Vandalizing Pumpkins

Okay, you probably read the title and went 'What in the world?' But it's true! Some 9 year old kid (and probably a few others), came up to our porch, while we were home and smashed our (not to mention recently made) jack o' lanterns! That was yesterday, here is what our beautiful carved pumpkins looked like before 9 year olds came and destroyed them:



Don't they look great? The cat one is Viv's, the next one Ella's and then the last one is ours! Now this is what happened when people vandalize pumpkins:



Of course we had to pick the remains up from the side of the porch, so they wouldn't rot there. (You can see some guts by the bush, that's where they threw them.) The only question we have to ask out of this story is that, who (in this great world of ours!) would come up to someone's property, smash jack o' lanterns when the owners are home, and crush a 5 and 7 year old's heart? Huh?!? It's too bad because that was our first time, that we remember, carving pumpkins. And they did it right before Halloween! How rude.

Halloween Is Almost Here!!

OK, everyone better have a costume or you will never get free candy!!! EVER until NEXT YEAR!!!!
And that would not be good, at all... I don't know about you, but waiting for a year, I would go NUTS!!!!

~Lillian

Twin

I have a twin. Yup! And our names are both Madison! Her middle name is Roo, and mine is RyLea. Although she is in 7th grade and I am 6th we are a lot alike! Madison J. goes to my school and we are like best friends now! Plus she only lives a few blocks away, which is great because then I can ride my bike there a lot! Today I hung out at her house for only like 5-6 hours! We had a lot of fun... Well I have to go! Blog you later...

Bob Jr.

If you have any ideas for Bob Jr. you can either comment in the comment box, or if you have Madison's e-mail you can do that too. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated! Usually Bob Jr. will happen every 2 weeks, so hang tight!

A Very Long and Unusual Conversation and Title!

Madison: Here we have a little conversation with my BFF Abbey!!!! Here you go:

Abbey: Hey this is Abbey saying hi!!!! TO the THURBERGANG!!! KEEP SWIMMING!!!!!!!!

Madison: Back to Madison, we have been BFF's since like when we were 8!! Oh, we go WAY back! We are being bugged by Abbey's little sister. (But I think she is SO cute!)

Abbey: If you know her like I do, SHE IS SO NOT CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :@ (screaming smiley face.)

Madison: Oh yes she is! We have been swimming buds for SO long, it gives me a headache just to think about it! Now I am getting all teary - eyed... Abbey take they keyboard for me, will you? (sniffle)

Abbey: OK two things. #1: WHY ARE YOU ACTING LIKE THIS??? You were fine a few minutes ago! #2: When you have lived with her for five years she isn't cute...

Madison: For #1: I am so emotional... (eyeroll from Abbey) Yup, it's true! ("I'm so sure.") Can you get me a box of kleenex? Seriously no joke... We REALLLY have been swimming since we could spell the word 'Popsicle' (just kidding)! (Another eyeroll from Abbey -"I was reading and writing before kindergarten!!!") #2: I still think she is adorable!

Abbey: OK Madison, we should go now; Sophie is throwing punches for the computer. BYE EVERYONE!!!!!!!!! :)

Madison: PEACE OUT! HA HA HA!

Roscoe's Fuzzy Blue Blanket

Roscoe has a fuzzy blue blanket that he loves to chew on, and I mean LOVES to chew on it. He will almost do anything for it. The reason why he chews on it because he tries to get out ALL of the knots. Roscoe is so cute with his blanket. Never forget that ROSCOE LOVES HIS BLANKET!!!

Boo!

YAY!!!! Halloween is almost here! I am so excited for it! What about you? I am going to be an east - Indian princess like one from India, and Lil is going to be something like that too. The costume is made out of real silk from there! My grammy got it from somewhere and didn't really used it so she gave it to us! I can't wait! And I want to know what YOU are being for Halloween! Soooo, comment in the comment box down there and tell me what you are going to be!! DO IT NOW!!

A Lot of Stuff

Wow, I have posted SO many short posts, so I will try to make this one sort of long...

To begin with, I had another Spanish test today and I am crossing my fingers that I did well! I did really good on the other one, plus there was Extra Credit on the test I took today, so hopefully I got that right!!

The next thing is that tomorrow's Friday! YAY!! It's almost time to relax, the only problem is that on Monday our schedule will be different because we took a test a few weeks ago to see if we should move up or down in a subject. I'm moving up, but a lot of good friends that I have made might not! Darn it....

Another thing is that I might have a solo part in my choir at school! I am really excited about that but also really nervous! Because we might have to sing it in front of the whole school! And on Monday, which is our assembly day, the choir is going to sing the National Anthem!!

One more thing before I get to the really good part, since I have volleyball practice and games during my swimming time, I miss a bunch of swimming practices! So, if I want my coach to think I take swimming seriously, I have been going in the morning's before school. The only thing is, is that I have to wake up at around 4:55 - 5:00 a.m. ish to go to swimming! It's super cold and we have to get ready for school there. That means the night before you have to have your backpack, lunch, swimming stuff, everything you need to get ready for the next day in swim bag, and a whole bunch more!

Okay, you know how we lost all 3 volleyball games last Thursday? (If not, look at our other posts!) Well, we WON ALL 3 GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO happy that we won, after all we had improved a lot since last game. Plus the team that we played today was not as good as the other one! Our whole team was super happy... and so am I!

Well, that about wraps it up for today folks!

P.S. Speaking of wraps, I am SO hungry! I haven't really eaten anything since lunch at 1:00!

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For some reason the Bob Jr. video was published before the Spanish, Volleyball, Bob Jr. OH MY! post. So, if you scroll down you will see the next Bob Jr!!

