School Shopping- Done

Yesterday I got my school shopping out of the way. At my school, seventh grade needs the most supplies by far. I got a three inch binder this year, to fit seven subjects. So I got: six plastic folders, one plastic folder with four pockets and tabs, a binder, a box of colored pencils, two ultra fine Sharpies, a box of Sharpie highlighters, seven subject dividers, one notebook, and a pencil pouch. At home I already had pencils, black and blue pens, and an eraser. My mom ordered a really nice calculator for me so I guess I sort of already had that checked off. My locker white board and mirror and magnetic bin were still in good shape. I was surprised that the list only said to get one notebook. Last year we took notes in every subject. Anyway I just love to go school shopping (because it's fun to look at all the art and office supplies)!

NEW BIKE!!!!

Guess what?!?!? Yesterday I got a new bike! It is a 24 inch bike with gears and everything. It's grayish purplish and just so cool! I love my new bike. I practiced with it today. First I rode half way down the street and back and got comfortable with that. Then I went a little more down the street and back. Then I rode down my street and the next street and back! After that I rode down to the pool club and back. The pool club is about a quarter mile from home. We live really close, though. We go down my street, down another street, cross the road and we're there! The club has a really long driveway which is mostly down hill, so riding down there is super easy. I just love my new bike and I can't wait to try it out on the new bike path!

School- 7th grade

My schedule for 7th grade just came yesterday! The schedule is way more confusing than last year. First of all, we have different teachers for every subject. I have six teachers now, which is a lot compared to last year when I had three! Also my classes are in a different order every day. My Monday is way different than Tuesday. In 6th grade, the classes were in the same order every day. Guess what? I am pretty sure that this year we change for gym! And in term one and two it's first period! So we have to be all hot and sweaty and gross for the rest of the day. But gym isn't every day, which is good. Gym is Monday, Health is Tuesday, Gym is Wednesday, and so on. In term three I have something called tech engineering, whatever that is... and in term four I have art. I am excited for art because we didn't get to take it unless that was the arts block we wanted. But most people chose Band, Orchestra, Chorus, or General Music. This is the first year in Middle School that I get to take art and orchestra!
Another thing that excites me is that the classes are way different than last year. Last year I was in math, LA, social studies, and science. Those were my four main block classes. Besides that I took orchestra, health, Phys. Ed, computer, and library. This year I am taking:
-Language Arts (LA)
- pre algebra 7
- introductory french
- life science
- world geography and cultures
- orchestra
- art
- Phys. Ed
- tech engineering ( i still don't know what that is)

Anyway I am just really looking forward to 7th grade because everyone says it's the best year at my school. Too bad some of my friends got redistricted to the other middle school:-( I'm also looking forward to something else next year, but I'll tell you guys about that some other time...

New Hampshire Trip

In NH we went to Santa's Village and Story land. We skipped Six Gun City because it didn't look that cool. It looked like it had a couple water rides and a couple dry rides. But we got to spend more time at story land! We went for the half day and got the next day free! The condo was awesome! It had 1 bedroom, living room, kitchen and bathroom. The dining table was between the living room and kitchen area. The sofa opened to be a bed and there was an upstairs with a bed in it! The stairs upstairs were cool but a little bit scary because they were narrow and curvy. Our room even came with a washing and drying machine! The resort had an indoor pool, game room, restaurant, outdoor pool, hot tub, and lots of parks. Next to the resort was a mountain where people ski except they had something different. There was a slide that was kinda like a trough because it curved up on the sides. People would sit on something ( i couldn't tell what it was) and you slide down!

Santa's village was alright. It was kind of babyish, but it did have 1 good ride- the Yule Log Flume. The drop was actually really big! They also had a reindeer that would respond when you said something. So here was my conversation with the reindeer: (rd stands for reindeer)

me: hi...
rd: hi there!
me: i was just wondering about your nose...
rd: what about my nose?
me: I was just wondering how it glows.
rd: Santa gives me magic.
me: why doesn't he give the other reindeers magic?
rd: because I'm special!
me : why?
rd: because I got picked on by the other reindeers.
me: oh...
rd: okay well thanks for visiting! have fun at the park!

The reindeer was trying to get rid of me because I was asking it uncomfortable questions! Besides, Rudolph's nose doesn't glow because of magic Santa gives him. He was just born like that! I also got to pet the reindeers that were real! Believe it or not, their antlers felt like velvet!

At story land, Mom and Dad let me and dahlia go off alone! We went on all of the usual stuff: Bamboo Chutes log ride, Doctor Geyser's remarkable raft ride, Polar Costar, and Flying fish. I got a picture from the bamboo chutes of me and Dahlia! Everything was just the same as last time but still lots of fun.

On the way back we went to Clark's Trading Post. We saw the bear show, acrobat show, went on the train ride, went into Merlin's Mystical Mansion ( it goes "upside down"), bumper boats and got our picture taken with the wolfman. Dad climbed the Man on the Mountain Rock Wall. It was a lot of fun but we didn't get to spend that much time there because we came sort of late. We had spent two hours playing in the freezing cold Saco river. It was fun, and we were soaked! Me and Daddy waded all the way across and got used to the water after a while.

Yesterday we went to the beach. It was so much fun. I didn't find any pretty shells though . Oh well, I tumbled in the waves! I sat down in the water and when a giant wave came, it made me do a backflip underwater. That was so scary. Mom video taped me for a while. I haven't put it on the computer yet but I think when I do I'll put it on my blog.

I'm still not unpacked. I should probably do that today. We got Meenah back yesterday and she is cuter than ever!

Meenah chasing a golf ball

She just loves to chase balls!

Meenah's Tricks

Here are some tricks that Meenah knows!

The American Girl Place

Turkey

Yesterday I saw a mommy and daddy turkey in our front yard. They had five baby turkeys with them and the babies were adorable! They just wandered around and nibbled on grass. One baby got seperated, though. I hope it found it's parents. I would have taken a picture or video but they were too far away for the camera to see.

My Top Ten Favorite Songs

1. I Gotta Feeling by the Black Eyed Peas
2. Waking Up in Vegas by Katy Perry
3. Love Story by Taylor Swift
4. I'm Yours by Jason Mraz
5. Don't Forget by Demi Lavato
6. My Life Would Suck Without You by Kelly Clarkson
7. Just Dance by Lady Gaga
8. Starstruck by Lady Gaga
9. Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas
10. Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Isreal Kamakawiwo'ole

Fourth of July

Yesterday was the fourth of July and it was AWESOME! First we left the house around 8:30 to get to the parade. It was really fun there. I saw lots of people I know. Before the parade there is always a two mile race from Hannahford to the center. My dad was in and he's probably gonna write about it too so here's his blog:
pecchia.blogspot.com
then there was the parade which was exciting. We were glad that we didn't take Meenah because she would have been terrified of all the noise. There were loud motercycles, cars, and horns. Plus there were some Minutemen who shot guns. The floats were cool. On the firetruck one, there was water spraying out from it. I could see it coming from down the road and made sure to roll up into a ball. There was some candy, too, but I didn't get as much as last year. That's okay, though. After the parade we went to the pool club and swam. We thought it would be packed but it really wasn't. My cousin Rowan came, too. I played in the baby pool with him and he had lots of fun.
We came back home and hung out. Then we had a big dinner. And this year we went to see the fireworks at Nara Park. They were really awesome! Fourth of July was awesome!