He wrote this one all by himself, mommy wasn’t the scribe!

You buy some oatmeal at the store (not the kind that is ready to eat). Pour 1/2 cup into a bowl, then pour some hot water from the kettle into the bowl. Let it sit for a little bit. After it sits for a bit, add some cold milk to cool it. Put some brown sugar in it. Be careful. Don’t spill it! And then you mix it all together. Don’t spill while you’re mixing it! And now it’s ready to eat. You can put whatever you want on top like star sprinkles, raisins, chocolate chips, and M&Ms.

The end.

Benny (the little boy), Henry (the big boy), Jesse (the big girl), and Violet (the small girl) lived in a boxcar, that’s why they were called the boxcar children.  They found wood in the boxcar and that’s what they built a shelf out of. But guess what?  Henry worked for the doctor and he was cleaning up his garage and he found some bent nails.  He asked the doctor if he could have them and the doctor let him have them and a hammer.  Henry (the big boy) wanted good nails so he banged the bent sides of the bad nails to straighten them out and now he had some really good nails.  He used the good nails to make a cart and with the cart they carried branches to make a dam to make the pool deeper. They liked the pool and went swimming it one day.

I’m going to tell you about Greenfield Village (that’s a pretty big name, isn’t it?)

When we went to Greenfield Village we all went on the train ride. I liked the train ride. We went to see the whole Greenfield Village because we went all the way around. We sat at the front and we saw where it carried the coal. It was noisy and I did not like the smell. I did not like the smoke because I thought it was going to make me sick because there was so much smoke. It started going slow then faster and faster and faster and faster. It was a long ride.

When the train ride was over we went on a horse ride. The horse ride was fun and I felt the wagon jerk a little bit because I thought the horse was galloping, but it did not go as fast as it does when it usually gallops.

When the horse ride was over we went on a Model T ride. It was fun and there was no seat belt and it must have been easy for mommies and daddies to get people out and we wouldn’t have to say, “You forgot to do my bottom buckle!” because there are no buckles. I got to sit up at the front in the Model T ride with my brother Gabe (and I love Gabe).

The End.

Our family likes to walk and we also like to read.  We like to snuggle, especially when we first wake up. We walk a lot to the park, and when we go to Greenfield Village or the Zoo. We love to read about animals like apes and monkeys.