A Day at the Zoo

We went on a field trip to the zoo.  It was so fun!  
We went there with Hannah, Seneca, Leah, Mara, and Amber.  
Leah brought her toy sea lion in a homemade aquarium made out of a box.  
Me and Leah sang "Eye of the Tiger".  
We had a big, expensive lunch with things Mom usually doesn't buy, like Lay's potato chips- a big bag- and cheese bagels.
We got to the zoo store.  Each of us picked a necklace, and Mom got a zoo medicine cup to take "Professor Cayenne" in.
IT WAS AWESOME, I WISH YOU COULD HAVE BEEN THERE!!!!!!!!!! 
As always:D POSTED BY DORATHY!

Teamers: A story of dreams, faith, friendship, love, and teamwork

Once upon a time, there was a land not very different from ours. But instead of people, there were creatures-  Chararanas. So many Chararanas, it would take years to tell you about all of them.  There were Cealas, Aellas, Socceras, Sapphiras.  Half had good intentions, half not.
The good Chararanas were all in teams of six, with different names,describing the team's intentions, or their personalities: Team Courage, Team Solar, Team Sport.  But they all came together and vanquished all evil, and this is how:

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In the city, some Chararana teams bumped in to each other(literally) and decided to vanquish all evil.  Little did they know, their real battle, intertwined with personal destiny and fate, had only begun...

"In a world of good and bad,
Only one thing to be said,
One must defeat the other, 
Friend to friend,
Sister to brother, 
Fill with love for one another,
If we're smart,
The good will win..."  Team Courage sang, cleaning up their little room shared by all the teams, which at times got very messy.  Everyone was singing now...
"If we all decide we want to know,
Soon the battle will be done,
For if we stick together,
No matter what the cost,
Soon the good side will have won,
And the evil side has lost."  
"Wow," said a Tennara named Dentin.  "Look at this place.  Clean as a whistle!  What do you think, Joe?  Joe?  Joe! I said what do you think!"
"Perfect," breathed Joe, a Soccera.
"Glad you think so, Joe," said Dentin. "Only I think it would be better if there was wallpaper-" Joe cut him off.
"What are you talking about?"  Asked Joe.
"What are you talking about?" Dentin answered.
"You first."
"The room, silly."
"I was talking about her," Joe said softly, a dreamy expression coming onto his face as he gazed at Sapphira.  "She's beautiful!" He sighed.  Sapphira walked right by the bed they were sitting on, causing him to faint.
"Ah, Joe," Grinned Dentin. "Silly old guy."


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In a world of good and bad,
Only one thing to be said, 
One must defeat the other,
Friend to friend,
Sister to brother,
Fill with love for one another,
If we're smart,
The good will win," sang Joe as he emptied the trash.  "I wonder why everyone thinks doing all this is necessary.  All I ever dreamed of is elsewhere.  Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Grandma.  Santa Fe, here I come!"  Joe sang the chorus:
"If we all decide we want to know,
Soon the battle will be done,
For if we stick together,
No matter what the cost,
Soon the good side will have won,
And the evil side has lost."


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You  know, I think Sapphira's got herself a boyfriend," Whispered Emralid with glee.
"You evil-  Don't poke fun at her!"  Starlia exclaimed.
"Look," giggled Emralid.
Starlia looked and saw Joe with that dreamy expression on his face again, staring at- you guessed it- Sapphira.  Ceala glanced over and scowled.
"If he hasn't anything better to do than empty the trash, I'll give him something to do."  And with that, she strode over to Joe with great authority.  Glancing at Joe and chuckling to herself, Sapphira resumed sweeping.
"In a world of good and bad..."

The whole world will know!  The whole wide world, Joe- Joe?  RRRRRR!"
Joe was in his dreamy state again, and Dentin didn't like it.  He was leading a big strike with all the teams, and his team was starting it!  And Joe was
3rd-In-Command in Team Sport, Dentin's team!
"JOE!  GET UP, YOU LOUSY DREAM HEAD!  GET UP, CURSE YOU!  BLAST IT ALL, GET UP NOW, Y-YOU!!!!!!!!"  Poor Joe.  Dentin's not going to appreciate this when Joe does get out of his dream state.
Later...




What will it take to stop this?  Are we ready?" Asked Dentin on top of the fountain in the middle of the now deserted inn the Teams had been living in.
"YES!!"  Came the outcry.
"Even if the odds are against it, will we do it?"
"YES!!"
"Now say this oath:
I,                                        ,  (your name) promise to carry on with this strike until we win."
"I promise..." (Et cetera) Echoed the rest.
"After all, if you've got 100 voices singing, who can  hear a lousy whistle blow?"
Challenged Joe.
"Hear, hear!"  Starlia said.


