Happy BIRTHDAY!

To Alex: Happy birthday! I thought this looked like you, since it had a horse. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

AWESOME

Check this website out. I found it when looking for a picture of the Badlands, in South Dakota. IT IS SO SO SO COOL! http://www.stormeffects.com/photopage_best_of_2006.htm

A bit lonesome. . .

Last week at dance class, Hannah couldn't come. She caught something at school, and ended up with a fever. Poor Hannah! I felt more sorry for her, then disapointed that I couldn't give her my book. I think it was a good thing, though, because that book needed A LOT of editing. That's what I've been doing all week. Editing. We also want to make the size of the book 5x7". That means I have to cut every piece of paper I print. It's very tedious. You know, I always thought the hard part of the book was writing it, but no. It's the editing, and printing. Dance class last week was pretty lonely, without Hannah. Believe it or not, she's about the only one I actually talk to there. I mean, I talk to the rest of the people, but she's the one I mostly talk too. Well, last week I talked to Rosy and Michael. Mostly Rosy, though. She's super nice, and she home-schooled!!! I feel happy about that because whenever anyone asks me what school I go to, I say I'm homeschooled, and so they don't have anything to talk about with me, since they no nothing about homeschooling. But Rosy is homeschooled, and we both disliked Happy Feet. Michael thought we were crazy, because that's his FAVORITE movie. But, whatever. Rosy is really the only one who listens to what I say. Ayelet and Bri are like, best friends, and they always talk with each other. When I try to get into the conversation, they seem like they don't hear me. Whatever, again. I gotta run! Lucie

Oh yeah!

You know what, I've never written a whole novel before. Never. But now I have. 'Honey hair', my first completed novel, was finished today. The main character, Margaret, has honey colored hair, like my friend Alex and I do. We have agreed it is the most superior color of hair. I'm very proud of myself, and cannot wait till tomorrow, because it's dance class. I've already printed up Honey Hair, and I'm going to loan it to my friend, Hannah, because I've emailed her the first chapters of it and want her to read the rest, though not through email. I'm so happy, I want to dance! (Thank goodness I will be dancing tomorrow!) The ever ecstatic, Lucie

Happy Birthday, Sarah!

Best wishes on this sweet sixteen day! Yeah!!!!!!!!!! Love, Lucie

Lilac festival

Today we went to the lilac festival. It was really fun! We walked through forest, fields, and paths. We went into the garden surrounded by battlemented walls that looked like a castle that was called the rock garden. We saw the reservoir and next to it was a very fat groundhog. We saw only three blooming Rhododendrons, but we are going back to Highland park in a week or two to see them budding. We got cotton candy and funnel cake, which we almost never do at festivals, so it was special. We got pretty thirsty, so I suggest that if you all ever go, bring something to drink! We took or family photo for Christmas, and saw my favorite part, the tulips. They're so pretty! I was in a big picture taking mood, so I actually took this picture of a white lilac. So it's a bona-fide lilac from the bona-fide park. I hope any of you that go have as wonderful a time as I have, Lucie

Dance class report

I know, I know, dance class stuff is for my other blog. But nobody checks that one except Annie and Ian, my siblings. They already know everything about dance class anyways, because I usually tell them as soon as I get home, so what's the point? I'm doing the dance class report on this one, for now. We all have to do solo parts in our routine. It's a really fun song, and I'm having a good time with it, except the fact that I can't do one of the spins. But whatever. Anyways, for my solo part, I'm doing the step that we named the Shirley Temple step, because it's complex and she learned it at age three. I can do this step pretty fast, and everyone likes watching me do it. I've never had a solo part before, so I feel a bit special with this one. I'm the first in the line of people to do a solo. It goes: Me, Michael, Hannah, Rosie and Jennifer, Yevan, and then Ayelet and Bri. Hannah told me afterwards that she liked my step best, because it was just the kind of complicated look she wanted for the dance. This is kinda like Hannah's dance, because like I said on my other blog, she's the king of New York in it, the song being titled, 'King of New York.' Yesterday, my Mom, Annie and I all went to the mall! It was super fun. I got a jean skirt, a super huge skirt that billows all out when you twirl, a beautiful bitter chocolate colored skirt, with a shirt to match, and a pair of jean shorts. It was a very successful trip. See y'all later, Lucie