Winter Snacks.

I'm going to keep writing about topics I talked about for winter for my blog post today.

   I want to talk about cookies and snacks that we have around the winter time.  There are two different types of Gingerbread.  I like gingerbread men and houses better than the actual bread type of gingerbread.  What I like most about them is that you can dip them in Egg Nogg.  I also like decorating them.

   I also like Winter because Christmas candy comes out into the stores. I like Candy Canes, but my favorite type of candy are those plastic candy canes filled with different types of candy.  The ones with Reeces-minis are my favorite.  Dad likes these things called chocolate covered cherries, which I think are disgusting.  They remind me of chocolate dipped caramels, which I love, but then you're stuck with a nasty cherry and this goo that squirts out into your mouth.

Sledding

So as part of the composition process, I'm supposed to take one of the ideas that I talked about in my last post and talk about it more.  I chose sledding.

    Sledding is an awesome activity in the Winter.  I used to have a bullet shaped sled that was yellow tie-die.  When you go sledding you climb to the top of a hill, sit on your sled and ride down.  To go faster you lean backward.  To slow down you lean forward.  Sometimes when you go to fast you fly off and crash.  It might sound scary but this is an important skill to learn.

    When we went sledding before we moved Dad thought I was too little to steer my sled by myself.  He always sat in the back of the sled to help me steer.  Now that I'm big enough to steer myself I'm sad I live in a flat valley that never gets any snow.

    I have big plans for later this winter.  I'm going to see if I can get my Mom and Dad to take me up to Old Guy's house so I can go sledding.  Maybe if she wants to come I'll take Ezri with me.  If not it'll just be me and Old Guy...maybe I'll let Dad come too.

My Favorite Season

I love the season of winter.  I love the snow because of all the things you can do in it.  You can sled, or ski/snowboard.  You can have snowball fights.  And you can even build forts.

I also really like the food from winter.  I LOVE EGG NOG!  I also love hot cocoa and Christmas Cookies too. Also there are holidays in the winter and people always make good types of meat that that I like.  My favorite is Ham...well really it's bacon, but no one seems to make bacon in large enough quantities for my liking.  So ham is wonderful and turkey is pretty great too.  It's way better than the summer meats, people always make hamburgers (which have NO HAM) and hot dogs (which I HATE) in the summer.

The last reason I like the winter is my birthday is in the winter.  This means that I get presents and I get to stay older than Hoodie!

I miss winter in Spokane.  Winter in Longview only gives you two days of snow and rain everyday.  It's so warm that you can't even have a slush-ball fight, because it melts before you can make a ball.  I'm including a picture of how winter is supposed to be, like winters back up in Spokane!

Journal: George Washington

Yesterday I read about George Washington, the first president of America.  I learned that he was part of the British army.  After serving for a while he went back home and was asked to join the army.  But it was a special army.  Back then the American groups were part of England so they were fighting to get independence from the Brits because they were doing the stamp act still.  He opted to join and after the war he returned home to Virginia.  In Virginia he was elected president of the Virginia Club.  It was like their city council.  Then he was elected the President of the United States.  He led for a while then came back home.  Two years later he died of old age.

Note: This is a free writing journal entry, not a factual report of what Jonathan learned.

Jonathan: A Brief Autobiography on Food

Food is an important part of my life. My favorite foods are rainbow sherbet, pizza, eggnog and, of course, bacon! All these foods I love make me hungry. There are some foods that I will turn down, though. Here are some I hate: tuna, mashed potatoes, eggs, and all fruit, except red grapes. I hate these foods because of their flavor or texture. Just seeing them make me lose my appetite. If I have to eat them, I have to work hard not to throw up!

The Stolen Ring

For Composition and Spelling, I wrote a paragraph about a stolen ring on a thick chain.  I used nine of my spelling words when I only needed to use five.  I forgot to underline the word something.  That's also one of my spelling words this week.  I did my best handwriting work.  It took me 25 minutes but I worked very hard on it.  Dad said it was my best handwriting work ever.