My mom and dad had a good idea to move our blogs all together. All my old posts are on it, and my other 3 sisters and my parents. I'm going to be blogging there from now on so this is my last post here.
Here is the address: http://inashoe.com and the blog is called Life in a Shoe: the methods and madness of one family of 10.

Do you live in the San Antonio area?
And if you do would you like a kitten?
He is black all over, & is almost three mos.
He is free to a good home.
My sister found him when he was about two weeks old,
He had ants all over him, and he was abandoned in an old tree stump.
We fed him with an eyedropper and now he eats hard food.
If you are interested or have any questions,
feel free to email my Mom at : callherblest at gmail.com

Labels: Pets

TWO T'S

Thomas a Tattamus took two T's,
To tie two tups to two tall trees,
To frighten the terrible Thomas a
Tattamus!
Tell me T's are there in all
THAT!

I like (I don't hold them):
Garden Spiders/Orb Weavers,
Tarantulas,
Jumping Spiders,
Crab Spiders,
and more.

You do not have to answer this but.....

1. What time did you get up this morning?
2. Diamonds or pearls?
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
4. What is your favorite TV show?
5. What did you have for breakfast?
6. What is your middle name?
7. What is your favorite cuisine?
8. What foods do you dislike?
9. Your favorite Potato chip?
10. What is your favorite CD at the moment?
16. What color is your bathroom ?
11. What kind of car do you drive?
12. Favorite sandwich?
13. What characteristics do you despise?
14. Favorite item of clothing?
15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go?
16. What color is your bathroom?
17. Favorite brand of clothing?
18. Where would you want to retire to?
19. What is you favorite time of day?
20. Where were you born?
21. Favorite sport to watch?
24. What laundry detergent do you use?
25. Coke or Pepsi?
26. Are you a morning person or night owl?
27. What size shoe do you wear?
28. Do you have pets?
29. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with everyone?
30. What did you want to be when you were little?
31. Favorite Candy Bar?
32. What is your best childhood memory?
33. What are the jobs you have had in your life?
34. What color underwear are you wearing right now?
35. Nicknames:
36. Piercings?
37. Eye color?
38. Ever been to Africa?
39. Ever been toilet papering?
40. Love someone so much it made you cry?
41. Been in a car accident?
42. Croutons or bacon bits?
43. Favorite day of the week?
44. Favorite restaurant?
45. Favorite flower?
46. Favorite ice cream?
47. Disney or Warner Brothers?
48. What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
49. What color is your bedroom carpet?
50. How many times did you fail your driver's test?
51. Before this one, from whom did you get your last email?
52. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?
53. What do you do most often when you are bored?
54. Bedtime?
55. Who are you most curious about their responses to this questionnaire?
56. Last person/people you went to dinner with?
58. What are you listening to right now?
59. What is your favorite color?
60. Lake, Ocean or river?
61. How many tattoos do you have?
62. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Today Mom went and bought a Nokia cell phone
and got hers replaced.
It is an extra cell phone for the kids to use.
It's a black phone with a camera.
Her cell is a black LG CU500,
with a rotating 1.3 mega pixel camera.
The phone plays MP3's and does videos.
Pretty cool huh?

Riddle?
you are the bus driver,
10 people get off the first stop,
13 people get on the next stop,
26 people get off the next stop,
24 people get on the last stop,
What color are the bus driver's
eyes?

The puppies are five weeks & two days old.
The runt is about half the size of the others.
The runt is named Minny she very cute and playful,
she is not as shy as the other puppies, she is more
calm than the other nine puppies,
She loves attention and the other little puppies like
pulling on our skirts.

For our church talent show this year I will memorize this:
SHEPPERD BOY'S SONG

He that is down needs fear no fall;
He that is low no pride;
He that is humble ever shall
Have God to be his Guide.

I am content with what I have,
Little it be or much;
And, Lord, contentment still I crave,
Because thou savest such.

Fulness such a burden is,
That go on pilgrimage:
Here little, hereafter bliss,
Is best from age to age.

John Bunyan

Kaitlyn. Yesterday was her twelve yo birthday and
here are what the letters of her name stand for:
K stands for: Kind
A stands for: Agile
I stands for: Intelligent
T stands for: Truthful
L stands for: Loving
Y stands for: Young
N stands for: Neat

Our golden retriever will be expecting puppies!
She is due from tonight 'till Friday, I can't wait!
I love all puppies so much, they are always precious.
I don't really mind the noise that much, unless
it keeps me awake for a very long long time
at night.
When they are born I will post a picture of them.


Readers note this is not a actual picture
of our dog.

