6th grade, what a blast!!!

Yay!!!!!! I am finally a 6th grader and I am having the time of my life! Finally after 6 years I am a 6th grader!!!! I am very happy for myself and very excited for the wonderful year ahead of me. I am a little sad because this is my last year at East Point but I still have a long way to go. On my last Saturday of summer Mrs.Arenas (the school counselor) took AJ and I to a program called "Shop With a Cop" and it was super fun! We went on a bus with a couple more kids from our school and even more kids from our district. We went to shop at Target and each kid got to shop with their very own cop! My officers name was R.Gonzales and he was very nice. We each had 150 dollars to spend! I got some school materials and clothes. I got a pair of khaki pants and a khaki skort. I also got some jeans, a pretty blue sweater and some shoes. I got black converse and some blue and gray champion shoes. They are perfect and I love them! I had a really nice time. To make the day even better after our activity we went to Denver Mattress and mom got her mattress and it was delivered on the 23, the day right before school and she said we could sleep with her on the first night. It was super nice! I am very glad for her because her back was starting to hurt from sleeping on the couch. All is well so that is great! On the first day of school I was very nervous but excited at the same time. My teacher is Mrs.Oliva and she is the same teacher I had in 2nd grade which is pretty cool. Most of my friends are in the same class as me but only two are not. But the good thing is I get to see them at electives and P.E. I think the best part of 6th grade is that I learn something new everyday! Like on the third week on a Tuesday they gave us info about field trip for the kids who would like to go to Washington DC! I am going to start fundraising sometime during the beginning of October! I am also learning algebra!. I feel like such a big kid :) I love 6th grade!!!

Fatty loves mom's new bed!

Alabamian clothes...awesome!

Yay!!!! I just got new clothes from my older sister Meggie,(thank you) :) She got Katie, Eric, mom, AJ and I some presents! She gave Katie an Alabamian shirt, Eric some boxers and a shirt and mommy some books. She gave my brother and I some pants and shirts and I love them! She gave me some Alabama shorts which I can use for flag practice,yay! She also gave me a shirt that says "Girls can do anything boys can do better" and it has a picture of three girl superheroes, haha! The last shirt she gave me says " Yes, I am in love with a vampire" Very funny Meggie 'cause I already know you do, haha! :) Meggie got AJ some Alabamian shirts and a pair of shorts, he loves them. Thank you Meggie, I am glad I have a big sister like you!

There's a first time for everything!

Today I had a lot of fun! At first I thought I was going to be bored but it turned out to be a really fun day! In the morning mom told us to get dressed because we were going to work in the front yard. So I got dressed, grabbed the book I was reading and went outside. When I got outside I got a chair from the trunk of mom's car, then I sat down to read. Ten minutes later my mom told me to come with her. I went over and she told me that today she was going to teach us how to mow! I was excited because this was my first time ever getting to mow and she let me go before Anthony, haha :) It was totally AWESOME!!!!!!!! I was a little iffy and it was hard for me to push it but mom said it would get easier with more practice and when I use it more. Then Anthony got to use and while he was using it I read some more. After Anthony finished we took a quick break and then swept up all of the cut grass that landed on the sidewalk. When we went inside I remembered when we were little and mom had bought us a toy lawn-mower. When mom started mowing we would grab the toy lawn-mower and pretend we were helping her mow the grass. I told mom that and she said laughed because she remembered how sweet we were, trying to help her mow. After we took our showers we relaxed with a movie, we decided to watch the first Harry Potter and while we were eating dessert my tooth fell out! You may think that I am talking about a tooth from my other blog but it was a different tooth, and then the next morning I lost another tooth! I asked mom why all my teeth are falling out and she said because it was time. I always was a late bird because my teeth were supposed to fall out last year. I kept wondering when they were going to fall out and I guess the time has come! Also another tooth is loose! In total this week I have lost three teeth and counting! I am also very excited because school starts on the 24 of this month! I only have 2 more weeks of freedom and then I start the next chapter of my life as a 6th grader!

