Sad Lips can play flutes...

"You need to position your lips as if you are blowing out a candle but are very sad while doing so" said Mrs. Allen "Flatten your lips but keep a slight opening and turn the corners of your lips down." I try and she suggest I try positioning my flute in now and blowing, and I'm not to forget about articulating as in blowing with a twooo sound and using my tongue or known as tonguing. I try and get a great sound. Mrs. Allen moves on around the class helping the rest of the kids with any problems as Mrs. Pote leads the class on what notes to play."

I've been going to band camp for a week and a half about now. I go everyday except for weekends at 9:00 to 9:50. When I first started I was struggling but now I'm doing much better. I'm glad I perservered although I'm not quite through with the bumps yet. I can play:

Bflat C D Eflat F

Which all can come together to make some of these songs that I'm learning:

Jingle Bells

Clare de Lune

Hot Cross Buns

(The next few I have not yet learned)

Good King Wenceslass

The Donkey Round

...And some other junk(okay not junk..stuff!)that I saw on the next page but forgot the names of...

Okay so that's about it. um...Bye! (waves turns around quickly and runs off)

Great Trip!

I had a ton of fun in DC! My troop visited all the historical landmarks and memorials. We all had a great time and except for a few problems it was terrific. You see in two cases some of he girls lost their things. For one we took a ride in some taxis to get to the Washington harbor because we were going to go for a boat ride tour and had decided since it was so hot outside(in the mid to upper 90s) we wanted to cool off and rest for a spell on the way to the dock. We took three taxis so that there were four people in each. Well once we got there one of the girls realized she'd left her bag in their cab. I heard a little bit of the group saying 'oh no Morgan left her bag' as the taxi pulled away and I thought 'hmm I should stop the cab...I wonder why' then as the driver left the parking lot I realized and we, Morgan, her mom and I, ran up the street that he had turned onto. We saw him stuck in the traffic and ran full speed ahead. Unfortunately it was an uphill run so by the time we got to the top he was gone. In the bag Morgan had two T-shirts that her mom had bought, but worse the postcards that Julie (I'm sure most of my readers know who these people are seeing as they are all in our grade) had collected for the places wed gone to that day. For most of them she could probably find more of the same or similar postcards but there were a few that she'd gotten from the White House gift shop (we had gone on a tour of the white house) that she couldn't get. The other time we lost some things was when Courtney's bag had a whole in the bottom because she'd been dragging it on the pavement and some of her things fell out as we were walk. (did I mention we had to walk everywhere in 80 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit(I'm serious) temperatures?) Other than that and a few minor minor mishaps everything was fine. Also I keep forgetting that I need to mention that the entire trip was a celebration of the 95th anniversary of Girl Scouting. On Saturday all of some 30,000(I'm not exaggerating) Girl Scouts and parents along for the trip were not far from the Washington monument having a Sing Along Celebration. That day we also went home on the buses/motor coaches driving through the night leaving at 6:30ish pm and getting home around 8:00ish am. I'm really sad that I missed Relay for Life!!!!! I had a chance to go but I was just to tired. I didn't get very much sleep on the bus. My brother Spencer and my dad did get to got though and they said it was a lot of fun. I'd like to mention also because it is pretty cool that while my mom and I were gone my dad and Spencer mad a computer. For those of you who are unaware that does not mean the screen that means the large box that you put CDs and floppy discs in. (but I'm sure you all know about that stuff right?) It's really interesting. Well I guess that's it, I'm going to add some of the pictures we took to this post later but for now it's here just to read.

I said a WWWWWW-ashington DC!

My Girl Scout troop is taking a trip to Washington DC for a Sing a Long Celebration for the Girl Scouts 95th anniversary! Girl Scouts from all over the nation are all going to Washington DC to sing girl scouting songs. It's not my whole troup that's going but eight girls and four parents. We will be leaving early early early tomorrow morning and will be gone until June 10th. So for that time I won't be able to post. Though when I get back I'm sure I'll have a ton to tell! Well so long for now...I have to start packing!

ARG!>>band camp...an enemy?

I had to go to band camp yesterday. I'm taking the flute. The onlyother people I knew there were Lauren H., Courtney Best, and Annie Ping was supposed to be there. But not everyone is gonna take band camp. Do you guys know of AAANYbody else taking flute in band next year?

Snazzy

SO! Do you guys like the new title? (special thanks to Laura!) I am really glad to have found it. I am also very exited for, if you haven't noticed(although you should have noticed unless you're some odd unaware colorblind monkey), my new backround template! I think it's pretty snazzy! I want your opinions ok?

TGTIF!!!

Thank Goodness Tomorrow Is Friday! ..and boy is that the truth. Tomorrow is gonna be great! I have a lot planned. Well except for one thing but it's still ends up good.

My Schedule

School Day

Going to the Ruth Lilly Center
(My class is learning about the miracle of life. Oh yay. The good thing is it is going to take up most of my day which means I'm probably not gonna pay attention and just relax for a no academic day!)

After School

Girl Scouts!
(My troop is going horse back riding and then we are gonna roast weenies and s'mores over a campfire! YAY!)

After That...

I'll be tired happy and going to bed after a long fun day.


Yay for Fridays!

Goodnight!

I Got Sick...Again

Recently I have gotten sick and thrown up quite often. I get this terrible headache, I then feel woozy and nauseous, and then I puke. I always know if I'm sick and when I'm going to barf because I get all nervous and sweaty like I do if I'm late finishing a project and more saliva than usual is created in my mouth and the saliva taste very different as if it is a taste telling my body to go spew. Anyway I got sick at school during art class and unfortunately some of the throw up got in my hair. As I was leaning over I sorta puked on the sides. Ew. Now I smell like barf. So because of this I had to go home. These barfing incidents have happened before. For instance my school did Jump Rope for Heart and one the day we did it after the jump roping I puked. Fairly recently my grade was going on a trip to the local art museum. I got sick the night before and puked again...and again...and again. That time it was a higher case because it lasted longer thus my head hurt more and thus causing me to throw up...more. The school nurse was talking to my mom about it and they think I may be getting migraines and the migraines are causing me to barfola. But I'm okay. Although I'm hoping it won't this will probably happen again. Oh and don't forget to post ideas for my blog name!