'Twins?'!
Snuggles with 'twin' brother!
Monday, April 26, 2010
DADDY? By: Stella Age: 10
This is something he does a lot- he picks up the phone and has a conversation with- Daddy!
Valentines By: Stella Age: 10
Stella's Valentine <3
WE HAD AN AWESOME PARTY AT OUR CO-OP FOR VALENTINE'S DAY! YAY! THREE CHEERS FOR VALENTINE'S DAY!
Blinis and FUN! By: Stella Age: 10
Hi Everyone!
We have been studying in history the Eastern Hemisphere. Well, we have an awesome course this year! We were studying Russia, and we decided to make-what else? a Russian MEAL!
Here is what we had----
Yeah! The blinis are on!
Well, I bet you are wondering, hey? what are blinis? Well, here's the answer!!!!
YEP! You got it- buckwheat pancakes!
Yum-we also had some smoked salmon with it- DEEEEEEEEEELICIOUS!
Hello, I'm your waiter tonight! Would you like whipped cream or strawberries on your blinis? BOTH!!!!!
Juice or Juice?! (Pretty easy choice, I might add!)
Let's see--- should we try them?!
By: Stella
Age: 10
Grade: 5
We have been studying in history the Eastern Hemisphere. Well, we have an awesome course this year! We were studying Russia, and we decided to make-what else? a Russian MEAL!
Here is what we had----
Yeah! The blinis are on!
Well, I bet you are wondering, hey? what are blinis? Well, here's the answer!!!!
YEP! You got it- buckwheat pancakes!
Yum-we also had some smoked salmon with it- DEEEEEEEEEELICIOUS!
Hello, I'm your waiter tonight! Would you like whipped cream or strawberries on your blinis? BOTH!!!!!
Juice or Juice?! (Pretty easy choice, I might add!)
Let's see--- should we try them?!
By: Stella
Age: 10
Grade: 5
CORA-OUR PUPPY! By: Stella Age: 10
We are so thankful for our sweet, sweet puppy! She has been great fun, even to the times when we think about when she had accidents on our floor, or anything like that--- (UGH) she has really made up for it! I love you puppy!
By: Stella
Age: 10
Grade: 5
(Picture taken by Leo with Stella's camera!)
Stella's Birthday! By: Stella Age: 10
Hi All!
I would like to tell you about my wonderful birthday! I really enjoyed it!
I had a early birthday party and sleepover! Then after a couple days we celebrated my real birthday at home. YAY! I frosted the cake. It was an ice cream cake! Yummy!
We had pizza for dinner. We loved it! Then came the cake. They sang happy birthday, and don't ask me what my wish was because I forget what I wished for anyway!!!
After they did that we opened gifts. I got lots of awesome gifts! I had gotten gifts from grandparents and friends. Thank you all for the lovely gifts. I got gifts here too! (They are all in the pictures labeled below!)
Thanks to all who made my birthday such a special day!
(Enjoy the pictures!)
Smile for the camera!
Yummy- PIZZA!
Yum-YUM! CAKE!
Hugs-YAY! A CANDLE!
YaY! A friendship bracelet kit!
(I got more gifts but don't have the pictures of them-or the patience to keep posting!!!! BYE!)
By: Stella
Age: 10
Grade: 5
BIG SURGE!!! By: Stella Age: 10
Hi! This is Stella!
I think you might wonder why we have not had pictures lately. Well, we are going to suddenly have a big surge of pictures and posts! Sorry- we are going to have to go back in time.... (We are so late!)
Well-here we go! Have fun!
By: Stella
Age: 10
Grade: 5
I think you might wonder why we have not had pictures lately. Well, we are going to suddenly have a big surge of pictures and posts! Sorry- we are going to have to go back in time.... (We are so late!)
Well-here we go! Have fun!
By: Stella
Age: 10
Grade: 5
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Dino Expo: By Leo Age 8
A couple of days ago we went to a dinosaur exhibit! There were many dinosaurs,but the best part of all was the dinosaurs moved! The special exhibit was sponsored by BAE SYSTEMS (a company my dad works for). After what seemed like forever, we finally got there. At the top floor, we went in to find that there would be a scavenger hunt!