My best friend... BOOKS!

There were so many exciting things happening yesterday I don't know where to begin. I guess I will start from the beginning of the afternoon. I was getting ready for my Reading Club ceremony at my public library. Every year my library has a Reading Club for the summer and every year they have different theme. This years theme was "Deep in the heart of Texas". This year I was the only one of my family who did it as Anthony did not want to do it this year. At the beginning of the summer you get a choice of an hour or an individual book log. The book log is if you read picture books and the hour log is if you read chapter books and I choose the hour log. At the end of the summer we added up all the minutes and the total was 26 hours. When we turned in the log, the lady gave us the info about the ceremony. It was to be at 1:00 on Saturday and I was excited! At the ceremony they gave the top readers a really nice bag and book. I was not one of the top readers and we soon discovered why. On the sign in sheet,( it was to make sure you got your stuff ), it said I had read 26 BOOKS not HOURS. It was okay but I was a little mad they got it wrong. When we passed the sign in sheets, the ladies gave me a certificate and a bag full of cool stuff. It had a ball, candy, a coupon for a free hamburger and fries at Carl's Jr, cool! They also gave me a bookmark and other cool stuff. Then they served us punch and cake, which was really good! They invited is to stay until 3:00 because Insights was coming to the library to give us a presentation. We did not want to stay until three so we left to go to the pool. After we got back I wanted to read again so I selected the 7th Harry Potter and I just finished it today. It was super good! I loved it so much that I opened up the Tales of Beedle the Bard and I finished it in a day! I love the Harry Potter series, they are awesome! To end today with a bang my loose tooth fell out! I am so happy and I bet tomorrow I will have another exciting and wonderful day!

What a day!!!

What a fun, tiring and exciting day!!!!!! I can't believe what a hectic two days - and a night - I have had. My hectic day began when I was getting ready for bed on a Thursday night. I walked out with a clean pair of PJ's and my mom said they did not fit me any more. I went and changed my PJ's and put one of my favorite pajamas in the St.Vincent De Paul bag for Sunday. When I came out again, my mom said the pajamas I was wearing now did not fit me either so I did the same routine as for the other PJ's. When I came out again mom said that the ones I was wearing now did not fit me either and this continued for two more pairs. So in total, I got rid of five pajamas! I now only have three summer pajamas. Mom said we would look through the bags of clothes my cousin gave to me and see if it had any pajamas in it. I was still sad that I lost my other pajamas but there is nothing I can do about. I am just a growing girl mom says. The next day began too early. Lana woke me up. I guess she wanted attention from me so she came into my room and when she saw me sleeping and not petting her, she bit me on the nose and meowed very loudly into my ear. I woke up disoriented, grumpy and hungry. I looked at the microwave and the time said it was 7:00. I ate a quick breakfast of cereal and I got to work. That morning we were working in the house and I was glad because outside it was HOT!!!!! I began working in my room and I cleaned up a lot. It is still a little messy but I will get it cleaned up next Saturday because mom called me to help her in the kitchen and dining room. I was in charge of vacuuming and after we were done I was filthy and gross so I took a shower. After I had gotten dressed I started packing for the sleepover my friends and I planned. It was going to be at Jessica's house and I had a lot to pack because in the morning I was going to archery for a badge in Girl Scouts. The sleepover started at 5:30 and we did a ton of things. When we first got there, we played twister and while we played twister Mrs. Moore and Mr. Moore ( Jessie's parents ) set up a tent in their back yard because we were going to sleep outside. After twister we ate a dinner of macaroni and pigs in a blanket and they were good. At first Mrs. Moore did not know if it was to rain so we thought we were going to go bowling but it cleared up so we went swimming. Jessie has a pool at her house and it was nice. We stayed in the pool until about 10:00 and then we took showers and got ready for bed. Before we went to bed we watched " Freaky Friday and we had brownies. Then we went outside and played with Jessie's dog, Max. He is a HUGE dog but a sweet one too. Then we went in the tent and talked about our summer and school and played games in the tent. Finally we went to bed at about 2:00 in the morning. We woke up at around 7:00 and went inside and ate a breakfast of pancakes which were really good. Mom was coming to pick me up at 8:00 to go to the archery class which started at 9:00. I was tired but I somehow managed to stay awake all through the class. The class was super fun. Our instructor taught us a lot; he taught us about the different kind of arrows, bows, positions and how to shoot it and a bunch of cool stuff. At about an hour and a half before we had to leave we started shooting the arrows at the targets. I mostly stayed in the yellow circle which is pretty good for a beginner. After the class, which finished at 12:00, I went home. When I got home I fell asleep on the couch and my mom caught a picture of Jiggy laying on the couch with me. I guess he missed me since I had not been home in a while and he was glad I was home. When I woke up about a hour later mom told me I had to get ready to go see the 6th Harry Potter!!!! I was going to dress up as Hermione and bring my wand. It was fun dressing up but we could not find a poster of Harry Potter to stand by so we just took it at different places, like in the theater and at home. The movie was my least favorite of all the Harry Potters. I think they changed too much, only the ending was good. I had a great idea to call Rascal Professor McGonagol because she can turn into a tabby cat that looks like Rascal ( see picture below ). When we got home, mom made a delicious dinner of chicken tacos, mmm mmm. Right after dinner I went to bed, I was beyond exhausted and before my head hit the pillow I was sleeping like a rock. What a day!!!

