The Game Night

Yesterday (June 19th) we went to Alok’s house. We played three games it was so fun! It was called APPLES to APPLES, Twister and Dominos. I liked all of the games especially twister because it made me laugh so much. And my sister and Gabriella I play it too! But it was very hard so I did not want to play it but I still liked it. The game Apples To Apples was fun to but my mom and I did not win but that is ok because sometimes peoples don’t win. I did not no how to play Dominos but Gabriella helped me and I helped her too! My dad wined the game Dominos.

Shrutina

THE PICNIC AT SCHOOL

Today we are having a picnic. Every body liked cookies so Ms. Chaffee brought us some cookies. I said thank you to Ms.Chaffee. We ate the cookies they were so yummy. We ate some fruits I ate an apple I love apples because they are crunchy and juicy. We played outside it was fun Kenia and I played follow the leader Kenia is the leader because she is 9 years old. We also played with Ms. Chaffee. We had so much fun after that we at dessert. For dessert we ate ice cream it was so yummy! We ate some chips but Ms. Chaffee did not eat some chips because she might get fat if she gets fat she will be sad really sad. We played games like bingo and hide and seek it was fun then we rested we jogged with Ms. Chaffee we ate some fruits again Eric ate some bananas and Angel ate an orange Kenia and I ate an apple Ms. Chaffee ate a apple too! We ate some chicken nuggets Ms. Chaffee ate some vegetables we wrote some stories some stories were scary and funny and sweet Ms. Chaffee loved them so she wrote us a story too then we went home.

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BY Shrutina Shrestha

THE TRIP TO THE ZOO

On Tuesday May 12, 2009 we went on a trip to the Baltimore zoo. The trip was far. Finally we made it. We saw some polar bear the polar bears were hugging each other. We saw some elephant one was drinking water the other one was swinging and the baby elephant was resting. We saw some cheetahs they were sleeping. We ate some ice creams Bliss got a rainbow one Kenia got a bubble gum one and I got a bubble gum one too! We saw the biggest tree we went inside the biggest tree there was some steps then went up there was 100 steps but we went fast. There was a big slide so we went on it we went on it 2 times. We sawed snakes the snake was inside the water we sawed bats the bats were flying around. We sawed some giraffes they were walking. We went to the kids farm we saw a owl the owl was sleeping then we sawed a hen the hen was eating seeds. We sawed a toucan the toucan was crowing. We ate chips it was yummy. We went to a park we played in the park for a minute then we went to school and I was happy because we went to the Baltimore zoo.

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Lhwo Dayaa Khau Dayaa Dance

I also danced in the culture program it was called Lhow dayaa Khau dayaa. Lhow dayaa Khau dayaa is a Newah song.  The dancing was so fun. First I did not want to dance because I have never tried before. Every time when I go in front of people, like on stage I get so nerves. Then I changed my mind because I wanted to try something different. Showing people me dancing on stage is something exciting. I worked hard for practicing the dance every week for 4 weeks. We went to Rajesh Uncle’s house for practicing. Everybody came there. We had to wear some make up on our face we looked so pretty when we danced. After the dance, I got a certificate. All of my friends got one too! I was very proud of myself. Here is the video, Please look.

Yo maa Yo baa chhaye masyena

I and my sister sang a song on May 24 program together with many of my other friends. Here is the video.

Singing a song for a cultural program

There is a cultural program on May 24, 2009. I am going to sing a song in a group in the program. The peoples who are going to sing the song with me are Ruby, Rosie, Roz, Salina, Slesa and Monee. Those are the peoples I know but there are some few more peoples in the group. I will ask their names next week. Every week we practice the song together. Prajwol uncle plays a black guitar for the song. Sugandha uncle plays an orange guitar for the song too! And baba plays tabalas. The tabala is a drum a Nepalese drum. My sister wants to sing the song too but I am worried she will mess up in the program. I wish she could be included in the song. Here is a small video of our song practice.  

Field trip to Museum

My class and I went to the Laurel museum on April 21, 2009.  We learnt that in 1950s peoples used a big big pot to wash themselves.  They get water from the river. The river was so deep where people can swim. People use the big pot to get water from the river. Then peoples put it in the fire place. The water slowly warmed up. When the water was hot then they took a bath. But still they did not smell good. So they had a little bag of good smelly things like perfume and they put the smelly objects in there chest or under there shirt. Then their whole body had good smell. That is what I learned about the life of people in 1950s in the museum.     

Rhyming words and sententes

I have written sentences with rhyming words. It is easy to write rhyming words and sentences. When you read them, it sounds like poem. It is fun to read them. I did it all by myself. Here it is;

 

MY FAVORITE THINGS

 

My favorite book is the CAT

in the HAT by Dr. Seuss.

 

My favorite flower is a ROSE

I smell roses with my NOSE.

 

My favorite nickname is CHRISTINA

because it sounds like SHRUTINA.

