Old Games

Our family has made up lots of different games through the years, here are a few:

A game we made up at our old house was called, "Possum Hunting." It was one of the stupidest games we ever thought up.  We invented it with some friends. Our old house had a very large yard in one of those old neighborhoods where trees and possums are everywhere. We and our friends would stand on the back porch at night and slowly walk down near the wooded end of the back yard. Eventually someone would think they saw something and scream, "I SEE A POSSUM!!!!" and all of us would run screaming back to the porch. We would do this about a million times.

Another game was invented by my little sister, it was called "Baby Run Away." In this game all the players acted like toddlers while one player was the mom. The mom had to put all the babies to bed and then would get a phone call. When the "mom" walked out of the room and pretended to have a conversation  all the babies would hide. Then the mom would come back and look for the babies. She had to tag them before they got back to their beds. We loved this game and we played it with friends all the time.

Our old house did not have any stairs so the game, "Mountain Climber" was invented at the house we live in now. "Mountain Climber" had very simple rules; everyone pretended that the staircase was a mountain. We would climb until one of us pretended to fall. We always had a belt to throw to the fallen player; they would grab the belt and someone would climb down to help and of course would also fall in the process. It was a very popular wrestling/falling/screaming game.

Very recently, Grace and I made up a fun "game." Here is how it is played:

1. I walk into a room.
2. I ask Grace a question.
3. Grace replies sarcastically and in annoyance I lightly slap her arm.
4. Grace says in a whiny voice, "Sarah you hit me" but I reply, "No, I only patted you." 
5. Grace starts walking toward the door saying in the whiny voice that she is, "Going to tell Mom."
6. I run in front of her blocking the door saying, "If you don't tell mom ummm... I will give you... some candy." 
7. Grace holds out her hand and we continue acting childish and wrestle a bit till I run to Mom accusing Grace of a bunch of things like hitting, kicking, calling names.  Grace runs out behind also accusing me of things,
8. All of this is done in a silly childish way. It is very fun.
9. Mom usually laughs and then tells to go do something. 
10. Game over.

Sam's Sick

Sam the two year old is sick. I think he got it at church on Sunday. One of my friends little sister did not come to Sunday morning service because she was throwing up, and that night my friend couldn't come because she had a fever.

Well the next day this little guy was sick. His nose was running and his eyes looked weird.













But that did not stop him from trying to play and cuddle with everyone. Mom kept checking his blood to make sure it was not getting too low, and was trying to stop him from touching everyone else.

He continued to be sick that entire day. That night Luke had a wrestling match with all the little boys, Sam was included, Mom Grace, and I were watching them playing and I guessed that all of them would be sick tomorrow, after watching Sam rolling around with them.

School Again

I hate it when you start a book and the next day school starts. I really can not concentrate on my school when that happens. If only the books I am usually reading could be considered school.

Well, our family started school again last week and I had just started "Breaking Dawn". None of us were very happy. Mom made a completely new schedule for school, and now we start school on Tuesday and do our tests on Monday instead of Friday. When Mom told us this, the first question was: "Will we still have a weekend?" Mom's answer was yes - if you know that you are ready for Monday. The new schedule is working fine so far.

I don't like my math book. I never liked math. Luke and Grace thought fractions were hard and decimals were easy, while I think fractions are okay and decimals are really hard. I think my math book was translated from Swahili; the explanations are so hard to understand. Mom usually tells me after reading the lesson and frowning for a second, "Okay don't do it the way they do it, this is how I learned." And then she shows me a easier, less complicated way.

History is my favorite subject. I argue a lot with Rebekah about history, because she says she just cannot concentrate on it. To me, it's like reading an exciting story: good guys, bad guys, legends, beautiful city's, and adventure.

I am reading the book "Public Enemies"- it is very good. Another book I am reading for school is "Once And Future King". It is interesting, but not my favorite book in the world.

By the way, I did finish "Breaking Dawn". It made me get behind in school. I had to make it up by missing Sunday night dodge ball with my church and Monday P.E. with my friends. Bummer.

Don't check out a really great book the day before school starts. It doesn't help your grades.

Snow Day

Yesterday it snowed. It was not a lot of snow, but it was enough for everyone to get excited. Usually when it snows we all go play in our yard, and when we come inside there is hot coco and a fire.

This snow day Luke, Grace, and I were invited to go to a friends house to go sledding. This family has a big house with lots of land. A lot of other teens we know were also invited.

To sled (they don't have any hills) we tied a rope to the back of a four wheeler and tied the other end of the rope to a sled. We took turns getting on the sled and holding on while another person got on the four wheeler and drove fast around a field. It was really fun. I only fell off the sled once, it did not hurt very much at all. The sledding and even falling off the sled was fun.

Some of the kids that came brought Air Soft guns. After we were all done on the sled most of the kids had a battle. I did not want to get shot and I really can not aim so I did not join in.

We were driven home by our friends. When we got home we ate dinner and were ready to relax when Mom said, "Okay time to catch up on the school work you missed today"

Ah well.

Our Christmas And New Years

We had a very enjoyable Christmas. Our Aunt Amy and our Uncle Gytis came from Washington for Christmas. Mom, Grace, Bekah, and I went to the mall with Aunt Amy, we also ate lunch at the mall. After we finished eating we started wandering around. Bekah asked Mom if she could buy anything, when Bekah said that I realized that I had left my purse at the table where we had eaten. I ran back through the crowd and grabbed it before it could be stolen; though it probably looked like I had stolen it to the people sitting at other tables.

We spent Christmas Eve playing the card game, "Puss In Boots" with our aunt and uncle. It was really fun.

I got a lot of nice things for Christmas. Mom ordered some of the gifts online and three did not come in time for Christmas. Two of the gifts arrived a few days afterward. Mom also ordered a present for me, it has not arrived yet. The really annoying thing is that Mom will not tell me what it is.

I had a really nice last two days of 2009. I was invited to go see "The Princess&The Frog" with my friend and her family on Wednesday. On Thursday two of the gifts that did not arrive in time for Christmas came in the mail, they turned out to be "Up" and "Harry Potter 6". They were very good.

I hope everyone has a amazing 2010!