My fourth of July

I had a really nice fourth of July. It was double special and fun I guess because last year for the fourth of July we did not do anything, no parade, no firecrackers, nothing at all. This year we woke up to go to the parade, and we got all dressed up in our patriotic colors and we were on our way. This year the parade was not as good as I had remembered from when I was little. This year there were hardly any floats, mostly just cars and most of the cars were not even decorated they were just plain regular cars that you see passing by on the street. This year we could not bring our dogs. First of all we could have brought Axl but if we brought him we would have to bring Rosie but Rosie does not behave. She will bark at other dogs she sees and try to run away so we did not bring any dogs. :( The good thing was that there was a dog in front of us and he was a cutie so he kind of made up for not bringing a dog. After the parade we went back home and relaxed until it was time to go to Dave's house for firecrackers and food and just to visit each other. Everybody brought food and it was delicious. After my friends, Sydney and Alex, showed me their rooms and their two adorable guinea pigs. The guinea pigs were named Snickerdoodle and Buddy. They were sooo cute!!!. After a little while we started the firecrackers and they were beautiful!!! My favorites were the sparklers. At about eleven the kids went inside for a game of guitar hero. Thankfully some of the kids left early and there were only five of us left so only one person stood out for that song and then we switched. At about twelve we left but the traffic was so bad we got home at about one. I had a really great time but I was busted and we went to bed as soon as we got home. I have to admit this was a really great fourth of July in a while and I still have many more to go.

Bible Camp!!!

I had an really cool two weeks of bible camp. Bible camp is a place where you grow more into the love of Jesus and it is a really awesome thing to do. It is in the summer and you have all these really cool things to do. The helpers are the older kids that run the camp. As you can see in the pictures below the helpers wear the green shirts and the kids wear the nice white shirts. My older brother, Eric was the director for this years camp, - ( Every year Mr. B picks a new director for that years bible camp ) - I was a helper and my little brother, Anthony was a participant on the kids side this year. Since Anthony and I are only one year apart this is my first year as a helper and Anthony's last year to be a participant as a kid. The kids only get one week of bible camp but the helpers get two. See, the helpers do all the decorating, setting up, doing what the kids are doing in the grown-up way the first week and getting ready for the kids to have the time of their lives next week. But the helpers also get a pizza party and water balloon fight on Friday the last day for all of us. First, though, we had to take of the decorations and clean up everything before we celebrate. Each year before you want to participate in bible camp you must fill out forms. The kids forms are different from the older kids forms because you fill out what position you want to do. I signed up to be a crew leader - ( someone who gets a group of kids and take care of them for the week ) - for Pre- K, but I got chosen to do Arts and Crafts for Pre- K. I made a lot of new friends and had a really nice time. This years theme was Crocodile Dock. Every year they have a new theme and I have been in bible camp since it began in our parish and it was a really great experience for me.I can't wait 'till next year!!

