Amazing Birthday by Anisten

I once had a birthday.  I got flowers.  We also made cupcakes.  I got a new bike.  It is a purple and has humming birds and flowers on it.  I also got a box of presents from my great aunt.  I got fake nails from her.  My sister gave me books and CDs.  My brother gave me toys and my mom and dad gave me the bike.  They also gave me a card.  My aunt gave me a card and gave my 9 dollars because I am turning 9.  It was the best birthday ever!

My Trip to Africa by Brynlee

I'm going on a trip to Africa with my cousins Amanda, Ashley and our two families. We went into the kitchen and we heard on the radio that there's a chance to earn one billion dollars but you've got to get on a tube and float around the African Ocean.
"The African Ocean is the world's most shark-filled ocean in the world," said my older cousin."
"The only reason why you know that is because you're a Shark Week Freak."
"Whatever," he said, "but I'm going to do it because I have swam with Grea White sharks but every knew I was joking.  they agreed to play a prank on our parents with me.  We went to ask them if we could do it.  We asked them and they said yes.  They thought we meant to go in a swimming pool on a tube and we could only do it when there were two teen hammerhead sharks in it which their size would probalby be seven feet long.  On the way to the airport, I felt kind of scared.
I told Amanda and Ashley, "Maybe it's a crazy idea to float around the African Ocean on a tube."
"I agree," said Ashley.
"Me too," I said.  Another reason is because there are millions of sharks, squids and humongous whales.  They both agreed with me so we asked our parents not to do it. They said, "What?!  It's in a real ocean!!!!"
We already signed up!  Are you CRAZY?!  Shhhhh!  Do you want to wake the whole neighborhood?  PS They were there at 6:30pm.  As they got on the plane, they were all horrified.  When we sat down, a lady offered us some cookies and juice and we all said, "Yes, please."  When we got there, Amanda was asleep and so me and Ashley got some pillows and whacked her with them.  She laughed and we continued the pillow fight but then we remembered today was the day of the African Ocean.  Then, I also remembered on the radio it said, "Life jackets are not required."  Come on, Ashley said.  So you're telling me we could just fall out and die," she added.  "That's right," said her dad.  "It's hard to believe but were going to do it.  It will be fun, you'll see."  "Okay today's the day," said Amanda.  "In less than one hour, we're going on the tube."
Minutes went past and soon they could all possibly be dead.  It was time to go and get ready.  We drove over to the ocean half excited, half scared but mostly scared.  When we got there, we hopped on the tube but for a weird reason, it was a two family tube boat.  All of the sudden, I saw a Great White, thirteen feet long.  I warned them but we had already floated off to sea.
"This is an adventure," said my brother.
We hit a big wave.  In fact, it was five feet tall but that was just the beginning.  We hit lots of other waves too.  When I looked up, we were in the sky.  There we were on a fifty foot wave.  The tube did a big back flip into the air.  Fortunately, we all landed on the tube boat.  I wanted to talk to Amanda so I called her name.
"Amanda! Amanda!" I said but he didn't answer.  All of the sudden, I heard some splashing.  Of course, you think it's a shark, but it's worse.  I looked down and there she was.  I tried and tried to pull her in but the tube was kind of tipping.  So I grabbed a rope from the tube in case of emergency and pulled her onto the tube.  Yes, she was wet and disturbing but I didn't care.  Everyone was proud of me especially her brothers Steven and Nathan, her sisters Ashley, Malia, Abbi and her parents.  Okay, fine, her brother Steven didn't really care but I still felt special.
"Land isn't that far."
"It's only six hundred fifty one miles across," said my mom.  We chatted a lot but we were still afraid of the dangerous things out there.
"Let's just be glad we're not in the Italian ocean because that's one of the oceans that has the most whale sharks in the world," I said.
Okay, I watch shark week every once in a while but I'm not a shark week freak.  All of the sudden, a group of dolphins jumped into the air.  What a surprise.  Ashley saw shadows in the water.  Huge shark-sized shadows.  The biggest one was who knows how big it was.  If I were to guess, it would probably be twenty feet tall and five feet wide but of course that was just my guess.  We saw some waterfalls but they weren't that big.  Up next I saw a waterfall fifty, sixty one hundred I don't know how big it was.  Luckily, we had floated all the way over to the other side of the ocean and so I grabbed a tree branch and pulled but we were two feet away from the waterfall.  I pulled us on to the side and hurray!  We all got off.  It was a long walk home.
The End
PS Somebody found us on land. I guess we all boated home.  The end finally.

The Vacation by Kaitlyn

Today I am going on a vacation.  We went to Utah to Montana.  We also went to see Old Faithful.  It was so much fun!  We also went to Colorado and back to Utah in two days!

Found a Skunk by Cameron

Once at a camp called Jordanelle in Heber, we were about to go to bed.  A skunk came.  I was the first one to see it.  I told everybody.  Everybody was scared.  We put a trap by my camp spot.  The next day, the skunk was trapped in the trap and the workers took him.

