Dear Santa,








You have always been the hero of Christmas, and without you, Christmas wouldn’t be the holiday some kids, like me, strongly treasure. You have always given kids the toys they dreamed of, and most importantly, something to believe in.The Christmas gift I’m wishing you’ll give me is any remote-controlled Air Hogs helicopter or airplane. With all my hard work in 2010, in school or out of school, I feel that I deserve to get the toy that I have always wanted as a reward.


I have been interested in airplanes, helicopters, and their valiant pilots for a long time. In fourth grade, I did a project on Amelia Earhart, and I learned how brave you had to be to just casually hop into an airplane and start it up and get flying. Later, in fifth grade, I was rather surprised to find out that one of my favorite authors, Roald Dahl was a fighter pilot in World War II before his writing career. These are two heroes of my life, Amelia Earhart and Roald Dahl, and they both led me to my fascination in airplanes and helicopters.


As you may know, some toys prove to be more durable than others, and this can be quite frustrating. On my eleventh birthday, I got a flying pterodactyl made of soft foam. The minute I tried flying it, my piloting “skills” failed me, the pterodactyl crashed right into a wall, and the propeller broke off like it was glued to the tail with a tiny dot of Elmer’s Glue. Air Hogs helicopters and airplanes are made of sturdy plastic, and they offer more control over the aircraft, so there is less of a risk of the toy crashing into something, and even if it crashes, the helicopter/airplane wont momentarily break down and tumble to the floor in a million pieces.


Learning to fly and control a mini airplane/helicopter could also help me get better at hand-eye coordination, because I would have to learn to look at the airplane/helicopter’s position in the air, and almost instantaneously make adjustments with the controller. Learning to fly the airplane/helicopter would also provide me with a fun activity to do in my free time, and would replace watching television or playing computer games.


Even though it seems almost impossible, I believe that you will be able to deliver all the gifts you have been getting ready this year to all the happy girls and boys who wanted them, and I ask you not to forget to come to our house this year. If there were no presents under our Christmas tree this year, my little brother would throw a tantrum.






Alisa Lytvyn

Dwarf Video

The History of The Dwarf - Part One

    In third grade, my friend Zachary invented a little origami creature called a dwarf. The most interesting part about the origami dwarf was that it could open and close its mouth when you pulled on its ears. Almost as soon as Zachary brought a dwarf into school, people started asking if they could have one, and in only two days, dwarves were in high demand.
 
     The first dwarf ever made was called Smiley, and he was about as big as a small- sise water bottle. My first dwarf was the second dwarf ever made, a normall size dwarf (about two inches tall and having a earspan of about two and one half inches, made from a regular post- it note), and colored bright red, so I named him Pepperoni. After Smiley and Pepperoni, I forgot all the other dwarves, because so many people were ordering them. Soon, people even started making shops where you could buy special items like dwarf beds, food, houses, and even pizza! Everything was going along perfectly, until the most traumatizing and scary expirience in third grade happened: someone stole Mrs. Ulrichs best pens.

     That frightfull day, there was a great silence in the classroom. Mrs. Ulrich told us all that tomorrow, she would let us all go into the classroom, one by one, so that the perpetrator could put the pens back and not be seen by their classmates. However, the pens were not returned, and Mrs. Ulrich had to call the police. We know now that Mrs.Ulrich knows who was responsible, but nobody in the class ever knew.

    This long period of solemn gloom and worry was just like The Great Depression for all dwarf related buisness: Mrs. Ulrich started being extra disciplinned, and the long period of sadness was enough to stop the fun loving dwarf club from going on until summer break.

Next Time: What was The Bonner Massacre? What Happened To The Dwarf Population Next?

Thansgiving: Who Should We Thank?

  What most people know about Thanksgiving is only that it's traditional to eat turkey. Now if you said that on a history test, you would automaticaly get the teacher to start screaming at you, if they were as paranoid as Mrs. Patalano. Here are some facts that I dug up on thanksgiving that might give you a passing grade on a middle school "What is Thanksgiving" test:

           Thanksgiving originated way back from 1863, when the pilgrims first sailed to America in the Mayflower.That year, there was a bountiful harvest, due to the help and advice the Indians were giving the Pilgrims, so the Pilgrims decided to celebrate. They used the surplus of food to make a feast, and invited the Indians who gladly accepted to oin in on the festivities.

   Now that feast was the mother of all feasts! There was plenty of tasty food, the kids played games all day long, and, best of all, the whole party lasted for four whole days!!!

Everyone out there, Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

What I Am Thankful For

  As we all know, thanksgiving is drawing ever closer. This time on blogger, I decided* to reflect on what I am thankful for.

   I am thankful for many things, such as my friends and family. I am thankful for my mom and dad because they take care of me, and they do a good job of it. My little brother Alex is another thing I'm thankfull for, because without him, I wouldn't have anybody to completely pulverise in pillow fights.

   I am also thankfull for my friends Zachary and Akash. I am thankfull that they are my friends, because Zack and I share a lot of interests and really understand each other, and Akash is the mushroom, or the "fungi".