Adventures of the Cardinal and Kiwi.

Have a great Summer Break

2008-06-14T02:28:00.000-07:00

We hope you all have a wonderful, fun and safe summer holiday. We look forward to hearing from you again after your break.

Room 9 and Happy Feet

Summer Vacation

2008-06-05T17:50:00.001-07:00

It's good-bye for now! Our last day of school is tomorrow. Then we're off on summer vacation. Many of us are moving up to another class as fifth graders, but the rest of us will be in Mrs. Handy's class again next year as fourth graders. Talk to you then!

Room 8

Time with Abbey

2008-06-05T17:47:00.000-07:00

On Thursday, I went home with Abbey. She and her brother were going to sleep outside in a tent on Saturday, but it did not work out. Abbey got scared because she heard weird noises coming from the basement. We watched the lightning and thunder that night and counted right after the lightning until the thunder started. Then we knew how far it was from us. One time, it was seven miles away. I got scared!

Love,
KIWI

Laura and Me

2008-06-05T17:27:00.000-07:00

May 19, 2008

The fresh, mountain air. The cool breeze hitting my cheek as I swung back and forth. I went home today with Laura. She has soft and gentle blue eyes. She also has freckles that run across her face. She has two brothers. Allan is twenty years old, and is twice Laura's age. The other one is named Josh. He is twenty-five years old, and the oldest. He is a quarter of a century old! Laura's mom is very short and is a health assistant at a school. Her dad has two of the dirtiest jobs in the world! He and Josh are volunteer fire fighters. And Laura's brothers help her dad in logging. Laura has a sister that is in college, studying to be a nurse. She has a lot of homework. I've been thinking that the more homework the better! I've heard that she is kind of bossy. She is twenty-three years old.

May 21, 2008

After school, Laura took me to a softball game. Her team won, 8 to 1! After that we all went home and Laura did her homework. Then she told me that tomorrow another kid would have me. I started to cry. Then Laura wiped away my tears and said that it would be all right. To cheer me up, we grabbed some hot chocolate and watched tv. I think I'll miss Laura the most!

Megan and I

2008-05-19T14:31:00.000-07:00

May 15

First, Megan and I went home from school. Then we played outside on the play structure. Then we made popsicle with just pop and put them in the refrigerator. After dinner, we had to go to bed.

May 16

Megan woke me up and then we cooked. Then we helped her dad paint. For the rest of the weekend we had to paint. It was fun. We got a little tanned when it was so beautiful outside. It was the best weekend!

May 19

When we woke up and got dressed Megan said it was time to go to school. Then I went back to Mrs. Handy.

Love,
KIWI

Track, Dogs, and Fun

2008-05-15T08:51:00.000-07:00

May 12

When Alyssa walked out ot the school building, she, Leila, Sascha, Ella, and Kali (Alyssa's twin) got on the bus because Leila's mom was going to take them to track practice. Leila, Sascha, and Alyssa all sat with me in one seat (smoosh)! When we got to Leila's house, we jumped on the trampoline and changed. Then, we were ready to go. Oh yea! I almost forgot! I met Cholee and Foster, Leila's dogs. Almost everybody at track did six 200s (halfway around the track) and three perimeters! That's a lot of running! When track was over, we went home and had dinner. When Alyssa went into the shower, she gave me to Myah, her little sister. Now, she's my official babysitter and my best buddy!

May 13

I woke at 6:15 in Myah's arms. Oohh! Mr. Rogers Neighborhood was on. My favorite show! I think that I'm going to have fun today! While Alyssa was at school, Myah and I read books and drew, and I took long naps. I also played super heroes! When Alyssa got home, I was taking a nap and dreaming of cheese and crackers. When I got up I got a snack. Not cheese and crackers, but just as good.

May 14

Today was a great day! A very great sunny day! I was having fun with Myah, Alyssa, Kali, and Brutus (Alyssa's dog). I've met a lot of dogs this week!

Love,
KIWI

Happy Feet visits Lara's House

2008-05-14T19:24:00.000-07:00

Lara's house was awesome. She had lots of rooms for me to stay in, she even made me a big round bed, with pillows in it. I got to jump around her bedroom because it was so big a dozen people could fit into it.
She also took me to the hydroslide. It was really fun. After that we went to the beach. I was the first one in the water, it was really, really warm. When we got home we had a BBQ. I had a beer, and it was yummy. Then we went to bed.

Happy Feet

Basketball with Ray

2008-05-12T14:42:00.000-07:00

Today, Ray andI watched the basketball game between the Lakers and the Utah Jazz. Utah won the game. Then we played basketball. Ray's grandma spent the night, and it was fun. Then we saw Ray's mom. That was fun too. We sang and danced and played video games. After dinner, we went to bed.

Love,
KIWI

Time with Taylor

2008-05-08T13:18:00.000-07:00

On Monday, we went to Crown Point and met with Taylor's cousin. There was an elevator that went down under the ground. It looked like we were sinking. Then we went home and watched tv. The next day, we just played the computer.

Love,
KIWI

Fun with Kelly

2008-05-05T13:47:00.000-07:00

May 1

Mrs. Handy gave me to Kelly. Kelly said hi to some people before we got on the bus. Angelina was her neighbor. They played Concentration. When we got off the bus, we went to her mom's house and met sixteen stuffed animals. Kelly took off my shirt, because I was getting hot. She read some of her journal to me. Then we watched tv. When I got cold, she put my shirt back on. We were hungry, so her mom made a quesadilla. Kelly has lots of neat rocks and she gave me one. Then we watched some more tv.

May 2

We watched a movie called Homeward Bound. Then we ate a fudge bar. The movie was sad and happy. Kelly and I went with her mom to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Then we went to her dad's work. There are nice people there. Then we went to McDonald's.

May 3

When we woke up, Kelly felt sick. She got better after a few hours. All we did all day was eat, sleep, and watch DVDs.

May 4

When we got up, Kelly's brother and sister were there. We went to the movies and then we had a picnic under a big red tree.

