Softball by #Ava22

Hi  my fellow softball players,

I have recently gone to a softball clinic.  On Saturday 1/26/19 I went to a two hour clinic. It was for girls like me who want to get warmed up for softball season.  I play rec softball that is in town and summer travel softball.

The first thing we did was listen to the coaches introduce themselves. Then we were divided up by age. Once in our group we were assigned stations. My group got batting first we had to our helmets and batting gloves and bat. At the batting station we learned how to work on our stance and follow through with our hitting. We learned the steps by numbers, so when he called one we moved our hips. when he called two we moved our arms and leaned on our back foot. Then on three we swung.  We had to end looking at our tee, to see where we’re at.

Next we went to bunting and hitting. I got every ball when I was bunting. It felt so good to know I can still bunt. Then after you bunted you went to the hitting line. I even got every ball there too. Third  we got in a line then you wait till your turn. Then the coach threw you a pop fly ball or a ground ball. Then we went to the open side. We did a square. It's where you catch the ball from your right. Then throw it to your left. It depends on where you are.

Then we were still in the square. The fire alarm went off because a little boy threw a baseball at the fire alarm by accident. So everyone evacuated  the older kids like Julia, Dannie and myself with some other girls stayed in there. IT was so loud like a siren but much louder than eight hundred decibels  it could ruin our hearing. But we still played. After we still heard the ringing in our ears.

The last thing we did was go to our favorite position and make a line. I picked first. So did other girls  a coach hit the ball to third base and they threw it to first base. We threw it back to home. Then second base did the same thing until. The people on first base were the last ones. Then to the last people which was me and another person and I. We used small softballs. They were the size of a baseball. And YES we did catch them too.

  

       

 

              

The Blue Bunny Blog: carrot cake by #ava22

                              

I am the blue bunny I MADE A CARROT CAKE IN MY NEW HOUSE. I will be telling you the steps to make the perfect bunny carrot cake.

1. Mix In  all dry ingredients together in one bowl and wet in a different one.  
2. 1  cup of white  sugar
3. ½  of brown  suder
4. 1 cup of vegetable oil
5. 2 cups of GLUTEN FREE flour
6. 1 ½ teaspoons of baking powder
7. 1 teaspoon of baking soda
8. a ½ teaspoon of salt
9. 1 tablespoon of cinnamon
10. A half cup of coconut flakes

MIX ALL WET INGREDIENTS

1. 3 eggs exactly
2. ½ cup of buttermilk
3. 1 tablespoon of pure vanilla extract
4. 2 to 3 cups of shredded carrots

Now mix them all together  with your paws, and then lather the pan in butter. Now you pour the batter carefully into the pan. Put the pan in the oven.

CAREFULLY SO YOU DON'T BURN YOUR PAWS. NEXT YOU WANT TO WAIT 20 MINUTES, AND WHEN YOU ARE WAITING YOU CAN MAKE THE FROSTING.

How to make your frosting

1. 8 oz of cream cheese
2. 4 tablespoons of butter
3. 2 cups of confectioners sugar
4. 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract  

Then you get the cake out on wait 10 mins and then frost.

And then you have the secret recipe of me blue bunny for carrot cake! NOW YOU CAN'T TELL ANYONE !

BY THE ONE AND ONLY BLUE BUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Internet Life by #jordan7

I have a really good life of internet because I love internet!It’s amazing. You can do all sorts of things like…

• Go on YouTube
• Go on Fortnight
• Go on OverWatch
• Go on recipes for cake
• Go to NotDoppler

Whoever came up with the internet is GENIUS! I don’t know how they came up with the internet because there are so many things on it. It has a lot of things that you can use. It’s really fantastic how they can think of so many things in a decade.It’s incredible! I can only think of ten things in that time for the internet. I can’t do that many. I’m a quick thinker, but when it’s for the whole world it’s kind of pressuring you know?

• How many things are on the internet?
• What kind of things are on the internet?
• What things are mean and nice?
• What are the top ten popular websites?
• How many people created the internet?
• Were the people that made the internet mean or nice?
• Who was the person that thought of the internet?
• Who was the person who announced that where was the internet?
• Were there a lot of people that made the internet?
• What were the things they thought of at first?

First Day of School by #jayden15

Hello my name is Jayden. I am a 11 years old and like to play sports. I moved from one town to another town. My first day at the new school was one of the best days. When I  first heard I was going to the school I was surprised and nervous.

Day 1 first day of school. The first day of school my mom drove me to school. I was not really nervous when we first entered. But when we first walked down to our class I felt nervous. I was first greeted by Sankar. Sankar showed me the basics of the school, and it was really helpful. After that we entered the class and sat on the rug  everyone introduced themselves to me. After that I felt like this was going to be a good school year. We did ELA and Math. Then it was lunch and recess time. We had recess first and lunch last. At recess I was playing with Chase. We were playing with a ball. When lunch started I was offered a seat with Chase. For lunch I had school lunch and a milk. After that we read a book, and we did writing. An hour later we packed up for dismissal. I could not wait until I got home from school so I can tell my mom and dad all about it. That was my first day of school. One question I got what do you like better your old school or this school? I pick……… this school. Also Ms.Freedman your the best!!