Baby Sister by Athena

My first time seeing my baby sister was when I walked into the hospital room.  But first, let's start way back in the morning.  I ate my breakfast, got my backpack and left for school.  My teacher then was Mrs. Acthison first grade at Welby Way Elementary.  After school, my grandma came to pick us up.
I asked her, "Why didn't mom and dad pick us up?"
She said, "Because they are in the hospital."
My baby sister was born.  My cousin's mom called and asked us if we wanted to go visit them in the hospital.  We said yes.  She drove to our house and picked us up.  Then she drove us to Tarzana Hospital.  We went into her room.  She was in a little bed next to my mom's bed.  She was wrapped in a blanket dressed in a one piece body suit.  I looked at the design on the shirt.  It had flowers, hearts and said, "It's A Girl!"  She was so cute and tired.  I was so happy!  I love, love my baby sister!

Taking a Nap by Boston

I was tired one day.  I was busy.  Then I fell asleep.  My mom woke me up.  I woke up with a scare.  I was on the couch.  It was 4:06.  I slept for 3 hours.  I think I was going to me sick.  It was past chore time.  The end.

Pokey by Ben

My hermit crabs are not that shy.  My favorite hermit crab's name is Pokey.  He is not shy at all and I give him hermit crab cookies.  They love hermit crab cookies so much.  Pokey likes to wear two shells at a time.  When you are bored, you can play with him.  It is so fun.  When you want to play with him, most of the time he does not play.

Going to the Cabin by Ryan

I went to my grandma and grandpa's cabin over the weekend.  It was so fun!  While we were there, we saw this squirrel.  We always see a squirrel but this time, it is a different squirrel but we still call him Lester.  Did I tell you who Lester is?  Lester is this squirrel that we see every time we go up there.  But this time, we saw a different squirrel.  It was not the same squirrel we usually see.  It's tail was more blackish.  We fed it anyways and we played blocks.  It was fun!  This squirrel came right up to you and reached his little arms up and grabbed the peanut.  We also saw some bluejays.  The bluejays had a little feather sticking up on his or head.  We fed them some peanuts.  They ate the peanuts.  Oh, I also saw Lester climb up a pine tree and it put a mushroom on the branch of the pine tree.  It stayed there for a long time.  We did go to Duck Creek!  When we got to Duck Creek, we went to the gas station.  We got some popsicles and my brother Brayden got ice cream!  I think we or they should call Duck Creek Marmot Creek because at Duck Creek there are lots of marmots!  Me and my brothers and my sister and my grandma got out of the car.  We saw a marmot.  Marmots are fat.  This one was different.  It had a white face.  The whole trip was super fun!

Disneyland by Liberty

We went to Disneyland and it was so fun!  I went on California Screamer and Indiana Jones.  We stayed in Vegas and California.  We got home on Easter morning.  We swam at every hotel.  It was a seven year old.  And that was last year.

My Dreams by Brock

It would be so cool if I was a college football player or any type of football player.  The only person that I would want to be is quarterback or receiver.  It would be so cool and awesome if I was in the olympics or if I was, I would do archery.  I would hit it right on target after I would miss a couple times.  The only other sport that I would want to play is basketball or NFL football or swimming.  And those are are my dreams.

The Baby Tiger by Norah

One day I was in the jungle.  When I was, I was skipping.  I heard a roar but it was not loud.  Then I saw a waterfall.  I was looking around everywhere.  Finally, I was amazed to see a baby tiger on a cliff.  I looked around, I didn't see another tiger.  I tried to get it down but unfortunately that didn't work.  Ok, now it the time for lauches.  I found a lever and some stretchy thick string.  I tied the stretchy thick string to two palm trees and put the lever on for the seat.
"Ready, set, gooooooooo!"
Up, up, up I flew and all of the sudden, Crash!  I hit the baby tiger.
"Sorry," I said.
....all of the sudden I realized, "How are we going to get down?  Oh well, I guess we can just jump down."
"Roar!!" the baby tiger whimpered.
"No," I said. "No jumping."
"Roar!!"
"Not now!"
"Roar!!"
"Wow!" I said. Right when I plopped on the ground, the tiger was pointing at a vine.
"Good idea," I said.  "You're going to have to hold on tight."
"Wowwwwwwwww!" we said.  "Oof, oh, ahhh!"
We fell off the vine.
"Well, at least we got down eight feet."
Finally, we were searching for it's mother.  When it was about to be evening, we sat by a palm tree.
"Oh, we searched for hours," I said.
All of the sudden a coconut hit my head.
"Ouch!" I said.
"Sorry," a bird said.
I looked up.
"Hi, I'm Marlen," one of them said.
"I'm Macy," another said.
"Oh hi," I said.  "Did you see a big tiger go anywhere?"
"Ya sure."
"Really? Where?"
"Up where the canyons are."
"Thank you," I said.
When we were searching, a big tiger was running toward us.  Finally, the baby was running toward the big tiger.  When I knew it was the baby tiger's mother, they started running toward me.  They smiled at me.  Then they disappeared in the sunset.