Love,
KIWI

Baseball and Robbie

2008-04-28T14:49:00.000-07:00

April 24

I came home with Robbie. When we got to his house, he got ready for his baseball game. When we got there, they played and Robbie's team won, 6-4. Then we went home and ate dinner. Robbie's dog almost bit me, but Robbie saved me! Then we went to bed.

April 25

The next day, Robbie woke me up. We ate breakfast and then Robbie cleaned the house with his sister Lindsay. It was not fun. But when he got done, we went to watch Robbie's brother, Steven, play baseball. They played a double header. The first game, they lost 6-2. The second game they won 8-0. Then we went to Robbie's sister's softball game. They won 10-2.

April 26

The next day, I woke up and had breakfast. Then we mowed the lawn. He let me ride with him. Then we went to Robbie's baseball game. Robbie hit a home run! The we went to his sister's game. They lost 10-8.

Leila

2008-04-24T13:45:00.001-07:00

April 21

Today, Leila had track practice. She had to take Kali, Alyssa, Sascha, and Ella to practice. We first had to stop at home. Leila has a puppy named Chloe. After we got changed, we had to go to track. Then we came home and slept.

April 22

Leila had track again today. But his time, we rode in Ella's car and she had to bring her dog in the car. Luckily I didn't get bitten.

April 23
Today, Leila came home from school. An hour later, we went to her sister's play practice for A Midsummer's Night Dream. After that, we came home, read a book, and went to bed.

Love,
KIWI

Nathan's Cat

2008-04-24T13:43:00.000-07:00

When Nathan took me home on Thursday, we didn't do much. On the second day, Nathan's parents threw a party. They had lots of food and also lots of nice people. Nathan went to his friend's house while his parents had the party. I played with Nathan's cat most of the time.

Love,
KIWI

Play Practice

2008-04-17T13:55:00.000-07:00

April 13

Today, Clare took me home. We were in a rush. After dinner, we had to hop in the car and go to play practice. It was so fun! When no one was looking, I danced and sang.

April 14

When I woke up, I saw Cowie the Cow staring at me. Then I jumped up and did a little boogie. Then I gave her a big smooch on the cheek.

April 15

After school, we had to go to play practice. Then I got to see Clare's program. It was really good. Then play practice.

April 16

After school, I think you know what - play practice! Friday is opening night. I hope that I can see it. The play is A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Rock Musical. It has Beatles' music in it.

Love,
KIWI

Lillian and Kiwi

2008-04-14T14:24:00.000-07:00

April 10, 2008

Lillian took me home Thursday and also her friend Jenna. We played at the park for about two hours. Then when we got home and Jenna went home, we watched tv and played video games. Then we went to bed.

April 11, 2008

Lillian woke me up and ate breakfast, but her sister Violet came screaming downstairs. The washing machine had water squirting out of it. Lillian's dad cleaned up the puddle. Lillian took a shower and got ready to go. We're spending the night at her grandma's house. First we went to her dance lesson.

April 12, 2008

Lillian sat in bed and did homework.

April 13, 1008

It's Lillian's dad's birthday. We had cake and played Bingo. Then we went back to her mom's house. I like Lillian's house, and I hope whoever I go with next is fun and adventurous too!

Love,
KIWI

Fun with MacKenna

2008-04-14T13:46:00.000-07:00

April 7, 2008

We got home from school and MacKenna did her piano. I sat and watched her do it. She was very good. Emily has been stealing me away, but MacKenna always gets me back every time. MacKenna says we will go to Awanas. I am very excited!

Later-

Emily sent me a kiss and went to bed. MacKenna said that we don't have to go to bed until 9:00. We are watching Wheel of Fortune. I have had a relaxing day - first on Mrs. Handy's desk staring at Clare and thinking about Cowie and the beautiful children we will have. When I found out that I was going to MacKenna's I was excited for two reasons. One - an adventure, and two - a new friend.

April 8, 2008

We have been having so much fun. Last night, I crept out of bed and I opened the toy box. I found my very own shoes. I wore them and stomped around the house. By the way, they have a huge house. Anyway, it was 6:40 when I got back to MacKenna's room. She was gone and I could not find her. I started to think about how people rot and die, but then I heard the water go on in the bathroom. I ran in there and found her turning on the water. She saw my shoes. I thought she'd let me keep them on. Then she looked at me and said, "Where did you get those?" She wanted me to take them off, but then said that I could wear them until I left.

April 9, 2008

Today we saw MacKenna's cat. It is so cute! Last night I snuck out of MacKenna's room and found gloves. They were too big. I went to watch a movie and I picked Peter Pan. I got Pixie Dust and I went on top of the piano and flew through the air. I was just getting back to the room when all of the Pixie Dust went away and I fell on my right foot.

Love,
KIWI

Dana and Kiwi

2008-04-14T13:42:00.000-07:00

April 4, 2008

Today, Dana took me to her play practice. I watched Dana play with her friends, Clare and Sascha. Then, when it was one of their turns to go on stage, I saw them rush up and do their thing. Dana told me that the play was Mid Summer Night's Dream. It sounded very interesting.

April 5, 2008

When Dana took me to play practice, I asked Clare how Cowie the Cow was. Clare said that she was great! I talked to Clare a lot and before I knew it, it was time to go!

April 6, 2008

Dana told me that she would go skiing today! But then she told me that I would not be able to come. I asked her why and she explained to me that it would be too cold for me at Mt. Hood. I wouldn't be alone though; I would stay with Dana's mom.

Love,
KIWI

Happy feet at Julias house

2008-04-07T18:47:00.000-07:00

Happy Feet is so cool!

