Lightsabers

 For Christmas I made Abby, Daniel, Tim, Ben and Joanna light sabers.  There not flimsy plastic ones either.  I used 2' of 3/4" thick PVC piping with 2 layers of installation wrapped with duck tape and then used colored duck tape, regular duck tape and electric tape to make them look like light sabers.

Family life

So at the moment we have my four cousins staying with us, not sure how long they'll be here. Four kids added on to a family of eight kids and two adults = full house, attitudes and (at times) fun/war. Its interesting living in a house of 14 peeps. Not much breathing room (figure of speaking). We have to redo chores, fun time, punishments, etc. Just a thought does anyone (personally - not the Duggards) know any families that size or close? I know a family of 12.
Pray for my other cousin as well - he has two types of cancer and the doctors say he has about 2 months left on earth. His father - my uncle - lost his wife to cancer two years after my cousin was born, so pray for him to get through this tough time.

The Zoo

Monday (Aug 22), we went to the zoo. We were there all day, from 9:45Am to 2:45Pm.
First we looked for a Geocache. It was a type of multi-cache. But instead of having to find little containers with coordinates to the next cache inside, we had to find statues and/or plaques and then answer questions to find a number (example: How many letters are in the first word in the first line?). The number we came up with would then be 1 of 5 numbers to finish the coordinates for the final cache. It was really hard finding the final cache because there were lots of people around (called muggles in the Geocaching world), But we found it.
After finding the cache we went back to the car and lunch. Then we got to go see the animals. We saw Egyptian geese (very funny looking), Butterflies, Monkeys, Elephants (we got to see the new exhibit they had for them), A rattlesnake, Giraffes, Ostriches, a Snow leopard, and Zebras. Then we went home because everyone was getting tired.

New Baby!!!!

Yay:)
The new baby is here. Its a Girl. 10lb 6oz and 22'.

Real quiet
Easily lovable
Baby girl now
Ever sleepy
'Kay with everything
As sweet as the birds
Happy girl

Joyful
Orchid, she is
Yes she my sister

Legos (a ton a photos)

Now for a slide show (Jeff Gordon learned to walk up the stairs, YAY):

Adventures in Odyssey

Devorah loves Adventures in Odyssey. Its cool. Its on at 4:30 - 5:00. Its station is 103.3. You should listen.

My Dad is a great cook!!

My Dad is a great cook. I`m serious about it too. He makes Delicious food. One day he made a salad that had meat, mandarin orange, 2 different kinds of lettuce and a few pieces of bread and he made dressing to go with it. Another time he made chicken, rice, broccoli and a sauce. right now hes making a mystery food (at least I don`t know what hes making).

My Dad`s school

My Dad goes to Tri-C so he can earn a degree in cooking to sell his cheesecakes (see Cheesecake 1# and Cheesecake 2#). He does really good. Now I don`t know how my Dad likes it (I know I like it, cause he brought some really good brownies and I loved them. They were so good. Sooo I made some. I hope they turn out O.K. ). My Dad`s school work sounds easy compared to mine (I don`t care if its just a little bit a math). I glanced at once and the math problem I saw was easy to figure out (I wonder if my mom would let me do his math ).

Well I should stop complaining about my math and go do it,
so bye.

Pics of My Christmas

I don`t have Pics of my Dad or of Daniel looking at the camera to put on here, but here are some of the pics that were taken Christmas morning:

Me and my sister`s with our new wrist warmers on,

Ben and his new little bag,

Daniel opening his bag that says Daniel over the front,

Mom with her new picture frames,

Joanna and Ben`s new farm house,

Tim and his eye spy container.

Hope you liked the pics.

My Family

I posted at one time about how many people are in my family and so here is everyone in my family:

1. Mom
2. Dad
3. Me
4. Devorah
5. Abigail
6. Daniel Jr
7. Timothy
8. Benjamin and
9. Joanna
   

Joanna

Joanna ate some banana.
She is 8 mos, has blue eyes, brownish hair, is crawling and is starting to eat real food.
She loves to stand and to watch us vacuum. She is perfectly cute. She is slightly smaller than her 4 mos, old cousin Joey and is hugged and cuddled all the time.

