Old Valentines day in class writing assignment

Day of Love?

The stores are filled with people.

Candies, presents, and flowers are bought.

What is the meaning of the day?

Society has turned it into a day of presents.

But what matters is the loved ones you have.

Boyfriends, girlfriends, or just friends and family.

This day is about being with them.

Love the ones who loved you.

Presents don't matter anyway.

Just being together is more than enough.

You cannot buy love, so don't even try. 

Do something from your heart.

That will show just how special they are.

Memory

The Drop

When I was eleven years old my parent’s went to the beach for the weekend and left us alone. My older brother Brenden, who was fourteen, was in charge of me Collin, who was eight, and Dillon, who was five. It was either that Saturday or Sunday when Brenden got his idea. He told us to go and get all the pillows and blankets in the house and put them in a pile on the first floor. Brenden liked being in charge, since he could boss us around, but sometimes he took things too far. After we got the pillows and blankets and piled them up Brenden went upstairs.

Our second floor was like a balcony to the first. Brenden and Dillon are the daredevils of the family, so we knew he was up to something. He climbed over the railing and jumped. I was scared when he first jumped, since he could get hurt. He landed in the pile and got real excited, saying how fun it was and we all had to try it. Dillon was the first to run up. He climbed right over and jumped letting out a little squeal. I was really nervous about jumping. I was so scared I would get hurt. I climbed over the railing then inched my way to a sitting position, since I figured I’d be closer to the ground. I took a breath, closed my eye and let go. I think I screamed a little, but I don’t remember. Once I landed it was like a rush of adrenaline surged through me.

Dillon, being his crazy self was up ready to jump again. Collin is more like me. He is timid and shy. He was really scarred to jump. Brenden got upset and started teasing him. Finally, he picked Collin up, held him over the pile, and dropped him. Collin was in tears while Brenden did this. I remember yelling at him and being very mad he made Collin cry, but I don’t recall what I said. Collin ended up liking it, and once he calmed down, he did it on his own. We had so much fun that day. We jumped off the balcony for hours. I learned that sometimes it is good to let go and live on the edge. We only have one life to live. However, you should do things in your own time, not forced by someone else. 

7 word challenge

It is time, I need a break.
Freedom calls at least to me.
No more test taking.
Only loud bees, buzzing around the trees.

I sit under the clear blue sky.
Eating an apple, so sweet and juicy.
Classes in August. Oh Why?
For Summer is the best season, you see.

My Woods Adventure

A few days ago my older sister Ashley and her boyfriend Josh took me on a walk, through Grammy's woods. I have been on walks back there before and it is really fun. I love going on walks. We did not go right on the trail because it was really muddy. Josh carried me on his shoulders as we walked through the woods. I told Ashley I wanted to go in the water, but she said no because it would be cold, even though it was warm outside. She told me it has to be warm like Florida to go in the water. As we walked, we found some pretty yellow flowers growing. We decided to pick them on our way back, so I could give them to Mommy. There were three geese in the water so I waved and said hi to them. They did not talk back this time. I was holding both Ashley and Josh's hands now while I walked, since we were now on the trail. They counted to three and swung me up in the air. I love when they do that. It is so much fun. After a couple more times, I did a backflip when they swung me. It was so cool. We got to the part were a stream passes through the trail. We climbed down the bank onto a lot of rocks. Ashley stepped onto a log and had Josh hand me to her. She set me down and held my hands. We began to walk across the log to get to the other side. I was doing really good. We were almost across when I slipped. I fell in on my side, and Ashley went in too, but she only got her legs in the water. It was so cold!. I was shivering. They quickly took off my shirt and shorts, since it was all wet. Josh took off his long sleeve shirt, since he had a short-sleeve one under it, and put it on me. They shirt help to get me all warm. Ashley carried me and rubbed my back to warm me up. She joked and said I got to go swimming like I wanted. I said no it is so cold. We continued our walk up to what we call "The Bat Cave". It is a cave back in the woods. I went inside, but fell and hurt my butt. Ashley carried me back down the big hill and we headed back to Grammy's house. We stopped and picked the flowers that we had seen earlier for Mommy. That walk was sure an adventure. I had so much fun, even though I did fall in the water. I can't wait to go on another walk.

