brookworm

I Have No Idea!

2010-08-10T14:24:00.000-07:00

Ok well I have no idea what I want to write about! I know I wanted to write again since I haven't for a while. But I don't know what to write about. Well I guess that I could write about our zip line!
Ok so a few days ago my friend and I were bored so we decided to look in this book my dad got one time. It is called Handy Dad! There are so many creative things in the book so we found the zip line. We have tried to make zip lines before but this one was going to be different. We were going to find as many things from the book as we had! So we were going to make it with rope, we also had some handle bars from a bike that we wanted to include. So in the book there was a hook for something but my friend didn't care what for she just said "I have that in my garage!" So we rushed over to get it. It was holding up a shelf (that had nothing on it) so her dad took down the middle one and we brought it back to our house. Then it hit me, at camp we use a harness! So we decided that we would use rope as a harness. Then I decided we could rap the thing that my friend got around the handle bars we used a carabiner to hook the different sides together. When we got it all ready my friend went over where the zip line started and had me bring her the handle bars. When she got the handle bars she hooked the carabiner to the rope harness and jumped off the ladder! After that we did lots of different things with the zip line and now it is the best it has been!
Thank you for reading my post!
~Brooklyn Joelle

Today

2010-07-15T21:13:00.000-07:00

Today my mom and I went to Santa Cruz to get her dreads fixed. When we finally got to the area we needed to be at, we had about a half hour before we had to go to the hair salon. So we parked the car in a parking lot and went to see what we could do. When we got out of the car we found a small playground that had two cool teeter totters, a big merry go round, and two spin things. We also found a skate park.

While we were over there we decided to walk along some rail road tracks! It was fun and we saw these nice apartment buildings. While we walked along the railroad tracks we decided to walk along the beach while we waited. My mom said we should get off the tracks and walk on the path, I thought it was fun so I said I would stay on for a while. Right when I said that, we heard the train coming! I jumped off as fast as I could and we walked on the path the rest of the way.

Once we got to the beach we started walking to the waves, but my mom wanted to take pictures of our feet together! It was fun, but I wanted to go down and get my feet wet. My mom was standing there putting the picture online! I was very impatient so I ran back pleading her to come by the waves. As we walked my mom checked the time and it was time to go! I was exited that we were gonna look at her dreads but I wanted to go by the waves.

We headed over to the hair salon. I sat down with my mom's purse while the lady checked my mom's dreads! After a while all the lady was saying was that my mom should take out her dreads out and come back to have her redo them. I thought that it would be cool to watch so I am going to come with her in a few weeks!

After the appointment we decided to spend the rest of the time (we thought we would be in the hair salon more than 15 minutes!) having fun. So my mom brought me to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk! We bought 5 tickets thinking we would go on the Giant Dipper! We were going to think of my Grandpa John and how he would laugh ad laugh when he went on it! We headed over but while we walking I got a little nervous (nervous and scared are two different things NERVOUS is only a little bit but SCARED is massive.) I decided I wanted to look at the other rides first. So we walked around and found the hang gliders! I wanted to face my fear and go on the Giant Dipper but I was so NERVOUS I didn't want to at the same time. I finally said we should try the Dipper. We walked over, gave the lady our tickets and went in. While we were in line I got nervous again and wanted to leave. I felt so bad that I was too chicken but I really couldn't do it. We walked out and asked for our tickets back the lady told us we had to wait for someone else who was giving tickets. Someone finally went in and we got our tickets. We headed over to the hang gliders. They were really fun and my mom was so SCARED when we went the highest it went, she made me laugh!

When we got done with the ride we headed to Riva on the wharf. We walked along the beach to get there! It was fun we walked where the water would come in and get our feet. Once we got to the wharf we wanted to walk underneath until we got to the stairs. While we were under there we saw a lady reading. I think that would be a nice peaceful place to read. Until we kept walking and saw that people lived under there. It was kinda scary to me so we ran to the stairs. When we got to Riva we both sat down and ordered the side of pasta. My mom got the tomato sauce and I got the cream sauce! We also got fried zucchini sticks. After, we got ice cream (or what ever it is called.) We wanted to walk down and see the sea lions. But we didn't have time because we had to get my dad's lap top before we got my siblings.

We decided we had a little time after we ate so we went to Book Store Santa Cruz! It was very hot inside and it made both my mom and I feel sick. But we did both find fun books that will keep us busy for a while! She got a book called "One-Yard Wonders" by Rebecca Yaker and Patricia Hoskins. I got a book called "How to be an Explorer of the World" by Keri Smith. We both love our books. We wanted to get out of that store and get on the road.

On our way to the parking garage my mom saw a store that had two sides, one side it had socks!! On the other side there wa shoes! We went to look at the shoes and found these cool but weird shoes. They had toes! It was crazy but I thought they might be comfy! So we asked a lady that worked there if she could get my mom and I some to try on. When she brought them out we sat down and tried them on. They were very difficult to put on because of the toe holes. I got one side on and gave up. My mom put them both on, they were cute! While we were looking around more, I found TOMS!!!!! I was so exited I wanted to get them so bad. I tried persuading my mom to get them. But she said no.

On our way to our car I realized my birthday is only in two months!! I had to call my dad, he would be the one to know if i could get them! When I called my dad he said I might get them! I was so exited. While we were driving to Emeryville to get my dad's lap top fixed I was looking at my new book. After a while I fell asleep. When I woke up we were there!. We walked into the store and it was crazy. My mom had to go to the back to wait for the lap top. While I waited I went on an ipad. After That got boring I went on the computer and made this really cool website outline!

