and yummy! 🥞🔵🌳

Stephanie and Veronica are some of my cousins, too. Here we are at their Grandma and Grandpa's house in New Hampshire. They were at the roast, too! We usually have a roast every 5 years. But this year I made new friends, and now I'm even greater friends with Veronica and Stephanie, so I can't wait a whole other 5 years! That's way too long, let alone one year when you are missing and far away from friends.👧👯👭👩🚺🚺🏠

This is my siblings and I at Lake Winnipesaukee. It is the largest lake in New Hampshire. I went Kayaking for the first time there. Did you know that  there is lots of islands in Lake Winnipesaukee, and on some of the islands there are sleep-away camps? I surely didn't! There are different places in Lake Winnipesaukee, I was in Meridith. So if you go to New Hampshire and are thinking of going to a lake or pond, Lake Winnipesaukee is a good choice!🌊🛥🛶🤽🏊

 When we headed back south on our trip, we stopped in NYC to  stay with one of my mom's friends, Rachel. She has a son named Liam. We stayed there for about two days. We went to Central Park and saw the Statue of Liberty from far away. It was really fun!👦🗽🌇🏘🏢👩

This is my family and I in the very busy part of NYC. It looks really cool, and it is really cool, but to me it is really, really overwhelming. There too many people, so many things, over 100 buildings squished together, cars, signs, flashing lights, and lots of other crazy things. I decided that I liked it way better in quiet Brooklyn. 🏗🏛🏢🏡

Our Road Trip North was fun. Even though it was a long drive, but it was worth it in the end. Comment and tell me about a road trip you went on, or your opinion on this post. Thanks!🙋

Book review: Papa's Promise

I finished a book called Papa's Promise.
I'm not used to reading historical fiction, so this book was a little different from other books I've read.
I was satisfied at the end of the story, because it isn't so simple but it isn't confusing or hard either.

The characters were believable throughout the whole story, except for when mama forgot to take her pouch out of her clothes before hanging them to dry because she was so serious and cautious and unforgetful about everything.

I definitely got pictures in my head as I read.  Some pictures I remember are:  Mama, Sarah, and Esther boarding the boat to America, Sarah getting a chalk mark and getting double checked by another doctor; lots of Jell-o, Esther's friends, Esther jump roping with Gisela, and Mama, Sarah, and Esther finally getting to see Papa and stay with him in America forever.  But really, the whole story was a flowing picture as I read.

I did learn some interesting things.  I learned that when the Russians decided to travel to America it wasn't at all a so-called "easy" process.  I mean, they had to ride by horse wagon and then stop at a place, then keep going, stop again, encounter soldiers, get on a  train, get inspected by doctors, get on a boat, get inspected again by doctors, stay on Ellis Island for awhile, and finally get to America.  Huge and extremely hard process!

The whole story moved at a good pace except for when Papa was in America for two years while the rest of his family was in Russia.  Nothing really happens in those two years until they leave.

When Esther told her cousin Karina and her friend Baka that she and Mama and Sarah were traveling to America to live with her papa, I was thinking, "Why would you do that, Esther!?".

The main reason why I like this book is because Papa kept his promise, even though it was a long time til he could truly fulfill it.  I also liked it because I think I can relate to Esther because I'm a big sister, too, and I do almost all the work while my little sister lounges around.  Mama was a really strong woman because she kept note of everything, she was careful, and she planned far ahead.

I would recommend this book because it tells you a lot about Hebrew/Russian history, and also because it is a good book, and who doesn't love a good book?

The Beach: A Poem by ZoeCreates

 I love the beach. Cool breeze, crashing waves, pretty textured seashells, squishy sand, crabs. Water! You can dig shapes in the sand, or just dig a deep hole you can have a spa in, and, if you dig deep enough, water appears! As you explore the sand and crashing ocean waves, you may hear a seagull, or a child that plays. Sometimes you find shark teeth with luck, and sometimes the sand can look like muck. Seagulls fly in the sky high, "C'mon, C'mon!" they say. But when we leave, that's okay, we will go to the beach another day; We will collect shells, ride the waves, and walk among all the bays. Squish our feet in the wet sand, dig by hand, yes, we will do all of that when we go to the beach again.

