Fun at School

At school we did a big Christmas carol sing-along.  We did the actions to all the songs.  At the end of the sing-along the teachers performed a dance to Santa Clause is Comin' to town.  Rockstar style!  It was so so funny.  They were all doing the same dance. They were all elves with silly hats.

On Friday I was getting ready for school until I found out that school would start 2 hours late because of the deep snow.  It was pajama day! Once I got to school, Ms. Ryan turned on the Polar Express.  When we were halfway through the movie we saw a play by some other 5th graders.  We went to lunch, finished the movie, and watched the Elf.  The whole time, my friends and I were making bookmarks and doing crafts.  We were going to do an honor roll ceremony but since school started a little late, we will have to do it after Christmas.  My 4 friends and I all got all As.

Gingerbread houses

We made gingerbread houses at school.  We made the dough, cut out pieces, and parents took them home to bake.  It was really fun to make the dough.  Everybodyt had a partner. We used measuring cups and put lots of ingredients in my blue bowl.  We mixed it.  Then we cut out the dough that made our hands very messy.  It was kind of hard to put the baked gingerbread pieces together.  Parts of everybody's gingerbread had fallen off. Next we decorated them.  My mom came for the decorating.   It was really fun!

Piano

Ryan, Emily, and I have been taking piano lessons.  We take them from a lady in our ward on Wednesday afternoon.  We walk to her house with her daughters, Lindsay 9 and Brooklyn 6.  Her house is very close to the Elementary school.  I love playing Christmas songs.  The Christmas songs I learned this year are Do You Hear What I Hear, I'll be home for Christmas, Frosty the Snowman, and Rudolf the Rudolf the red-nosed Reindeer.  I love piano!
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Soccer

We just finished our season  of soccer.  ( Dad, Ryan, and I) We never lost a game!  I played defense and some midfield.  This is my first season for a long time. I can't wait until next season.  This is our team!  This is before our last game.  We are in Wiesbaden, an hour away. This is our second time because we came here for our first game ,too.  I LOVE soccer!

Our new house

This is our new house!  It's a duplex where you only get half of the house.  It has four floors.

 This is the attic bathroom.  I'm probably going to sleep in the attic.  It is HUGE.  The toilet is behind the door.

 This is the right side of the attic.  I know, it's huge!    To the right of Megan is where I hope my bed goes.  There is a corner right there and I want to put a reading light on the wall.  I want a queen sized bed.  My dresser and desk will go right beside my bed.

 This is the other half of the attic.  I like the slanted roof.  The door right there is a door to a very big closet.

 This is a picture from the kitchen to the dining room to the family room to the backyard.  Everything is very white... but not for long.  Mostly because our furniture will make it more colorful.

 This is the kitchen.  It has lots of cabinets.  That big cabinet in the middle is the small German fridge.  The one below it is the freezer.  We get another fridge from the military to go downstairs in our storage room.  In Germany every room has doors, including the kitchen.  Even our front entry has a door which is kind of weird.  It will never be closed unless Matthew is loose in the house and we want to keep him in a certain area.

 This is the family room.  We are going to put our big couch in here and our big TV in here and our big piano in here.   The backyard is small and all closed up.  Our trampoline is probably half the size of it... but we can go to the park and play tag.   There is dirt for Luke and Matthew to play in.

 This is one of the two rooms that are right beside each other and that look exactly the same.  Megan might be in one room and Matthew and Luke might be in the other?  Mom and Dad's bedroom is on this same floor on the other side of the house.  There is also a square white bathroom.

These are the marble stairs... and that door to the right is a closet and then if you keep going you'll get to the half bathroom and then to the front door. 

 This is a great biking trail.  I'm so excited to ride my bike on it.

Bowling

We went bowling for Ryan's birthday.  The three girls bowled on one lane.  I was the first one in the family to get a strike!  During most of the first game I was beating everyone.   I beat the birthday boy in the first game.  I got 92 on the first game with two strikes.  The second game I did horrible.  I got 65.    I ate chicken fingers and fries and I had a Fanta orange drink.  (But in Germany it is more yellow and less orange and tastes more like orange juice.)  It is yummy.   I want to go back soon.  There is a playground there and miniature golf.

We are here

We are in Germany!  We went on an overnight 9 hour plane.  Every one had their own TV and we could watch movies like Planet 51, Alice in Wonderland, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The squeakquel, and the Blind Side.  Those are all the movies I watched.  That's probably why I slept for only two hours.  My Dad watched TV all night so he didn't sleep at all.  We were so tired that when were on the ground we felt like we were moving.  We got a snack, dinner and breakfast on the airplane.


We went throught a lot of lines to get on an hour bus to go to Heidelberg.  So far we live in a hotel room.  (4 hotel rooms.  Dad and mom sleep in a room with Matthew.  The girls share a big bed and room.  Ryan and I have our own twin size beds.  We share a room with Lukey.  Then we have a family room area and small kitchen too which is not as big as my old laundry room.  All the rooms connect.  We have three bathrooms too.


Lukey was screaming all night.  I tried sleeping with the girls but they were awake and louder.  At 1:00am, about 10 minutes later, Emily bonked her head and my Dad told me to go back to bed.  Luke cried some more and we both went to bed at 2:00 in the morning and both got 7 hours of sleep.


In our area of base there is a movie theater, a bowling place and a park that we can walk to.  The park is HUGE and it is across the street.  We went to the movie theater once to see Karate Kid.

Germany

There are some up and downs about moving to Germany.

The good things are:

• We get to visit really cool places like Paris, France.
• We get to have a new house.
• We get to learn German.
• We get to visit castles.
• We get to go skiing.
• We’ve going to have more snow.
• Lots of people are probably going to visit. (I know you want to!)

The bad things are:

• We’re going to miss our house – like our big closets, a big shower,tons of room and a big backyard.
• We’re going to miss all our friends in Georgia, especially the Starbucks.
• We’re going to miss Callaway Gardens, the Chattahoochee River, Flat Rock Park and all those park places we go.
• We have to move schools (I don’t know if that’s bad or good yet.)

Lukey and me

Luke is an awesome little brother.  He is funny and cute and vicious.    I like to play with Luke in his room.  We play football (throwing a football in a basketball hoop), soccer (where we kick the ball to each other), and basketball.   We also play outside and jump on the trampoline, play pirates, and swing on the swings.  We play trains in the bonus room and watch Diego.  We also read books together. Right now Luke likes me best.  He changes siblings all the time.

Luke is two and one quarter.  I’m seven and a half years older than him.  I’ve always wanted to be seven and a half years older than somebody.

Luke likes to make his siblings laugh… and it works.   When he’s mad, he’s mad.  When he’s silly, he’s silly.  When he’s cute, he’s faking it.

Silver tooth

I got a silver tooth.  It’s good and bad.  The bad thing is I got a cavity.  The good thing is it’s shiny and Megan always wants to look at it.  Ok, that’s all.

American Girls’ Night

For the American Girl’s Night Mom, Emily, Megan and I all watched Anne of Green Gables #1.    Dad set up the projector in my room.  We dressed our dolls and brushed each other’s hair until Dad’s laptop ran out of batteries.  Then we went downstairs to watch the movie with big bowls of popcorn.  I wore my cute owl pajamas.  After the movie was over we went back upstairs and got our journals and took a journal test.   I asked everybody questions and we wrote the answers in our journals.  A few of the questions were: favorite drinks, favorite foods and what you want to be when you grow up.      After that we turned off the lights and talked in bed.  Mom went to sleep in my bed with me until Dad came and took her out. 

I want another girls’ night soon.