Little children, never give
Pain to things that feel and live:
Let the little robin come
For the crumbs you save at home,-
As his meat you throw along
He'll repay you with a song;
Never hurt a timid hare
Peeping from his green grass lair,
Let her come and sport and play
On the lawn at close of day;
The little lark goes soaring high
To bright the windows of the sky,
And fluttering on an untiered wing,-
Oh! let him sing a happy song,
Nor do these gentle creatures wrong.

She wouldn't believe
This pencil has
A magical eraser.
She said I was a silly moo,
She said I was a liar too,
She dared me to prove that it was true,
And so what could I do-
I erase her!

"Walk the plank" says Captain Jim.
"But Captain Jim, I cannot swim ."
"Then you must steer us through the gale."
"But Captain Jim, I cannot sail. "
"Then down with the galley slaves you go."
"But Captain Jim, I cannot row."
"Then you must be the pirate's clerk."
"But Captain Jim, I cannot work."
"Then a pirate captain you must be."
"Thank you Jim." says Captain Me.

Riddle me, riddle me, what is that,
Over the head, and under the hat?

Elizabeth,Lizzy,Betsy and Bess,
All went together to seek a bird's;
They found a nest with five eggs in it;
They each took one and left four in it.

Bethany And The Dragon:

Chapter 3


“Climb on my back, unless you would rather run, for ten miles.” The dragon said.
“I’d rather ride thank you”. Bethany said sadly. When they had gotten to the cave Bethany asked “What is your name?”
“My name is Maud.” the dragon said.
“I am Bethany” she said.
“Were do I sleep?” Bethany asked.
“Over here” Maud said, standing next to a small entrance.
“Oh,” said Bethany sadly. She sadly walked through small entrance to her room. When she had walked through she noticed that the room was filled with elegant bookshelves and a beautiful bed. She did not feel so sad any more.

Bethany and the Dragon


By: Lydia.m.c


Chapter 1

Once upon a time,
There lived a beautiful young girl named Bethany. She was 13 years of age. She lived all alone. The way she got her food was she made a garden, and she had a few bows and she made her own arrows. In addition, she went into the woods and picked berries. One day she was out looking for berries to trade for bread because she had none, but instead of ordinary berries, she found something very strange. Around the bush butterflies swarmed. Moreover, the berries sparkled in the light.
When she had picked a basket full of berries, she went home.
The next day she went to pick more berries and when she had picked a basket full of berries ... a huge dragon stepped out from behind it! Bethany was too scared to scream.
The dragon was one hundred feet tall and fifty feet tall!

Chapter 2


When she could finally move, she started to run back to her house. However, the dragon quickly got and easily got in front of her.
She had to stop to keep from running into the dragon. The huge dragon drew itself all the way up to its full height. Then in a booming voice said: “Why have you stolen berries from my magic berry bush?”
“I-I did not now this berry bush belonged to you and I did not now that these are magic berries.”
Bethany stammered.
“You must come and live with me for three years in my cave. After three years you may return to your home but if you try to escape then you must stay for three more years. I will give you an hour to get ready; if you are not back in an hour I will go to your house and drag you to my cave.” Bethany hurried home and snatched all her clothes and was back in hour.

Riddle-me riddle-me riddle-me-ree,
Perhaps you can tell me what this riddle
may be!
As deep as house, as round as a cup,
And all the king's horses can't draw it
up.

Check the mail, we took our shoes of. And when we had looked in the mail box their was no mail. Because the mail man had not come. So we rested a little and the mail man came right before we left. And said "Do you want your mail?" And held our mail out the window to hand it to us! "Okay thank you." We said and one of my sisters walked up to him and got it. And we walked back home with out our shoes on.

The Lion the Lion, he dwells in the waste,
He has a big head and a very small waist;
But his shoulders are stark, and his jaws they are grim,
And a good little child will not play with him.



Except the BIBLE says that someday they will. Here is the verse:

Isaiah 11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

The Farmer's Round

First comes Janury,
The sun lies very low:
I see the farmer's yard
The cattle feed on stro';
The weather being so cold,
There will be another change
Before the year comes round.


Next is February,
So early in the spring,
The farmer ploughs the fallows,
The rooks their nests begin.
The little lamb appearing,
Now frisk and pretty play;
I think upon the increase,
And thank my God, to-day.

I'll post the next 2-3 months later

To the riddle called
AS I WAS GOING TO ST. IVES

Only one was going to St. Ives

AS I WAS GOING TO ST. IVES

As i was going to St.Ives ,
I met a man with seven wives,
Every wife had seven sacks,
Every sack had seven cats,
Every cat had seven kits,
Kits ,cats,sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?