On Thursday I went to Julia house and I went straight to her room to see all her other friends like me. She has the coolest room I've ever seen. She has the best friends and she has the bounciest bed ever. She took ten photos of me. I loved playing with her friends toy horse and drinking and playing.
LOVE HAPPY FEET

Happy Feet at Greer's House

2008-04-03T15:34:00.000-07:00

For Monday and Tuesday I was at Greer's house. The first thing we did when we got to Greer's house we played on her trampoline then on the computer. Greer asked me if I wanted a bed to sleep on for in the night I said, "yes please". So she got her first blanket that she ever got she got another blanket then a basket and she put them all together and then TA-DA there was my bed. I had a little cuddle with her cats (Gracie and Katie.) The first night that I was with Greer I got a little scared so I slept with Greer for the first night. On Tuesday I played at home with Greer's toys while Greer was at school. But on Tuesday night I got to see a really cool Tae-kwon-do class that Greer and her sister Lauren do. On Wednesday I had to go back to her school. I had a really cool time at Greer's house and we did lots of really cool things together.

Love Happy Feet

Life with Rowan

2008-04-03T08:35:00.000-07:00

I was so excited to go home with Rowan. I met for the first time my cousin Fred the moose. He showed me around. I have never seen so many stuffed animals in my life. Fred told me about Lion, without any courage, and Kira, the monkey, who wanted to get engaged. I said that I was already engaged, so don't get any ideas! I also saw huge animals. Rowan said that they were llamas.

When Rowan went to school, she left me home because I was tired. Later, Rowan took me with her to piano lesson. Then we went to the practice for Midsummer's Night Dream. We didn't get back until 9:00.

On Wednesday, Rowan let her mom take care of me. After school, we had three birthdays in Rowan's family. There was Rowan's mom, grandma, and Rowan! Rowan got a family present. Her name is Buttons. She is 60 years old; almost an antique! She is made of cotton, and was an advertisement to make people want to buy cotton sheets for beds. When Rowan's mom was a girl, she drew chicken pox on her.

Bye for now,
KIWI

Disc golf, Art and Peacocks

2008-03-31T23:26:00.000-07:00

I spent spring break with Cedar and his family. On Monday, I got to go and play disc golf, which is a real fun game. I tried to throw a disc, but my little wings couldn't hold the disc and also it was sort of heavy. Anyway, why it was fun is a whole different story. I got to watch. They would try to get it in to a basket-like thing that's on a pole. Above the basket was a circular thing with chains hanging from it. Anyway, they tried to get it in the basket in six or less throws. About midway through, they took a break and went on a hike with me, but it wasn't a big part of the day.

On Sunday, I went with Cedar and his family to the Maryhill Museum. They had some neat art and lots of peacocks. I thought I was a weird bird, but not anymore! The peacocks are beautiful, but weird at the same time. In the back, they have really long colorful feathers. Well, the males do. The females are pretty much like me, except without the long beak. Anyway, back to the art. They had sculptures, really fancy puppets, and my favorite - the paintings. They had mountain pictures to farm pictures and everywhere in between.

Love,
KIWI

Happy feet at Eilish's house

2008-03-30T12:56:00.000-07:00

On the weekend I went to Eilish's house .
I met her bunnies who are called Jimmy and Frosty. Frosty is the small one who is the size of me, Jimmy is the big one. When we were there I went and played with the birds Eilish took me on the flying fox and in the tree hut. Then Eilish took me up in the tree to look for birds nests. Her sister Caitlin found the first one and I got to sit in it.

Love Happy feet

Songs with Seth

2008-03-28T16:49:00.000-07:00

Seth took me home on the bus. His friend Davey sat with us. Davey let us listen to his ipod. There were all sorts of songs, like Lean on Me from Radio Disney. At Seth's stop, he took me down the steps and we went up his driveway. The next morning, Seth's brother woke me up. We went to the kitchen and Seth gave me some water. He changed into his school clothes and then fed me some cereal. That was good. Very good!

Love,
KIWI

Weekend with Ben

2008-03-17T13:35:00.000-07:00

Today, I went home with Ben. He had to finish his math lesson. Then guess what happened? We spent the night at his friend's house. His name was Dylan. We played a game called Skate on his Playstation 3. The next day Ben's brother, Josh, brought a speed board to Ben's house. Ben took me for a ride on it. We were going so fast down the hilll, it felt like we were flying. But the bad thing was that Ben was not wearing a helmet!

Love,
KIWI

Happy feet visits Kate's place

2008-03-17T12:52:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday Kate and I went to the Aquatic center.Katy,Kate and I had a photo before Kate's swimming lesson.Katy is Kate's swimming instructor.The pool was really warm.I was playing with Georgia Kate's friend the rest of the time. She was swimming lots of lengths.When Kate had finished her lesson we had a bomb competition with Andrew, Matthew's friend and he's in Kate's swimming group.Andrew won, Georgia came second,Kate came third and I came last.The shower was boiling hot.

By Kate

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LEGO Monster

2008-03-13T13:50:00.000-07:00

March 10

Today was crazy, because thie LEGO monster was chasing me after school. I had to climb up a post to get away! Oh, did I ever have such a workout! Tim told me it was just a programmable robot. It was about up to my waist when I'm standing up. Before I knew it, it was time to go home with Tim.

Love,
KIWI

Surprise with Sascha

2008-03-10T14:48:00.000-07:00

March 6

Today, Sascha took me home. I was very excited. She told me lots of things that I could look forward to, but the two things that I couldn't wait to see were gymnastics and theater practice! The reason that I couldn't wait for theater was everyone helped everyone with all their problems. It was all just like a big family!

March 7

Sascha told me that today we were going to her cousin Clare's house. I was very excited! When we got there, we started playing, but after awhile we went into Clare's room. We watched a few movies and before we knew it, it was time for bed.

March 8

The next morning, I met the love of my life, Cowie the Cow, Clare's most favorite stuffed animal! Before I knew it, I was spending all hours with her, and the next day we were to get married!

March 9

The day started with a rush. Today was going to be one of the most important days of my life. I was getting married to Cowie the Cow! Cowie looked so beautiful in that magnificent satin white wedding dress. But then the news came! I had to leave my Cowie and to go to someone else!

The good news is that I couldn't wait to go on many other adventures with many other children. The other good news is that when I go home with Clare, I will still be able to see Cowie!