My Broken Bone

About two years ago I broke my collarbone. I was sleeping up in the big bed at my grandparent' house one night. All of a sudden near my shoulder hurt real bad. I had fallen off of the bed while I was sleeping. I had to be taken to the hospital. Mommy held me the whole way there, while Gramps drove. Grammy came also came with us. I hurt really bad. I cried a lot, and I am a tough guy. We had to waiting in a room for a while before the lady called us back, for the doctor. They took something that is called an x-ray of my bones. The lady told me to smile cause they were taking my picture. So I smiled. She thought it was funny. I don't know why though, since she told me to smile. The doctor came in and told us that my collarbone was broken. I got a brace put on my shoulders. It was suppose to hold them still. I guess that is so the bone could get better. He told my mom and me I couldn't do a lot of running and jumping while it was broken. I didn't like that, since I love to run around and wrestle with my brothers. I came home and went to sleep. In the morning all my brothers and sister came to see if I was alright. They gave me lots of attention, since I was hurt. I liked that they played with me and watched my movies with me more. I had a lot of trouble sleeping. I had to sleep on my back. Whenever I rolled on my right side, I woke up and cried because it hurt. I didn't get much sleep for a while, since it hurt me. I will definitely will be more carefully next time, since breaking your collarbone is not fun at all. Now when I sleep in a big bed, they put pillows on the edge of the bed.

Fun holidays

You want to know what one of the coolest holidays is? Well do ya? Well it is Halloween. You get to dress up in costumes and get CANDY! How cool is that. You can be whatever you want too. This past Halloween was my first time trick-or-treating. I walked up to people's houses and said, "Trick or treat" and then they gave me candy. I love candy. It make my tummy say Mmm. I dressed up like a pirate. I even got to hold a sword. It was really fun. All my family dressed up with me to take me trick or treating. Mommy and Daddy were pirates like me. Collin and his girlfriend Kasee were Pebbles and Bam-Bam. Ashley, Dillon, and her boyfriend Josh were Daphne, Fred, and Shaggy from scooby-doo. They wanted me to be Scooby, but I wanted to be a pirate instead. It was fun that everyone dressed up with me. I got a whole bag full of candy. I got to eat some that night, but my mom took the rest of it for later. Next year I think I will be Peter pan.

The other holiday that is probably the best holiday ever is Christmas. I get to open lots and lots of presents. I go and get a picture with Santa and tell him what I want for Christmas and he brings it to me while I m sleeping. I am a good boy, so I do not get coal. I also sing Happy Birthday to Jesus because Christmas is the day Jesus was born. I got a lot of cool things for Christmas. I got a new pirate ship and knight castle. They were my favorite gifts. We got a huge christmas tree. I got to help decorate it. It was really fun and the tree looked so nice. I love Christmas!

My Buddy

One of my buddies is my cousin Thomas. He is seven years old. I'm three years younger, but we still get along great. We are both crazy and like to run around and have lots of fun. He was brown eyes and blonde hair just like me. He has a big brother too. His name is Noah. I like him too, but I get along better with Thomas. When we hangout, I never want him to leave. It doesn't matter whose house we are at, we always find stuff to do. I like watching Scooby Doo with him, when mommy wants us to settle down. when it is warm outside we will play golf with Gramps' golf clubs, go swimming in the pool, and jump on the trampoline too. Sometimes we pretend sticks are swords and we have sword fights with them. I win sometimes, but we always do many rounds. Thomas will play knights with me in my knight castle. It's really cool and big, so it's very fun. We play sports together too. When we were at Florida together we played mini golf alot and we played shuffleboard too. We both like soccer and basketball, but he likes lacrosse and I like baseball. We are different in some ways. Like he has curly hair and mine is straight. Thomas can always make me laugh. He is really funny. He tells me jokes and sometimes just says funny things. Sometimes we get into trouble or cause trouble, but its so fun. Thomas is my best guy friend. Daisy is my best girl friend. I will talk more about her later though. His favorite color is green. Red is my color. My favorite thing to do with Thomas is wrestle. It is so much fun. Sometimes one of us gets hurt, but then we are fine because we are tough. I like it even more when Dillon comes too because then me and Thomas are on a team and tackle him. Thomas is my favorite cousin. You would like him too. I love him. He is my bestest buddy.