Thursday, October 25, 2018

Chase got his blue ribbon today for his entry into the Young Authors competition. Unfortunately, Mama and Nanaw didn't know about the ceremony so they didn't get to see him get the ribbon. His story was called The Four Puffins and here it is:

The Four Puffins

Once upon a time there were 3 puffins. One was named Jack, one was Skeleton and one was Halloween. They lived at the zoo. They were friends and they swam in the water. They liked to eat fish.

One day the puffins flew out to go to their habitat. When they got there they saw their puffin friends. They played. They swam in the water at the habitat. There were 10 puffins. They met a penguin. He was waddling. He had a baby penguin. They ate 10 fish.

The next day they met a new friend called Put Your Puffin On. They looked at him and said hello and growled. They asked if he wanted to go to the zoo. They flew their friend to the zoo. They swam with him at the zoo. The water was cold. They liked cold water. They loved each other. They decided to stay at the zoo. The new puffin saw the other puffins. They lived happily ever after.

The End

Mama and Daddy had their parent-teacher conference with Mrs. Neff. Chase did really well on his report card except for one thing -- he got an X in keeps quiet, which means he has a lot of work to do on that. Nanaw gets to see that behavior first-hand on Thursday's when she volunteers in Chase's class. He's wild and rowdy and loud, Nanaw will work on that. When Chase went to the dentist on Wednesday, the dentist found a cavity so Chase has to go back next month for a filling -- poor little fellow. Nanaw got to keep Chase until 6:30 because of the parent-teacher conference. In the afternoon, Chase scared Nanaw with his Jason mask and sword -- very cute. Chase doesn't have school tomorrow, and Mama has the day off so they're going on an adventure to Eckert's, if the rain holds off.