Love,
KIWI

Happy Feet goes to Camerons

2008-03-09T16:11:00.000-07:00

On Friday
I went to Cameron's house for three sleep overs and it was really fun.I was really scared of Cameron's puppy when I first saw her.Cameron's brother and parents asked him where he got me and he said, "The class shares him around". At night we were watching The Simpsons, Joey and The Nanny and I like Niles on The Nanny. He's the butler and on The Simpsons I liked Homer and Bart, Homer's a doof. On Joey, three people wanted him on three diffent stages on the same night at the same time and Joey said, "I don't even know the cowboy dance!"Joey did the cowboy dance and Joey's sister said, "Please do that one." At eight o'clock me and Cameron went to bed.The next day we woke up and we had some toast. Oh yeah I almost forgot, Cameron's cat Karen is scared of me and Peanut is scared of him! We played on the play station and I bet him on crash bash. For lunch we had mashed patato top minced pie and it was deeeeeeeeelicious. We took Molly for a walk at Snowdens Bush with Kurtis and Cameron's Mum and Dad. At Snowdens Bush Cameron ran with me in his hands and Molly chased Cameron down the path and everyone had to keep up so they ran as fast as they could after long walk Cameron's Dad let Molly off the lead so she could have a run around. When we got to Cameron's house we had dinner. After dinner we had icecream and I said, "pinch me because I must be dreaming!" Well I'm not dreaming. After the ice cream we went to bed. When Cameron woke up he couldn't find me. After 5 seconds he found me then we got out of bed and had breakfast we had weetbix. Then we went to school by walking. We stopped at Clayton's house to pick up Clayton, Shanee, Holly and Olivia. Molly came with us too. We got to school and Cameron put me on the top of the whiteboard and its time to say goodbye and I yelled "BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO!" At the end of school Cameron threw me to Kate so she can take me to her house and Cameron said, "because she has been caring all day." The end. Oh wait, I almost forgot. We watched Mr Bean and it was fuuuuuuuuunny. The end.

Introducing Happy Feet

2008-03-06T14:46:00.000-08:00

As you know cardinal is still recovering from his eye operation so I am here in room 9.They have got 33 children in their class.They don't have their own desks so they can sit at the little table,a desk or they can sit at the floor with a pressing board.I have made about 5 friends.When the teacher is not looking I pop outside and play with the birds.I like running around the back field.

By Happy Feet

This Week with Morgan

2008-03-06T13:15:00.000-08:00

March 3

As I watched the cars pass by, I felt comfortable on Morgan's lap. When we got to her house, Morgan showed me to her little sister, Natalie. I liked her right away. She scooped me up into her little arms and started dancing around singing, "He is so cute!"

March 4

I slept most of the day today, but I woke up when Morgan got home from school. We went outside and Morgan pushed me on her tire swing. You could see the mountains so clearly that night. Morgan took me part way up in the field to look at them. We picked violets that smelled glorious. Then, Morgan's mom called us in for dinner and I went to sleep.

March 5

Today I slept with Natalie's dolls. When Morgan came home from school, we went outside and played basketball. Then we jumped on the little trampoline until Morgan's mom said it was time for dinner.

March 6

Morgan told me it was time to leave today. I was sad, but also happy to meet someone else.

Love,
KIWI

Time with Brittany

2008-03-03T14:51:00.000-08:00

On Thursday, I walked with Brittany to her home. When we got there, I took a nap. When I got up it was time to go to Awanas. We played games there and learned Bible verses. The next day, we played outside all day and had fun. Brittany gave me a sweatshirt to wear.

Love,
KIWI

Visit with Jenna

2008-02-28T17:46:00.000-08:00

On Monday, Jenna took me to Vancouver, Washington, for her big sister's basketball game. Her sister's team won! I was so happy. Then we went to Jenna's dad's farm in Troutdale. I met Ken and Sharon, Jenna's grandma and grandpa. There's a cat named George at the farm, too. Then Jenna made a nice soft bed for me to sleep in.

The next morning, Jenna woke me and took me downstairs. She let me see her fish named Sparky. He is red, white, and blue. We also played the piano together. Then we just sat down and watched some t.v.

On Wednesday, Jenna came home from school and finished her math. We played outside. It was my last day with Jenna. I am really going to miss her so much! I had a great time with her, like the time when we played the piano together. It was really fun! She taught me how to play a song called Rock Anywhere. The other things we did were also really fun. I am going to see her again in school though.

Give Cardinal my best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Love,
Kiwi

Cardinal has an accident

2008-02-28T16:47:00.000-08:00

Hi Room 8 and Kiwi

I have had an accident while playing with one of the Room 9 children and I need an eye operation. My eye got poked with a stick while playing at one of the children's houses. Summer has been lots of fun. I have been swimming in the river and the sea, camping, kayaking, biking and lots more. I am going to be recovering at a friends house for a while so my friend ted will be sharing his adventures until my eye is well enough.

Sounds like you are being well looked after Kiwi.

Cardinal

Books and TV

2008-02-25T13:35:00.000-08:00

On Friday, I went home with Josh. When we got to his house, we watched tv. Yesterday, Josh and I read together. The book was really good.

KIWI

Time with Tanner

2008-02-22T09:01:00.000-08:00

Tanner took me home with him on Tuesday. When we got to his house, he ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Then we went to his cousin's basketball game. He won! Then we went back to Tanner's house and watched American Idol.

The next day, Tanner took me on his trampoline. Then we went to his tree house.

Now I'm back to school.

KIWI

Welcome back KIWI

2008-02-21T00:41:00.000-08:00

Hi Kiwi and Room 8, it's great to hear from you again. We have 33 children in our class this year so I am going to be going on lots of adventures again. I can't wait to show you photos of my trips to the beach and the other fun things I do with the children.

Will head off now on an adventure and blog you soon.