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Santa Fe Train:   $3,598,698 per ticket?  This is ridiculous!  I need $2,594,432 more for just one ticket!  Ah well.  I can't take Sapphira with me then," marveled Joe, looking at travel papers.

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    6/29/33      Sapphira      

"In a world of good and bad,
Only one thing to be said,
One must defeat the other,
Friend to friend,
Sister to brother,
Fill with love for one another,
If we're smart, 
The good will win.
If we all decide we want to know,
Soon the battle will be done,
For if we stick together, 
No matter what the cost,
Soon the good side will have won,
And the evil side has lost," Sapphira wrote in her journal.
"Ever since I made that old prophecy into a song, if our teams had a theme song, it wuold would be this.  Joe is falling in love with me, and I must say I am doing likewise.  In 2 days we will go on the strike.  If this sounds crazy, you're right.  Quote: 'There is no such thing as an organized life'.  Sadly, Miestra Fablo is right.  Life is a crazy ordeal, there is no escape." 


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This is the day!  We'll get those thieves!"  Dentin proclaimed.  "Even if we get hurt, will we stop?"
"NO!!!"  Everyone shouted.
"In a world of good and bad,
Only one thing to be said,
One must defeat the other,
Friend to friend,
Sister to brother,
If we're smart,
The good will win.
If we all decide we want to know,
Soon the battle will be done,
For if we stick together,
No matter what the cost, 
Soon the good side will have won,
And the evil side has lost,"  sang everyone, Sapphira loudest of all.
They opened the enemy's doors... and fought.
Starlia....
"Huh-huh-huh-huh," panted Starlia, running from Electo, a man with spiky yellow hair in a ponytail and electric weapons.
Where is my sling? She thought desperately.  Everyone knew Starlia was good with marbles...
Sapphira....
"Take that!" Sapphira shouted at Statica,  Electo's wife. "And that and that and that..
                                                 
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Thank you for driving the thief Chararana away.  Here is the reward money, all $2,594,432," said some Chararana police.
"Thanks," said Dentin, awed.


And I love you,
So much I can't say...
Romantic music played on the stereo in the dining room where Sapphira and Joe were eating.  They almost kissed, but Sapphira's watch beeped it was bedtime.
"Goodnight," they said at the same time.

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Good-bye, Sapphira," whispered Joe. "I'm off to Santa Fe!"  And with that, he grabbed his savings and the reward money, and ran off into the night...

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Has anyone seen Joe?"   Sapphira sounded worried.
"Or the money?"  Complained Oriana, limping over with a stubbed toe.
"No Joe or money?" Dentin said, every syllable trembling with rage.  "He's gone and bought a ticket to Santa Fe!"
Sapphira couldn't even think about Joe for weeks.

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Knock, knock, knock.
"Who would think of knocking here?"  Oriana grumbled but opened the door nonetheless.  She gasped.  The thieves were back!!!!!!!


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Mom!  Dad!  Grandma!  Grandpa!"  Joe seemed half-hearted.
"Dear, are you sure this is what you want?"  Asked Joe's mom, reading Joe's mind, as always.
"No," said Joe.  "Someone else I love more..."

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Hi-yahh!"   Sapphira yelled, presently kicking down Statica. "You are going dow-ooon!  Woo-ooh!"
 Meanwhile, Oriana didn't seem very happy.  "Electo, you rotten- you stinking-   ooh!" She said, chasing Electo.   Electo had knocked out Siusan, 3rd in her team, and was about to start on Dentin...

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Joe raced to the old inn, to find Amycuss (Statica's sister) chasing Sapphira.
Just when Amycuss cornered Sapphira,  Amycuss fell, knife sticking out, to reveal Joe.  And he was positively furious.
"J-J-Joe?"  Sapphira stammered, breathless.
"Come on, Sapphira," he shouted.  "We've got a promise to keep!"

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So, the teams defeated the thieves.
And Joe (a.k.a Mr. Blockhead) and Sapphira got married as soon as possible.  No, literally!  As soon as they defeated the thieves,  Joe proposed marriage with a lovely sapphire ring.  And what do you think she said?
"Yes, Joe!"

The Marriage:
Therefore I pronounce you Chararana and wife," said the priest.
After awhile, almost everyone was gone.  Then, soft singing came from the back rows...
"In a world of good and bad..."  Sapphira turned her head.
"Only one thing to be said..."  Joe and Sapphira sung along.
"One must defeat the other,
Friend to friend, 
Sister to brother,
If we're smart,
The good will win!"
"Teams!"  Exclaimed a teary Sapphira...
 The End, Almost 
At the reception, Ceala created an expertly made wedding cake.
Sapphira's bouquet was geraniums, lilacs, rhododendrons, and forget-me-nots.
When Ceala caught the bouquet, she and Dentin looked at each-other meaningfully and winked...