The first thing we did was to stand next to a full sized painted image of a Tyrannosaurus Rex's huge leg! Next we encountered an Elamosaurus!(a marine species of herbivores.)We walked through the exhibit not paying any mind to the descriptions. We were just fascinated by the huge, mechanical statues. After entering the exhibit twice, we came out. We took two scavenger hunt papers. We passed through again, this time paying much closer attention to the descriptions. We finally filled in the papers, bringing them to be checked. After finding all the answers correct we received stickers! I think this was a very fun and educational family field trip, and, thankfully we all made it out ALIVE!!!! :)
The first thing we did was to stand next to a full sized painted image of a Tyrannosaurus Rex's huge leg! Next we encountered an Elamosaurus!(a marine species of herbivores.)We walked through the exhibit not paying any mind to the descriptions. We were just fascinated by the huge, mechanical statues. After entering the exhibit twice, we came out. We took two scavenger hunt papers. We passed through again, this time paying much closer attention to the descriptions. We finally filled in the papers, bringing them to be checked. After finding all the answers correct we received stickers! I think this was a very fun and educational family field trip, and, thankfully we all made it out ALIVE!!!! :)
Friday, April 9, 2010
The Battle of Gettysburg By: Leo
Yesterday I went to a play about the battle of Gettysburg. The main character was a freed slave who came from Alabama to Pennsylvania through the underground railroad.
He longed for the excitement of war. His mistress was a widowed Quaker. Her brother's son was a misled Confederate who was even more weakly than the slave. In contrast to the freed slave, he didn't even know how to read. One day a Confederate soldier came telling them to pack up and leave. The young Confederate became very excited about the thought of killing some Yanks. When he got out onto the battle field, he and his comrades felt the strong hand of the Northerners as the boy fell in battle. When he awoke he felt lonely and abandoned. He went to the Quaker for food and shelter though the punishment for abandoning troops was severe. The Quaker took him in though the penalty for housing runaway soldiers was equally great. At the end he made an agreement with his boss, and the freed slave got a job in battle. I think this was a very intelligent and entertaining way of presenting the Battle of Gettysburg.
He longed for the excitement of war. His mistress was a widowed Quaker. Her brother's son was a misled Confederate who was even more weakly than the slave. In contrast to the freed slave, he didn't even know how to read. One day a Confederate soldier came telling them to pack up and leave. The young Confederate became very excited about the thought of killing some Yanks. When he got out onto the battle field, he and his comrades felt the strong hand of the Northerners as the boy fell in battle. When he awoke he felt lonely and abandoned. He went to the Quaker for food and shelter though the punishment for abandoning troops was severe. The Quaker took him in though the penalty for housing runaway soldiers was equally great. At the end he made an agreement with his boss, and the freed slave got a job in battle. I think this was a very intelligent and entertaining way of presenting the Battle of Gettysburg.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Four Score and Seven Years Ago By: Stella Age: 10
Hello! This is Stella! I'd like to tell you about a play that we went to at the Capital Center for the Arts. It was a very interesting play. We enjoyed it a lot. ;)
So-here is my entry about the play, "Four Score and Seven Years Ago".
As you might have guessed by the title, the play was about the Civil War. The cast of the characters was quite small but it was a wonderful play. The cast was as follows:
A Slave (Main Character)
A Confused Confederate Soldier
A Quaker Woman (Shop keeper)
Corrupt Union General who also played a Confederate General
That's EXACTLY what I might have thought too. Ok, four characters in the play. How on earth could this be fun? Well, the answer is, it was!!
I'll now describe the play and the characters...
Facts about the play:
This play placed emphasis on the question, "Should blacks fight in the Civil War?"
It showed the scene of the Battle of Gettysburg very effectively. It gave lots of information in that scene and in the play.
Some of the people in the play treated the blacks as if they were still slaves.
The play showed the struggles between the North and the South.
It was a musical.