 

My favorite animal is a DOG

and a HOG.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

My favorite food is a BUN

I eat my BUN

when the SUN rise up.   

 

My favorite HOUSE

is a MOUSE

HOUSE.

 

My favorite MOON

is a full MOON

the MOON

will come out SOON.

 

My favorite bird is a PARROT

I don’t know why PARROT

don’t eat a CARROT.

 

The Movie night

On April 10, 2009 I went to my friends house. Her name is Cheyenne. We both waited for Angel because she was coming too. While Angel came we wore stickers. We gave Angel one too. After Cheyenne’s father came back home, we went to see a Hannah Montana movie. Hannah Montana is Millie. The movie ended at 6:30 pm we then went to a new park. We played there on marry go round. It was fun at the park. We went home to eat dinner. For dinner we had cheese burger, pizza and French fries. For desert we ate cake. It was yummy. Angel’s mom came to pick her up. Cheyenne and I played hand paint. We got paint on our feet, face and hands everywhere. We washed our self up later on. Cheyenne and I wrote our names on a paper and then we put glitter on top. We hung it in Cheyenne’s room. Cheyenne gave me a birthday present. I liked them all especially the tooth brush. I was not able to invite my friends in my birthday because it was on weekday. My mom came to pick me up late. My Dad, Mom and Sister went to Jayaswor uncle’s house. I missed Jayeswor uncle and family including Roze didi. We went home we brushed our teeth and went to bed but I was remembering all the fun of the day until late night.

 

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The paper boat

I made a paper boat today. I looked in a book to make a paper boat. I am going to show you the steps of making the paper boat. I made it by folding a rectangle shaped piece of Origami paper. Origami is the Japanese word. My Japanese friend Shion gave me an Origami book and two packs of Origami papers. I like the Japanese art of Origami. Please look at the pictures that I took so you could understand what I did. After the paper boat was ready I put water in the sink of my bathroom and closed the drain hole. Then I put the paper boat on the water of the sink. I was curious about it. I was happy because it floated. I was not happy because my sister threw the paper boat away soon after.

 

 

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The amazing growing creatures

I got a toy that has a frog and a lizard. I got this toy on March 2, 2009. My dad bought it for me at Target shopping center. My sister gave the toy to me as my birthday gift. I opened it on March 3, 2009 and then I put the toy in a bucket. I also put water inside the bucket. The toy lizard and frog were growing each day. I measured the size of the frog and lizard everyday. I took pictures of them too and I also marked dates on the pictures. They kind of looked like real animals. Today, I am showing you the pictures of the lizard and the frog how they grew up. You will see they were so tiny in the beginning. In the middle they looked like kids. They looked like adult after few more days.

 

March 3, 2009 – start day

March 4, 2009 – 6 inch (lizard)  3 inch (Frog)

March 5, 2009 – 8 inch (lizard)  4 inch (Frog)

March 6, 2009 – 9 inch (lizard)  5 inch (Frog)

March 7, 2009 – 11 inch (lizard)  6 inch (Frog)

March 8, 2009 – 13 inch (lizard)  6 inch (Frog)

March 9, 2009 – 14 inch (lizard)  7 inch (Frog)

March 10, 2009 – 15 inch (lizard)  7 inch (Frog)

March 11, 2009 – 15 inch (lizard)  8 inch (Frog)

March 12, 2009 – 15 inch (lizard)  8 inch (Frog)

  

It stopped growing after March 11, 2009. After it was grown up, I took them out of the water. The grown up lizard and frog shrank again slowly. Playing with this toy was a lot of fun.

A Toucan

A toucan lives in the rain forest. He has a long beak. His beak is the mix of red, green and yellow color. Today I am going to tell you how to draw a toucan. Please click on the "play" button of the video below to see how to draw a toucan. I hope you can draw one too! I learnt to draw a toucan in my class. It was not so hard to draw a toucan. I wish to visit a rain forest to find a toucan in real.

I was not able to put my blog on Saturday and Sunday because I was busy helping my mom and my father to put up the decorations in my home. We put up balloons, flowers, ribbons, and paper lanterns on walls and ceiling. I brought the stuffs like tapes, scissors, balloons, and strings for my mom. We were decorating the room for celebrating my birthday. It was not my actual birthday. My actual birthday according to Nepalese calendar was on Tuesday. But we invited Roze didi, Slesha nini, Pawan mamabaje, Maiju, Jayeswor Uncle, and also Aunts on Sunday.

Egg with two yolks

When my Baba was making me an egg there was two yolks in the same egg. It was amazing. So we took a picture of it. I am going to tell you about the egg in my blog today.

Please click on the "play" button of the video below to listen the story. Thank you.

The egg is delicious to eat.  The egg has yolk, chalazas, egg white inside the shell. The yolk is bright yellow color. I and my sister like to eat the yolk very much. There are two types of egg, white egg and brown egg. I love brown egg because it tastes good. My sister likes white egg. The brown egg has a bright yellow yolk it also look like light orange color. But white egg has light yellow color yolk. When my father was making me an egg there was two yolks in the same egg it was amazing. It was special to me. I ate the egg with two yolks inside, my sister thought I ate two eggs but I didn’t. I wish I could give her an egg with two yolks next time.

