Will H. 5 S

Wills Taco Dinner

I just finished homework and around dinner I smelled something strange around our yellow house.  I smelled something spicy, almost too spicy for my mouth to handle.  I thought nothing was too spicy.  I call myself FE for iron stomach (FE is iron on the periodic table of elements). 

I followed the smell to the kitchen and found my mom making tacos.  They were set up nice on the table.  I went to the table to try one. I thought it seemed gross; the way the food looked, but it looked so good.  I said no, but my stomach said yes.  I took a big bite until I went to heaven.  One taco after another; I felt like there was one Mexican thing missing.  It was peppers! I grabbed some pep’s, which is my nickname for hot pepper, put on my sixth taco and bit it. That’s when my mouth was screaming with pain, but I was silent. 

I see a nice of glass of milk my mom is pouring into my little sisters cup.  I race over and grab the cup and five seconds later there is nothing left in the cup.  My mom asked me why I did that and I said, in my breath, spicy”!

After the food I thought to myself that it is good to try new food, especially Mexican food.  Now I have a new favorite food.J

Senem A. 5 S

Lost Dog

            One Friday we were heading to New York in the Bronx to go to my grandma’s house.

            It was an hour drive to get to New York. My two younger sisters were sleeping while my older sister was reading a Percy Jackson book.  I was sitting in the back of the car with my dog, Maya.  We always bring her to New York.  She is a Chihuahua. She is light brown, her paws and the tip of her tail are white.  Maya is small. She likes to be carried. She also licks people a lot. We got stuck in traffic and I was so bored. I could hear cars honking like a siren.

            Soon we were in New York.

            Then, in a few minutes, we were in the Bronx. We were heading up my grandmas street. Her street has a lot of buildings and sidewalks. Next to my grandma’s house there is an empty lot where a house burned down. We arrived at my grandma’s house. Since she lives in the city she has a tiny lawn in the front of her house. She made a garden there. She has lots of different kinds of flowers. She has roses, tulips, sunflowers and more. With all her flowers her garden looks like a rainbow. She also has a porch.

            Next, we went inside grandma’s house to relax. When we were inside we began watching T.V.

            After we watched T.V. we went outside to ride our bikes. After we rode our bikes we went inside. We noticed we left the front door open, so, we closed it. Suddenly, I noticed that Maya was gone. We all thought Maya was sleeping with Leyla on the couch. Leyla is my oldest sister. She has long brown hair, glasses and brown eyes. We all looked around my grandma’s house for Maya. Here are some places we looked: under the bed, kitchen, living room, dining room and closet. Maya was not in the house. So we decided to look outside. I looked in the tiny lawn and the back of the house.  My mom searched the sidewalks. Maya was not anywhere to be found.  I soon got worried. My two younger sisters got worried, too, It was about 11 or 12 o’clock at night.  We started to think.

            “How did Maya get outside?” we wondered. Then I remember we had left the door open for 3 minutes. “That’s when Maya got out!” I said. It was too late to keep on looking. So then we went inside to go to bed. Soon it was morning. We were still looking for Maya.

            “Can we make posters?” I asked.

            We did. It helped, too.  People started to look for her. Eventually, we had to go home and go to school. But at least my grandma still looked for Maya.

            As soon as we got home to our own house we called our grandma. “I did not find Maya,” she said.

            When I was at school the next day I was thinking of Maya the whole time.  Once I got home I asked if anyone had found Maya. No one had at that point.

            At about 7:00 my grandma called and said that a lady and five kids had found Maya and gave her back.  I was so happy!

Sariah H. 5 S

My Mom

My mom is a hot dog.

She is the ketchup and mustard that puts the fun into everything.

She is the buns, keeping us warm and safe.

She is the wonderful flavor, always putting excitement into all we do.

My mom is a hot dog and I love her.

Mia P. 5 S

Summer

Swimming in the pool, dive in!!

Sitting down, sipping sour lemonade.

The sun shining bright, the heat on the beach.

Relaxing in a beach chair.

Riding in boats and jet skis on the ocean.

Having an ice cold popsicle!

The 4^th of July, fireworks!