Spanish, Volleyball, Bob Jr. OH MY!

The first order of business is that I took my Spanish test today (my first one ever!)... and while I was at my volleyball game (I'll talk about that later!) Senorita La Torre called my mom and told me I got 100%!! WAHOO! I am really excited about learning more....

The next thing that I want to put out into this world, is that we had our first volleyball game! Three words: (1) team (2) needs (3) improvement. Yup. Maybe A LOT! First of all, the other team had 7th and 8th graders, while we only had 6th and 7th. And, the other team had been practicing since 5th grade. We only started a two weeks ago. (Except me, I have been doing it much longer than that!) I have to admit that I am a bit disappointed as this is our first game, but I definitely hope we get better and learn more.

The last and final thing that I want to share is that we made another Bob Jr, and it is not letting us put it on... we still have to figure it out, so hang tight and cross your fingers that we will have another Bob Jr! This is a lot of different things in one!

Spanish, Volleyball, Bob Jr, OH MY!


P.S For the translating trivia, if you want the answers I need at least 3-4 comments with the answers. Until then I will not give it out, so translate the message! (Hint - all you have to do is go to dictionary.com and click on translator. There you can copy the message into the box and have it translated from Norwegian to English!)

Bob Jr: Shaving Disaster!

Okay, Lillian and I decided to do another Bob Jr. skit because everyone thought it was really funny! It's called:

BOB JR: SHAVING DISASTER!

On this one, we decided to have it a bit longer and have us move around more! It was really fun making this one and we hope you like it as much as we do! Here you go:

Who Likes Poptropica? Who Loves Poptropica? Who Hates Poptropica? I like Poptropica, Madison and I have finished all of the Islands except Skullduggery and Steamworks! I think it is super fun! How about you? Comment us and let us know!

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~Madison & Lillian

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Translating Trivia

This game was made by one of my best friends, Hannah and I decided to try it too. Here it goes!

One of my friends has twin cousins that live in Sacramento, California. They are going to visit their Aunt in Bergen, Norway for a few weeks so they can learn Norwegian! Danielle and Nicole are really excited to go, cause after all they're leaving in 2 and a half weeks! And they'll see Aunt Ingrid, an Aunt that they have never seen! So while packing up, the girls suddenly thought of something - they didn't know the weather and what kind of clothes that they needed! And since their computer just broke, they had no way of getting onto the internet. So, Danielle and Nicole had to send their Aunt Ingrid a letter (because she had no phone). 2 weeks later, their Aunt Ingrid wrote back. But, shoot! She wrote it in Norwegian! And their computer still wasn't fixed. Aunt Ingrid must have forgotten that they didn't know Norwegian! Danielle and Nicole are leaving in 3 days, and there isn't time to write her another letter. So if you can translate it for them, they will be able to go to Bergen, Norway, and be properly dressed too. Here is the letter:

Kjære Danielle og Nicole,
Jeg kan ikke vente å se deg endelig! Du vet, moren din kanskje vet litt norsk fordi da hun besøkte meg før du ble født. Været her i september er litt kjølig, så du bør kanskje ta med et par gensere eller kanskje et strøk. Bare bukser vil være fin, og et skjørt eller to hvis du ønsker. Noen dager vil være varmere enn andre, så du kanskje vil bringe Capris også. Vi vil gå i kirken så ta et par fine sko og et par fine antrekk takk. Vi har kanskje noe regn så ta med regn støvlene hvis du vil. Jeg vil være på flyplassen for å plukke deg opp på onsdag. Eller som du sier på engelsk, Wednesday. Jeg ser frem til å møte dere to.

Ha en god flyreise,
tante Ingrid

The easiest way to translate this is to go to dictionary.com and go to the translator button. I know that Danielle and Nicole would really appreciate this! Oh yeah, and once you have figured it out, copy and paste it in the comment box ASAP! And don't get worried if what you got doesn't make much sense because when you translate things, it might change things up because there is no such word. I will have the final answer in 2 weeks, so keep checking! Also, let me know if you like this!

Middle School

Middle school is going great for me, I have an awesome homeroom teacher named Mrs. Rosinski {Ra-zins-ski}! She also teaches math for the middle school. Another thing that I am happy about is that we are now treated like we're older! {Which we are} But with that comes, more responsibility, more tests, shorter time with friends and probably worst of all... bucket loads of homework! It's hard when your life is full of tons of activities! School starts at 8:00 and you are tardy at 8:01! Lunch it SO late in the day! You have 7 periods in the morning, and then 2 electives {or specials} in the afternoon. That makes lunch all the way at 1:00! Then school ends at 3:15. This is my schedule that I took a picture of because I color coded it, and I think it looks awesome! Am I right? I love it! Plus, it makes it a lot easier to see it. So far my electives are choir and Spanish and I am loving both of them. You know how I said our school was fun? It is, but it's really strict! You have to have a planner EVERYWHERE you go! So if you have to go to the bathroom, the teacher has to sign it and write the time that you left. Also, you have to sign in at a sheet in every classroom stating your name, the date and the time. At lunch you have to sit with your homeroom - which stinks because I made some good friends in another homeroom! One is named Lia, she's Puerto Rican and she is really nice! Also a girl named Olivia, and she loves koalas! I have a few in my home room too, like Brianna {who I share lockers with}, Saffy, Taylor, Ahjhane and Ellise. And in the hallways you have to walk in a line everywhere you go and be at a level 1 or 0 {meaning barely whispering or no talking at all}! The school is great, and I am hoping to be challenged, but there are a few things I would like to change. I will keep you people {that read our blog} updated on how things go at middle school! And if you guys can keep a secret, I already know 6 or 7 boys that like me. Middle school's tough already, and what I really don't need is that up there.