Tomorrow I will post an answer

Called: Birthdays
Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednsday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for its
living,
And the child that's born on Sabbath
day
Is fair and wise and good and gay.

This is the end of
Emma And The Magical Forest

That night she got up and went looking for the unicorns but she could not find them. However, one day she went looking for them and she found the foal sleeping in a cave! Quietly she walked in the cave and sat down next to the foal to wait for either the foal to wake up or for the mom to come. A few minutes later, the foal woke up and just stared at her. She went home that day and thought” I am glad I did not move”.

The end

This is our job list,

Deanna
Dining room-
table
bookshelves
vacuum/sweep
window

Kaitlyn
Bathroom/Laundry room-
tub
toilet
counter
floor
washer/dryer tops

Lydia
Living room-
bookshelves
windows
mirror
vacuum
couches

Megan
Kitchen-
counters and island
windows
sink
floors
trash
put away dishes

Natalie
Animals

Rebecca
Little trashes
deck

For my 10 y/o birthday, some friends of mine gave me a Quaker Oats cookbook.
This is my favorite recipe it is called;

Lemmon Poppy Seed Cake:

2 ¼ cups of flour
1 ½ cups of Quaker oats
3 Tbs poppy seeds
1 Tbs baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ salt (optional)
1 cup sugar
¾ cups butter (1 ½ sticks)
1 Tbs grated lemon peel
3 eggs
1 ½ cups milk
Glaze
1 Cup powdered sugar
½ tsp grated lemon peel
4 to 5 tsp fresh lemon juice
Preparation:
1. Heat oven to 350. Grease 12 bundt pan r 10” tube pan.
2. Combine flour, oats, poppy seeds, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
3. In large bowl, beat sugar and butter until creamy. Beat in lemon peel. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in dry ingredients and milk alternately in three additions, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Pour into a pan.
4. Bake 35 to 45 minutes * or until wooden pick inserted comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
5. Combine powdered sugar, lemon peel and enough lemon juice for desired consistency; mix until smooth. Drizzle over cake. Store tightly covered at room temperature.


Yield: 16 servings


*If using a heavy, cast aluminum bunt pan, baking time may need to be increased.

Do you like my new template?
I did the header and my sister Kaitlyn did the rest she suggested the colors and
made the daisies and put the template up for me.
It took a little while to figure out how to put it up but she still did.





Hi Aunt Yvonne and Grandma

We went to a hunting ranch and on the second morning i went hunting with him and in the deer blind kept dozing off but for the last ten minnits.

The night before my Dad shot a Doe!

Some friends gave us two wild hogs they shot. It was fun!






Hi Aunt Yvonne and Grandma.

Tuesday-Thursday there was half sleeting half snowing, and there were icicles it was great!
In Ohio we would go sledding down a two hundred foot hill! It was fun.

the ten chapter a day Bible thing that my mom came up with ?
well my parents have another idea for the Old Testament
thirty minutes of Bible reading every day!
I am on
Psalms 69

My mom said that I should post this story called:
Emma and the Magical Forest

Once upon a time,
There lived a beautiful young girl named Emma' she lived all alone in a forest. Next to the forest, there was a village. Moreover, all the villagers said that the forest had magical creatures in the forest. However, Emma did not believe them at all. Almost every day she went into the forest, to find wild fruit to eat. People always said that she should move to the village. However, she loved the forest and could never leave. However, one-day she was picking wild fruits in the forest and something was shuffling in the bushes right beside her! At first, she did not notice. However, it was growing louder and louder than she realized that something was in the bushes. Finally, a strange foal with a horn on her head stumbled out of the bushes Emma screamed of surprise. She stood there looking at her for a moment, and than a beautiful horse with a horn on her head came walking through the bushes! In addition, she stopped and looked suspiciously at Emma, and then moved towards the foal. That night she could not get to sleep, “Maybe I should move …well I will decide in the morning. She said. Then she went to sleep. In the morning, she had forgotten about last night. So she did not think about moving to the village. Day after day, she went into the forest, and she did not see anything unusual, so she was beginning to think that it was just her imagination. One day she was picking berries and the mother unicorn came calmly walking out of the bushes and was eating the berries write next to her!

Do you like Geneva Bible Pages ?
Because my family and i are selling them.
Real geneva Bible pages that are 400 years old!
And bookmarks to,
for a framed one it cost $94.99 with free shiping!


ps
My Mom said she will give me
some of the money if you order
because of this post, so please
tell her.

