FRENCH CAROLING!

Erin and I really went caroling in French. Woo! We went to eight houses and sang carols like:
Vive Le Vent - Live the Wind (To the tune of Jingle Bells)
Rudolphe Le Renne Au Nez Rouge -Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer(I think you know the tune!)
We French pastry cookies to hand out to everyone. They are like little pastry sandwichs with frosting in the middle. We dyed the frosting red, white, and blue to make the french flag out of them. Oh yeah. It was awesome! Then we put a little paragraph of information about how the French celebrate Christmas! It was way cool! It was a lot of fun. Oh and thanks go to Katie for standing with us on everyone's porches.

Strawberry Pouree Day

Today, Erin and I made strawberry puree. It is kind of like a strawberry sauce that can be put on desserts, pancakes, waffles, or just drinken like a smoothie. It is more of a liquid but it is still really good. We made it to get extra credit points in French class, but it was actually a lot of fun. Here is the recipe if you want to try it yourself:

Ingredients
2 lbs unsweetened strawberries
1/2 cup granulated white sugar, to taste
1-2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Directions
1Process the strawberries in either a food processor or blender until they are pureed.
2Stir in the sugar until it dissolves.
3Add a little lemon juice at a time until desired taste acquired.
4May be refrigerated covered for 1 week to 10 days.
5It may also be frozen in ice cube trays then put into a plastic bag so they can be removed easily as needed.

Voice Male!

My family and I went to a VoiceMale concert. It was really cool and super funny. VoiceMale is 6 guys that sing accapella, but they use their voices to make it sound like they are singing with instruments! It was seriously awesome. Oh and in the middle of the concert they talked in like 64different languages. I think the languages were Chinese, Japanese, Whales (yes the animal like on finding nemo! lol), and Spainish. Yeah it was really cool. If you haven't seen them before you seriously should!

Isaac's Birthday Party!

Ok so yesterday was Isaac's 10th (yep double digits!) birthday party. He took 5 of his friends to Classic Fun Center. Of course, I went along and took my bestest friend Erin duh! We did the bounce zone thing first. We had so much fun! Erin and I made each other fly. (One of us laid on one side of a mushroom, then the other person jumped on the other side of it. This resulted in flying!) Our favorite though was trying to get on and balance on giant mushroom looking things. We laughed a lot. Next we ate minature brownies and popsicle things. Isaac opened his presents and Erin even brought him $10 for his birthday and she's not even his friend! She is just amazingly nice like that! Ha ha! Then we played lazer tag. It was Erin and I against all the boys! We lost miserably! They had 6760 points and we had 2790 points. Pretty pathetic, but we had tons of fun anyways, and hey we were outnumbered by 4 people! Unfair right! J/K! Next we got to play arcade games. I didn't do too well on those but I won 36 tickets on Deal Or No Deal. It was great! Erin and I bought these Crayola Crayons Erasers that look totally like a real crayon! After the party we were exhausted. (In French tout raplapla! cool huh?) But I had so much fun with Erin and Isaac. Happy 10th Birthday Isaac!

Christmas is Coming!

I am sooooo excited for Christmas to come! We recently put up our lights and our tree. They look really pretty at night. Plus we put two twinkly snowflakes in our windows! It's awesome! I just love the feeling of Christmas! I have done some Christmas shopping for some of my friends, but I have more to do! Have fun with your Christmas preporations!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

So today was Thanksgiving obviously and it was sooooooo good! We first went to Orem to see my Mom's side of the family. They make the best food and pie in the world. Plus they had me play "At a Paris Cafe" on the piano for a little program. It was totally fun! Then we went to my Dad's brother Justin's house. Him and his wife Annie are the parents of the little baby Cole that stayed at our house. (PS Baby Cole can walk now!!!) It was the first time my Dad's whole side of the family could be together at one time! So yeah I think he enjoyed it a lot. I had fun too though! I hope that you all had amazing Thanksgivings too! See ya!

The Difference Between Dogs and Cats!

"Excerpts from a Dog's Diary"
8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing! 9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing!9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!10:30am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!12:00pm - Lunch! My favorite thing!1:00 pm - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!3:00 pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!5:00 pm - Milk bones! My favorite thing!7:00 pm - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!8:00 pm - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!

"Excerpts from a Cat's Diary" Day 983 of my captivity. My torturers continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They publicly dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength.The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet. Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a "good little hunter" I am.
There was an assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of "allergies." I must learn what this means, and how to use it to my advantage.Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow -- but at the top of the stairs.I am convinced that the other prisoners here are stooges, flunkies and informants. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released- and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded. The bird has got to be an informant. I observe him communicate with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, safe from me. For now....