Cardinal

Weekend with Colin

2008-02-19T13:39:00.000-08:00

A few days ago, I went home with Colin. That night, with his grandparents, we watched a slide show of Colin's trip to Alaska. We saw very nice pictures of bears and moose. On Saturday, we drove all day to the beach. Colin made a dam with his mom, Karen. He also played the piano. On Sunday, I sat around most of the day. I was bored. Colin went to the beach. No fair! He took a ton of pictures. He got pictures of starfishes. He was able to touch sea anemones. I was so jealous, and worried about when he was going to come home. At least I got to rest for the trip home.

More soon,
KIWI

Kiwi is Back!

2008-02-19T13:35:00.000-08:00

Hi friends in Room 9! I have finally come out of hibernation. Mrs. Handy introduced me to her class last week, and I went home with Colin for the weekend. More about that later. I will be able to visit each of the kids in her class before the end of the school year in June; she has 27 students. We can't wait to hear from you!

KIWI

Summer Break

2007-06-08T13:30:00.000-07:00

Dear Friends in Room 9-

The kids in Room 8 just finished their school year today. We only had a half day of school. Most of it was field day. We did lots of fun things like toss the potato, throw wet sponges at people, run an obstacle course, have a foot race, and even had snow cones.

I'm going into hibernation for the summer. But don't worry, I'll be back in September!

Love,
KIWI

Football

2007-06-05T09:42:00.000-07:00

Today, Zander and I played football. I won! Zander also dressed me up in his football and basketball jerseys. They were a little big.

Love,
KIWI

Time with Alyssa

2007-05-29T16:04:00.000-07:00

Alyssa took me home yesterday. I was so excited, because she told me that we were doing really fun things this weekend.

Today, we went shopping. Alyssa got some new clothes. We also went to a friend's house.

Alyssa's room was being redone. It finally got finished. She moved in today. It looked awesome!

Love,
KIWI

teaching

2007-05-27T20:36:00.000-07:00

Today we are learning to blog

Life with Ryan

2007-05-22T08:53:00.000-07:00

On Friday, Ryan went to Boy Scouts. They taught him how to make a fire. Then we went home because Ryan had to get ready for track. His friend Sascha picked us up. We ran around the track. Then Ryan had to go to his baseball game. Ryan hit a ball, but they lost. So we ate dinner; then went to bed.

Saturday, we slept in. Then we got up and ate breakfast. We went out to play on the swings for a half hour. Ryan's grandma took us to WalMart to buy some food. When we came back we had lunch. After I read two books, Ryan asked if he could play on the computer. We played bowling for three hours. Then we watched tv until dinner time.

Sunday, we went to church and learned about God for an hour. Then Ryan's cousin came over for the day.

I had a good time with Ryan.
KIWI

Principal Gets a Pie in the Face

2007-05-22T08:48:00.000-07:00

Benjamin told me he was going to throw a pie at the principal. I told him, "You'll get in trouble!" Benjamin explained that his class had rasied over $1,500 in the jogathon, so his class got to throw a pie at the principal. I asked him what a jogathon was and he told me that people pledge the school money for each lap you run. Then you had twenty minutes to run laps around the gym. Benjamin got whipped cream all over the principal's hair and face.

It turned out that Benjamin was the top fourth grader in the state at the vocabulary competition and had won two books. Today was busy!

Kiwi

Cardinals Cool Adventures with Pete!

2007-05-21T14:30:00.000-07:00

When I went to Peters place, I had a very cool time. I spent a lot of time in Peters room watching him get in and out of bed and playing Poke'mon and reading Captain underpants books. They are Peters favourite books. Anyway now onto the fun bits.

On Saturday Peter took me to McDonalds for breakfast, Peter let me even have some bites out of his bacon and egg muffin. He ate two hash browns and two hot chocolates!! Petes Mum had a bagel and coffee and his sister Sarah had hot cakes.

Then Peter quickly ran into the bookstore to see if they had the new captain underpants book in yet ( the terrifying return of tippy tinkletrousers) Try saying that 10 times fast!! They didnt have the book in yet so Peter took his book voucher that he got for his birthday to another bookstore and he bought "What Bumosaur is That?" by Andy Griffiths.

Peter still had $2 left so we went and bought a toy Boog from a vending machine.

Later Peter took me to visit his cousins for tea. When we went home it was dark and we saw two policecars going real fast with their lights and sirens on.

My next person to visit is Peters neighbour Sam so I guess I will be seeing a bit more of Peter!

A visit with Henry to the hospital

2007-05-21T14:18:00.000-07:00

Henry, his Mum and I walked in the main entrance of the hospital and then we went to the childrens ward. Henry got into his PJ's, they had stripes on them. Then Henry got wheeled into the lift and taken to meet his Doctor. He gave Henry a mask to put on my friend Garfield. Then Henry had to lay on the operating table. The doctor put a clip on Henry's toe. Henry's Mum took me to see his Gram. When Henry woke up he saw stickers on the roof. Henry got wheeled into the lift again. This time you could go in one door and when you got to the floor you wanted you could go out another door. When Henry got back to his room he was allowed to watch TV. His Dad came to see him. Henry got to eat a sandwich and some yoghert. It was hard for him to eat because he had 3 teeth taken out.

He was really brave.
When we left the hospital we got to go and pick up his new glasses. He looked really good in them.

Cardinal

Brandon's Backpack

2007-05-20T08:57:00.000-07:00

Today, Brandon woke up at 6:25, like always, and got ready for school. Brandon's favorite activity at school is math, and he is the farthest in his math class. Most of the 24 hours, I spent in a dark backpack. After school, Brandon's pool at his house was finished. He was crazy enough to get in the cold, cold, cold water. Brrr!

Love,
Kiwi

A night at Skye's house

2007-05-10T16:59:00.000-07:00

27th to 29th April 2007

I went to Skye’s house for the weekend. Skye lives in Teapot Valley, near Brightwater.
On Saturday I went to the Richmond Aquatic Centre swimming pool with Skye and Rebecca. Then I went to a park called Washborne Gardens in Richmond.
On Sunday Skye got invited to Olivia’s house to play, I came too. Then Olivia was invited to come motor biking at Skye’s house. While Skye and Olivia got ready for motor biking I played with Nikki the sheep and helped Skye’s Mum pick saffron. Skye’s Mum has a saffron plantation and grows saffron to sell to restaurants. Saffron is a spice.
Once Skye and Olivia got ready for motor biking Skye took me for a ride on her motorbike.

