Season 3 Ep. 3 - My Favorite Holiday

My FAVORITE holiday of all time is CHRISTMAS. I'm so excited. I feel like I've waited forever for it to get here. I can't wait to open the presents under the tree tomorrow. It'll be Christmas Eve and in my house we get to open all the gifts we give each other on Christmas Eve. Then all the presents from Santa come on Christmas Day. Mommy says to thank Nana and Papa Riskedahl for that tradition because not everybody does it that way. I think they should though!
I sat on Santa's lap twice and told him what I wanted. I'm pretty sure I'll get everything on my list. I really want a walkie talkie, some glittery little pet shops, and (my favorite) perler beads!
Most people don't know what they are, but I do, and they're fabulous! I'm so excited, I can hardly wait.
Mom says to always remember "the reason for the season", but how can you when you're 7 years old!! She also says it's about giving to others.
I gave a few gifts to other people.
And I certainly don't mind the "receiving" side either!!!

Season 3 Ep. 2 - My 7 year old pictures

Season 3 Ep. 1 - First Day of Second Grade

Another year has come.
I'm growing up before your very eyes!
I'm an old pro at this school thing now. I'm in second grade this year.
My new teacher's name is Mrs. Roberts. She's really nice. She hasn't yelled at all yet.
This was my first day of school.

Cassee is in Kindergarten now, so she rides the bus with me.
Of course my mother made us wear matching clothes...again!

Here we are waiting at the bus stop together. It's in front of the next door neighbor's house. We don't have far to go. Lucky us.

And then, of course, my crazy little brother has to come out too. He was going to preschool the same day. He was excited too and he wanted to ride our bus too! He's so silly, he's still wearing his pjs.
(I guess pjs is better than what he did this morning. He came running out on the lawn when the bus came in just his underwear! Yikes!)

I hope I have a fun year. I'm going to be really busy. I'm taking piano lessons, soccer and two different dance classes. My mom said I won't have any time for watching cartoons. Darn it. She just keeps saying, "I hope I survive!"
Yeah, me too!

Season 2 Ep. 10 - My Summer Vacation

So summertime has come and my crazy mother decided to spend half, and I mean literally half, the summer travelling all over the country.
So far I've ridden in the car for over 36 hours and I still have about 20 to go.
We left home on the 7th of June and drove through Colorado and into Nebraska where we stayed 2 nights at my Aunt Jill's house. Then we drove through Nebraska, South Dakota and into North Dakota to where my Nana and Papa Riskedahl live. We went to this centennial celebration for the town my mom grew up in. It was...different, yet fun. I also got to ride on Uncle Duane's four wheeler a bunch of times. It was awesome. We stayed a couple weeks in ND, then drove back to Nebraska. We've been at Aunt Jill's house for 4 days now.
It's been fun playing with my cousins. We've caught fireflies and slept in the tent in the backyard. I did, however, get a terrible sunburn today. Not cool.
I'm excited to see the fireworks that will happen in a couple of days. I love fireworks!
After the Fourth of July stuff we're heading to Utah to my Grandmama and Grandpapa Jones' house. We'll go to the airport and get my dad! I've missed him so much, I can't wait to see him again.
We're supposed to get home on July 18th, but we'll see if my crazy mother actually does that. I think she just wants to drive all summer long and waste all my time. Before I know it school will start again and I won't have had any fun.
Maybe I'll have pictures next time.

Season 2 Ep. 9 - My First Piano Recital

I've officially completed my first year of piano lessons.
I'm pretty good too.
Some days I hate practising and tell my mom I want to quit. She hasn't let me yet.
She says I'm too good and that someday I'll be better than her.
Seems a long way off to me!

So here I am at my first recital.

And here's me playing one of my two songs.
I played Pop! Goes the Weasel first.
Then I played Persian Market. I even helped "arrange" that song!

Here's my mom and me.
She's not really my teacher. She trades with another lady.
But my mom was the one in charge at the recital.
It was pretty fun. Maybe I'll give piano lessons another year.

Season 2 Ep. 8 - Bad News

Okay, so, really bad news. My mom is NOT very happy about this.
I LOST MY GLASSES!
Sometimes I take them off 'cause they hurt my ears a little . I mean, I don't need them to see all the time, but Mom got mad at me everytime I took them off my face. Mostly cause I just set them anywhere I was at the time.
The day after I got them I set them on a shelf in the garage and mom happened to find them that night when she came home from somewhere.
Then one day, I took them off when I was on the hammock in the back yard. They fell in the grass and I forgot about them. Mom found them the next morning. I just forgot...no big deal...right?
Well, Adam and Cassee kind 'o like to wear them too and play with them. The night I lost them...I totally blame them. We looked all over for days and just can't find them anywhere!
It's been well over a week now. I really hate not having them at school 'cause I really do need them! I keep telling Mom she just needs to get me a new pair. No big deal...right?
Maybe I'll try contacts next!

Season 2 Ep.7 - The New Me!

Two new changes are going on here with me.

First, I got GLASSES!!! They're kind of fun to have, but sometimes they get in the way. My mom's been getting kind of mad at me because I take them off sometimes and forget where I put them. One time I left them on a shelf in the garage, another time I forgot them outside and found them under the hammock. Ooops. Mom got pretty mad at that one. They just get in my way sometimes and I forget to put them back on.


And Second, my front teeth are starting to come in. Plus, I lost another one on the bottom, but you can't really see that.
And...it's my birthday coming soon. I'm almost 7 years old! I can't wait. (And then it's going to be Easter, and I LOVE Easter! I love CANDY too! They go together so well!!!)

Season 2 Ep. 6 - Piano Lessons

I am taking piano lessons this year. You may wonder if my mother is my teacher, but she is not. She said she doesn't have enough patience to teach her own kids. (And I believe her!)
Most days I like to play. But some days ... I hate it.
At least once a week (sometimes two) I rant and rave that I hate practising and that I want to quit. So far she hasn't let me. I'm kinda guessing she never will. She says how good I am already and that I'll be better than her someday. Yeah right, she can play everything.

She tells me that one day I'll thank her. We'll see.

Season 2 Ep. 5 - My Two Front Teeth (less)

As you can see from all my fun pictures here, I am still missing my two from teeth. Yes, yes I know it's been a long time. I believe I was missing the same two front teeth in my Halloween pictures. There's not even little nubbs coming in or anything.
I keep telling my mother that she should take me to the dentist. I'm not sure what the dentist will do, but he's my only hope, right?
Mom insists that I just need to be patient, but that is just so hard when you're six.
I haven't been able to bite into an apple in ... just forever!
Oh well, I guess I should be glad I have two less teeth to brush every day!!