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No Parents in the Classroom, so he just had to go to work like normal.
OUR PRESENTATION
It took a while for all the regular morning school stuff to be finished, but finally we were all allowed to line up and go to the art
room. Miss Lois had let Gwen, Mimi, and me go earlier, so everything was set up and perfect. All the kids wanted to know why they were taking their lunch boxes with them. Ten o'clock in the morning is not the time to eat lunch, so it was kind of confusing.
Miss Lois was a big help getting everyone organized. Teachers go to school for that kind of thing, so she knew exactly how to say the right thing in the right order to have it all work out. When we went to the front of the room to do our presentation, everyone was sitting in a chair looking forward with a water bottle on the desk in front of them. Only Robert Walters was looking down, and that was because he was trying to sneak-eat some raisins. Miss Lois caught him though. She has eagle eyes for catching eating in the classroom when you are not supposed to.
I was a little bit nervous, so Mimi said she would go first. Mimi and I took turns telling everyone the facts about plastic bottles, and then Gwen told them about the art project of decorating their water bottles so they would be excited to reuse them every day. All they would have to do is rinse them out every night.
At the end of the talking, Mimi lifted the cover off the display we had made. Miss Lois had to tell everyone to please calm down and sit down because they all thought it was so excellent and were getting out of their seats to see it better.
The only bad part of the project that we didn't think about was the using-glue part. Glue takes a long time to dry. We all had to leave the decorated water bottles in the art room and couldn't have them back until tomorrow, when they were 100 percent dry.
There was lots of whining and complaining, but Miss Lois said it would be helpful to the earth if we could just all use the water fountains for one day. I thought that she would maybe be mad at us about it, but she said, "Team one has done an excellent job. Who wants to go next?"
Sammy and Max volunteered, and that was probably because Sammy wanted to be sure to do his project before Gwen had to leave and go back to her old school. Plus, they had been collecting a lot of cans in Max's garage, and Max's mom said she was
getting tired of tripping over cans every time she wanted to use the car. Max said he was worried that she would throw them out if they didn't use them soon.
SOME EXCELLENT BOTTLES THAT WERE MADE
The whole rest of the day was a blur. That is what Mom says when her day goes by
really fast and she can't think of any special one thing that stood out.
BIRTHDAY DINNER
I was ready to go to dinner way before it was time to leave. Mom said I had to wait at home until it was time to go. She let me watch an episode of
Unlikely Heroes
because she said she was tired of me pacing the floor.
How could I not be excited? It's pretty hard to be still when your brain is thinking of flaming volcanoes, twirling knives, great presents, and making your best friend's problem disappear.
WHAT WAS SURPRISING
When I was finally allowed to go to Mimi's house, Sammy was already there, and he had
on a shirt with buttons. I had never seen Sammy in a shirt that wasn't a T-shirt before. It almost made him not look like Sammy anymore.
I was glad that Mimi's parents were almost ready to go. I was way too excited to be just sitting around and waiting some more. Gwen said that she was going to open all her presents when we got back from dinner. Mimi's mom has a rule about presents being opened after you eat the birthday cake.
Both Gwen and Mimi were wearing new clothes that they got at the art fair. Mimi noticed my new purse and loved it, so I had to give her hers.
Of course Gwen noticed Mimi's right away. I could tell that she was wishing she had one too, so when Mimi's mom wasn't looking, I gave
OUR PRESENTATION
It took a while for all the regular morning school stuff to be finished, but finally we were all allowed to line up and go to the art
room. Miss Lois had let Gwen, Mimi, and me go earlier, so everything was set up and perfect. All the kids wanted to know why they were taking their lunch boxes with them. Ten o'clock in the morning is not the time to eat lunch, so it was kind of confusing.
Miss Lois was a big help getting everyone organized. Teachers go to school for that kind of thing, so she knew exactly how to say the right thing in the right order to have it all work out. When we went to the front of the room to do our presentation, everyone was sitting in a chair looking forward with a water bottle on the desk in front of them. Only Robert Walters was looking down, and that was because he was trying to sneak-eat some raisins. Miss Lois caught him though. She has eagle eyes for catching eating in the classroom when you are not supposed to.
I was a little bit nervous, so Mimi said she would go first. Mimi and I took turns telling everyone the facts about plastic bottles, and then Gwen told them about the art project of decorating their water bottles so they would be excited to reuse them every day. All they would have to do is rinse them out every night.
At the end of the talking, Mimi lifted the cover off the display we had made. Miss Lois had to tell everyone to please calm down and sit down because they all thought it was so excellent and were getting out of their seats to see it better.
The only bad part of the project that we didn't think about was the using-glue part. Glue takes a long time to dry. We all had to leave the decorated water bottles in the art room and couldn't have them back until tomorrow, when they were 100 percent dry.
There was lots of whining and complaining, but Miss Lois said it would be helpful to the earth if we could just all use the water fountains for one day. I thought that she would maybe be mad at us about it, but she said, "Team one has done an excellent job. Who wants to go next?"
Sammy and Max volunteered, and that was probably because Sammy wanted to be sure to do his project before Gwen had to leave and go back to her old school. Plus, they had been collecting a lot of cans in Max's garage, and Max's mom said she was
getting tired of tripping over cans every time she wanted to use the car. Max said he was worried that she would throw them out if they didn't use them soon.
SOME EXCELLENT BOTTLES THAT WERE MADE
The whole rest of the day was a blur. That is what Mom says when her day goes by
really fast and she can't think of any special one thing that stood out.
BIRTHDAY DINNER
I was ready to go to dinner way before it was time to leave. Mom said I had to wait at home until it was time to go. She let me watch an episode of
Unlikely Heroes
because she said she was tired of me pacing the floor.
How could I not be excited? It's pretty hard to be still when your brain is thinking of flaming volcanoes, twirling knives, great presents, and making your best friend's problem disappear.
WHAT WAS SURPRISING
When I was finally allowed to go to Mimi's house, Sammy was already there, and he had
on a shirt with buttons. I had never seen Sammy in a shirt that wasn't a T-shirt before. It almost made him not look like Sammy anymore.
I was glad that Mimi's parents were almost ready to go. I was way too excited to be just sitting around and waiting some more. Gwen said that she was going to open all her presents when we got back from dinner. Mimi's mom has a rule about presents being opened after you eat the birthday cake.
Both Gwen and Mimi were wearing new clothes that they got at the art fair. Mimi noticed my new purse and loved it, so I had to give her hers.
Of course Gwen noticed Mimi's right away. I could tell that she was wishing she had one too, so when Mimi's mom wasn't looking, I gave
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