Halloween

Halloween was a blast!!!! Originally, my dad said that I was too old for trick-or-treating. This made Halloween seem very unexciting. I didn't want to sit at home all night giving candy to kids while my friends were out trick-or-treating. (All though it might be fun to see all of the cool costumes, it is not fun to sit at home all night while your friends go trick-or-treating.) Then the day before Halloween, my mom said I could go trick-or-treating if I had a really good costume. I think my mom really wanted to try out the "headless" costume she had seen on America's Funniest Home Videos. I got to wear my "headless" costume and go trick-or-treating with my friends. I also got alot of compliments like, "that's the best costume I have seen so far," and, "I don't get it." When I got home Sam was in bed, so I didn't get to see him in his costume. I had 107 pieces of candy, and other little trinkets (toothbrush not included). After having 3 peices of candy, I hid my bag in my "stash" and brushed my teeth and went to bed. It was a good day, and now I have enough candy to last for a year!

(Me: headless)

(Matthew: a baby riding a warewolfs back)

(Sam: a pirate)

(Sarah: a cowgirl, and Abby: an indian)

My Room

Four weeks ago I decided I wanted to completely clean my room. The only problem was that I did not have enough time to do it. I did it anyway. I got started and pulled everything out of my closet, dresser, desk, etc. Then I started puting it in boxes. My plan was to put everything in boxes, and then I would go through all of it and put it away again. That is not exactly what happened. On the day that I decided to do this, my dad had an open house and needed me to stand by our directional signs so they wouldn't get taken away. Because of this I wasn't able to finish my room, and there was clutter all over my floor and bed. I just decided I would sleep with Sarah and Abby, and clean my room the next weekend (a week long weekend). The next weekend I got home from school with one goal; to clean my room. However, my mom and dad had different plans. Ta da!!!! Suprise trip to California! There goes my room, that's O.K., I figured I'd just finish it when I got home from California. I got to California and then remembered that I had a book report due the day after my last day of vacation, so I had to call some friends to find out what I had to do for the book report, and then work on it while I was in California. When I got home from California I still had to finish my book report. There goes my last day of break, and my room-cleaning day. That was O.K. by me, I figured I would clean it the next weekend. Now, my mom did not know that my room was so messy, because whenever she passes my room, the door is always closed and she doesn't bother to open the door and look inside (because Anna's room is always clean). Then one day I forgot to shut my door. As my mom did her daily tour of the house, she saw my room for the first time in about a month. As you can imagine, she was mortified (because Anna's room is always clean). When I got home I got my lecture and promised I would clean my room that weekend (I also had to explain where I had been sleeping for the past 3 weeks). It took the whole day to clean my room, even with my moms help! I had about 11 boxes of crap, and gave away more than half of it. My room is now very clean, and not filled with crap anymore.

Mom, this is for you.

My mom wants me to post a new entry on my blog, so I am. This is for you mom! :)

Mexico!

Yesterday I just found out that I am going on a trip to Cabo (Mexico)! I am so excited! I am going with my cousins Kate(14) Sarah (11) Emma (7) and Carrie (7), my mom and sister, and my aunts Carol, Betty, and Mary. It will be an all girls trip to an amazing house with a cool pool and a view of the ocean. I'll take a lot of pictures and post them. The only bad thing about this trip is how long I have to wiat to go on it. I leave for Mexico in January! I wish I could pack my bags now, I guess I'll just have to wait.