We are leaving soon!

Dad just called about pumpkin picking. Yes, we haven't gotten pumpkins yet. If you're surprised, you don't know us well. We are ALWAYS late! Pumpkins late, Christmas tree up late, everything.

We are going to go to Gene's. He apparently has some huge ones. But we have to do it in the RAIN! Lucas wants a huge pumpkin. I'm going for tall and small to medium. And of course the little ones will get huge ones and then have us get the goop out. Especially Ethan. He hates how it feels on his hands.

So, off we go. The little ones, (mostly Ethan), are thinking up cool, (ssshhhh, (crazy)) ideas for carving. Lucas probably has another creative design that will take until midnight as it has these last two years!! :) The outcome is awesome, though!

Ethan Wrote a Story today

Ethan grabbed a load of papers and a pencil and began working. We weren't sure what, but we were informed that we were NOT to watch him! Finally, by lunch, we were able to read what he wrote. This is it, without the illustrations, but not corrected in any way!

Because I

Spat a pit

BY Ethan V.h.

I didn't know that my parents were missionaries until I was ten. My mom told me. One day I was outside eating a apple. I accidentally bit into a pit. I spat it out. Next thing I new there was a apple tree right by me! you know that apple trees are grown by pits and take about two months to grow but this one took about two seconds! I was surprised! I bet you would have been to. I ran to tell my mom. She screamed loudly mom", I said you do not have to scream. It was so loud it woke up my baby sister. my mom had to get her. I was happy that the cry was gone. Then my dad came in with a basket of apples. i picked these apples he said. i smiled. sometimes you do not no what will happen next.

THE END

On the back he wrote:

Ethan VanderHart
was born in Detroit.
This is his first
book. He was 7
only! He lives
in Michigan, Kalamazoo

Just to you all..

I was just looking over my comments on my other blog and it IS VERY WEIRD reading comments from people whom I do not know!!!! Freaky! Yet cool. It's nice to know my blog is being read. :)

Haven't Written in a while...

I have been so busy lately, that I haven't been able to write at all. I'm literally busy every day. I'm off driving somewhere doing something.

Lately, I've been trying to work on the Battle of the Book shirts for this year. I hope the kids will like them.

Well, I know I don't have very many readers, so I'll end now. Have a good day.

I'm back!

Sorry I haven't written in a while. My day consists of schoolwork in the morning, painting the rest of the fence in the afternoon, eat dinner, wash dishes, and try to get more night driving in.



My birthday is tomorrow! Hooray. We are going to go to the zoo with Grandpa, Grandma and my uncle, aunts, and cousins on the Vander Hart side! I am going to have an icecream cake. Mmmmmm..

Ethan and Ana couldn't wait to show me the presents all wrapped up. Right now they are on my dresser!

They wrapped the presents this morning. But first they told me not to sneak around. So I teased Ana by saying I'd look under the door to Mom and Dad's room and so on. Mom later informed me that they were very jumpy and would keep getting up and would open the door and peek out. I didn't help much when I ran up the stairs yelling, "I'm coming!"

I got three birthday cards today from Jessi, Alli and Uncle Tony and Aunt Jody! Thank you so much, if you're reading this. I loved the pictures, Alli and Jess! :) I'll see you this weekend.

I will TRY to write more later, but today looks like it's going to be filled with comings and goings.