THE BIG TEN--PART ONE

It's been awhile since I've written so I'm going to cover ten happenings from the last month.

 Fishing--Labor Day weekend,  we went out on our boat and the motor broke down. We (really, Daddy) had to row.  While we were fishing, we saw this huge fish jump.  Ella had her worm on a lily pad.  Daddy thought she was caught on the lily pad when she said she had something.  But, it turned out it was a large-mouthed bass.  Ella (with some of Daddy's help) reeled it in and Daddy was about to put it on a stringer and he had Mommy look at the NYS Fishing Guidebook to decide if we could keep it up.  She said it had to be bigger.  So we threw it back.  Then, Daddy realized she was looking at the trophy section and the fish was way beyond the required length.


School--My teacher is Mrs. Page and she has me working hard.  Right now, I'm running for Student Council, starting intramurals again, and practicing my trumpet.  I'm really excited to do my State in the Box project and I also am looking forward to in the winter having a Civil War snowball fight--with real snowballs.  At the end of the year, there will be an auction for a huge dragon named Fred.  I'm saving all of my Scottie bucks so I can win him.

Anika's birthday--Anika turned 7 on September 19th.  We went to her party on September 15th.  Her dad put up a tightrope.  I made it across the first time without using my hands.  After we ate, we went back out and the tightrope had been moved so the distance you walked was longer.  It was a lot more difficult to walk across.  When it got dark out, we sat on the trampoline, watching the wish lanterns launch.  Ankie also put a stick in the bonfire that changed the color of the fire to greens and blues.  While we were there, we built a fort, rode the zipline and tried to scare each other in the dark. 


STAY TUNED AND I WILL WRITE ABOUT THE OTHER 7 TOPICS THIS WEEK!  I'm off to have dessert, read and go to bed.