Hi Aunt Yvonne

game is
Switch:is a very easy game, you and at least five other people run around the trampoline,
and the sixth person stands in midle shouting "switch"last person to fall wins.
Pancake:
Switch traffic jam:
Mother may I?:
Tricks and judge:
Fox and sheep:
Fox and geese:
Bowling ball:
King Kong tag:
Looney toon tag:
What's the time Mr. Wolf?:
No way Jose:
Next time I post will tell about the next game

was my Birthday!!
I am 10 now!!

Mummy: You and at least 3 other people get on the trampoline, and (decide who is it) "it" lays
down on the trampoline crosses their arms on their chest, and the others run around on the trampoline chanting "mummy mummy don't wake up until I count to five,1,2,3,4,5, then "it"
gets up, and chases the others, last out wins.
Switch:
Pancake:
Switch traffic jam:
Mother may I?:
Tricks and judge:
Fox and sheep:
Fox and geese:
Bowling ball:
King Kong tag:
Looney toon tag:
What's the time Mr. Wolf?:
No way Jose:
Next time I post will tell about the next game

Panther: you and at least three other people get on the Trampoline (decide who is it)who ever
is it closes their eyes and gets on their hands and knees trys to get the others.
Mummy:
Switch:
Pancake:
Switch traffic jam:
Mother may I?:
Tricks and judge:
Fox and sheep:
Fox and geese:
Bowling ball:
King Kong tag:
Looney toon tag:
What's the time Mr. Wolf?:
No way Jose:
Next time I post will tell about the next game

On the trampoline we play lots of games.

Here are all the games I can remember:
traffic jam: You and at least 3 other people run around on the trampoline and
if someone is in your way you grab them and throw them in the middle. The
last person standing wins.

1. Panther:
2. Mummy:
3. Switch:
4. Pancake:
5. Switch traffic jam:
6. Mother may I?:
7. Tricks and judge:
8. Fox and sheep:
9. Fox and geese:
10. Bowling ball:
11. King Kong tag:
12. Looney toon tag:
13. What's the time Mr. Wolf?:
14. No way Jose:

Next time I post Iwill tell about the next game

that you can make carbon dioxide
and put out a candle just by pretending
to pour carbon dioxide.
Heres how to do it:
1. Mix baking soda and vinegar
2. Light candle
3. Pretend to pour soda and vinegar on the candle

I just recently bought a beta!
The beta is a boy the males are the most
colorful.
they have been found aroud little pudles over a
mile away from ponds and rivers!

I will post some pictures of my bunnies soon
Lilo is black and white,
Stitch is white with gray ears.

I have three praying mantis. They are all males.
And are each about 2 1/2 '' long.
They are all very gentle.
this is what they look like

My grandparents sent us two sets of buncbeds
a full-size on the bottom twin-size on the top I'll
post pictures soon.

Do you remember the New Testament ten chapters a-day contest?
because I'm done early! We are suposed to be done saterday.

We have some of these at our home
A newspaper article about American Snout Butterflies in San Antonio last week:

By: Lydia. M.C.
Once upon a time,
There was a little girl named Katy, she is about ten. Her little sister Emily is seven and her little brother Eric is seven. Emily and Eric are twins!
And her mom her little sister and her little brother were very poor they only had enough for two small meals’ a day. So one-day Katy’s mom told her that she needed to go to the market. And she needed Katy to watch her brother and sister until she got home from the market. After a little while Katy’s mom got home she had bought five loafs of bread!! The next day while Katy was out picking flowers for her mom she saw a horse but it had a horn on her head! A unicorn! She said. Then Katy noticed that she has two colts behind her! A hunter is trying to hunt us down to make us tell where we hid thousands of jewels. That the fairy queen gave to us to hide from the hunter. And now he is trying to catch us to make us tell were we hid the jewels!...

She asked herself sadly. Hmmm, she thought. Maybe, if I tell her that I must to go back to fairyland… but wait how will I get back to fairyland
wonderd.
She had been there for a very long before she had learned how to fly, and after awhile she did not really want to leave. Then she remembered how much fun it was in fairyland, and how she loved her home.
Then remembering how the giant lifted a door, she pushed it up and flew away!
But once she was back to the woods it began to rain, and her wings were getting wet.
She So she looked around a little bit, and saw a big pile of leaves so she made a little house like thing out of them and stayed there for awhile. When it stopped she flew strait home.