OK see you next week. Bye bye.

A shark boy

Today I will tell you a story. I wrote this story last week but I did not put it in the blog last week because I had made a prism last week. Also, I did not finish the pictures which illustrate the story. I finished the pictures today and also took the photo of the picture. My Baba helped me to put the picture and the story together.

I got hair-cut today. I also went to Target with my mom, and I was lost there. I was scared a lot. My name was announced by the mike and loud speaker, but I did not hear that. I was playing with some toys in the Target. My mom was trying to find me and another person helped me to find my mom. When I saw my mom, I ran to her and then started to cry. My mom was worried a lot.

Please click on the "play" button of the video below to listen the story. Thank you.

A shark boy

Once upon a time there was a bad girl who loved to swim a lot because the water was warm. She liked warm water and she did not want other peoples to swim at all. A boy was mad at her so he wore his shark custom that could go under water. He sneaked into the water. When the girl saw the shark in the water she was scared a lot. The girl came out and ran to her home as fast as she could. She told what happened at the swimming pool. Her family did not believe her but she did not ever go back to the swimming pool. Every body said hurray and everybody got to swim happily again.

Making a Prism

Today I will make a prism and put it in the blog so every body could know how to make a prism. I love making new things in Saturday and Sunday but it is hard to think what to do. Sometimes my dad helps me.

Please click on the "play" button of the video below to see how to make a prism. Thank you.

A clap game

Today we played a clap game. My baba showed us how to play the clap game.

 

How to play the clap game 

First, two players sit facing each other. We need two peoples to play the clap game but if we have three peoples we have to take turns. This is how we play the clap game. We tap on our laps using both hands. Then we clap our hand. We tap our laps and clap again two more times. After then we clap with the other player just like when saying “give me five”. At that time, both players use right hand first, then clap and then use the other hand to clap with the friend. We have to sit or stand to play the clap game.

 

Then we played rocket shoot game that was fun and then I brought a shopping bag to my dad then he cut it into a rectangle then he rolled it and cut into thin slice. He put in his mouth and when he blow it then it sounded like a whistle.

 

A toy plane

I wanted to make a toy plane today and put it in the blog. My parents got a packing box from the grocery shop. I was playing with the box.  I love making different things from the box. Making the plane and playing with it was fun. I shared the plane with my sister. When I was riding on the plane it looked like I was a pilot.

 

How to make a toy plane:

 

I got a packing box that has a square shaped top. There are 4 flaps on the top. The flaps are for closing the box but I want to pretend the flaps as the wings and tail and dashboard. That’s it.

The Castle in the Dream

Today is Saturday. I do not have to go to school. I was thinking what shall I do today. Last week, I wrote a poem and put in a blog. My teacher Ms. Chaffee was very happy. She printed that poem and said she would show the poem to Mr. Rhody. So, I want to do something new for today. I asked my Baba in the morning "what can I do"? But my Baba asked me "what do I want to do"? I had no answer. I have my building blocks in my room. I wanted to build a castle. My Baba told "I must draw a picture of the castle before building it and show him how I am going to build it". That was difficult but I tried for it. After building the picture and castle, I took photo and show them to my Baba. He was very happy and he told me he would help to put them in the blog if I tell him a story. Then I told him a story and my Baba helped me a little bit in the story and to put them in the blog.

There was a little girl who lived in a very small house. She always wanted to live in a big house like a castle but she can't because her father was poor. She had to do lots of works at home to help her father. She helped her father to clean the clothes and house, to do dishes and to cook. She had a rich neighbor who sometime teased her when she wore old clothes. One day she had to do a lot of work when her father was sick. She was very tired and felt asleep. She had a nice dream. She found a big castle in her dream. The castle had three floors. The ground floor was dark pink color. The first floor was sky blue color. The second floor was purple color. The first floor had yellow porch. The castle had paints of purple,light blue, yellow, violet, red, pink, light pink colors. When she woke up, she was very happy to see a beautiful castle in her dream. She did not want to forget the castle. So, she made a paint of the castle for memory.

My Poem

I saw a poem in the internet. I saw a picture. When I saw the poem and picture, I wanted to write a poem too. But I do not know how to write a poem. I asked my dad and he helped me little bit to write a poem. He also helped me to type on the computer. After writing the poem, I draw a picture to illustrate the poem. Here is the poem.

I plant a little seed

in a little sack

I wonder what will it be

while putting on a rack

I water it

I put manure on it

Every day and every night

I was looking on it

Few days later in a morning

I saw a little root coming 

the root came out

with a sprout

I was very surprised

I put water again 

I put manure also

And I looked again

I hope it will be 

a pretty nice flower. 

The flower will grow

up in the tower

- Shrutina, Jan 18, 2009