Busy Time

2007-05-10T14:12:00.000-07:00

May 7

Today, I went home with Sascha. We rode the bus home and we talked about things like her family's golf cart that they go up and down their mile long driveway. When we got home, we ate dinner. Then we went to gymnastics. Sascha swung around the bar and did all sorts of flips and back flips. It was very exciting. She also went on the beam. Then we went home and went to bed.

May 8

Sascha and I woke up and went to school this morning. After school, we went to softball practice. Then we went to the spring program. The kids dressed up like people from Asia and sang songs from around the world. After that, we went to theater practice. Finally, we went home and to bed!

May 9

When we woke up this morning, I was still tired! Sascha is a busy girl! I wonder what we're going to do next? We went to school and then theater again. Tomorrow, I'll go home with someone else.

Love,
KIWI

Time with Jessie

2007-05-07T12:05:00.000-07:00

May 3

Jessie's friend, Mirella, came over. She said that I was cute. She was funny. Mirella did a back flip and I was amazed! Then we went to Bingo night. I saw Josh and his sister there. Afterwards, we dropped Mirella off, and then went home.

May 4

Today, we had to clean house because Jessie's cousins are coming over to visit while her mom is at the post office. She had to clean her room and the living room. I asked if I could help. Soon her cousins came. They visited for two hours and we went to Vista House.

May 5

Jessie and I watched tv and cleaned some more. We watched Princess Diaries 2. Jessie said that it was going to be really good and it was! Then we played with Jake, Jessie's brother. He worked on a model airplane for the whole rest of the day.

May 6

Today is my last day with Jessie. We watched tv and played video games, such as Dream Life and Scooby-Doo. Then Jessie and I went to play outside. We rode the horses. Then we went home and went to bed. Who will I be with next time?

Love,
KIWI

Battle of the Books

2007-05-03T08:37:00.000-07:00

I went to school with Ashley today. In the afternoon, we went to the Battle of the Books. Two of our fifth/sixth grade classes competed in the final competition to see who could answer the most questions correctly about twelve books they had read. After that, Ashley and I went to play practice. Our class (and the two other third and fourth grade classes) are presenting a program called Seven in a Boat. We are singing songs from around the world and performing a play about Japan. Our parents will all come next week on Tuesday evening to see the show.

Love,
Kiwi

Weekend with Mitchell

2007-04-30T14:27:00.001-07:00

Mitchell and I did a lot of things this weekend. On Thursday afternoon, Mitchell and I rode bikes back and forth on his driveway. Then Mitchell's dad came and picked us up. We went to bed as soon as we got to his house. The next day, we played games with Alex, Mitchell's brother, and Alex's girlfriend. We played slapjack and checkers. Saturday, we went to a friend's house to help clean his pool and to visit. We rode bikes and jumped on the trampoline. On Sunday, we skateboarded. Then we went back to Mitchell's mom's house.

Love,
KIWI

A night with Rachel

2007-04-26T17:44:00.000-07:00

I came home to Rachels house. We were in a huge rush because it is Cubs night and Rachels Mum had to go to work. Rachel quickly did her chores and got into her cub uniform.

Whlie she was getting herself organised I visited with Rockie in his cage. We had quite a long chat about the weather and where we're from. He kept saying "Rachel" and "Quick".

I went to the Brightwater Cub pack. While I was there I played spotlight. We also listened to stories about the childrens holidays and they did some great skits.

I showed excellent manners at Rachels house so her Mum thought I deserved a certificate.

From Cardinal

Beautiful Music

2007-04-26T08:56:00.000-07:00

I went home with Dana today. She practiced on the piano. I liked the songs she played. They were very nice. Dana made sure that her dog did not get me. I am glad! Then we went outside.

KIWI

Cardinal goes shopping with Sian

2007-04-25T16:36:00.000-07:00

Hi Im with Sian
We are at the school auction with Sian's friends .
Sian has had a lot of junk food, so have her friends .
Sian shared some with me .
We took some photos Shikylah and Kayla, Sian's friends were in them too .
Sian and I had lots of fun together .
Love the Cardinal .

Hail, Softball, and Water

2007-04-19T09:14:00.000-07:00

Gabrielle and I were sitting on the couch looking out the window at a storm. Then, all of a sudden, hail started pouring down. We jumped up and ran to tell her sister Brianna.

The next day, Gabrielle and I were at softball practice throwing the ball. Then her coach Katie told her she was going to hit off a pitcher named Taylor. Gabrielle got her bat and helmet and went to home plate. Taylor pitched the ball and Gabrielle hit it into the outfield. She ran all the way to first and then to second. She got a double!

Today, Gabrielle and I had a water-balloon fight with Cameron. We threw four balloons at him and they splashed all over him.

Love,
Kiwi

Cardinal on holiday

2007-04-17T02:12:00.000-07:00

Hi all,
It sounds like Kiwi is having a great time with you all.
I have been on holiday for the last 10 days and won't get to see all the class again until next Monday. I have spent a couple of days away with Mrs Williams this holidays. We went over to Takaka, about 2 hours away for a day trip with her children. We went to an animal farm, caught Salmon for tea and went to a beach for lunch. We had a great time but I'm looking forward to catching up with all the childrens adventures.

Will be in touch again soon

Cardinal

Visit with Vanessa

2007-04-16T14:17:00.000-07:00

Vanessa took me to the rock club. She had a rock hunt, and played games for rocks. She also looked at rocks.

Vanessa went to church today. We sang songs and listened to the priest. It was a lot of fun.

Time with Haley

2007-04-12T14:49:00.000-07:00

Today, I went home with a girl named Haley. She was very nice. She introduced me to her sister, her mom, and her dad. Then we had dinner from Kentucky Fried Chicken. We watched some t.v. Then we heard her mom say that it was time to read. Then we went to bed. Everyone said good night.

