This month was full of volleyball! Our first tournament was in Springfield. We were going to go down as a family, but
Emily ended up with the flu and Dad stayed behind with her. We had a snow day that day due to impending
ice, so Mom ended up driving Lila and me down.
We got there early, so we hung out at the mall there to pass the time
and had a blast! Grandma Kathy and
Grandpa Tom came down to watch. Most of
our team stayed at the hotel and we had a blast bonding. This started our feud with the
“Furnaces”. They are really called
Performance, but Anna on our team misunderstood and thought they said “furnaces”. They got mad and called us some names. We want to beat them so badly! At the
tournament, we took first in pool play!
I served my heart out! We had to
travel to another facility to start our first tournament game and barely had
time to warm up. We did not play well
and lost the first set. We were down the
second set and came back and won the third set.
We played better in the second game but lost and got 3rd
overall.
Centerline was our second tournament in Blue Springs. We did not play nearly as well and only won
the first tournament game. Our whole
family went to this one. We stayed
overnight in the hotel and I got to hang out with a few teammates.
Our third tournament was in Lebanon. Mom and Dad and Papa Ron came to this
one. We definitely did not play our best
here. We won the first game easily and
then split the other three in pool play.
We should have done better though.
We played much better in the first game in the tournament and won! Then, we got to play the “Furnaces”. We wanted it so bad! Even though we lost in two sets, everyone
said we played better in that game than we did they entire day. We ended up taking third again!
I’ve been doing Student council and Publications club and
Mini-Mac and choir and Honors Choir. Our
school did Heavenly Hats and raised over $400 for St. Jude’s! We also had a reading themed spirit
week. I minimally participated and
refuse to wear my pajamas to school! I
tried out for a speaking role for our school choir and ended up trying out for
a singing role with a couple of my friends.
I ended up getting the singing role!
We had our EEE learning fair for rock ‘n roll class. I have really enjoyed hearing different music
and talking to my parents, grandparents, and teachers about their favorite
music. I really like Journey’s Don’t
Stop Believin’. Mom came to the Learning
Fair, where I made my own “album”.
I was able to have a play date with Ella, and then had a
fever the next day (most likely the flu that Emily shared with me.) I stayed
home with Mom the first day, was alone the second day (with Nana Arden checking
in on me), and with Dad the third day.
We were off school on Monday and had a snow day Friday, so I didn’t go
to school all week! I also got another
fever (with Mom) later in the month and missed a day of school. Luckily, we had two more snow days! The whole month has been full of snow days and
sick days! We even missed our
Valentine’s Day parties because of snow!
Mom was gone one night, and Dad took us out for
McDonald’s. I always like that! Another night, Dad was gone, and Mom ended up
losing her patience and locked herself in the bathroom for a while. I took that seriously and helped Emily with
her shower and get ready for bed. Mom
felt really bad after that and things have been much calmer since then.
Mom took us out shopping for picture clothes the night
before we got our pictures taken. She
didn’t believe that I had grown so much that nothing fit me anymore! We finally found something that would work. We have been playing a lot of balloon
volleyball in the living room too.
Because of all the snow days, I was able to help get the house ready for
our family party (Pokemon themed) and my friend party (I can’t wait for the
murder mystery!)
11 Years Old
