My 5th grade end-of-the-year Show

Yesterday my school had our end-of-the-year show. This year we did it earlier than in other years. This year for us fifth graders it was very special because it was our last few days of elementary school. We also had different dances of the four elements--wind, earth, fire and water. My class did the fire dance. We also did this play based on a movie called "la gabianella e il gatto (the seagull and the cat). The theme is about recylcing. We'll do the show again on Tuesday night at Bar Zepieri where they have a field and lots of seats for spectators. I'll ask my parents to take a video of part of it :). Ciao.

Easter in Budapest

This Easter vacation we went to Budapest, Hungary. When we arrived there we took a taxi to our five-star hotel, the Grand Corinthia. In that hotel there was everything--a t.v. with English channels, free wireless internet (we brought our laptop). It was cool. I would have been happy to stay the whole trip in the hotel! We managed to go out and visit some historic sites. I remember one night we went on a romantic boat cruise on the Danube, which divides Buda from Pest.

And then, another favorite thing we went to was the famous thermal spas of Budapest. In the spa center there was an outdoor pool with water from an underground spring, and then inside there were lots of pools from 20-60 degrees fahrenheit, and even some saunas that my Dad really liked.

One of the negative things was the language. The Hungarian language that they spoke was impossible to understand! It doesn't derive from Latin, so Italian didn't help me. If they didn't speak English, we couldn't communicate in any way. This was hard for us at the beginning, even though my mom had a phrase book.

crazy party on tiber river!

bloging from wii

My blog!

Sorry that I haven't posted anything because my stupid computer didn't work! I was stuck with no computer because it broke. I wanted to repair it but it wasn't possible so, SORRY!
So now I'm using my moms'. More to follow. Now I have to go to tutoring and get my TONS of homework done. See you later!

More pets to come!

Here is a picture of my new fish tank. It is 33 gallons. It is full of water and plants now, but no fish. In another week the store will test the water for me and tell me if it is ready for fish. I want to start with four guppies. They are tough and have really pretty tails. Maybe I can add a catfish too. Then little by little I can add fish.

We're back home now!

Here's a picture of one of my two new turtles! My mom's friend gave them to me because she knows I love her turtles. They were a gift for my First Communion.

Well, the vacation in the U.S.A. is over, we are home in Italy. I loved Philadelphia, seeing my family and swimming in the pool. Golf camp was fun too. One day I went to the beach with my cousin Iris and my Aunt Lori. Iris and I collected lots of jelly fish and tiny sand crabs in a bucket. I made my First Holy Communion which was very special and then had a party which was fun.

Mom says I can take some of the money I got as gifts and buy an aquarium. We looked at tanks. The one I want costs 300 Euro (more than $450). Mom says she wishes we could have brought one from an American yard sale for under $10. We have to ask and see if anyone has one they want to sell. The fish don't cost that much, but the tanks and filters do! I also got two little turtles from my Mom's friend so I bought a new tank for them. And we have the kitten I wanted, even though I am allergic. We try to keep her outside on the deck most of the time.

Next week I want to visit my cousins who have a beach apartment in Terracina until the end of the month. We might see them on Monday. I have a stomach virus for the past week and have to watch what I eat or I get pains. I'm sick of eating plain pasta! I want tomato sauce but my stomach hurts after I eat it. I can eat toast (plain or with jelly), focaccia, roast chicken and applesauce without problems. I think eggs are OK too. I had pasta with oil yesterday and then cheese and milk and I got pains again. Was it the oil or the milk? Today I go back to the safe list of foods! BORING!! Maybe Mom will make a cake. That doesn't give me problems either :).

Back in the USA...for now!

We've been on vacation in New York and Pennsylvania for about a week and a half now. We spent time at my Uncle and Aunt's house where we had a Father's Day BBQ, and time at my big brother's house, where we had another BBQ and went in the pool. Now I'm at my cousin Brett's house, with my nephew too, going to golf camp. We have a 45 minute lesson and then play nine holes. You are supposed to be at least 8 years old and Sebastian just turned seven! but they are letting him play. We made new friends yesterday and had fun, but I got sunburned. At first it was cloudy and we thought it would rain, but then the sun came out and I didn't have sunscreen. Today it is better than last night, and today I am wearing 55 sunscreen all over. And sunglasses. I hope it stays cloudy!

Our end of the year show and bake sale

In Italy at the end of the year we always have a show where every grade does a couple of dances. We practice our steps for weeks before. Last year we did a "Happy Feet" dance in penguin costumes. This year the third graders did a dance with Aladin costumes. The boys wore a vest with no shirt under it because in Arabia it's very hot and we were trying to dress up like Arabians. The girls had costumes like genies.

We did the show twice, once at school and once at Citta Bianca, a rehabilitation center five minutes from here. Last night some students did the dance a third time at Bar Zeppiere, but I didn't go. My cousin, who is in second grade, did a Pinoccio dance.

Mom baked my favorites, chocolate chip cookies, for the bake sale. We put 12 on a plate and wrapped them up to sell. She made about 100 cookies.

Well, today is the day I have been counting-down for...the last day of school! Yesterday they gave us our summer workbook and storybook. I probably won't do much work in them until I return from our vacation in New York. My brain is tired!

How we found Blackie and Brownie

One day in December 2006 I was at my grandma's house and I went to go to get the eggs. I heard a sound like "miu miu". It came from inside the hay. I was kind of scared. Then I said to my mom, "we have mice". When my mom and me looked in the hay we saw 2 little puppies, one was black and one was brown.

They were the pups of Lea, which is the dog of my grandpa. Here's a picture of them when they were two months old.