THE END!!!!!!!!!

Baby Bunnies!

Our rabbits had babies!  With four mother rabbits, we now have 28 babies.
As soon as their eyes are open and they can leave their mothers, we will probably be selling them. So if you want a rabbit, wait a few weeks and then some, and the babies will be ready(sorry just joking, they will be ready in only 2 weeks).  We have a litter of white, and two litters of blacks with white tummies, whites and blacks.  So come and get `em-  in a few weeks. :) ;)

And since I am in a jokey mood:


POSTED BY DORATHY!  And DETSOP YB YHTAROD if I may use an unknown language. It is pronounced:
(po-sted by Doe-ruh-thee)
and
(day- tuh- soap eeb Eeh-tuh-road)

Seattle Train Trip

 We (The usual crew, w/ Uncle Porter Basset) went on a homeschool train trip to Seattle.  We woke up at 5:30 and so did the Bassets.  We had to get to Portland at 7:30, and Portland was two hours away from Dallas!  By the time we got to Seattle, it was 12:-something.  We went to the Seattle Science Museum.  They had a special exhibit, "Star Wars: Fantasy Meets Science."  It had a floating chair powered by air force and all the kids gave it a try.  Pictures again:

     Athena on the floating chair:

                                              ME!!!!!

                                                   Courtney

                                        Sanfrodian Bassetonian

                                    Christophersson Dottossenton

                                               Athena Beana Banana

                                                Dorf a Morf

            


Afterwards, we rode a Monorail and a subway and did quite a bit of walking to get back to the train.  On the train, we played Slapjack and Uno and Mille Bornes and made a new friend, Hannah.
 We were very sleepy when we got back, so we fell asleep pretty quickly.


PPOOSSTTEEDD  BBYY  DDOORRAATTHHYY!!  

"Planet Ho!"

         Christopher turned over a grow-box of Dad's and thought it would make a                great spaceship.  Mom had taken out the back seat of the van and we thought it could be a great spaceship seat.  Christopher used Julianna's old car seat and used it for the captain's seat.


Julianna wanted to participate, so we made her a janitor.  We didn't have her for long, though, because we turned on the exercising music that Daddy would jog around to and she said:
"Run! Run! Run!" and ran all around the spaceship.  Pictures:

   The starboard crew: "Captain Falcon" in the
            front, and in the back is the rest of us, saluting.

                             I ("Stacey") am the one who is smiling for the camera.
                          The light-blue-shirted one is "Cream", the chef, and the
                          other one is "Rose," mechanic.

   POSTED BY DORATHY!

An Artist In The Making

My sister Julianna is only 2 yrs. old and she is potty trained, very capable of speech, and is already saying her own prayers.  Yesterday she made a whole bunch of glue-and-glitter (and dyed noodle) collages.  She did them all by herself ( okay, I helped a little, but that isn't the point.)!

They were on colored paper.  Julianna was squirting glue on paper and squealing up a storm, saying "Squeeze, squeeze!" And looking very pleased with herself.  I only put on the noodles, because she was obviously only interested in "squeeze!"

  She was making dots and faces with the glue and was counting them, like this: "One.  One eye. Two.  Two eye." 

 I took millions ( okay, maybe I am exaggerating a teeny teeny teeny   bit.) of pictures: 






                                               "Squeeze, Ha-hee!

                                   I obviously loved this one-

                                         Couldn't get enough here either!

                            The Process-  I'm glittering it.

I am so proud of my sister!                                                                                                         POSTED BY DORATHY!!! 

Jacqueline's B-Day Party

Jacqueline had a movie star/awards party and she invited me!  She had placed a large red tissue as a walkway to her front door.  Her cousin was sitting in a chair and she asked each of us,"Can I have your autograph?" Like we were famous stars or something.

When I went in the house, I saw her cake. It was shaped like a miniature Hollywood.
We painted our hands and printed our hand prints on pieces of cardboard with stars on them.  Jacqueline's mom said it was like the place in Hollywood where movie stars place their hands into cement. Then we made pretend commercials.  Jacqueline's mom divided us into 3 groups.

My group did pretend Barbie commercials.  I got an award for the most information in my commercial.

After that, we did presents. My present was a doll Rapunzel from the movie Tangled, some nail polish and a large box of Nerds.

  Then we had cake, pizza and 7-up.  While we ate, we watched Tangled. Then I went home.  It was very fun.