Spiders by Kelton

Spiders are kind of dangerous.  Did you know that a black widow's poison is more deadly than a rattlesnake?  Can you imagine that a black widow is more poisonous than a rattlesnake?  This means that a black widow can kill a rattlesnake.  A rattlesnake has heat sensing pits.  These pits tell the snake if the animal they are hunting is warm or cold blooded.

The Order by Kai

Today is my birthday!  I have got no presents yet.  My dad said my birthday will actually start this afternoon.  I wonder what I will get.  And my friend Boston lost his basketball.  I hope after school he will find it.  And he won't get in trouble.  Great news, this morning Boston found it!  He found his ball.  Yesterday was my birthday.  I got Madden NFL 13.  It is so cool!  It looks like a real game on tv.  I got the beyblade earth virgo.

Going to the Store by Ivan

I was going to the store to get the new Super Mario game.  I asked my mom if I could get it and she said tomorrow and I said ok and I woke up and I got it.  It was the bomb.  I was so happy my mom got it.  Awesome!

My Dog Died by Brody

I just got told that my dog was sick.  I didn't think it was that bad.  So every night my dog would be barking and growling.  So early morning, my mom and dad let with our dog.  I did not know what was going on.  So after school, I went to my house.  My brother told me that my dog was at the vet.  So in the night, my mom and dad came back.  They told me he got put to sleep.  I did not know what that meant.  I thought he was sleeping for a long time.  But then my mom told me that he died.  I was crying all day!

Going Somewhere Fun by Morgan

I went somewhere really fun.  I went to Pump It Up.  It is a fun place because there is jump houses.  There is a jungle gym and the most funnest one of all is the Slepen Slider.  It is so fun.  I kept on going on it over and over again.  There is a lunch room if you want to have a snack go in the lunch room.  After 20 minutes you go to a different room.  It is fun because if you go in the second room, there is a zipline.  It is so fun that I went on it the whole time I was in that room.  I had a fun time at Pump It Up and it is located in Eastvale California.

The Dogs by Courtney

Once I got three dogs Maggie, Tank and Bostin.  I did not know then one day they got stolen.  But Tank flied in the dead end and Bostin bounced off the cushion.  Then he took down the guy.  Then Maggie got the police and they took me home.
I talked to them, "You guys saved me!"
"What?  You can talk?"
"I mean, woof!"
"Ahhhhhhhhhh!  That is crazy!  When did you start talking?"
"When we were born!"

Going on a Crazy Vacation by Logan

What I did over the weekend was I went to Park City for three nights.  I went swimming and there was a game room.  I played in the game room and we went on the Alpine Slide and the Alpine Coaster.  The Alpine Slide is more fun.  The Alpine Coaster is just like it's a roller coaster.  The slide is just like a slide but you sit on this cart and you push this lever down then you go down.  The brake is up.  It is like one or two minutes.  It went really fast.  On the Alpine Coaster you have to be eight or older.  It is like the Alpine Slide but different.  You do it at the slide.

By Faith

I got two birds.  Their names are Daisy and Dexter.  Daisy's white with blue on her tummy.  We are going to teach them how to talk.  Their cage has a mirror with a bell on the bottom.  They also have shapes with a bell on the bottom too.  They have two bars.  One is high and one is low.

By Corey

Today at recess, I had a fun time.  I was playing with my friends.  My friend's names are Brody, Jacob and Logan.  It was fun playing with my friends.  I ran down the hill.  I tripped and fell.  It hurt.  I felt better after I slept for 2 hours.  I was good after all I had a fun time.  We went to class.  The next day at that recess, I was good after all.

Loving Dog by Jacob

When I got my dog, she was black and very little.  After we got her, I played with her a lot.  I love sleeping with her.  She always licks me when I put my hand by her mouth.  But I want to sleep on the bottom bunk cause she can't come in the top bunk.  She is a very cute dog.  Her name is Sadie.  I love swinging with her.  She bites you when you pick her up slowly but she doesn't bite you when you pick her up fast.  She is five in human years.  She is not that old but she is a little old.  When I want to play with her on the tramp, she doesn't come on.  Guess why?  Cause she doesn't like the tramp.  I believe she is the best dog.

My Birthday by Mac

It's almost my birthday!  I'm asking for a journal, some beyblades and a long board.  I already know I'm getting a long board because my g-ma took me shopping at the mall with my mom.  We went into a store and saw these awesome longboards.  The store was really long and narrow so it was easy to ride them back and forth.  I found one that I really liked and my grandma said she would get it for my birthday to give me.  And what's even better is that my mom gave me a present before my birthday!  It was a Wii game called Sonic Unleashed.  I've gotten super far on it and my little brother loves it.  He loves watching me play it.