Home Life

Jerry and I are making a time capsule to bury in his yard. It's a picture of the American flag that fits in a film canister.

Then we went swimming at the D'Amicos. We left when it started to thunderstorm. Jerry would cover his ears with spoons whenever there was thunder. I tried to go back to his yard later and work on the time capsule more without him, but he caught me.

Then we made plans to go camping together when we get older. We used a camping catalog to pick out everything we would need. I have a feeling it's never going to happen though.

By then, it was time to wait for my dad to get off the van. While we were waiting, a bird pooped on my head. It felt rather traumatic at the moment, but I'm fine now.

Penalty

We played Will's team today at soccer. Will lives next door. I stopped him on a penalty shot sliding on my knees, but he got the rebound and scored. I never thought about worrying about the rebounds before, but that's something a goalie ought to do if he can.

I left early when I got some lime in my eye. The doctor gave us some orange drops to put in my eye and make it all better, but it seems like it just makes everything orange. That's good for someone who plays on the Orange Crush team. I hope there are cut oranges next week for snack, so we can put them in our mouth and look like we have big orange teeth.

Soccer Goalie

I learned how to use my left foot this year. I fooled Coach Tim in practice when he was playing goalie and shaded me too far to the left. I don't know if that's why, but I get to play goalie now and use my hands.

Belated First Reconciliation

I had a sore throat and missed the first Reconciliation with the rest of my class on Friday, but Fr. Jim Orr made it up with me today.

Echoes of Second Grade

I have Mrs. Quinn for second grade. I got in trouble in the bathroom today. Somebody slammed the toilet seat and it made a really neat echo, so I tried to make sounds that would make a really neat echo too. It wasn't until I came out that I learned it was echoing in the hall too. The short sister in first grade was waiting outside and asked me who was making all that noise. My face must have given me away, but it also gave away that I didn't know you could hear it in the hall, so I guess I really didn't get in trouble, but getting caught was punishment enough for me.

Soccer Defenseman

I like playing soccer. I play defense. My job is to kick the ball as far away from our goal as possible, so the other team can't score. Audra, David, and Billy came to watch me today. They cheered loudly every time I kicked the ball. I still have no idea what the red and yellow cards mean though.

Fire Department Coloring Contest

I won the Berkeley Hills Fire Company Coloring Contest. It came with a nice plaque.