My First Day At School by #jailyn17

My first day of school I woke up at 6:30 am to be exact. I got dressed, brushed my teeth, put on my shoes, fed my dog then put on my coat, and headed out the door. My mom drove me to school that day and picked up Jenny on on our way there . I looked out to see the school. It was very big to me. Students were coming into the building. We all came out the car from the driveway in the back. We walked in school and went to the office. We meet the office staff and Mr. Fass .The office staff told us about how we would go to school and leave school.

Then came the time we had to enter class with a staff. She showed us around the class. Then our teacher Ms. Freedman walked in. She welcomed us to the class and helped us get settled. My classmates were very kind to me and my brother. Then we just did class work. It was recess and lunch. It went very nicely. I went to recess with my friends. After recess was lunch it was pretty funny because I sat with new friends,Then I did some math and then it was the end of the day. I think my first day was pretty good!

Mystic aquarium by #parker12

                                 

My family and I took a trip to Mystic Aquarium! First we went right to the beluga whales. They jumped and leaped! It also has a sea lion show. It was amazing to see them jump up in the air. The sea lions are doing so many cool and exciting tricks! Then we went to see the penguins. They swam and swam all over, and they were really fast too. Then we went to the frog exhibit, and there was a frog so tiny it was smaller than an ant! We even went to the touch pool were we go and pet stingrays and mini sharks! The sharks are pretty much harmless as long as you pet them the right way. You can even touch a starfish, and there skin is so bumpy and weird, the texture was so odd and it felt like a toothbrush! The last thing we did before we left was go take thirty more pictures with the beluga whales. It was an amazing day and such a learning experience! I am so interested. Now I want to work there when I am older. The animals were awesome, and I hope to go again!

Christmas by #mia21

This week I want to tell you  about what I did for Christmas!

So on Christmas Eve we went to my, cousin’s house! At my cousin’s house we all a great dinner like ham, bread and a lot of other great foods! I really like going over to their house because I get to hangout with my great family members on my dad’s side! I love to see some of my, cousins that I do not see a lot! After we are done eating the dinner we would just hang out for a little bit of time. After we are done hanging out we would open the presents my aunts and uncles got us. We all loved the presents so much! After we are done opening gifts we go eat some good dessert. Some of the deserts that were there was cookies, gingerbread and some other great food!  When we got home I had to wrap my presents that I got for my brother and my mom!

Christmas Day, My mom had to wake up me and my brother! We went flying down the  stairs to open the great presents that we both got! My brother and I both got Samsung's S9’s  for Christmas presents from my parents!

How If Felt Having My Cousins In My Class by #jenny3

                 

So when they walked in class with me and saw the signs my class made for them they were awed. I thought ok good they like them they walked in and didn't know where to go. So I had to help them. Jaliyn had found her cubby , and I was helping Jayden find his still. Then the teacher had walked in class, and I had forgot to shake her hand. So I walked out of class and shook her hand and got my stuff and went to my desk and did work. Then we did morning work, and then it was read out loud. we read the book we had just started to read. After we were done with those pages from the book, the teacher had us go around and say our name and say a fact about our self. We had finished that and lined up for music. After music  we had recess. Everyone was asking me if I thought it was weird having my cousins in my classroom, and I just kept saying no. To be honest it's really not. It's kind of fun having my cousins in my classroom! Then we had lunch, and she sat with me and Jayden sat with the boys. It was pretty fun having my cousins in my class, and it still is!

Christmas by #joey2

I woke up and ran down stairs and saw lots of presents. My brother and I were pumped. My brother and I sprinted into our mom and dad’s room, and we jumped on them. They went “grumbled.” We said to they “Can you get up” because we want to open presents! We have a tradition we do, and that is we eat cinnabuns covered in a delicious cream. We all opened are awesome presents. We laugh and have a great time. Even my cat and dog got great presents that of course my dog had to eat the present in half within 2 minutes. Family came over and celebrated Christmas with us. My aunt set up games for us every Christmas. One of them is we have to sit in a circle and pass two presents around while my aunt reads a story to us. Whenever she says left or right that is the way we give the present to someone. My brother and I won that one. One other game that my aunt sets up is we have to put on cooking mitts and unwrap a present that was super seal with tape. I love Christmas. I have a great time doing the game we played it was very joyful and everybody laughs, so we all have a great time especially me.        

Orangutans by #amy8

Orangutans are such interesting creatures! They are a species of great apes. I think they are very exotic, but they are going extinct. They are endangered  because of illegal animal trade.

