I got a vacation from working in the cafateria. I did not have to work this week and last week. We get three weeks off and then we go back. I will have three weeks on. I miss working.
On my break now, I am reading or doing red folder work. I do "must do's" and "may do's". "Must do's", you have to do. "May do's", you can do. But you must do the "must do's."
Today I ran in my first running race. I woke up early and got dressed in a shirt and shorts with shoes and socks. I ate breakfast and my Mom took me for hot chocolate at Ernie's Coffee Shop. It was good.
We went to the race to register. We got the shirts and goodies and I got number 621. Then I watched the tennis players. Finally, the runners were getting ready for the race. My Mom and I did stretches with the other runners. Then the 10K runners lined up down the street and we lined up by the school.
Before the race started, I saw someone from my soccer team. His name is Evan and he was behind us at the start. The man with the horn went "WONNGG" just when the race started. I ran and at first the people were going too slow so I passed some people. Then I saw another friend of mine. His name was John. He went fast ahead but my thighs were hurting so I walked some.
After a minute I ran again. My Mom ran next to me the whole entire 2-mile race. She said some good things like "good job." It made me feel really, really good but I wanted to walk some more. She said keep going until the water. When I drank the water, I put the cup in the garbage bag. Then I ran again.
We were going on the way back and we ran across a bridge. I liked this part because I liked the bridge and I knew we were almost done. When I saw my Dad's truck, I knew I was almost there. Then we saw the finish area. I ran faster. I passed some more people. My Mom said to run really, really fast and I did. We ran across the street and to the finish together and my brother, BoBo and my Dad were yelling "Good job. Come on, you can do it." My Mom ran right next to me and Mom kept saying, "you're almost there. You can do it." Then we ran across the finish line and lots of people with cameras were taking pictures.
This one guy came and said he was with the newspaper and wanted to know if he could use our picture for his newpaper. My Mom said "yes."
I don't know my official time yet, but my Mom thinks it is about 20 minutes (possibly 18 because that is what BoBo says it is).
Today I had soccer practice at a park.
We worked on tackling. Tackling is when the other guy kicks the ball ahead and then you run after it and you both try to get the ball as hard as you can. Whoever gets the ball runs fast with it to the goal.
We also tried to kick the ball into the goal. The other person tried to block you and kick the ball out of the goal. I missed a couple of times.
Then I had a scrimmage. It was red versus blue. I was on the red team. We only scored one goal. The other team kept the ball out of the goal (except once) and we did the same. This wasn't on the scrimmage though. It was on something else.
Today I had a soccer game and I made the only goal that our team scored. We lost but it was fun anyways.
Then, my Mom, Dad, and BoBo went to the beach. At the beach me and BoBo ran into the water. We threw the ball and then ran into the water to try to catch the ball. I got a lot wet. The water was just a tiny bit cold. Dad says the water was FREEZING to him, and Mom wouldn't even go in. But it wasn't cold to me and BoBo.
After that, we went to the boardwalk. A boardwalk is where you get to go on the rides and sometimes you get scared, like at the scary ride where you walk through. There are some things that look like statues but they are real people and they try to scare you. I got scared a lot even though I had my eyes clothes most of the time. I was holding Dad's hand and closing my eyes.
My favorite ride was the glider ride that I went on with my Dad. We went so high up into the air and it was like we were flying like birds. We were turning and doing all those stuff.
I really like rides. Thank you Mom and Dad for a great day at the beach, and thank you to BoBo for playing in the water with me.
Friends are important. I have a lot of friends. This is me and two of my friends called Big B and Little C. They live by my house and I live by their house. We play together a lot. I like to play games like Dragon Ball Z with them on my Nintendo DS. I also have fun at their house and playing at my house. We swim at their house and we play baseball and football with my brother at my house. I like my friends.
Saturday I went to a picnic. First, I ate a little bit of snack. I had chicken and watermelon. Then, I went to the jumpy house. In there I jumped around - jumpy, jump, jumped. Then, I went in the jumpy climbing house with a slide. My brother, BoBo and his girlfriend came in to. Last, I had my face painted. I painted it blue with footballs on my cheeks. It was cool.
Every night I have to read for 20 minutes. I like to read, but sometimes I just want to go to sleep.
My teacher, Ms. J, gave me a new book to borrow and read.
It's called Rhymin' Simon and the Mystery of the Fake Snake.
I read 15 pages tonight.
Now, I have to write a question about what what I read.
My question is: Will they use a real snake to scare Lori?
I do not think that they will.
I am the Table Monitor & Milk Monitor at my school. I had to do a form to get the job. They asked me questions about my experience, like have you done the job and what's your name. I told them that I sometimes clear the table at home. That was my experience.
Milk Monitor:
Last week at lunch time, I collected the money and give the kids the milk. Milk costs a quarter. If they give me a dollar, I give them 75 cents back.
Table Monitor:
I was the Table Monitor Mrs. L's class. Mrs. L was my 2nd grade teacher. As the table monitor, I sit in the chair by the table where Mrs. L's students are eating. I wait for them to eat. Then I go around the tables and if I see somebody being good. If they are being good, I give them a "Bobcat coupon." Most of the kids are being good, but I only have 2 Bobcats. So I have to pick the 2 kids who will get the Bobcats each day. When the students finish eating, I clean the tables. After I am done I go play.
I like having a job.