Summer is the best season of them all!!

Maddie O. 5 S

My Mom

My mom is the sun.

She is the sunshine, always brightening the day after a dark gloomy night.

She is the guiding light, helping us when we are confused or having trouble

She is the warmth, comforting my family when we are sad or scared.

She is the height, watching over me, our family and friends.

She is the sparkle, the shining smile and bright personality.

My mom is the sun.

Lilly K. 5 S

Bliss

Bliss,

The world just being simple,

No bills, no hunger, no unhappiness,

No homework, no stress, freedom for all,

No bad things, not a need to stall,

If all of the world could be like this,

Everything would be pure bliss.

Justin H. 5 S

My Vacation

I went to Myrtle Beach on my vacation. We got up early in the morning and the sun was shining. Mom, Dad, Jessica, and I drove to the airport together. There were a lot of planes. It was very busy. There were a lot of people.

When I first got on the plane I was nervous. When the plane took off it was a bumpy ride, my ears popped. We got cookies and orange soda  during the flight. I sat next to my dad and the window. I watched the small cars on the ground and ice floating in the water below me. I watched the clouds go by. When we landed at the airport it went boom boom. It was a bumpy landing. We went to the store to get food and drinks.

 We stayed at a hotel that had a pool and a hot tub. The pool was freezing cold. The hot tub was warm. I like to go under water when I swim. Every day my family and I walked on the boardwalk. We saw dolphins, sea horses and crabs. We ate fish and chicken nuggets. We had chocolate ice cream every day after dinner.

    

Juliet L. 5 S

Happy Mother’s Day!

My Mom is a Tree

My mom is a tree.

Her bark is tough and so is she.

The branches are her arms, oh, so many,

They can do almost anything, oh yes, plenty.

Her leaves are her fingers, skillful and all,

Her trunk is her body making her pretty tall.

The flowers are very pretty, just like her,

I’m very very glad she is my mother.

Jeremy P. 5 S

TOBY

To my loving and caring dog…

                                                                     

When I was about 4  I got a big surprise. I was in the car heading towards my aunts house. We parked in my aunts front yard while mom went inside to say hi. I got out of the car and I could see right infront of me a pale white house with a tiny stone path heading towards the house. At the end of the path there were some stairs that lead to a litlle white door.

As I walked towards the door I could hear the leaves crunching underneath me. Next to the house was a small shed the color of a ripe kiwi. In between the shed and the house was a slanted white old fence. When I opened the white door I could hear a loud creeeek! Behind the white door was a small tiny little room, the size of a closet. At the other end of the room was a bigger door than the other. A bright yellow door that instead of a creeeek! made a soft woosh! sound. When I opened the door in front of me I could see a medium sized living room. Inside the beautiful living room was a electric piano, a fish tank with a black fish, and a Christmas tree. The Christmas tree seemed so huge, considering my size. When I got to the kitchen I could see the Christmas decorations.

          As I got to the door to lead me to the backyard I could hear a lot of barking and yelping. When I opened the door it made a creek just like the first one did.

As I stepped outside I felt a breeze hit my face, it was really warm inside compared to outside. When I stepped down I forgot there were more stairs down and I fell in mid air  trying to hold on to something when dad caught me with his hand… phew! Good thing he was there. While I stepped down the stairs I could hear my aunt saying “hi honey!”.     When I got down the stairs I actually got very surprised. In front of me was a dog the height of my knees barking like a maniac! By then I knew a lot of words, I even knew how to have a conversation with someone. But in that moment the only words I knew were, “ahhhh!ahhhhh!ahhhh!”

I ran as fast a jaguar up the stairs. I was shaking mad. With all of that in my mind   I thought that Toby was a pitbull (fact: Toby is a Cocker Spaniel from Russia.)

“Sweetie come down here, he’s friendly.” My mom told me.

“No.” I said in a nervous tone.

“Sweetie, please come here.” My mom told me once more.