Orangutans live in  only the rainforests Southeast Asian islands. Their diet consists of plants, bugs, honey, bark, and even bird eggs. Meat is not a normal part of an Orangutan’s diet. They also eat fruit while swaying from tree to tree.

They have red/brown hair. They also have very long arms and short legs. This makes them look very strange. Females and males have beards. However males are twice the size of females. Males develop cheek pads made of subcutaneous fibrous tissue.

Orangutans live for up to 45 years. But 4 or 5 Orangutans die each day from illegal animal trade. It is unclear how many are born per day.

Orangutans are very intelligent animals. They are on the list of most intelligent non-human primates. In a zoo in Atlanta there is a computer for two orangutans that like to play computer games.

There are three species of these great apes, Sumatran, Tapanuli, and, Bornean.

Bornean,

Image from:TakePart

Sumatran,

and the newest Tapanuli.

Something odd or unique about these apes is that ⅓ of them don’t have toenails on their big toe. They also are very closely related to humans with a 97% of DNA in like each other.

I learned that orangutans are definitely very weird animals, but also definitely very cool!

My Favorite Video Games by #Grant10

When I was eight  I wished for a Xbox on Christmas because all of my friends had one. Then when Christmas came I got a Xbox on Christmas. Since then I have loved it. My first game that I downloaded was Pac Man. Then I got FIFA 17. I did not like it for some time until I got good at it, but my favorite games are way different.

My least favorite game I have is might be Paladins because  its a copy of Overwatch. Then another one of my least favorites even though it was my first game was Pac Man because it is sometimes too boring when you play it so much.Then my third favorite is FIFA 19 because I love playing the journey in it because the journey is where you are a soccer player named Alex Hunter. You choose decisions that matter a lot in the journey. My second favorite game I have is  Rocket League because it is fun how it is cars that you can fly with and score goals.Then my favorite game of all is Fortnite because I love playing this with my friends. We all talk and strategize where should land if we should push the other team or not, and if we should third party the other team. I hope you will choose one of my favorite games that I picked after reading it.

Ella Jane: Best Friends by #emmeline18

Ella finally let go of Izaya and said, “Thank you so much!” “Thank you,” said Izaya. Ella’s big smile turned into a bewildered face.

“What do you mean?” Ella asked.

“If you didn’t cast that spell on Vallery I would have died. You see when Vallery arrived I was picking my wand. Vallary looked at me with her beating blood red eyes and her green teeth and mumbled you are next. So if you hadn’t scared her off I and many others would not be here today. So I thank you for that. By the way I am Izaya.”

At the same time they said, “Your welcome” The embarrassing laugh would make anyone cringe.

“Everyone you can go back to your house” said McGonnigal.  

“Where should I go?” asked Ella in a shy voice not even a moth can hear her”.

“In the Chamber of Secrets of course.,” said McGonnigal.

“Where is that exactly?” asked Ella.

“I will show her.”said a voice in the back of the room.”

“Who said that? Please come out.,” Ella called out.

“I will bring you by the way my name is Ruby.,” Ruby called out.

As Ella walked over to Ruby she felt that a friendship was coming soon.

Altitude Trampoline Park by #jacob9

I went to Altitude Trampoline Park during vacation. I went with my mom, sister, and my dad. It was my second time going there. There are seven sections. The first one is a little kids section. That includes a foam pit, trampolines and, dodgeballs. The second section is dodgeball. The third section is A LOT of trampolines. The third section is a foam pit and trampolines so, you can jump into the pit. The fourth section is basketball. The fifth section is high jump and, that is where there are three trampolines and they are yellow. They are yellow because when you jump on them you go really high onto a platform.I think this is fun because you go really high in the sky. The sixth section is a rock climbing wall. At the bottom is a foam pit. The seventh section is jousting. You have a padded pole and, you walk on a balance beam. Bellow you is a foam pit. You try to knock off the other person on the opposite side of you without you falling off. Those are all seven sections. They also have a little snack bar. They also have an elevator but, it doesn't look like an elevator that goes where all the trampolines are because the trampolines are on a different level. That is mostly what they have. I think people should go there because it is very fun.

                                                     

Getting a Dog by #andrew4

It was just a regular day, but when my parents left for a while I knew something was up. Later when they got back and my mom said, “ Christmas came a little early this year”. Before she could finish her sentence I saw a tiny puppy head poke out of the door, and I went wild. My brothers and I could not believe what was happening. We have been asking for a dog for years now. I still can’t believe it! His name is Shawn, which was the name he came with.