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Shopping with Grammy

On Thursday I shopped with my Grammy. It was super fun, but after I was soooooooooo tired. First, me, my mom, sister, brother, my aunt Nancy and Grammy shopped at Target. We got rompers, dresses, and tons of other cool clothes. We tried almost all of them on, but we only got our favorites.
Then we went shopping at TJ Maxx. I got another dress there, and some notebooks and pens, too. My brother and sister got clothes. After that, we were hungry! It was after 12:00, so we went to Chipotle for lunch. We filled our stomachs full. We went shopping again at Marshalls after we had lunch. There we got shoes. My brother, sister, and I got sandals, and only sandals. It was almost time to leave after that, but before saying goodbye we went to Whit's Frozen Custard and got ice cream. while we were eating it, Grammy gave us presents. They were so awesome! We got a sketch pad, books on how to draw things, books, an arts and crafts kit, and many more things. We had to go after that, but we had a great time.
I was very grateful.  I also got to hear some stories about when my Grammy and aunt were little.  They shared a room and my Grammy got mad and taped the room down the middle!  Me and my sister did that once, but it didn't work out well, so we took the tape off.
 Shopping was fun. Especially with my Grammy and Aunt Nancy. I hope to do it again.
Shopping Rocks!

(My Grammy doesn't like having her picture taken).

Safety Patrol

Guess what? I just got picked to be safety patrol in my school!!! It is a BIG DEAL. Only four people out of every fourth grade class get picked to be safety patrol trainees for the last 2 weeks of the year, then the entire next year they get to be safety patrols. The people who got picked in my class are: Isabella, Eric, Aidan, and me. The trainees have to save up $705 cash to go on a trip to Washington D.C. at the end of next year. There are also safety patrol Captains! I am one of them. Me and Gabby are the captains of the safety patrol trainees, but we are trainees, too. Kylie and Maya are the captains of the safety patrols. They also train me and Gabby, they are really nice. Anyway, the captains' job is to walk around the the school making sure every safety patrol is on their post, or where they are supposed to be. It is kind of fun. But every day you have to be at the flagpole by 7:45, or else you get a tardy. You leave by 3:15, unless you are a walker, then you leave by 3:00. Also, if you are a captain, you need to put up and take down the flag. That is pretty much it for safety patrol, but comment if you want to and ask me questions!

Field Trip to the Zoo

Last week I went on a field trip to the Jacksonville Zoo. It was fun! we got to see lots of animals and other really cool things! Here are some of them:

1. Kimodo Dragon

 This is a Kimodo Dragon, it is from Kimodo Island. It is usually very still and doesn't move, kind of like a alligator. But if you disturb it, it will jump out at you!

2. Gorilla

 Gorillas are basically big monkeys. Adults, of course. Baby gorillas are tiny, like regular monkeys. The little gorilla on top of that big one in the picture is a baby gorilla, it is so cute!

3. Polar Bear

 This is a Lego Polar Bear. Polar Bears live in the North Pole, they love the cold. But since of global warming, they are becoming endangered.

4. Flamingo

These are Flamingos. They have long legs, so they can stand tall in the water. When Flamingos are babies, they have gray feathers. But around their third and fourth birthday, their feathers turn flaming pink or orange!


Hope you learned a lot about these animals in this post! Comment and tell me about your trip to the Zoo!

My Great-Grandmother

My great grandmother's name was Eleanor.  I am the only kid in my family who knew her because she died when my mom was pregnant with my sister.  Everyone called her Ama.  Here are some of the things I know about her...

Ama and me

She was a middle child.  Today would have been her 102nd birthday.  Wow!  When I was born people say she was "tickled" that I had red hair because there hadn't been a redhead for awhile.  She had four kids, six grandkids, and when she died she had 5 great-grandchildren.  She lived in Massachusetts.  When her husband died, he had a company and everybody said, "Oh, you should sell the company now that he's not alive" but instead, she just said, "No, I'll run the company!" which is pretty cool for that time.
She was also a good cook.
That is all I know, but I am trying to learn more about my family history.
Try to learn a story about your family history, you can learn a lot of interesting facts and anecdotes!

