"Yippee! Monday is a teacher workday!" Want to know what Im so happy about? OK, besides that the day was a "no-school" day. Well, every Monday, during the summer or holidays, My mom, sister, and I go and visit my aunts house. I know what you are thinking. "Just another visit to my boring aunts house." Well, my aunt is SO cool! She loves kids & my cousins Kim, Bear, and Cub are so much fun to play with! A usual day at my aunts usually starts off by having a pot-luck lunch at around 11:00 am. The lunch usually consists of whatever everybody brings. Most of the time, there are 2-3 pizzas, fish, cucumber and chicken. After the meal the kids usually have an ice cream! After lunch, numerous activities can occur. During the summer, Bear, Cub, Sarah, Me, and sometimes Kim go swimming in my aunts huge 10-foot deep pool! Usually we stay in for about 5 hours, sometimes longer! After swimming, we usually dry off by jumping on her trampoline or going down into her basement. In the winter and fall, we play with tons of outfits and usually we make plays & film them. My aunt bought Bear, Cub, Sarah, and I a video recorder called "Digital Blue." It records many things which you can then hook up on a computer and add cool things to them. You can add special effects, text, and put together scenes. One of the movies we made was called "The Quest for The Triforce." For all of the Zelda fans out there, you know. For those who arent, the Triforce is a magical artifact that grants you one wish when all 3 pieces are connected. It was fun to make and fun to watch! What we also do is on a Fall day, almost all of my cousins (and some brave uncles) take winter sleds and plastic kiddy pools, put 2-3 people in a sled and slide down a huge forest-like hill. It is incredibly fun! Although there is a risk of flipping over, the thrill of sliding down a steep leafy hill just overpowers you. When we aren't doing that, all of the cousins and some adults go hiking in the woods. If you go to the south of the house and you go into the woods, you see a small creek. If you follow that, after a while you see a huge hollow tree. When the family all went down there, 7 people fit into there. Seven people! Inside, you can look up and see a tunnel. It is a completely hollow tree. It is amazing! If you go west of the house, you run into the cousin-made Town Nowhere. When you look throughout he town, there will be many interesting things you will see. In one corner, there is a shop where there is a moss-covered shoe, an old baseball, a rotting tire, and a vine door. In another corner, you will see a small wooden gate and many small huts. Smack dab in the middle, you will find a stick. A white stick. The stick we dubbed "The Great White Stick". It was the stick that started it all. Well, at least started the town. Bear & Cub were looking in the newly, poorly uninspired town when they found a white stick and a metal hook-thingie. So today, the white stick is the town's symbol. If you go a little further into the woods, you meet a new place called Camp Nowhere. In the center of Camp Nowhere, there is a tire (campfire) with logs around it (seats). If you follow a small path, you will see a small ditch. This ditch is really cool. In it you will see small treasures, like bottles, cans, and other small things. One time I found a Pepsi glass bottle, and it looked really old. Thus, we named this ditch "Treasure Ditch". At my Aunt's house, there are many fun things to do. Swimming, filming, and just having fun. I'm glad I'm with my family altogether. Well, Signora! Got to go put my sun screen on!
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Emily, your story is storyrific!!!!!!!!!!! I like how you used a lot of detail to catch the readers attention. Overall you did GREAT!!!
Posted by: Emily | March 18, 2004 at 10:33 AM
Hi Emily it's me Angelica! You put a funny sign instead of an apostrphe. that me think why you did that? But the rest was great!!!
Posted by: Angelica | March 25, 2004 at 09:58 AM
Hi Emily! It's just me, little ol' SuperThinker, whooshing on over to your blog to get a good read! And wow!!! What a great story. Your details are so well chosen that I can really visualize your Aunt's house and all the fun you have with your cousins! And everybody squeezing into the hollow tree... what fun!!! Why, it makes me want to zip on over to the nearest forest and crawl right into a log with 6 of my closest friends!!! hee hee hee! I am so THRILLED that you are taking me up on the offer to write for my blog. Ms. Davis said she will email me your post and I can't wait to read it. Emily, I sure hope you keep blogging -- even after you leave JH House. You'll be a great Middle School blogger, and High School blogger, and College blogger, and ... WRITER!!! You go girl!
Posted by: SuperThinker | March 25, 2004 at 11:50 PM
YA!!!! GO ME GO ME..... Oh sorry for my energy boost. But I have considered being a news reporter or journalist when I grow up some. I mean, I'm only 10 here!!!!
Angelica, thanks, but the little funkey sign was what the internet did, not me. And please, read over your reviews!!!
Jenny, COOL! my story is storyrific! GO ME!!!!
Well Thanks a lot for all my reviews!!!! Keep on reviewing!!!!!
Posted by: Emily | April 01, 2004 at 09:23 AM