Tornado in the Summer [Fiction]

We were watching the radar on The Weather Channel.  Suddenly a voice interrupted.  "Tornado in Virginia!"  The radar changed.  The tornado was heading towards us!

Instead of hiding in the closet where the ornaments are (my idea), we lit the hurricane lamp and ran into the utility room.

I was scared.  It was dark and cold.  "Amanda," said Katey, "are you okay?"

"Yeah.  Sort of," I said.  "No, not really.  I'm scared."

"Why don't we turn on the lights?" asked Daddy.

"Where's the ... Ah, HA!" shouted Mommy.  The lights flickered on ... and went out.  There was a loud noise like a train running over us.

After about one minute, the sound went away.

"We're safe?  We're SAFE!" Katey yelled.

We came out of the utility room and went to the window.  Our yard was torn apart!  The trees were gone, the garage was gone, and everything else was safe.  Or so I thought.

Katey ran into Mommy's and Daddy's bathroom.  I ignored her until she said, "Well, there goes our pool!"

So soon we fixed everything up, but we couldn't drive any more because we didn't have a car!  But we survived.  Don't worry.

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The End

How to Live Out The Great Commandments

  I, to live out the First Great Commandment better, will try to go to Confession more often, because I have not gone in a while. The reason is, the First Great Commandment states," Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind and with all thy strength." So I will also concentrate more in Mass,instead of letting my mind wander and think about games we have for our Wii,like Mario Kart and My Sims Kingdom and Wii Music. 

  The Second Great Commandment says, "Love thy neighbor as thyself." For that one I will be nicer to Amanda and try not to be bossy.

My Story of Soccer.

[Note from Mom: This is a spelling assignment.  The directions read:

Describe a game or sport you like to play with at least one other person.  Tell the rules and how you play and how you win.  Use as many ar words as you can.  You may illustrate the story if you wish.]

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The game of  soccer is simple. You are a warrior against the other team . You try to get the ball from the other team so that you can score goal. To score a goal ,when you're close enough kick as hard as you can. The goal is shaped like a GIANT rectangle and has a net behind it.  The soccer team I played for has two 15-minutes halves for the younger team. The target is to get more points [goals] than the other team before time runs out . I played soccer last Fall of 2008.                                                                                                            

Housekeeping

I've set up a new header for this blog for the girls, and I'll be having them write some more this year for the blog.  Homeschooling is humming along even though we took a break from the heavy lifting parts during Advent.  We did Jesse Tree readings every day to outline the prophecies about the Messiah throughout the Old Testament, as well as the types of Christ that are presented throughout our salvation history.  And, naturally, we've read a lot.  

Last year, we read two plays by the Bard: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Taming of the Shrew."  We are going to dole out parts for "Romeo and Juliet" this week and begin reading that on Saturday.  (This was Amanda's request.  Next up will be "Hamlet," as requested by Kaitlyn.)  We've also watched movies of the plays, and we'll also check out some of the adaptations made.  For example, we watched The Quiet Man (John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara) when we finished "The Taming of the Shrew."  We'll also watch West Side Story after we read and watch "Romeo and Juliet."  

Amanda is preparing for First Holy Communion, and has already received her First Confession and Penance.  The parish has three workshops for her that she is required to attend, and I might have her write in this space about the differences between what we do at home (Seton) and what they did at the parish.  I hate to downplay the religious education at the parish, but honestly, my girls don't learn much from it.  Seton's program is so thorough and deep that the parish materials are like a bit of fluffy icing on a great, big cake.  I pray that other parents supplement their children's Sunday school experience, too.  They miss so much!  (Then again, so did I, and I'm still amazed at how much I learn while teaching religion class to the girls.)

So, look for new writing here from the girls.  And soon!