Some short poems I made up

My Day
I wake up and get dressed for the day.
I eat breakfast and clean up.
I get mad and fight.
I hug and make up.
I eat lunch and clean up.
I make a mess and clean up.
I eat dinner and clean up.
I get dressed for the night and read.
I go to sleep and that is my day.

My Bedroom is big
My bedroom is big and has 3 dressers.
My bedroom is big, has 3 dressers and has 3 beds.
My bedroom is big, has 3 dressers, has 3 beds and has 2 windows.
My bedroom is big, has 3 dressers, has 3 beds, has 2 windows and has 2 lights.
My bedroom is big, has 3 dressers, has 3 beds, has 2 windows, has 2 lights and has 1 chair.
My bedroom is big, has 3 dressers, has 3 beds, has 2 windows, has 2 lights, 1 chair and 1 door.
That is my big bedroom.

Sometimes a very big and crazy family
I am the oldest in a family of 9, the Christain family and sometimes I think that our family is the most crazy family ever for as you see we are a big family.
But I know we are not biggest and craziest family.
The 2nd biggest is a family of 12 and the biggest family is a family of 18.

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle - the 3 R`s
We can reduce our trash by using glass plates instead of paper.
We can recycle our trash by making new paper out of old paper.
We can reuse our trash by putting things in the old box`s.

We share a love for nature
We share a love for nature that none can take away.
Our love for nature will last forever.
Our love for nature is unique, none can compare.

My sisters and me
My sisters and me,
My sisters and me,
We love each other,
My sisters and me,
We love to play with each other,
My sisters and me,
And we will love each other
and play each other forever,
My sisters and me,
My sisters and me.

Joanna and Ben the 2 troublemakers and the 2 cuties

Joanna is a BIG trouble maker at 6 months, I mean a BIG trouble maker. She is into paper and small toys (toys she can swallow like the wheels on a toy car - that have little pieces) and books and all kinds of other stuff. She can get into stuff because shes crawling.
But she is also cute with two dark blue eyes, a tiny nose and a beautiful little smile.
Ben is also a BIG trouble maker as well

1. Hes squeezes Joanna
2. He gets into our stuff
3. He gets into markers or pens and starts drawing on himself (think its funny to he does)
   
4. He does not listen to you and throws fits.

But hes cute in his own way with a funny little voice, his funny little face and his short sandy hair.
Well bye.

Sunny days

On a sunny day you can go outside and ride your bike or go on a picnic.
On some days my brothers make a tent with blankets, pillows, chairs, bikes, the clothes line and clothes pins. Joanna is put outside in her exersaucer to play. My Dad will mow the front yard and then sweep up the side walk. We will have home made frozen juice or frozen yogurt on popsicle sticks. We take our school work outside and do it. Mom, Me and Daniel work in the garden. Then I will mow the back yard. We will grill hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill, after we grill them my Dad cooks baked beans over the grill. We all have fun on sunny days.

Joanna or Baby Girl

Joanna is so cute. I mean who could be cuter? Joanna is a little princess. She was born on valentines day and is 5 mos old. She is the cutest baby ever. she is the youngest of seven children. We call her Joanna, Baby girl, Jo jo, Little girl, Little princess, Princess, Sweety pie and cutey. All of these and many more. We all love her. Especially Timothy who adores her and Benjamin who jumps to hold her (he is all over her all day long).

Joanna

A poem about my sister

Joyful baby girl
Oh such blue eyes
Always smiling
Never stays still
No setting her down
Am i ever going to let her go?

My Dad's Birthday

My Dad's birthday is today, He is turning 33 !!! !!! We baked poppy seed muffins and carrot bread
for him. We also made pumpkin butterscotch cake for everyone else because my Dad does not like it, so for his cake my Mom is making apple pie. Were going to have vanilla ice cream on top.

My family

I have eight people in my family:

1. my mom (Katherine)
2. my dad (Daniel)
3. me (Charlotte)
4. my sister (Devorah)
5. my sister (Abigail)
6. my brother (Daniel Jr)
7. my brother (Timothy)
8. my brother (Benjamin Michael)

and this may not be the last.