“Mmmph, okay.” I said in a unsure voice. Once I got next to the dog, he pounced on me and licked my face non-stop. Now you might be thinking right this instant “how cute!” but to me in that moment it felt like he was eating my face. So  I started bawling and shouting and mom, dad, and my aunt were pulling Toby off my face. Apparently Toby took it as a game and wouldn’t get off my face! Finally he stopped licking me and sat on the ground looking at me with those big huge round black eyes. It looked very funny but I had cried so much that my eyes were all poofy. So, I simply ran back to the car and locked the doors. I waited until my parents came and we could go home just like E.T only to find that my parents were going to take Toby home temporarily until my aunt found a new home for him. If we liked the dog, we could keep him with us. Now, as you can see, it was not exactly love at first sight. But as I grew I learned that Toby is a really good friend, because really, he is. When I was between the ages of 4 and 5 years old,  I was a little afraid of Toby. For example, one time he took my favorite stuffed animal and ran around the house with it. “Catch him mommy , catch him!”  I screamed. Mom came rushing into action and I kept on thinking “HE WILL DESTROY IT!!!!” Right then mommy grabbed him and the little toy got saved. But as I said, Toby became very special the day he made me feel better. I was having a rough time and felt terrible and Toby came up to me and sat on my legs and started licking them softly as if saying, “it’s ok”.

Toby has been a great pal. My aunt never found an owner for my dog and time passed and we fell in love with Toby. We decided to keep him! So that is how I became the owner of my dog, Toby.

Erik W. 5 S

Awesome Christmas

I sprung out of bed screaming “it’s Christmas Eve! it’s Christmas Eve!!!”

When my brother screamed “SHUT UP!!!” in his whiney morning voice.

I jumped out of bed in joy when a thought shot right into my head.  How did I forget? Everybody’s sleeping. I rushed to the kitchen and gobbled down some Cheerios not caring that I seriously hated that cereal. I gobbled it down faster than I ever had. I turned on the TV waiting anxiously for everyone to wake up.

A couple of minutes passed when I realized my home made security camera was still stuck to the back sliding door and it was still taping.  I said to myself “wow, it’s cool how I made it.”  I took my phone, a Nerf sticky bullet, and wrapped tape around it and stuck it to the back door.  I heard my dad get up, and I did what I usually do when he gets up.  I ran up to him and hugged him and jumped on him.  And as usual he groans and says

“Don’t jump on me,” he groans. I  waited patiently till everyone woke up slowly and happily.                                                     

          When everyone woke up I gave my mom her usual morning hug and said I love you.  My mom made bacon and eggs and we all ate, except for me.  When we were done we all got ready quickly to go to church and then to our cousins house.  We all got into the car and in a slow pace buckled our seat belts and started our drive to church.  After church we arrived at my cousins house in Shelton as we got out of the car it was freezing, so we all rushed into the garage.  I ran inside when I heard my cousins playing in the living room.  I crept through the hallway, I jumped out and screamed. My cousins screamed when I scared them. 

One of my cousins moaned loudly “you stink! Why did you do that?” 

“Duuughh… that’s called a prank,” I said.  “Where is breakfast?” I questioned, as I ran upstairs. 

    I ran up the stairs and saw more and more of the family.  As I arrived in the dining room my family was eating onion soup.  The room was noisy with the sound of clanging from dishes and spoons being tapped against the bowls gently. 

    I said hi to everybody and Merry Christmas. Then I went back downstairs to my cousins.  I played outside briefly so my cousins could show me there hideout, then went back inside.  As time passed, my cousins and I played the Wii.  Soon we were called to the dining room for our big feast of 12 dishes as all of us kids watched for the first star so we would start to eat. The star is a Polish tradition where we look outside and watch for a star.  My cousin Adam was the first to see the star.  So now it was time for everyone to go to the table so we could all start to eat.

    Just as we all started to finish our dinner, we heard a loud noise at the front door.  My uncle went to see what it was.  He yelled to us, “look what St. Nicholas left us! Huge sacks of presents!”  All of the kids pushed and ran into the living room so we could get our presents.

       When they called my name for a present I was so excited and could hardly wait to see what I got.  I quickly took the present and went back to the couch to open it and I said, “this is exactly what I wanted! An Xbox 360.This is an awesome Christmas!”