The Musical Cat

by Spencer


Once there was a boy who had a cat named Lileyen. She was going to have a kitten soon. After 10 weeks she had her kitten, but it was not one kitten, it was 3 kittens! She taught them to catch rats and mice. She taught them to climb trees and how to hiss at enemies like bears, raccoons and deer.

Soon months and years went by. Soon the kittens, named Jan, Tabey and Elea, were not kittens, they were cats like their mom.

One day the boy named Spencer came from school. He got his homework done and played the piano. He liked music a lot. The mother liked art. Tabey liked soccer. Elea liked eating. But Jan liked music like the boy. The next day the boy got his homework done and played music. Jan went with him and played Lean on Me and Away in a Manger. The boy played Star Wars and The Lion Sleeps Tonight. The boy got up and talked to his mom alone.

The next day after school the boy came home and got Jan. He took her to a room with a piano in the middle of it. When someone said his name he picked up Jan and told her to play Lean on Me and Away in a Manger. She did. When she was finished a lot of people started to clap. Soon she knew where she was. She was at a recital!

Soon they gave a prize to the boy for playing Star Wars and The Lion Sleeps Tonight. They gave Jan a prize for playing the best piano piece in the city!!!!!!!!

THE END.

The Best Friends

By Spencer


Once there was a cat, squirrel and a bat. They were very cold because it was winter. They decided to go to the mountains. So they started their long walk to the Rocky Mountains.

It was hard to get there when there was a blizzard, but two days later they got there and found a nice cave and made a fire to keep warm. Four days later people started coming. They saw the cave with the fire they started up the mountain. Soon they got to the top of the mountain.

The animals hid behind crystals and the fire. The bat hung upside down like he liked to do. Soon all the Indians got up. Five of them saw the squirrel! But they did not go get him. They made friends! The cat came out to make friends and so did the bat. They lived happily together.


The End.

I Love You Huney

by Spencer

THE GROCERY STORE ADVENTURE

by Spencer

ONCE THERE WAS A CAT, BIRD, and SQUIRREL They where very hungry. So they said they should go to the city. So they did. They started their long walk to the city. After 10 days they got to the city. As they got down the street, they saw a grocery store. They decided to go in.


They got in when the last person got out. The cat decided to find his favorite treats like cat food and milk. The squirrel wanted to find his favorite treats like nuts and berries. The bird found berries and fruit. Soon they decided to eat everything but stuff like packages and boxes.


The next day a customer said there was a squirrel, cat and a bird in the grocery store. When everybody heard that, they started to look for them. One person who owned the grocery store saw them. He started to call the police.


The police came and the squirrel hid on top of the aisle with nuts. The bird hid under a fruit. The cat hid in a bag that he had eaten before. The police could not find the animals, so they left.


When the grocery store closed, the manager locked the door. The bird found a hole in the roof. He flew out of it and he jammed the lock so nobody could get in, but the animals could get out through the hole.


The next day, people started to come in to the grocery store, but the first one there was the manager. He was going to clean up the stuff that he saw through the window. When he tried to open the door, he could not get in because the bird had jammed it tight!


Two more days later, the animals had eaten all of the food that was in the grocery store, even the eggs and cheese! Soon they found another grocery store and they did the same and they lived happily every after.

THE END

Today's Bible Lesson

Art by Colin and Spencer

"Benjemin Franklen made polieac stations, haospiitles and fire dapartmuts."
by Spencer
Illisteraed by Miss Nelson

p.s. I'm not sure what Miss Nelson did, but Spencer definitely drew this!

Star Wars
by Spencer

Gems from the Webkinz Mines
by Colin

Noxlack City
by Colin

Star Wars
by Spencer

A Happy Surprise from Spencer
by Spencer

Brunch

The silver and the napkin.

Hot Buttered Toast!

Mmmmmm. Eggs.

And cheese! Shredded cheese!

AND an omelette!
(We love cholesterol.)

No brunch is complete without salad.

Big, purple seedless grapes.

Delicious.

Bon appetit!

Snakes
by Spencer

A-1o Warthog
by Spencer

Japanese Zero
by Spencer

Pinta
by Spencer

Bird
by Colin

Unfinished Tiger
by Colin

Tigers
by Spencer

(aka "Scarecrows)

(Watch out, Earl!)

I think Spencer did an amazing job on this drawing. Notice the perspective on the cat's feet, and the way you can tell the cat is walking toward you. He didn't worry about the back feet, as most children would...and the tail swings off to the side. I'm not sure why he called it "big cat" except that is clearly is big compared to that horse!! I'm also not sure why he called me "Jan" instead of "Mommy" but I'm proud nonetheless.

Animals!
by Spencer

Tanks!
by Spencer

New Heights in Home Decorating

One of this week's chores has been to help Spencer organize his room. Spencer is ordinarily the most organized among us in this household, but a few days (minutes) of Colin had a major impact on poor Spencer's life. You see, there is a door between their rooms and at some point Colin thought the best way to clean his own room was to move his stuff into Spencer's room. Somehow Colin convinced Spencer to help.

Both rooms suffered greatly.

Colin is, well, messy. He can take a room from clean to neglected-for-centuries in under five minutes. It is a special talent.

And I don't really mean to burst Colin's reputation. Those outside our house seem to be under the impression that Colin is organized and precise. This is simultaneously wildly amusing and completely incomprehensible to his parents.

So, anyway.

I will confess that I have been ignoring the bedroom situation for weeks. I just knew that entering the zone of destruction would take me to a mental place to which I was unwilling to go. This isn't the first time this has happened, you see, and I've been known to crumple into a weeping heap of sorrow and despair. James knows I am a delicate flower and he boldly offered to go in for me.

The plan was to remove every thing from the room except furniture and sort it all out on the upstairs' landing. We would then do a scrubbin' and move about 10% of it back in. The rest goes to charity or the trash. Spencer agreed to this plan with great relief.

Thursday the room was cleared. At some point I mustered the strength to help and I sat on the landing sorting. Legos, rocks, bolts, game pieces, crayons, Star Wars guys, Star Wars guys' equipment, stuffed bunnies, books, cars, trucks, animals...all of it.

Last night we went in for the sterilization process. After sweeping and vacuuming and stripping the beds, it was time for the walls. I knew the boys had taped a few posters to the walls and we had already had the lecture. Now it was time for the tear down. What I didn't know is that Spencer had not limited himself to posters. Just around the corner in the little gabled area, he had taped up his science collection. We're talking entomology, friends.

Little strips of Scotch Magic Tape held up roly-polys, snails and feathers.

Friends, my little boy's room is now the scene of bug torture: death by taping.

It just goes to show that you never really know everything that is going on under your own roof.

The Rainforest According to Spencer

Tree Frog

Parrots

Moth

Images from the Sea
by Spencer

by Colin

by Spencer

Narnia vs. Star Wars
by Spencer

James: "Boys, who is the best soccer player in the world?"
Spencer: "Kaka?"
James: "Yes, that's right!"
Spencer: "But, why is he the best, daddy?"
James: "Well, he dribbles well and he is the fastest runner."
Spencer: "Faster than Colin?"

James: "Well, probably not faster than Colin."
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Spencer: "Colin, do you know how late you stayed up last night?"
Colin: "No."
Spencer: "You stayed up really late - like 10:62!! Is that good?"

Tiger Tank

A-10

Aircraft Carrier

Airplane