The Giant

(This story was the chosen as the best of the whole second grade!)

When I was seven I went camping.  It was dark and quiet.  I heard a loud sound!  I couldn't go to sleep.  The next morning our food was gone!  We saw big foot prints.  I saw something brown.  I picked it up.  It felt like fur.  The air smelled rotten.  My dad called the police.  I was curious what made such big foot prints.  I followed them.  They led to a big cave.  I came home.  I didn't tellmy dad because I didn't want to get into trouble.  The next night I watched.  I saw the giant.  I thought of a trap.  I tied some meat to a rope and let the giant chase after it.  I was too scared and I ran slow.  I couldn't catch it. This time I told my dad.  He didn't believe me.  He asked for proof.  The next night we stayed up.  We made him trip.  We tied him up.  We gave it to the zoo.  We saw him at the zoo.  Now it is a safe place to go camping.

Kleening Kids

Bloomin Spring Forward

Dempsey has been saying, "I'm serious," and "Gosh!" lately.  Collectively, we have been thinking, "Gosh, I hate daylight savings. I'm serious."  It doesn't suit early to bed, early to rise at all.

Withering Height

Zeke to Mom:  Is your dad tall?
Mom:  Yes.
Zeke:  Maybe that is why Aunt Polly is so much taller than you.
Mom: Huh? (We are the same height.)
Zeke: I'm medium, at least that is what my socks say.

Zeke's reoccuring nightmares

1) He goes out one set of doors in a school cafeteria.  There is a short hall with another set of doors.  These doors are locked.  He tries to go back.  The first set of doors are locked.

2)  He is in a yard, or in a house.  A monster man appears and yells at him, "Get out of here!"  He goes to another part of the the yard or house.  The monster man reappears and yells the same thing.  Everywhere he runs the man in there.

Dempsey interrupted a lecture with "Jesus loves me."
Her favorite songs are:  Oh where oh where has my little dog gone.
                                    The Mama doll song.
                                    A lion came to dinner.
                                    Follow the Prophet.
                                    Popcorn Popping on the ...


All the girls and Zeke were the only ones allowed to go out to recess.
He has also been given tickets to a baseball game and free ice cream.
(The rest of the class has been misbehaving.)