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A Little About Me
I am from under the dusty steps to the front porch where I scared Noah when he
walked past.
I am from the line between Mom and Dad’s side of the yard.
I am from the old ash tree where its branch was dangerously half shot off.
I am from Dad and Evie’s favorite cake – lemon cake.
I am from, “That is enough!” and “Turn it down!”
I am from Brownsville Community Church, and greeting the people who come.
I am from, “Start stuffing eggs!”
I am from being the Parson’s daughter.(A parson is a pastor. It is also the name of our farm.) (what about adding something like–and all that is expected…)
I am from goat, chicken, and rabbit farming. ( farming or raising?)
I am from catching wild, and domesticated rabbits. (who….tell us something about them..)
I am from cuddling with my cat Spurgeon (who…… tell us something about him)
I am from deer hunting with my dad, and checking trail cameras.
I am from ice fishing with my uncle, and my dad. (catching….. Or not?)
I am from my Grandpa’s famous blueberry muffins, and German Chocolate Cake.(rich, gooey, served on a special plate–other detail?)
I am from bee farming and pure Vermont maple syrup. (add a detail about the fact that these are from your land and that your family harvests — from buzzing hives and tapped maple trees tells us the same thing, but in a more interesting way, try something like that!)
I am from my German Grandpa, Opi, who fought in WWII for America. (for America in WWII)
I am from Opi fooling the Germans fighting the US so we could win. (is fooling the best word here? Try the thesaurus on this one because it is so fascinating!)
I am from a puncture wound from falling on slippery logs. (puncture wound, best words?)
I am from Noah’s glued cheek from tripping on a stick in the ground.
I am from the heaping basket of wedding and birth photo albums behind the
widescreen TV
I am from hiding nerf bullets in the victrola (capital V?)so Dad could not shoot us (omit with them)
I am from the bare branches of the maple tree in the fall, to swinging on the rope swing
hanging on one in the spring.
I am from a busy family of 6, and this is A Little About Me. ( not just busy- find a better word: This is an incredible team, an amazing farm where you all work together etc….. See what you can do here.
Moving!
We are going to move! It’s just down the road. It is yellow and has bigger rooms. We will move in June or early July. It’s sort of messy. Its ceiling is made of plaster. The plaster is peeling off. It has 26 acres. Its attic is huge! My brother and I will have our own rooms built into the attic. There are three bathrooms, one on the second floor, counting the basement and two on the third floor. It is four stories high, counting the basement. My little sister, little brother, Mom and Dad are on the third floor. The first floor is the basement. I can’t wait to move!
Moon
I am as bright as a nightlight.
I’m a sneaky, misty moon.
I blanket the trees with my shadowy blankets as the swooping bats comfort them.
The swooping bats take their place as the silent sneakers of the night.
I lay down my silvery pools of light
So that my friends the raccoons can look for their food in dim light.
I am shadowy and mysterious.
I am the night’s protector.
I use my rays as an bright LED light
To spy on the little houses below.
I watch as I protect.
I watch the buzzing crickets.
I am the moon, mysterious and quiet.
January and June
January
teeth-chattering
freezing, chattering, shivering
Don’t be scared, June!
swimming, suntanning, biking
sweaty, burned
June
Panning for Gold at MVCS!
In 1848, James Marshall found five gold nuggets in Sutter’s Mill. John Sutter named a town after himself. He was selfish. James Marshall found five gold nuggets in the American River there.
All the people wanted the gold for themselves. Some people who didn’t want gold said other people had Gold Fever. Gold fever is when all you want is gold.
Mostly storekeepers ended up getting the gold. They charged a lot for things people needed like eggs and mining equipment. People really hurt other people when it came to fighting over gold sometimes.
God’s Cheer!
O death, where is your sting?
O death, where is your victory?
O God, You have wind the war!
You are powerful and mighty!
Our Object Lesson Chapel
Jesus Forgives our Sins!
K: When we sin, it breaks our relationship with God, but if we accept His wonderful gift of salvation through Jesus Christ, we are restored to Him again.
I: Watch our magic trick to help remind you.
***Person doing trick talks it through as they do it.
–Show the rope is solid.
–Put the two ends together.
–secret move. Find the bottom. Secretly switch the loop (hidden).
–cut the secret loop. (Sin breaks the relationship with God.)
–carefully bring down the two ends
–hold tight. Tie knot with tiny secret piece of rope. (Jesus’ death, burial, and Resurrection provide salvation from our sin! We are brought back into relationship with God through His sacrifice!)
–Pull the knot off. The rope is solid!
I and K: Bible verse
Skipping School and Stones
Skipping School and Stones
Crash! Crash! The waves of Lake Champlain swirled onto the shore of Killkare State Park. We went camping this weekend because my dad had to chaperone at All State Music Festival. I found lots of rocks there! I found sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Sadly, I didn’t find any igneous rocks there.
The sedimentary rocks were by the water and they peeled off in my hands. They were grey and orange. They were smooth and thin and were good for skipping! The most skips I had with a rock was five. The most skips my brother got with a rock was eight.
The metamorphic rocks were by the water. They were grey and white. They were smooth and fat. I could see the different colors in them. These rocks were not good for skipping. They just made a kerplunk in the water!
The rocks were interesting because we are studying the types of rocks in science class. I collected samples of metamorphic and sedimentary rocks to bring back to my class on Monday. This camping trip was like a field trip because we got to go places and see the things we are learning about in school!
