Anika Isabella

Nathan —– is one of my best friends even though he is one year younger than me and in 3rd grade. He lives near me on —th Street and Broadway in NYC.

I think Nathan is about one inch shorter than I am (I’m 4′9″) but I am not sure. I’m sure that as we get older he will get taller. My estimate of Nathan’s weight is an average of about 80lbs. He looks physically fit. Nathan’s skin color is light with a tan because of the summer. His short, light brunette hair with blond highlights is mildly curly. His blue-grey eyes widen when he is excited.

Nathan’s voice is medium-high. That is high for a boy but that is because he is young. One thing Nathan usually says when he sees me and my brother arrive at the playground or something is : “Hey guys!” Some other things he says are: “Wanna play tag?” or “Let’s go to the rings!” Nathan is extremely loud. The only way me and my bother can manage it is that our playdates with him are almost always outside.

Nathan really likes Xbox. He’s always talking about all the new games he is getting. He goes to —— Christian School in midtown Manhattan. He has to wear a uniform to school. Nathan really likes the TV show Tom & Jerry. Whenever we go to his house he almost always wants to watch it and nothing else.

One thing I like about Nathan is that we see each other at least once a week because of lifegroup & church. Another thing I like about Nathan is that he goes to the same church as me so we can enjoy that together. I also really like that he enjoys the rings because I absolutely love them.

One chilly November night, a little mouse went out hunting. The mouse’s name was Tom. This was Tom’s first time hunting in his life! Tom was very excited.

“I can’t wait!” Tom thought.

He was waiting for his mom to come back and say the humans are gone. Finally, at 10:00pm his mom came in and said he could go.

“I’ve been waiting for this moment my whole life!” Tom thought.

Then he picked up a scent. Then another, and another! He picked one and followed it. It led to some bread in a plastic bag.

“It’s the invisible protector mommy and daddy told me about,” remembered Tom.

“How do you destroy it again? Oh, yeah. You gnaw!”

Before he knew what he was doing, he was gnawing furiously at the invisible protector.

“Come on, come on!” thought Tom.

Finally there was a hole.

“Yes!” Tom thought aloud.

Then he pulled it apart a bit so he could fit in and then climbed inside.

“I’m in heaven!” Tom thought aloud.

He ate quite a lot when he remembered that there were other things to eat. He got out and started following a different scent. When he reached the end, he looked around.

“It’s got to be around here somewhere,” Tom thought.

Then he felt something gooey and sticky on his foot. He tried to pull his foot out, but he couldn’t.

“Uh oh,” thought Tom. “I’ve got to get out of here.”

He tried hitting it with his other foot but it got stuck too.

“No!” Cried Tom.

“Help, HELP!”

Nobody came. Tom was scared.

“Well, since I can’t move, I’m just going to sleep,” thought Tom.

So he drifted off to sleep. Suddenly he woke up.

“Something must have woken me up,” Tom thought. “I couldn’t have just woken up all of a sudden for no reason.”

Then he heard it.

“THE HUMANS HAVE WOKEN ME UP!” Tom thought aloud. “GET UP BODY, GET UP!!!”

Tom was nearly petrified!

He was trying with all his might but he couldn’t get up. Then, a human picked up the tray of gooey stuff that Tom was on.

“NOOO, NOOO!!!” screamed Tom, but his cries were useless. No one came to rescue him. Then the human that picked him up said something and three other humans came. Then, they looked at Tom and said something Tom did not understand.

“What are they going to do to me?” thought Tom. “I’m innocent, I’m innocent!!! he yelled.

The humans did not listen. Instead they put Tom and the tray of gooey stuff in a paper bag.

“What is this place?” thought Tom. Then he was swinging and hitting something.

“OWWWW!!!!” thought Tom. It felt like all his bones were broken and sore.

“Oh well, ” thought Tom, “I guess I am going to die. bye-bye family. It’s the end of me”

The end.

Here is a photo report on election day in N.Y.C.

This is the line my mom and dad stood in this morning to vote.

This is a voting sign.

Here’s a voting booth.

This is the room where the voting booths are.

This is my mom’s voting booth.

Here is my dad and brother getting out of a booth.

This is a magazine cover.

Here is my brother in front of the brooklyn city hall.

This is another voting place.

Here’s a news headline.

This is a paper supporting Obama that I saw on a food cart.

This is a reporter.

Here’s a woman wearing an Obama T-shirt.

This is a stand that has Obama T-shirts.

Obama T-shirts.

Obama pins.

Obama bags.

An Obama picture with it’s artist.

Another news headline.

The beginning of the blue carpet at Election Plaza.

A large TV screen of the U.S.

The blue carpet.

A map of the U.S. on ice.

Me and my brother with the Democratic donkey.

Flags at Election Plaza.

News vans.

Here is a video of a project that i did.

I am getting homeschooled (again)!!!!!!!!!! Today is my first day of homschooling in 3d grade. Me & my mom have decided that we will keep doing something that I did in my class called “Morning Journal”. I will be writing every day in my notebook and that same day writing it as a blog post. Here is todays:

Todays question: What are you looking forward to in homeschooling? Why?

In homeschooling, I am looking forward to no homework, fun science, not waking up early, going to bed late, and fun! I am looking forward to no homework because I hate homework. I am looking forward to fun science because I remember fun science in California and now that I am bigger I can do more complicated things. I am looking forward to not waking up early because I do not like waking up early. I am looking forward to staying up late because I love staying up. I want to have fun because I want to have fun.

This is my morning journal for today. I will write again tomorrow.

Yesterday I made playdoh dolls with my mom. The yellow one is my mom’s. The blue one is mine. it was fun.

(Anika actually wrote this one out with pencil and paper.)

Setting: a busy farm Character: a young child Plot: a character wins an award

There was once a girl named Lawau and she and her family owned a farm and they had lots of money. But one day they left the doors of the farm open at nihgt but Lawau was awake she got up closed the doors and saved the day. The next day Lawau told her mother about the nihgt then Lawau won a award and she was only six years old.

The End.

I got a new computer. The one that they’re selling at the Apple store for kids. It’s so cool because it comes with a mouse and the mouse has a dot that you can scroll up and down and when you click it, it is a shortcut to your widgets.

My computer is also cool because you can take pictures of yourself and you have a camera right on your computer.

Now I can play Lego Star Wars. Star Wars is my favorite movie and now I get to play my favorite movie game almost all the time.

And with the remote control, when you hold pause it can turn your computer on and off.

Today I got to draw on shaving cream. It was really fun.

Cinderella.

Belle.

Snow White.