Our Comments:
We studied and memorized the Gettysburg Address. It is a very interesting speech by Lincoln. It is not long. People were very surprised by how short it was. The cameraman back then couldn't even get his stuff set up in time to get a picture of Lincoln speaking!
We appreciated the play since we studied the Civil War last year.
In one hour they gave lots of information.
Characters:
Main Character- Black Man-Narrator of the play
He thought he was right.
He was saved by the Underground Railroad.
He wanted to fight.
He wanted rights. In one scene with the Quaker woman it showed how they both couldn't vote.
He was a clerk in the Quaker Woman's store.
He was for the Union.
He was treated as a slave.
He taught himself to read. He got an education.
He talked back to the generals and he was bold.
Confused Confederate Soldier
He thought he was right.
He liked the glory of the army until he got hurt at the battle of Gettysburg.
He was even more ignorant than the black man.
He couldn't read or right.
He was very confused.
Write up on both sides of the war:
In one song they showed both of the sides in what I thought was a very interesting way. They had the Confederate Soldier and the Black Man both next to each other. The song was, "How can you lose with God on your side?" It showed that both sides thought they we doing the right thing for God. It was a very effective way of depicting both points of view.
Quaker Woman-Owner of Store
She was against war and thought it was sinful. She was very brave though.
She was a widow of a Union soldier.
She couldn't vote like blacks.
She treated the blacks as equal.
Corrupt Union General
He didn't have polished manners.
He sold items for the black market.
Confederate General
He had polished manners.
He sold items for the black market.
We had a lot of fun at this play. Three cheers for the Capital Center for the Arts!
By: Stella
Age: 10
Grade: 5
So-here is my entry about the play, "Four Score and Seven Years Ago".
As you might have guessed by the title, the play was about the Civil War. The cast of the characters was quite small but it was a wonderful play. The cast was as follows:
A Slave (Main Character)
A Confused Confederate Soldier
A Quaker Woman (Shop keeper)
Corrupt Union General who also played a Confederate General
That's EXACTLY what I might have thought too. Ok, four characters in the play. How on earth could this be fun? Well, the answer is, it was!!
I'll now describe the play and the characters...
Facts about the play:
This play placed emphasis on the question, "Should blacks fight in the Civil War?"
It showed the scene of the Battle of Gettysburg very effectively. It gave lots of information in that scene and in the play.
Some of the people in the play treated the blacks as if they were still slaves.
The play showed the struggles between the North and the South.
It was a musical.
Our Comments:
We studied and memorized the Gettysburg Address. It is a very interesting speech by Lincoln. It is not long. People were very surprised by how short it was. The cameraman back then couldn't even get his stuff set up in time to get a picture of Lincoln speaking!
We appreciated the play since we studied the Civil War last year.
In one hour they gave lots of information.
Characters:
Main Character- Black Man-Narrator of the play
He thought he was right.
He was saved by the Underground Railroad.
He wanted to fight.
He wanted rights. In one scene with the Quaker woman it showed how they both couldn't vote.
He was a clerk in the Quaker Woman's store.
He was for the Union.
He was treated as a slave.
He taught himself to read. He got an education.
He talked back to the generals and he was bold.
Confused Confederate Soldier
He thought he was right.
He liked the glory of the army until he got hurt at the battle of Gettysburg.
He was even more ignorant than the black man.
He couldn't read or right.
He was very confused.
Write up on both sides of the war:
In one song they showed both of the sides in what I thought was a very interesting way. They had the Confederate Soldier and the Black Man both next to each other. The song was, "How can you lose with God on your side?" It showed that both sides thought they we doing the right thing for God. It was a very effective way of depicting both points of view.
Quaker Woman-Owner of Store
She was against war and thought it was sinful. She was very brave though.
She was a widow of a Union soldier.
She couldn't vote like blacks.
She treated the blacks as equal.
Corrupt Union General
He didn't have polished manners.
He sold items for the black market.
Confederate General
He had polished manners.
He sold items for the black market.
We had a lot of fun at this play. Three cheers for the Capital Center for the Arts!
By: Stella
Age: 10
Grade: 5
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