Thursday, April 23, 2009

Barack Obama's Stimulus Package

I do not know what Barack Obama's stimulus package is, but I'm going to take a chance and guess what it is. I have been hearing a lot about it on the news and everywhere. I think it could be any of these. It is maybe:

1. A package that he is about to get in the mail.
2. A lot of money.
3. A new pet named "Stimulus Package."
4. A vacation set up by a travel agent.
5. His birthday present.
6. Taxes.
7. A free dinner.
8. Some ice cream.
9. An invitation to a party.
10. Some valuable gifts.

If I was to get the stimulus package, I would want it to be either number 2 or 3. If you received a stimulus package, tell me what is in it, please.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Earth Day Haiku

Happy Earth Day! Yesterday, I learned about haikus in school. I learned that the first line has five syllables, second has seven and the third has five. They don't rhyme. The Japanese made them, so I made one for Earth Day.

Don't be wasteful, please.
No polluting for this Spring.
Keep our nice earth green.

Happy Earth Day to you!

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Wilber

Wilber is a cat. I watched his show on Youtube called "Wilber the Cat". It can get a little gross sometimes, but mostly it's funny. He has a girlfriend, who is missing. Her name is Daffodil. Her favorite toy is "Catnip Squirrel". He likes to play with it to remind him of her. He left it at the vet and got it back again. He loves Catnip Squirrel.

I like Wilber the Cat. He is so funny. He is a fat cat, who has a lot of stuff going on. Make sure you watch all the videos. It (the last one) has a suspenseful ending.


(There are more episodes here and there. However, these stick more to the story and are the better ones.)

Monday, April 20, 2009

Ants

Today, I made an ant farm. I got five ants and they were very hard to catch. I named them Limpy, Anty, Spot, Flick and Fred. We caught them in our front yard. We got some plastic Easter eggs and caught them in that. Then, we got a straw and put it in the hole of the ant farm where the ants are supposed to go in and dropped the ants in. They will live in this gel that is what they dig in and eat on. We would take a picture to put on the blog, but the ants have not made any tunnels yet.

Ant facts: An ant can lift twenty times their body weight! An ant has two stomachs - one for it's food and one for stored food to share with other bugs who come to visit.

Ant joke: How many ants can live in an apartment? Ten-ants.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Bedknobs And Broomsticks

Yesterday, I watched the movie "Bedknobs and Broomsticks". It is a very good movie about a lady who goes to a class to learn how to be a witch. She got a flying broom. She is not very good at it and falls and breaks the broom. When she picks up the package, which is the broom, she is invited to go into the museum, which is closed to hold the children whose parents were killed in the war. There were only three children left and they were family, a girl and two boys. They were given to her.

Then, she got a letter saying she could not have the last witch lesson, because the program had gone out of business. So, she put a traveling spell on the youngest kid's - Paul's - bedknob from the bed. She told Paul only he could put it on to make it work. Then, he listened to Miss Price (the witch) about where to find the magic guy. He said it, then tapped it three times and turned a little to the left. Then off they went to find him. The bed went to him and she got the magician guy and told him. They went in the bed to his house.

They talked and then in a little while, the war started and the magician had left. He had fallen in love. Then the war's soldier got her and took her house and put her in the museum, where the kids first were. The war people scared the magician, Mr. Brown. He rushed home. He got in and turned himself into a rabbit, got in the museum and turned back into Mr. Brown. He told Miss Price to do a spell and she made all the drums, trumpets and armor come to life and made an army that fought with the soldiers from the other country. The soldiers blew up her rec room, where her magic spells were. Finally, Mr. Brown and Miss Price got married. Mr. Brown went into the army and they adopted the kids.

My book of spells is about learning how to spell words.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Kid Trivia

Did you ever break a fast? Yes, you have every morning. Fast doesn't just mean very quick. When you go to sleep you start a fast. Fast means to not eat for a while. When you get up and eat breakfast - that breaks your fast. That's why you call it "breakfast". If you don't eat for days, you both starve and have a long fast. And fast does not mean eating fast, either.

Did you know at noontime, you eat a lump? Lunch used to mean a lump of bread. Nuncheon used to mean a drink at noon. Lump and nuncheon got put together to make luncheon.

Supper came from the word sup. Sup meant to sip your soup.

Eat came from "I'm so hungry. Give me food!"
(reference: Childcraft Dictionary, 1989)

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Statue Of Liberty

Earlier in the school year, I learned about the Statue of Liberty. It was a present to the United States of America from France in 1876. She holds a torch and a book. It is in the New York harbor. It is the tallest metal statue. It was a symbol of America in World War I and World War II. An elevator runs to the pedestal and steps go to the crown. Kids saved pennies to buy the base. If you go there you will see how tall it is. When you sail in a boat, you can see it from far away.

I think we should give France a statue of a French artist with a stick mustache and wearing a huge beret (bura), holding a paintbrush and a big loaf of French bread. And they can call it the "Statue of Thanks from America".

In our town, there are these people who dress up like the Statue of Liberty and jump up and down on the side of the road. They are trying to make us go to their tax place.