April showers bring May flowers is a saying that we all heard as kids. As a kid, I don't think I fully understood what it actually meant. Now that I am older, I understand it, and I hate it! I am so tired of the rain; there is so much of it. Sometimes I think it's time for the sun.

So this April we have had so much rain, maybe a little too much. When it's raining there is not much you can do, other than staying inside your home. On rainy days I always end up watching movies with my family. The only upside to the rain is, everything starts to grow and come up. I am excited to see that everything is starting to grow because, that means planting is just around the corner!

So do you guys like April? Do you like the rain? What do you do on rainy days? Do you stay inside? Do you go outside and play in the rain?

_ Do you guys love long weekends? I know I do! So tomorrow is Friday, and we are lucky enough to have it off! I'm so excited because I get to go down to London over the weekend. I have only been to London a few times to meet up with some family members. I just can't wait!

  You are probably wondering why I am going down to London. I am going down to London because it's going to be my brother's second official fight; he is a boxer if you didn't already know. He is competing in something called golden gloves. I am a little nervous for him; I really don't want to see him get hurt.  Good luck brother!

  I am also going down to London to do a little shopping. I LOVE shopping! I am going to a store called Forever 21. I have seen so many cute clothes on some girls at school, and when I ask then where they got it they say,    "Oh I got it from Forever 21", so I am dying to go down there. I have only been to Forever 21 once, and that wasn't in London. So I can't wait to get some new clothes!

So last night I was woken up in the middle of the night. I was up at three in the morning because of the weather condition. There were massive chucks of ice falling everywhere. I was so mad because I knew that I had to get up for school the next day, and I couldn't fall back to sleep . So then the morning comes, the weather is still horrible, and there I am hoping that all schools were canceled and I didn't need to walk to school.

So then I hear that the school was open, just my luck. So as I was getting ready for school, I was watching the weather hoping that it was going to dye down. So it was about half an hour before I had to leave, I look outside to see that the weather had stopped, so I was thinking thank god that I don't need to walk in this weather. So I had everything packed and ready do head out the door. I opened the door and then there it was freezing rain...

So there I am standing on my porch looking out at the weather. I grabbed my umbrella and started to walk. As I am walking I am trying my best not to fall because there is ice all over the sidewalk. As I started to walk my pants were getting soaked because the freezing rain is blowing so hard. I get so close to my school, I can see it, and then my umbrella goes right up, and all my clothes are soaked. So that's just my luck.

Yesterday I took a trip with my class to go and see a ted talk live. I have never been to a ted talk before, so it was pretty cool experience. My friends and I had a really good time together. I got to meet some new people from other schools, which was really nice. I had such a great day and a great experience.

So there were two speakers that really spoke to me, Syd Vanderpool and Richard McLean. Syd really spoke to me because he went after something that he wanted to do, and that was to become a boxer. He never gave up on anything, he always kept trying. He was not the type of person to give up on something. No matter how hard something was, he tried even hard to succeed in what it was.

Richard McLean was another great speaker. He grew up with a really hard home life. His mother died when he was young, and he had a very abusive alcoholic father. He was in a foster home for a good chunk of his childhood, and he was homeless for chunk of his adulthood. Towards the end of his talk he said that he finally got a job, and was off the street.

Giving or receiving? Which do you guys like better? Do you like
receiving things from other people? Do you like giving things to other people? Do you like them both equally?

I would have to say that I really like receiving things from people, but at the same time I like giving. I guess you can see that I am a in the middle kind of girl. I feel really guilty when I don't give back to other people. It's a lot like Christmas, you give and you receive. It makes you feel good about yourself.

I would like to point out that everything I receive, I love. Whenever I receive something, I know that that person was thinking of me. I also like to give because I know that the person knows that I was thinking of them. It's is one of the best feelings to give someone something, just by  looking at the smile on their face. In general I like to make people
happy.

_ Don’t you guys love going to baby showers? I know I do. I love seeing the new baby for the first time ever. I love seeing the family crowded around that baby wanting to get cuddles. I just really like playing those baby shower games.

So this coming weekend I am going to a baby shower for a cousin of mine. They are having a baby girl and they are planning to name her Alba. I can’t wait to see my family that I haven’t seen in a long time.  I can’t wait to play the baby shower games. My favorite game has to be when you guess which chocolate bar is in the diaper.

So what’s your favorite thing to do at baby showers? Seeing the baby? Playing the games? Having a little lunch? Seeing your family?

 

 There are so many place’s that I would like to go and visit around the world. I believe that the one place I would like to go and visit is Scotland. I would like to see the amazing castles that they have that are thousands of years old. I want to see the different types of food that they like eat. I want to see the massive gardens with the beautiful flowers they have.

I would really want to go because a lot of family is down there. I want to see life styles. I want to meet family that I have never met before. I would like to know how much family I have there. I want to see different the different things in different countries.

I want to hear the sounds of the Scottish accents. I want to smell the different types of tea and the yummy desserts baking. I want to see the beautiful things Mother Nature has to offer. I want to feel the different types of weather, is it hot or is it cold? How different is Scotland from Canada?

Don't you guys love spring break? I know that I do! You get to look forward to the nice spring! I have to say that spring isn't my most favorite season in the world, because it usually rains a lot. But I still like it because that means that you are really close to summer time!

I have to say that when it comes to spring, my most favorite thing is when you see the cute little animals come out from the cold winter. I love it because the flowers will start to grow, but more so closer to the middle/end of spring. I love spring break because it's where I get to sleep in, and you don't need to get up for school the next day. You get to hang out with friends, instead of going home every day to do the homework.

So what are you favorite things about spring break? Is it because of the nice weather we will start to get? Sleeping in? Hang out with friends? Seeing those cute little animals? What are you looking forward to most about spring break?

Are you guys excitied?

Have you ever had a smelling dog? I know that I do! I have one almost every few months. It really is a gross thing to smell. You really never know with dogs, they can be rolling around in almost anything that smells bad.

Dogs especially like it when it's something dead that they find to roll around in. I know that my dog has rolled around in many things. The worst thing that has ever happened to my dog is that she got sprayed by a skunk. The smell didn’t come out for days. I really hated it when she jumped up on me to snuggle, because all you can smell is that skunk scent.  

So yesterday I decided that I was going to give her a bath, because she smelt really bad. There is one thing that you should know about my dog, and that is that she is NOT a water dog! So she hates getting in the water. So while I am bathing her you are getting soaked from the water and she is trying to jump out of the bath tub. That joy about having a dog.

Something that I didn't know is that it is legal for a teacher to hit a student. This really did shock me when I found out. I knew that that was allowed in the past, but I didn't think that it was still legal. However, if a teacher hits a student they can lose their job according to the school board law. It is frowned upon.