Happy Birthday Grandpa!!!!!

The Joy of Summer

I realized today that the joy of summer can be summed up while swinging outside without a coat on and eating a watermelon. (Sure swinging while eating a cookie is nice, too, but just the same, you can't capture the joy of summer while eating a cookie. The watermelon is key here in this equation of summer.)

Me eating my juicy, sweet, delicious watermelon.

Here is me throwing my watermelon rind into the field near our house.

In My Dream...

...a man, whom I supposed was a King, told his son (the prince?) to gather up troops for war. All of a sudden, a baby voice broke through my dream, and woke me up into reality. It said, "Peas open this, Ba-Ba." I opened my eyes and stared at Julia who had just spoken those words. In her hand, she held out to me, a container of lip balm. Not just any lip balm, but handmade-by-my-Aunt Ramona-peppermint lip balm. (She is enthralled with lip balm, she loves wearing it.) "You're sooo cute," I said to her, taking the tin-like container from her, and struggling to open it. Finally, I did and gave her some of it, and she went along. But all throughout the day, I thought about that cute little voice saying, "Peas open this, Ba-Ba."...

Wednesday was the 1st-year anniversary of my blog. But since it was also finals for me, I will forgive myself for forgetting to post anything. But just barely...

Anna, Mary Ann, and Grandt, Interviewed

Here is my post about my other two sisters. I interviewed them!!!!!! Grandt wanted to be interviewed too, and he produced my favorite answer of all. Well, here it is:

Reporter Rebekah: Tell me something about yourself.
Anna: I am 8, going to be 9 October 25th. I like doing stuff with yarn.
Mary Ann: I'm 6. I'm going to be 7 September 13th.
Grandt: I'm 5.

Reporter Rebekah: What do you like to do for fun?
Anna: Crochet, knit, and color.
Mary Ann: Color, making books.
Grandt: Go outside or go on the computer.

Reporter Rebekah: What have you been doing a lot lately?
Anna: Crocheting a dress for my doll. I just learned how to ride a bike a week ago.
Mary Ann: Math and handwriting.
Grandt: Going outside a little (yittle) bit.
 
Reporter Rebekah: What's your favorite part of the day? Why?
Anna: Around 10 (in the morning), when we do Peacemakers (Our devotion time).
Mary Ann: In the morning when the sunshine's up, and it's bright.
Grandt: The morning. Because you can go outside more often.

Reporter Rebekah: What's your favorite thing about school?
Anna: I like Math.
Mary Ann: Math and Handwriting. 
Grandt: Crafts.

Reporter Rebekah: What was your favorite part of this week?
Anna: Sunday when we went to the park and the Baffas came to our house.
Mary Ann: Sunday, cause we went to the park with a bunch of our friends.
Grandt: When the Baffas came.

Reporter Rebekah: If you were interviewing me, what is one question you would ask me?
Anna: What do you do most of the day?   
Mary Ann: I would show you a picture and ask, "Does this look good?"
This is the last and my favorite answer:
Grandt: Can I ask something like Mary Ann's? Not the same (assuredly). 
I'd show you a picture and say "You're welcome," if you said, "Thank you!" 

The last two posts I wrote were about two of my sisters. So I thought maybe I should write about my other two sisters next. But I'll have to think about what I would say...


The anniversary of my blog is coming up. The same day as finals, too. Isn't that interesting?????

My Sister, The Prankster

Last night I was sitting in my closet engrossed in the new knitting magazine I received in the mail earlier that day.

Katherine came in and said, "Rebekah are you going to bed soon?" Now you, after reading the title knew she was up to something, but I didn't. I just replied, "Yes."

"Rebekah, it's almost ten thirty."

"Okay, I'll be done soon."

So after finishing it, I got up and put it away along with the yarn catalog I was looking at on the bookshelf. Then I walked to my bed, trying to avoid the things on the floor, and sat down. I put my glasses away, and then I crawled in under the covers.

I pushed my feet down under the covers, but they only reached half-way. I pushed again, then realizing someone had short-sheeted my bed, I reached at the top of the bed, and pulled the top of the sheet out from under the mattress, while saying to Katherine, "Was it you? It was you wasn't it?"

"Why not?" She said.

I am glad she did it to me, because I wasn't that mad about it, I thought it was funny!! I had just been thinking the other week of who I could do it to...



And on the side, I finished the last of history, for the whole year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Except Finals, of course. :)