He is dark brown with white going down his nose. His paws are webbed, so he is going to be a good swimmer. He has two sisters named Samantha and Susie. Did you know that all of the siblings names begins with an S? They came from Tennessee. Shawn turned four months old on Christmas eve. We rescued him from Forever Homes Rescue. He is a Catahoula Leopard Dog Mix. When he is all grown up he will be 40 to 60 pounds. He has peed in the house six times, but luckily he has never pooped in side of the house. Since he is a male he will most likely be 22-23 inches when he grows up. I love my dog.

Chuck E Cheese by #homam5

I love going to Chuck E Cheese where Kid can be a Kid . I like the tagline where a kid can be kid. First I woke up and played video games because it was vacation, so I ate breakfast. Then my mom said get dressed. I asked why, and she said we are going to Chuck E Cheese. After I got dressed we went in the car. It took use twenty minutes to  get to Chuck E Cheese. I was sick. I got a headache, and my eye was hurting. But I just waited until we got there. When we got there my mom and aunt looked for coupons. Our goal was to get 2,000 tickets. When my mom and aunt got the cards I started by playing a basketball game. And then I kept trying the games where there was a jackpot that 100 tickets on one game I got the jackpot, and it gave me 100 tickets. I kept playing. My brother was waiting to play a Luigi’s Mansion game. It was new. When we had seven minutes left on our card we played Luigi’s Mansion because that’s when it was open, but when we were halfway in the game my eye was hurting so much I got out and told my mom. she got me medicine, and I didn’t play anymore because my eye was hurting so much. I had so much fun at Chuck E Cheese!

Birds by #jack11

Birds

There are many types of birds, for example a Red Winged Blackbird. There are many species of birds that are pretty or ugly.

Birds Of Paradise

The Birds Of Paradise tend to be the most unusual yet beautiful birds. Here are some examples: Wilson’s Bird of Paradise, Blue Bird of Paradise, Greater Bird of Paradise, Red Bird of Paradise, Lesser Bird of Paradise, and the King Bird of Paradise.

Big Birds

The Big Birds are really big. They can be fat or tall. Here are some examples: the Dalmatian Pelican, Andean Condor, Trumpeter Swan, Great Bustard, Kori bustard, Dwarf Cassowary, and the King Penguin.

Macaws

Macaws our one of the most beautiful species of birds (I think). These are some examples: the Hyacinth Macaw, Military Macaw, Great Green Macaw, Red Shouldered Macaw, True Macaws, Blue Winged Macaw, Blue Throated Macaw, Anodorhynchus Macaw, Red Fronted Macaw, Primolius Macaw, Cuban Macaw, and the Scarlet Macaw.

Hummingbirds

There are many types of Hummingbirds. These are some examples: Ruby Throated Hummingbird, Black Chinned Hummingbird, Broad Tailed Hummingbird, Costa’s Hummingbird, Broad Billed Hummingbird, Beef Bellied Hummingbird, White Eared Hummingbird, Sword Billed Hummingbird, Cinnamon Hummingbird, and the Volcano Hummingbird.

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My Trip to See Lincoln Peirce by #luke6

Recently, I went to see Lincoln Peirce and get his new book. Just so you know his name is pronounced purse not peerce. A lot of people pronounce it that,  so I just wanted to make sure you knew that.

His new book is called Max and the Midknights.

My favorite part of it was when he was taking suggestions to design the new book cover, and the title ended up being Max and the Nightmare Monkeys.  In the book (spoiler alert) I was astounded when we figure out Max is a girl. Later on in the book Max travels to Byjovia and meets Kevyn. Now, this book is in Medieval times, and you can’t choose what job you want to have. The job gets passed down the family. So, Max is going to be a troubadour because her uncle is. But, Max doesn't want to be a troubadour, she wants to be a knight. But, she would be one if Uncle Budrick (her uncle) didn’t escape from knight school to become a troubadour. Kevyn is the same. His dad is an ostler (a stableman) but he wants to write. Then we meet Millie and Simon, two poor kids. I haven’t read that much yet but it is sure to be good. I found this author meet to be a really fun experience and suggest trying to meet him if you can.

What Makes Me Happy by #kayleigh13

What Makes Me Happy

The first thing that makes me happy: My dogs

Their names are Millie and Chewbacca. Chewbacca is 13 years old, and in dog years he is 91 years old. Millie is three, and in dog years she is 21. That  is even older than me!

The second thing that makes me happy: drawing

Drawing makes me happy because I can unleash my creativity. I love how much there is to draw and make. Also so many tools to use. I love it!

The third thing that makes me happy: Legos

I like to build and create new houses, creating  places for the lego people to live. I love there are no limits to legos. You could even build a giant lego house!

The fourth thing that makes me happy: Music

Imagine Dragons is my favorite band. My favorite song is “Real Life”.

I always want to dance when I hear it.

The fifth thing that makes me happy: That I am going to Ireland.

My mom partly grew up there and hasn't gone there in a long time.

I am excited to go and can’t wait!

I have more things to make me happy. I have so much to make me happy! What makes you happy?