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when asked by a friend where he was [during the week we were in florida]:

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don't forget the slinky

several weeks ago, i asked lulu what she had in her backpack, cause it was visibly packed to capacity and ridiculously heavy for an 8 year old.

she said:

a social sudies book
a math book
three library books and they're overdue
two webkinz
that sparkly sweatshirt
some smencils and notebooks

and a slinky.

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list making

Things I Like About School

• I love all the teachers
• You learn a lot of things on a little time.
• They have great food.
• School is bully-free.

Interesting Facts about Me

• I play the guitar
• I was in the Nutcracker 2 times in a row.
• I sometimes do cycle cross.
• I have more than 20 friends.
• I can speak four languages, French, English, Chinese and Spanish.

What I love

• I love American Girl Dolls.
• I love ballet.
• I love being nice.
• I love having friends to hang out with.
• I love camping.
• I love rollercoasters.
• I love going to my friends' sleepovers.

just brush your teeth already

annabel! let go of my nose!
let go of my nose!

dad:
girls! just brush your teeth!

(incoherent muttering from upstairs)

annabel, stop it!

dad yells up to the girls:
annabel! what are you doing to lulu's nose?

she said she could drink water while holding her breath, so i plugged her nose.

just brush your damn teeth girls and leave your noses out of it.

waning days of summer

i can hear the kids playing outside.
its labor day weekend & it's dark now.

they're all having a ball, but suddenly something goes wrong and lulu starts to cry and head into house. but not before yelling out the door:

i don't want to play anymore, but i don't want you guys to keep having fun.

this just found

Claudia's Idea Notebook

all ideas rite here in this book.

1. write a very nice letter to santa clus and tell him to write back.
2. remember to work at Sonic when I grow up.
3. Do diolog journal with Catie.
4. give Santa one more present.
5. Play with Sophia and her Braz cloe doll house and win the lottery and be rich with my sister.
6. Clean dishes and do chores to help keep house clean.
7. Ballet always starts late and remind mom.
8. Never wach violents don't even peek like if it's scary. yeah really scary.
9. remember all about school.
10. read every day and try to be smart even though I am smart.
11. have the best Chistmas ever cause I beleave.

pee & poop

lulu asks what is saliva for?
and i give her the answer.
then she says -

you know what i think?

what?

i think that the stuff we drink comes out as pee and the stuff we eat comes out as poop.

and i say,
that's pretty much right.

yes! (fist pump) i knew it!

you're up early

I had nothing to dream about, so here I am.