My awards ceremony and dreams for next year

I had a really great last week of school. My favorite part of it- ( other than leaving for the summer )- was my awards ceremony. I got a lot of awards and I was really proud of myself for my accomplishments this year. It was kind of a bummer for my class because my teacher- ( Mrs. Ramos )- was not there because her son was getting his tonsils taken out but it was okay. I was nominated for the Pat Harrison award and I did not get it, but my two best friends got it so I was happy for them. My mom says it was a great honor just to get nominated so I was proud of myself. I had a really great ceremony. They even did a slide show of fifth grade pictures from all year and that was cool. Also as of June 9 I am now officially a sixth grader. YAY!!!!!. It is cool how this year - ( 2010 ) - I am graduating. Mom says it's going to be huge because the class of 2010 - ( my class ) - is the first generation of Dual - Language at East Point. I am very excited and I can't wait 'till my last year of elementary starts, though I am not quite ready for summer to end, but I can still expect an awesome year :)

My fun day at the pool

I had a really fun time today at the pool. It was really refreshing because we were working in the house today cleaning up. I got my room half-way done and we worked in the garage also, putting books up and sweeping, but all that work payed off when we went to the pool. When we got to the pool alot of my friends were there and we had a great time just talking, swimming and just having fun. It was sad to go but we still have tomorrow and the rest of the summer to enjoy it. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My ballet recital

Last Saturday I had my ballet recital, I was super excited about it because my whole class has worked really hard this year. This year's song was ( for my class ), the "Fire Waltz" It is a really cool song, I love it. This year Eric's girlfriend came, her name is Katie. I am glad she came because last year when I had my recital Eric made faces at me and I messed up but this year Katie made sure he did not do that to me. ( Thank you Katie ). After my recital we went to Dairy Queen. It was good but just some friendly advice to people who go there alot I suggest you don't get there strawberry shakes they were disgusting. But anyway I had a great time, and I can't wait "till next year!!!!!

My awesome band concert

Last Friday I had my awesome band concert!!!!! It was sooo much fun. I play the clarinet it is an cool instrument. This concert was the spring concert and it was our last one of the year :( But next year we will have more!!! We have sashes for like first seat and all that and I am a yellow belt so far I am working to get to my black belt for next year. After the concert we went to Great American Steakhouse. It was delicious!!!! Then we went home because we were tired. I got into my pajamas, did my cat chores then went to bed and slept like a rock. I really did have an awesome day!

Baby Lana

I have a cat. She is the sweetest thing you would ever meet. Her full name is Lana Meow-Meow Whiskers Dreamsicle Hernandez. Yes, it is a very long name but that's okay. It suits her. I got her for my eighth birthday, my sister got her me because she knew I had been wanting a cat for my birthday and we had been looking but someone else got the cats we wanted before we did and so one day we got to the Eastwood clinic at the time that it opened and got her before the other people who were there got her. I am glad we got her. Lana is a cat who hates being in a car. For instance she will meow and meow and meow while the motor is on and when its off she will quiet down. She will also hide under the seat of the car, you have to drag her out to put her in the house. Lana loves playing with little pieces of trash and roll it around for hours. She has now gotten into a habit of chewing toilet paper and leaving it in my room. She also is an alarm clock. When she wakes up and wants attention she will nip you on the nose or the ear to wake you up so you can pet her. She is now three years old and she still looks like a baby, she still has baby fur and looks like she has a baby face.Her birthday is on November the nineteenth. I love her with all my heart and she will forever be my baby, my little fur ball, my little Lana.