The 2nd Grader

Storytelling

Here's a little something I wrote this year at school:

May 11, 2012

Water Fight 

 "Cling" went the ticket machine for the bumper boat ride. My mom bought the tikets for the bummer boats. My cousins, my sister, and I got into the line, I was so excied. I got a blue bumper boat. I got right in and the ride started. "Yes!" I squirted my sister! I did it again and again! When the ride was over, my sister got out, she was so wet! My sister was angry. I felt great that I had a water fight with my sister in the bumer boats.

Onward and upward!

Next stop... Summer vacation!!

Squint

Guess what... It turns out I need glasses. Stayed tuned to see what I look like with my new specs. Mom picks up my glasses tomorrow.

Play Ball!

I'm having a pretty good time with baseball this year. Our team has a pretty good record (7-2 I think). I may not pay attention 100% of the time but I'm still having lots of fun.

Love notes

So how much video game time do I get this weekend?

Goofy

Sneaky secrets

My dad and I were out to dinner last night just the two of us. We'd been out running some errands and to round out a night of shopping at the sporting goods store we went out steaks and burgers. I asked dad if I could have dessert and promised that I wouldn't tell my mom if I did get something. I got an ice cream sundae and said "don't worry dad, after I finish the ice cream I'll eat a french fry to cover it up."

Office space

 

My mom did some rearranging of furniture today and now I have a better space to do my homework. Do you notice that there is a computer on my desk? Yes, I get my very own computer. Well, mom says that it is "a computer for me to use" but to me that translates to "Robby here is your own computer to use as much as you wish and here let me pull up the lego.com website for you."

Something is missing...

 

Looks like I get another visit from the tooth fairy tonight! My second, top, front tooth came out this morning. My mom heard it was really loose but she had no idea how loose until she was dropping me off at school this morning. She looked in my mouth and said "ROBBY! I can't let you go to school like this!" The tooth was pretty much dangling half out of my mouth and I was running around showing it to everybody. Finally mom got me to sit down at the lunch table and she yanked that sucker free. Then I ran off to the office to get a special tooth box! Mom asked if she should take the tooth home but I'd much rather wear this around my neck all day and get a little extra attention. Grandma Mary is here visiting and she said that she'll definitely have to be cutting the corn off the cob for me this coming summer. 

Disney... the big kid rides...

So, you may have heard that we had a trip to DisneyLand recently. I've spent the past month preparing for some of the big rides by drinking lots of milk and eating my vegetables. I even had my parents pick me up by my ankles once or twice to help shake and stretch me. These tactics must have worked because I was just tall enough to go on the Indiana Jones Ride (min. height is 46"). I was so excited for the ride, but in reality it was kind of scary. I didn't ask to go on it again, but I absolutely LOVED the Star Tours ride. I went on that 8 times!!! It's so cool!


But you know what isn't so cool? The It's a Small World Ride. I didn't want to go on it and so I threatened to sit there with my eyes shut and ears plugged. I hear that many adults might agree with my plan of attack.

 Okay, so sometimes I wasn't a super good sport, but really that Star Tours Ride was just too cool and I didn't want to waste much time doing anything else. And I'm not so into all of the characters, but I did humor my parents and do some photo ops (you'll see those elsewhere I think).

Disney is still a pretty fun place even for a big kid like me.