My Dream Vacation

What would your Dream Vacation be? My Dream Vacation would be this: I would wake up, and go downstairs and have pancakes for breakfast (I never have pancakes for breakfast, or ever, so it would be a very, very special breakfast.) Then, me and my family would hurry to the airport with our luggage and tickets to Ireland (yes, Ireland!) Once we were in the airplane and had took off, I would fall asleep, wake up and eat, then draw, then read, go back to sleep, wake up and eat, and I would do that all day, all night I would sleep, but when we finally got there, we would rent a hotel and stay in Ireland for about a week, and while we were there, we would kiss the Blarnystone, go to famous Ireland castles, and most of all, explore! That would be my Dream Vacation. Comment and tell me what your Dream Vacation would be, I would enjoy reading it!           ;)

What is your favorite show?

Searching...Searching...Oh, there it is! That is someone searching for their favorite show. What is your favorite show? Mine is, "The Good Place". If you don't know what it is, let me tell you: The Good Place is about a women named Eleanor Shellstrop who died and ended up in the after life, called The Good Place. She has to untangle many frustrating and confusing events, and gets many mysterious answers. But she doesn't do it all alone, she gets help from her after life neighbors, and from her soulmate. It is a really good show. It is a comedy inspired from the show called, "Parks and Recreation", which is also a very good show. I like The Good Place because it is hilarious and it has very good actors that are funny, including Kristen Bell, Ted Danson, Jameela Jamil, William Jackson Harper, D'Arcy Carden, and Manny Jacinto. Those are the main characters actors. I really love the show. I watched all the episodes twice. I really want the next season to come out, but it is going to take forever! Anyway, it is a great show. I recommend it. Comment and tell me your favorite show, I would like to know!

Hidden Figures

Yesterday, me, my mom, Kaia, Kaia's mom, Norah, and Norah's mom went to the movie theater and saw the movie Hidden Figures. It was about three women who worked for NASA and didn't get any credit for it. The women's names were Kathrine, Dorthy, and Mary. If I was Kathrine, I would feel like nothing was fair and I would be so mad. If I was Dorthy, I would speak up and say that nothing is fair, and I would also prove people wrong. And if I was Mary, I would be bold and do what nobody had done before and prove people wrong. One part of the movie was very shocking to me and unfair; whenever Kathrine had to go to the bathroom at work, she had to leave the building she worked in, run half a mile because there was no colored bikes, go to the bathroom, run half a mile back, then get back to work. Yes, she had to do all of that, JUST TO GO TO THE BATHROOM! That is just NOT RIGHT. Mary had to go to court and persuade the judge to let her go to a white engineering school. Dorthy had to try very hard to keep her job. They were all very tough women, but they succeeded. Kathrine's boss took down bathroom signs so nobody had to go to a different building just to go to the bathroom. Mary got into the white engineering school. Dorthy kept her job. These women had tough problems, and solved them in easy ways. I loved this movie, and mostly because it teaches you a very important life lesson.

My Dollhouse

Do you have a dollhouse? I do. Me and my siblings got it for Hannukah. We share it. There is dolls, too. The names of them are: Alinn, Drea, and Analeigh. They are all ballet dolls. The rooms of the dollhouse are the bedroom, the living room, the kitchen, the bathroom, and the office. We have little things for the dollhouse, too. We get them from Hobby Lobby. They are sooo cute! Guess what?? You can buy lamps there for the dollhouse that actully turn on and off!! Cool, right?! We got most of our kitchen stuff from our Aunt K. and Uncle K. One day, in the mail, we got a late Christmas present from Uncle K. and Aunt K.  When we opened the wrapping there was a box. When we opened the box there was TONS of dollhouse stuff; a sink, a oven, a fridge, a table, a chair, food, plates, bowls, cups, a bed, two sofas, two fancy chairs, a fireplace, a toilet, a bathtub, a bathroom sink, and a mirror. That is A LOT of stuff. from our other relatives we got a doll, and the office. I love our dollhouse. I don't know what I would do without it!