The next day, Haley and I played lots of games, like basketball, vollleyball, and soccer. We had a good time. Her mom made lasagna and lots of side dishes. For dessert, we had pie and ice cream. That night, Haley and I studied her vocabulary words and got ready for the Jog-a-thon. I didn't know what that was, so Haley explained that you jog for the p.e. period. Family and friends pledge money for each lap. The money is going for a computer lab for the school. I wished Haley good luck.

Errands and Easter

2007-04-09T14:45:00.000-07:00

We came home on Kelly's bus. After lying in the sun for awhile, we got in the car with her dad. We went to his work, Architectural Ironworks. Then we went to the bank, got gas, and went to a movie. After that, we went shopping. The next day, Kelly went to her neighbor's house to play. She said that she had fun. When we woke up the next morning, Kelly wished me a Happy Easter! We hunted for eggs.

Sick at Home

2007-04-05T08:32:00.000-07:00

Today, I helped Josh do his homework. He had to do a lot of math. Josh likes math, though. Josh was sick today, so we didn't do much. His siter was home sick also. I am well!

Love,
KIWI

Vacation with Morgan

2007-04-02T14:42:00.000-07:00

March 25, 2007

Today, we went to Lincoln City where Morgan's beach house is. We ate breakfast and went to the beach. We brought plastic bags and gloves. Morgan and Bethany (her sister's friend) helped clean up the beach. But the others wouldn't help. After our bags were full we came back to the beach house.

Then, when Morgan's little brother and sister Ethan and Natalie went to sleep, Morgan, Haley (Morgan's sister), Bethany, and Morgan's dad went miniature golfing. Miniature golf is a fun game. First, you take a small ball and put it in a smaller hole than the ball. Then you take a club. A club is a pole about three feet long with a little metal block and a grip at the top. You try to hit the ball into another hole. On the last hole, Morgan got a hole in one! That is when you get the ball through an obstacle in one hit. She got a pass to play free next time!

March 28, 2007

Morgan and I were awakened by a song. Morgan told me that it was her birthday. She got a lot of presents.

March 29, 2007

Today, Morgan played with her presents. She liked them a lot. She didn't have as much time to play with me, but Natalie did. She hugged me a lot.

April 1, 2007

Today, Morgan told me it was April Fool's Day. That's when you try to play tricks on people. Even though it was April Fool's Day, her family didn't play very many tricks.

A trip to Caitlins

2007-03-24T03:04:00.000-07:00

Hello Room 8
Caitlin and I biked home from school on Tuesday, but that's not all. Soon as we got home we had bounces on the tramp. It was getting a little too hot outside so we came inside and had a drink and some afternoon tea. I was really lucky because I got a piece of chocolate and caramel slice, which was really yum! At 4pm I was excited because we were going horse riding. I rode Bugsy behind Caitlin. Caitlin's Mum took photos of me. I saw Rachel and William there. After 1 hour we got hot and sweaty. Caitlin's Mum unpacked and was cooking lasagne and we watched Garfield on TV. My favourite part was when Jhon was in bed and Garfield jumped on him, then he woke him up. We went to bed at 8pm and slept till morning. Caitlin put me under a flannel in a shoe box to sleep. On Wednesday I heard we were going swimming at the aquatic center. Before we went to bed Caitlin asked me why I don't wear any clothes. I told her it was because I was a bird. She made some clothes for me. On Friday I had boysenberry jam on my toast for breakfast. We got dressed and walked to school. We really had fun. After school we went to the pool and played till 6pm. Caitlin and I were in the spa first. We found a ball and played till her Mum told us to get out.

See Ya

Cardinal

In the Army

2007-03-22T14:40:00.000-07:00

We rode the bus to Alyssa's house, then Seth's mom picked us up and took us home. Seth got all dressed up in army gear and played army outside. It was raining, so I watched from the porch. When Seth's mom called him in, we did his homework. Then it was off to bed!

Love,
KIWI

A New Calf

2007-03-19T14:15:00.000-07:00

Today, I got to go home with a girl named Laura. My favorite part of the day was seeing a calf being born. It was fun! Laura, her brother, and I went to go feed the cows. When we were feeding them, we all saw a cow lying on the ground and saw two small hooves hanging out. We waited and waited until the calf came out. It was very small and wet.

Then we went home and Laura did her homework. At bedtime, her mom read to us and prayed. After the lights were turned out, Laura turned on some music. I looked up and saw some stars on her ceiling. Finally, Laura and I fell fast asleep and dreamed happy dreams!

I hope you all are well,
Love,
KIWI

Peter's place

2007-03-15T13:29:00.000-07:00

Hi again,
It's me Cardinal. Well today I am visiting Peter. Peter took a photo of me sitting on his tennis racket when we went to tennis lessons.
At Peters house I had my picture taken in his sister Sarah's toy pram.
The next day I went on a bike ride and left at 6:45 in the morning, then we got ready for school. It was quite boring at school because there was no one in Room 9.
I am away to camp at Bethany with the children tomorrow so I need lots of sleep tonight.

Good Bye.

Girl Scouts and More

2007-03-13T14:15:00.000-07:00

Taylor took me into the cafeteria after school. "Girl Scouts," she said. They do activities and sell cookies to raise money to do more activities. When all the girls came in, Taylor set me down on the table. They started running around and playing tag. They ate cookies with green sprinkles on them and drank strawberry-kiwi or strawberry-banana juice. Then they played animal tag. Someone is IT. She tries to tag you, but if you don't want to get tagged, you squat down and say an animal. Like monkey, moose, or ferret! It was fun to watch.

After Scouts, Taylor went with her friend Delanie to basketball practice. Taylor made some awesome shots! They divided into two teams and played a game. Taylor's team won. Yahoo!

Then, we went to Delanie's house and played for hours. We spent the night.

