Alison's Travel Journal (Avalon May/June 2009)

Ali's teachers Mrs. Francesco & Mrs. Jennings gave her a blank "travel journal" to keep while she's on vacation. The instructions are:

Write about your trip in this travel journal. Add pictures or illustrations to each entry page. When you return to school you will be sharing this journal with your classmates. Have an enjoyable time.

Ali is writing one page or so each night before bed. In the posts that follow, I'll copy the entries (including any and all unique spellings). You won't see the pictures or the handwriting, but I'm not sure I'll have the energy to scan it all when we get back, so I figured I should do this now!

Ali can make it snow

According to Ali, if you wear your pajamas inside-out and put a spoon under your pillow it will make it snow. With a forecast of 8-12 inches tonight, I think Ali's going to make it happen.

Andrew and tzedaka

I asked Andrew if he wanted to bring Tzedaka on Friday to school (since I always forget).

He said no, because he didn't have any peepee in his body. He said that you have to go peepee after you give tzedaka.

Eventually I got the story straight. Right after tzedaka, they go to the imaginarium, so it's part of the routine to go to the bathroom then. But even after assuring Andrew that there was no connection, he didn't want to do tzedaka

Castle building

Andrew brought red some lego and said
"I've brought you this daddy, it's a castle, in case you need it"

Alison is totally crazy about Nancy Drew & the Clue Crew

Ali has read almost all of the books in the Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew series. She's crazy about them, has us read them to her at bedtime, and then after we turn out the lights, she continues to read on her own. All of a sudden she's gone from the girl who can't sit still to the girl who curls up with a book. I asked her why she's able to sit so still when she reads to herself (she still can't sit still when someone is reading to her, she has to be bouncing around the room ...) She said that it's too difficult to read your book if you're moving around too much.

Andrew needs help

Andrew was sitting at the computer in the living room calling out for help. I thought he was falling out of the chair, or physically stuck or something. When I went over and asked him what was wrong, he started waving the mouse around madly and pointing at the screen where nothing was moving and then he said, "Look at the mouse. Can you see it? NO! That's why I need help." (Turns out the batteries had fallen out of the mouse)

Andrew talks to his books

Red was reading a book to Andrew. Andrew pointed at the kitten in the book and said, "Daddy, what's the kitten's name." Red said, "I don't know."

Not to be deterred, Andrew asked the name of a little girl in the book.

"Katie," Red replied.

So Andrew said, "Katie, what's the name of the kitten?"

And Red (in a Katie voice) said, "Freckles"

So Andrew said to Red, "Daddy, the kitten's name is Freckles"