Well that was my amazing day in Santa Cruz!
AT
Brooklyn Joelle

My Imagination

2010-07-14T10:34:00.000-07:00

Ok so for school I have to read a book over the summer, I was not exited I have to read "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor. So I found a way to make it easier! If you want to you can use this too! What I did was I took my favorite book ("The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart) and found a character who didn't have a big role (in this case it was a big clumsy man named SQ Pedallion) and thought of the story teller as him. Since the narrater was an eleven year old boy I made it SQ's childhood! It is making it a lot easier to read and it seems lie it would actually work with the other book. Well only if you have a good enough imagination! Well if you ever want to try doing that be my guest. Just make sure that you tell me how the book was! Well have a Great day!
Brooklyn Joelle

Our Gifts

2010-06-19T08:28:00.000-07:00

So when my parents got back they brought us gifts. It was great just for them to be home but this was great too. When we all got home we had to get our pajamas on and brush our teeth, when we were done we all went to my room and got our gifts. Mercy got some socks and she loved them! Zeke got a Runs House shirt, and I got an amazing, perfect, extravagent journal that I will write in! It has great things that it tells you to do and then you do them. They are supposed to be for a whole week but I am going to stretch that out so I do one once a day! Well that is what happened!
AT
~Brooklyn Joelle

My day

2010-06-16T06:25:00.000-07:00

So today my dad surprised my mom with a trip to somewhere. (Portland!!!!!) And we are left alone for three days...just kidding we are going to our neighbor/friends house today. Then tomorrow we will be picked and we will go to our friends house! The next day is the day my parents return and the destination they will be picking us up at is another friends house! We are sooooo excited that the are going somewhere like this! The best part is when my parents get back my mom will have dreads!! The second best part is where they are staying! It is in an old school that was turned into a hotel! I hope you liked this little morning bite off my day!
AT
Brooklyn

My day

2010-06-15T14:43:00.000-07:00

So today we went to the skate park. But my ears started hurting from the wind so I hung out in the car. After we got home me and my mom started doing our "Tell Your Story" Journals! It was fun till my head started hurting. Well that is all that has happened. Oh yah I almost forgot I have some great ideas that I got from friends (thanks!) Well That is pretty much it, I will post more tomorrow.
AT
Brooklyn Joelle

Ideas

2010-06-14T16:18:00.000-07:00

So I am going to do this farmers market with my mom and we are creating things to sell. I need ideas so please leave ideas. Well I am also going to try to write everyday. Well I will write soon with pics of my crafts.
AT (Always thinking)
Brooklyn Joelle

Fun Week!

2010-05-31T11:19:00.000-07:00

So this week was a great week!! It is memorial weekend and we started it off with the pool!! I don't know aout you but I love the pool! Then Sunday we went on a church picnic for memorial day at the Big Slide Park!! It was great! Now today we are going to the beach to have some fun!!! I am so exited! Well thats all.
~Brooklyn Joelle

MY Other Play

2010-05-28T07:47:00.000-07:00

Well my cousins can't come. I am so sad but I know they love me. My Auntie Shell and my cousin Josh are coming tonight, and my dad will video it for the girls. Oh Well I will be sad.

MY Other Play

2010-05-28T07:13:00.000-07:00

Today is my school play. I am not as exited as I was for my play with SYT but it is still ok. This morning we are going to be doing it for the fifth grade, and my cousins! Tonight we are doing it for our parents and friends! This morning sounds like more fun because my cousins will be there. BUt then again my other friends are coming tonight. Well thanks for reading!
~Brooklyn Joelle

Our Play

2010-05-14T07:08:00.000-07:00

Today is our play!!! I am so exited because me and some others from our cast went to see the adult cast!!! It made us exited to know that ours is only a little different from theirs (and theirs is amazing!) Well I am off to perform!

Write you later!

Brooklyn Joelle<3

My Randomness

2010-05-04T15:11:00.000-07:00

May the fourth be with you!!! Happy May fourth!! Have a great day!

Cutest Hairband

2010-04-17T10:38:00.000-07:00

Today my mom made me a really cute hairband!! She made one for Mercy too. Here are pics of them!

Our Day

2010-04-11T11:44:00.000-07:00

For Easter we got Marine World passes! It was really fun, I mostly went on the little kid rides with Mercy and Judah. Zeke got to try Hammer Head. My favorite part was when my dad, Zeke, and I went on Tony Hawk's Big Spin! Zeke told us that if you lean really hard to the right you spin a lot!!! It was awesome. After a while we got funnel cake! It was really fun. Once we left we went to get Rubios, after Rubios my mom and I went to see The Last Song. Before the movie started we went to Michaels and I bought paper to write to my friend Esther. We also bought a knitting book and something that my mom is going to use to make me something, but I don't know what! After we left Michaels we went to the movie theatre, we got popcorn, a big soda, and candy. The movie is really good and I recomend it for anyone!! Well that was my day yesterday!!!!!!!!

~Brooklyn Joelle

Happy Easter

2010-04-04T14:10:00.000-07:00

HAPPY EASTER!!!

Painting Day!

2010-04-03T12:13:00.000-07:00

Today is going to be an amazing day. "Why?",you ask, well because we get to paint today!!! It will be absolutely amazing, wow I didn't think I would spell absolutely right but I guess I did! Well that was besides the point. So today the projects we are getting done are:

*The Fruit of the Spirit paintings

and

*Our Grandma's paintings

Well I got to take a lunch break before I start painting!

See ya!

~Brooklyn Joelle