Blogging,Kristina Style!

I feel like I should just use this blog for special events and journaling.That's it!
---Kristina

The Bridge Park Yesterday,Sunday

Hey! It's Kristina.My dad decided that I can post whenever I want,and that this is MY BLOG!
Yesterday,Sunday,we went to a bridge park(which I don't know what it's called)and there were weirdo dancer people.They danced to old folk-like songs played by two people,one playing a stringed instrument,while the other pulled on an accordion or something like that.All the people did was run in circles and smack each other with bars of wood,to seem like they were sword fighting.They also had plates of mini bells tied to their shins.Sometimes,they would sing a short line or two.There were six dancers.One rule of the park is:NO AMPLIFIED MUSIC! Well,now that I think about it,it wasn't really "amplified" music.It was actually kind of pretty.There's not much more to say about them.I'm gonna wrap up the paper and tie the bow to this post.

---Kristina

Redwood Trees,by Kristi

I am Kristi.Or,sometimes Kristina.
I am on my dad's blog becuse I felt like it.
This is a sort of mini report(not boring!)about redwood trees.
Coast redwoods are some of the tallest trees in,maybe,the world.
These trees can soak up thousands of gallons of water though night humidity and dew.They absorb this water through there needles.People don't water them.
One type of redwood is the sequoia.Sequoias have larger trunks and are slightly shorter than normal coast redwoods.
Obviously,coast redwoods have red bark.The bark is like a reddish-brown that we say is red,but is actually brown.
A report.Maybe I should write it to my teacher,Ms.Finkle.Fourth graders are supposed to write reports about social study stuff,aren't they?
-Kristi or +na

It's Comcastic!

Jeremy had the quote of the day today....

We were at the beach today, no real surprise, and Jeremy was flying his kite that he made last weekend. He already had let go of it once, then got it back, and I warned him to hold on to it. But he let it go again (he said later he had to itch his foot). I was standing a couple feet away from him when he called to me that he let it go. I told him to run after it, and he did. But I realized that he wasn't going to catch it - so I decided I had to. I ran as fast as I could to catch that kite string, right past Jeremy. And right as I was within reach, I tripped on a rock and then dove right at it. I got it - and I hope that it looked dramatic. And then Jeremy said the thing that made my whole day,

"What happened to you Dad, did you get Comcast?"

Yep, I'm that fast. I didn't know I was, but apparently I can outrun a rocket car, just like the commercial. And Jeremy even knows the whole jingle "high speed internet with Power Boost."

And the kite I saved. I put it carefully under the cooler - so it wouldn't blow away. But then Ethan found it - so now I think it's in pieces in the back of the van.

But I can probably fix it, so hopefully I can be a hero another day.

The Last Couple Days

It must be nice to the fourth kid.

This was today's project - Michelle's closet. Ethan actually helped me build these on Labor Day.
(If you have to ask which is the "Before" and "After" - then I completely failed.)

The Reason For My Blog

Last night I took the three oldest kids to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. Michelle stayed home with Natalie, so while we were there I e-mailed her these pictures and I called her and told her she could post them on her blog. I thought it was a good idea, but she wasn't really into it. Basically she told me something like,"Hey, don't tell me what to put on my blog - post it on your own blog." But I didn't have a blog, so she made me one.

I thought it was really sweet of her. She tried to do it as a surprise. But the big tip-off was when she asked me what I wanted my password to be. Actually, this is "my" first post. Everything else Michelle did - the name of it (which I kind of like, but it's too long), the layout, the pictures, the music, the background, the blog roll and the previous posts! I was pretty much asleep while she did most of it. I didn't even know that my blog existed until this morning. And then she even snuck in another post before lunch. I think she's done being my ghost author, at least for now.

So anyway - last night we went to the boardwalk. Good times. Good times. The blond kid in the front of the cave train picture is Matthew. He belongs to my buddy Phil. He and his wife met us there, because honestly that place scares me a bit and I pretty much won't even go unless there is a good adult to kid ratio. Everyone had fun, today Kristina said it was the first fun thing we had done all summer. (Whatever short term memory girl!) She gets to go on the most rides since she's the tallest. Jeremy's favorite thing was winning the consolation prize at this ball toss game. Then Ethan wanted the same plastic inflatable hammer that Jeremy had so I let him play, too. But somehow he actually won - then I got nervous - cuz the whole point was for the two kids to have the same thing. But the girl running the booth said he could have the stuffed doggie (now named Spot) AND the cheap blow-up hammer! Wow, catastrophe averted.

Until next time....

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Music, pictures, and more

I would like to thank my wife(http://www.vanessachristine.blogspot.com) for putting this blog together for me. I know she did it because she loves me and wants me to have my own space to write or post whatever I feel like posting. Thanks, Michelle!

I decided to start a blog

This is the first post on my first blog. Feel free to stop by anytime and check out my pictures and thoughts. It's sure to get really exciting around here!