"My Name" by Amy

I learned how to write my name!
--Amy, January 2010

"A Very Good Day" by Mark

I woke up the day after the stinky day. This time I did not have a bad dream. I went to my ladder and went down. I hopped over the sharp Lego and opened my door. I did not slip at all. When mom woke up she made special breakfast. The special breakfast was french toast. At school I got almost every fact right. At dinner I got dessert. I got four chapters of story and went to bed on time. What a good day it was.

"I Love Rachel" by Sarah

I love Rachel. She always plays with me. I love her a lot. I don't like leaving her. The End!

By Sarah Irwin

"Annoying Elves" by Rachel

Clank, Pop, Crash!!! My castle was almost done except for one thing, it had fallen down again. This had to have been my hundredth try on standing it up. I was covered again with plastic pieces and I was very annoyed. I was standing it up for the hundred and first time. I was finally done with it. I was setting it up so that me and my brother could play with our elves in it. I went over and started to get my elves out. CRASH!!! I had been shoveling them onto the castle and they had knocked it down again. I groaned and started to put them back up . By then my brother had found his elves and was standing over me. He looked very confused. "What are you doing"? he asked. well.......I CANT STAND IT UP AND IT KEEPS FALLING DOWN AND MY ELVES ARE ANNOYING ME!!!!!!!! the end of my explanation, OK? When he understood me after a few minuets he said "I'll help you" Later we had a perfect castle and we were ready to play. I was proud, happy, and VERY relieved to have it standing without a mess. WWWWOOOOHHHHOOOO !!!!!!!

"Mom Has First Say"

So this blog was started because Rachel and Mark kept telling me what to put in MY blog stories. So, here you go; write your own stories! We are going to have the kids post once a week. Rachel gets the first week, Sarah the second week, and so on, until it becomes Rachel's turn again.

Val and I decided to let the kids do this because it would be a great reason for them to write something worth reading. I am going to try to edit as little as possible; I can't speak for Val. Just know, in this case especially, it's the thought that counts!

Since we all love feedback, and it is for the kids, it would be great if you could comment on a story after you've read it. It would mean a lot to the kids; I know comments mean a lot to me!

Our families hope you enjoy this!