The End

Moreover, she was always very helpful. However, one -day she heard someone cry for help! She rushed to the edge of fairyland, and saw one of her little friends holding on to the edge the cloud!
After she pulled her up, she was so close to the edge that she fell off! She fluttered down like a butterfly with wet wings.
Then something huge picked her up and put her in a jar. You have to understand that fairies (even small ones,) can sense feelings so she knew that the giant did not mean to scare her.
The giant set her down very gently in the jar and went to her house. She put her in a little cage and gave her a spoon full of honey, a little bit of chocolate and a little cloth for a blanket
Hmm this giant seems to know a lot about what fairies like, she thought to herself.
ill bet she is not going to be able to understand me. She thought. However, what if she can understand maybe shell let me go. How will I get back to fairyland? She asked herself. Moreover, just then she saw a
Pixie man looking for her!
However, he did not see her, she screamed and rattled the cage but it was no uFinally, she gave up if he doesn't see her how will she get out. How will I ever get out of here?


to be continued

I am writing a story and am going to start posting it:

Ayless and the Giant

Once upon a time, Up high in the sky in the land of fairies, lived a little fairy girl named Ayless. She was always happy, and loved to play with everyone. She could not yet fly. Therefore, she was very careful to stay away from the edge of the cloud. For she had heard stories of the giants below the cloud. Moreover, she was very afraid of them. She lived right in the middle of fairyland, so she never got very close to the edge.

to be continued,

He is twentyfive days old and isn't he adorable ?
And we all love him to!

money at my house.
Mom has been giving us ten cents for
about two feet of rock lining,
or she'll pay us five cents for each
Daddylongleg we flush down the toilet.
And its fun!

Morning List First:

• Dress
• Bed
• Room
• Hair
• Teeth
• Jobs
• Breakfast whenever it's ready

BIBLE:
Proverbs, Psalms,

Exercise (we can choose):

• Pushups
• Jumping Jacks
• Sit ups
• Crunches
• Walk around the circle driveway
• Butterfly kicks
• Trampoline

Read

• history

Write

• Blog post
• letter
• Bible

Read to the littles

Violin.

Last night wanted to get a picture of the two youngest and Mom. So I said
"Mom can it take a picture of you, baby Perry and Rachael for my blog"?
"Uuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmm OK" She said. ;)

My Mom has thought of a challenge for reading the New Testament in one month.
There is three hundred chapters in the New Testament,
"If we read ten chapters a day for one month than we can read the New Testament,"
She said.

He's 8 days old and has dark hair
and dark eyes and is verry cute

Her powers of speech are quite shocking.
Even while sleeping she's talking.
The speed of her jaw
fills observers with awe
and leaves us with sly thoughts of caulking.

Do you like it?

He is named after Dad, Grandpa,GreatGreatGrandpa.

My Mom emailed me this I my mom and
all my sisters and I loved it and laughed.
We even copied it be cause its really really
really funny!

My Mom is three days late and I'm getting inpatient.
Look at this it has a babyticker on the top of her blog.
I am so exited and I can't waite!

My Mom was in labor last night!!!
we are betting:
Becca 8.3 Boy
Natalie Boy 7.8
Megan Girl 7.8
Lydia (me)Boy 8.3
Kaitlyn boy 8.7
Deanna boy 7.9
Mom Girl 8.2
We do not bet for money who ever wins is of dishes for the day!

This update is for saturday-monday(today).
Friday-Church friends help sand my little sisters' room and dining room.
Saturday -Texturing and stomping
Monday - painting my sisters' room and dining room

My sisters and I love to draw and color.
And my grandparents sent us six artsets
like this one as you can see I have used mine already.
My littlest sister in the last post loves to help color.

This is not a recent picture at all. She was 10 months old when this picture was taken is now 23 months old. And almost always happy. And in 10 days will be a big sister and is very exited to!!

Now I don't know all the details so I will do my best,
Becca and two of my other sisters went to get ice cream
and Becca's ice cream was melting so Becca had a brilliant plan
she started eating the bottom of her cone!
As it turned out it was not such a brilliant plan at all.

My family and I love this recipe,
9 eggs,
1 can of
cream of chicken soup,
make scrambled eggs,
but before they are done
stir cream of chicken in eggs.
And biscuits are good with it to.

We have:
Twelve rabbits,
Five gerbils,
One dog,
One cat,!!!!
Nineteen pets!!!That's a lot of pets isn't it?
But at one point we had thirty-two pets!!
twenty-four rabbits,
six gerbils,
one dog,
one cat,!!
Now that is a lot of pets.

My name is Lydia I am 9yrs old. My dad and other people from work built our house notice I said built not hired workers. It is over half done.
I never have to worry about never having anyone to play with or having to clean up by myself. I always have someone to help me with stuff because I'm not an only child. I have six sisters and I am the third to oldest.