I Want To Go To Flying Squirrel!

At school, some of my friends have been talking about going to Flying Squirrel.  Flying Squirrel is an indoor, wall-to-wall trampoline park.  This sounds so exciting that I want to go, too.

I'd like to go for my next birthday, and my Mom said that she would think about it.  It will be so exciting and cool if I can go with my friends and family.  My friends talk about the place a lot and I also hear about it on the radio, when the ads come between the songs.  I fell like it will be a little expensive but I really hope that I can go for my next birthday.

My best friend has already been to Flying Squirrel and she keeps telling me about how awesome the place is.  She said that there are different sizes and shapes of trampolines.  There is also a foam pit for the kids to jump into.  You can also buy food and drinks, there.  I'm sure it must be a really busy place!  You need to wear socks inside the park, and your parents need to see you and know where you are all the time.

My birthday is in the summer and I know that it is still a long way away, but it would be so great if I could go there!

On Thursday, I had three dance classes.  I had Ballet, Acro Gym, and Tap.  In Ballet and Tap, we reviewed and went over things that we already knew.  Acro Gym was so much fun.  I did cartwheels, headstands, backward rolls, and other gymnastics stuff.  To do a proper backward roll, you need to stand up straight, first.  Take your hands and put them on your shoulders with the palm facing upwards.  Then, squat down.  Then, with a lot of speed, you roll backwards.  You have to push off the ground with your hands and land up on your feet.  It is way harder than you think!  We practiced everything a lot of times.

I love all my classes, this year.  I can't wait for next week!

  

Welcome back barbecue and cookie selling

On Thursday, there was a barbecue at my school.  It was to welcome back all the students and the teachers. The barbecue happens only once a year and this was my fourth one.  Actually, this was my seventh barbecue because I used to go when my sister was at this school.  There was a lot of food.  There were burgers, hotdogs, salads, appetizers, and lots of desserts.  This year, most of the deserts were made with chocolate.  I really liked all the food that was there.

I met a lot of my friends and my teachers.  I said hello to Ms. Cowdy, of course, but I also got to say hello to my old teachers like Ms. Boyer, Ms. Hamby, Ms. Wilkins.  I also met our librarian, Ms. Kidd, Ms. Jones, and Ms. Smith.  My principal, Ms. Polski, was also there.  I spent a lot of time in the playground and on the monkey bars with my friends.

Every year Elvis comes to the barbecue to sing for us.  I'm sure this is not the real Elvis.  It is a man dressed up who sounds like Elvis.  This year, he sang a lot of songs, which we all enjoyed because he is a great singer.  He lets the kids sing along and dance with him as part of his band.  I really liked his white suit with the blue sequins and stones.  He also wore very cool glasses.  I can't wait to see him again next year.

This year is my second year as a Brownie.  One of the things that we do is sell cookies.  Yesterday, my Mom and I went in the afternoon to pick up 50 cases of Girl Guide cookies.  The Fall cookies are chocolate mint, and the Spring cookies are chocolate and vanilla cream.  After picking up the cookies, my Brownie friends and I met at a nearby playground.

We split up into three groups and went to sell cookies around the neighbourhood.  There were four girls in my group.  We went to the houses and asked if they wanted to buy cookies.  The cookies sell for $5 a box, and $60 for a case.  We sold for one and a half hours.  When everybody came back to the playground, we had sold 7 cases.

My Mom is the lead Guider and she got a snack for us.  She got juice boxes, honey sticks, granola bars, oranges, and goldfish crackers.  Then we played until all the parents came.  While playing, I got rope burns on my hands.  They really hurt but I did not cry.  I really want to go cookie selling again another day.

My first week back at school

My school started on Tuesday September 6th and I know almost everyone in my class. I am in Room 5, but we share the same really big classroom with Room 4.  This is the same room where my sister started when she went to this school.  I love my classroom!  My teacher's name is Ms. Cowdy and she is awesome!  Ms. Jones is the teacher for Room 4.

In class this week, we made name tags for our desks and also for our coat hooks. For our desk name tags, we got a piece of paper and folded it into four sections.  Then, on one of the sections, we wrote an acrostic poem. This is a type of poem where you write a quality about yourself that begins with each letter in your name.  I wrote...Amazing, Awesome, Nice, Young, Active.  We had to write our favorite things on the other sections.  For our coat hook name tags, we got a star and we coloured it, then wrote our name on the star.

We also made up some classroom rules.  We worked in pairs, with a buddy who had the same coloured elastic band as us. My buddy and I wrote the rules on sticky notes, and Ms. Jones wrote them down, while Ms. Cowdy read them.

For our first gym class, we played Chuck the Chicken. To play this game, you split into two groups.  The teacher throws a rubber chicken.  The group that catches it makes a line and passes the chicken to each other, over their head and through their legs.  The other group makes a circle and one person runs around the circle the whole time the chicken is being passed.  The points a group gets is the same as the number of times they run in a circle.  When the chicken reaches the end of the line, it is passed to the other group.  I didn't like this game very much because there was too much yelling and it was really loud.

On Friday, we had our very first Fresh Air Friday.  We started doing this last year.  Every Friday is early dismissal and the whole school goes outside to learn. On Friday, my class went into the Whispering Woods to do a listening walk.  A listening walk is when you are by yourself and you walk and listen to the sounds around you.  You are not allowed to talk.  We also played a game.  Ms. Jones gave us the name of an animal and we had to make that animal's noise to find our family.

This week, I also started Wendy's after school care program and some of my friends are in there too.  This will be my last year as a Chinchilla.  This is the name that is given to kids from K-3.  My sister volunteers here, so I get to see her after school!  We played basketball one afternoon and I got 28 baskets!  We also did a safety check.  The volunteers put up signs about unsafe things, and we had to go around reading them and writing them down.  We then went outside to see if there was anything unsafe and we found some broken glass.  I almost stepped on a piece!  On Friday, we watched Space Jam on the big screen to end the week.