Tom's Visit at the Lindsay's

Tom rode in his backpack on the walk home from school today.  I introduced him to my Mom and Day who were very excited to be hosting an "exchange bear."  I asked Tom and my Mom if they wanted to play New Super Mario Brothers on the Wii and they both said "yes." Tom watched at first and then took over for my Mom when she went to make dinner.  At dinnertime we sat next to each other.  Tom tried the coleslaw but said he liked honey better.  After dinner Tom and I played Rummi-cub with my Dad. Before bed we watched Spring Wipe-Out and had a snack.  Tom and I had Cherios.  My Dad tucked us each in bed with a book to read.  I slept in the top bunk and Tom slept on the bottom.

Tom was still asleep whe I woke up so I got out of bed quietly and closed the door.  My Mom and I had to wake him up at 8:00.  We were worried that he was hibernating since it had been a cold night.  Tom and I made our own Wipe Out course that included sliding down the stairs on my sleeping bag.  Then Tom took a nap while I ran errands with my Mom.  When we got home we made paintings with markers and water.  After that we had lunch.  Tom asked if he could have some bread and honey and then didn't eat his bread at all, but ate up all of our honey.  In the afternoon I played on the computer.  Tom watched at first and then played too. Later we had Family Game Night.  We played cards games and ate appetizers.  Tom had chicken poppers with honey-mustard sauce.  My Mom tucked us in to bed that night and Tom was too tired to read.

Tome slept in again today, but we knew he would wake up eventually.  He had Cheerios for breakfast and then read the newspaper while we went to church.  After church Tom went bowling with my family and church friends.  I won 1 game and he won 2.  He had honey popcorn.  Later we went to dinner with my Nana and Papa.  Tom sat in a special chair.  He wasn't sure if he liked being belted in, but that bear can be quick and I didn't want him to get lost.

Hannah and Tom

Tom and I sat by the fire.  My Dad and Mom and Logan were there.  We made a craft on Saturday.  It was a bear.  Thank you for letting me take Tom home.
Love Hannah

Tom and Emma

Friday -- March 11

Tom and I came home from school together.  We ate a snack.  We watched TV.  We played for an hour.  Tom and I played with a dog and the dog bit me.  We are going to bed now.  Good Night!

Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper

This week we read the book Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper by Cynthia Rylant.  Henry's mother and father are going to a Valentine's Day Sweetheart Dance, and Henry and Mudge are staying with Mrs. Hopper across the street. Henry's never been in Mrs. Hopper's scary, old stone house with its droopy trees and dark windows and gargoyle on the door. But inside, Henry discovers a houseful of surprises -- a grand piano, a room full of costumes, and eleven cats for Mudge to play with!

When we finished the book we got to have a costume day at school.

Kian and Tom

All of Kian's ancestors from his dad's side of the family are from Poland.  Both sets of his great grandparents came to the U.S. in 1906.  We were so excited to have a little Polish bear in our home.  Unfortunately the only "Polish" words we know are "Busia" for Kian's grandmother and "Cicia" for Kian's Great Aunt Mary.  Family members call Kian's Dad "Dwa" because he is the second-born child in the family.  We aren't even sure these words are Polish.  But Kian's last name is Majchrowski and we know this in Polish.

We were very happy to host Tom over the weekend.

Tom's Trip to Harper's

Tom met my sister and played pirates with me.  Later we had pizza.  We read a book about princesses.  Tom spent the night with me at my friend Alyssa's house.  He watched us do a jewelry craft.  Tom helped us celebrate my sister Maggie's birthday.  Sunday morning we slept in and then helped Maggie put together her new Lego's and played the piano with me.  He thinks I do a great job!

I really enjoyed Tom's visit to our house and I hope he can return soon!

Paleontologist Day

Last Friday we had dinosaur day.  We dressed like paleontologists and learned about dinosaurs.  We learned how paleontologists dig for bones.  We made bones from clay and our teachers buried them and we got to search for them and dig them up.  Tom was a big help.