Week 5 - Christmas :D Halloween =0

my most favorite holiday is Chiristmas because it means getting together with lots of friends and family, lots of fantastic food, and celebrating the birth of Jesus, which is so important to me. it's also so fun to go out and pick out gifts for everyone and anticipating the look on their face when they receive it. i just love the whole feeling of Christmas, except when people (and i've done this, too) get so wrapped up in the whole commercial aspect of the holiday. one of my favorite experiences of watching someone open a gift was a couple years ago when my sister and i got my little brother a pair of slippers and wrapped them in two separate boxes. the confused look on his face when he opened the first was one i'll never forget!
my least favorite holiday(i think is considered a holiday) is probably Halloween. i think it's because as a kid i never had much part in it...i've never been trick-or-treating. that's usually a shock to most people, but that's just normal for me. i didn't even really want to go because all the "big kids" costumes really scared me. i think i was more into the happy type of holidays, so this one didn't really appeal to me. i remember one Halloween we were passing out candy and this kid(he was probably about 12-13, but he seemed so big then) walked up our driveway with a mask on that was about the scariest thing i've ever seen. i remember i ran and hid and hid and let my dad take care of those customers! i had a tendency to let my imagination run away with me, for the next few days i thought that that kid would pop up somewhere once it got dark.

Week 4 - Aliens? Don't think so!

I don't believe there is life on other planets because there hasn't been any evidence of it in scientific research. When you look at pictures of planets you don't see any sign of cities or anything. And it just seems way out there to think that aliens exist. I really wonder who first thought that aliens exist and how they came up with that idea. And if there was life on other planets, wouldn't they be smart enough to be trying to get to earth like we are trying to get to other planets. It seems like we would have seen them when we were in space and all that.

Week 3 - If I had control...

it really bugs me when my mom wont let me go over to spend the night at a friends house because i "need more sleep." i think im old enough to know how much sleep i need and can decide if its ok to go or not. but i guess she just wants me to be healthy and everything so whatever. we dont have that many specific rules, but it also really bugs me when one of my parents tells me to go do something when im just about to do it. i think its just how i am and i dont want to be told what to do anymore when i already know that it needs to be done. but then theres just all those little things that i get really mad over.

Week 2 - Fun With Dad

When I was little, my dad used to take my sister and me to work with him when my mom was in school. He worked in a big shop where he did carpenter work, so there was a lot of concrete floor space. My sister and I would bring rollerblades along and skate around. We always had a great time racing around. I'm sure we always ended up with a few bruises but that was ok. Also, when we were there, we liked to build things with any extra wood scraps Dad had lying around. We made airplanes and houses and who knows what else. My mom, I'm sure had a horrible time picking up all those little structures we left all over the house! Those are good times I like to remember.

Week 1 - So Embarrassing!

A really embarrassing moment for me was when I was in the middle of a soccer game and I zoned out when they were bringing the ball to the goal for a PK. I came out of my reverie as the ball got to me and, playing defense, kicked it as hard as I could. I thought it was strange that the person dribbling hadn't tried to get around me, but I felt good that I had saved my team from him getting any closer. When I looked at the person next to me, he gave me a really weird look and said, "Um, it's a PK." Then I just wanted to run off the field and just keep going until I was far enough away that no one could see me. But I was forced to stay on the field until the game was over. No one said anything afterwards, but just kept thinking that they were all laughing at me on the inside.