The next day, Taylor's mom picked us up. When we got to her house, Taylor's grandpa was there babysitting Taylor's little sisters. Rhiley is 8, Abby is 6, and Olivia is 5. Grandpa had bought gifts for everyone. Taylor got two of My Littlest Petshop Animals; a fish and a cat. They are little animals with wobbly heads. Taylor has over 40 of them.

Later, we went upstairs to Taylor's room, which she shares with all three of her little sisters. She did her homework.

The next day, we got up early for a basketball game. I was excited! As we were driving in the car, Taylor showed me the Columbia River. Taylor's team won the game 20-9. Taylor scored half the points. Since each shot counts for two points, that means that Taylor made five shots. Taylor's aunt was at the game with her baby named Korbin, who is only a few months old. Taylor was so happy that she won!

Today, Taylor sat with me on her colorful bed. She said that it was our last day together. I wonder who I will go with tomorrow?

KIWI

Cardinal hangs out with Lydia

2007-03-07T14:15:00.000-08:00

Hi Room 8
I had a fantastic time with Lydia. We went for a swim in the river and it was so hot that we had an ice cream. We went to her Nana's house to have tea, because it was her birthday. For tea we had pizza and I had a little piece too. On the way home we played eye spy. I said, " I spy with my little eye something beginning with l. It was lollipop because we got a lollipop from her Nana. My flavour was Strawberry.
Next Lydia showed me her new helmet and it is so cool. Lydia rode her bike and I sat on her shoulder and the wind nearly blew me off, but I quickly held on to Lydia's ear. Lydia said, "Ow, that hurt", because I pulled it very hard.
Then Lydia brushed her teeth and then she made me a bed and we went straight to sleep.

Thanks Lydia

Cardinal

On to Leila's House

2007-03-06T14:25:00.000-08:00

Leila could not pick me up from Nathan's house until Saturday, because she had a lot to do. Leila's mom and sister were going on a horseback ride if the weather was nice. "No fair," I thought, and then I heard Leila's mom making breakfast. Maybe it's not so bad anymore!

KIWI

Visit with Nathan

2007-03-06T14:23:00.000-08:00

I went with Nathan to his wrestling clinic. Some of the high school team members were coaching the younger kids. There was a tournament on Thursday.

After we left, we went to the grange. Nathan had a donut. Then when we got home, Nathan's sister said that I was adorable.

Kiwi

Cardinal goes home with Adam

2007-02-28T22:53:00.000-08:00

In the weekend I went to Adam's house. It didn't take long to get home because he lives quite close to school. We went to the park to play lots and lots. Adam to me to McDonalds for a burger and fries. It was really tasty. McDonalds was in a mall in Richmond.
We went to Adam's Dad's work. He works at Tallys on computers. Tallys catches and sorts fish.
I went to Dovedale, about 30 minutes drive to watch Adam's brother play cricket. He lost but did great.

It was great meeting Adam's family.

Good bye

Cardinal.

Adventures with Alyssa

2007-02-26T14:47:00.000-08:00

"I'm sorry this bus ride is so long," said Alyssa. "It's almost an hour, so it's going to be a long wait. Just sit back and relax." Alyssa and her family live at the Bonneville Fish Hatchery. Her father is the foreman there. They live very near the dam.

"Kiwi, we're almost home. I'm so excited to tell Mommy. Oh, be careful around my little sister Myah. She can be very annoying! If she grabs you, I will be sure you don't get hurt." I was happy to hear Alyssa's kind words and lightened up. Just a little.

When we got home, Alyssa walked up a driveway to a small white house with green around it. Alyssa opened the door and shouted, "Look, Mom! I got to take home Kiwi. "

"Oh, how cute! said a little girl much smaller than Alyssa.

"Myah! Give Kiwi back!" The little girl quickly gave me back. I noticed the name of the girl and recognized it to be the Myah that Alyssa told me about. I shuddered. Alyssa unpacked her backpack and did her homework. Then she ate dinner and did some more homework.

It turned out to be a wonderful day at Alyssa's house.

KIWI

Kiwi Arrives in Corbett!

2007-02-21T18:39:00.000-08:00

The kiwi arrived in Corbett, Oregon, USA, today. After much anticipation, we opened the envelope to greet him. Lots of oohs and aahs from the crowd. He is adorable! He has gone home with a student on his first visit. We hope to post another entry on Monday, detailing his adventures.

A visit to Brandon's

2007-02-21T12:24:00.000-08:00

Yesterday after Brandon's Mum picked me up from school we went to see Brandon's Doctor, Doctor Osbourn. I watched Brandon get his ears checked with an ear torch. Then Brandon's doctor talked to him about not getting his ears wet for two or three weeks.
In the morning Brandon and I walked to school together. We had fun walking together. So we got to school and did the same old thing.

After Brandon and I got picked up we went to his Poppa's friends, Herb. I saw Brandon's 3 cows and watched Herb bale Hay with a hay baler. There was also a dog there too.

Well that is just about it for my adventures with Brandon.

Good Bye

The Cardinal

Cardinal

2007-02-20T15:19:00.000-08:00

What do Cardinals eat ? Do they eat seed or friut or some sort of other food?Where are most Cardinal s found? Why don't Cardinals live in NZ?

My first day at shcool !

2007-02-20T11:15:00.000-08:00

Hi room 8, I have had 1 full day in room 9 . I have been around the school today.
Lydia, Caitlin and Jacob took photos of me on the awesome back playground.
They took another one on the bars, and one in the little tree out back.

There are 10 classrooms at Brightwater School and the teachers seem to be nice.
The children are really lucky because they have lots of space to play and a pool to swim in.

The children have been really nice and friendly and are happy to play with me.
I am going to stay at Brandon's house tonight.

I think I will like it in New Zealand

The Cardinal

Our adventures begin

2007-02-20T00:57:00.000-08:00

On Monday we were sent an awesome friend. Our new friend, The Cardinal is going to head of on many exciting adventures. Check out our blog and see what places the Cardinal goes.

We will also be watching this blog to hear about the travels of our Kiwi, that is now tripping through Corbett, Portland in USA.