I love sewing!

A few weeks ago, we went up to Healy and met with a group of homeschoolers. The girls were making hair scrunchies. Mom and I made one, too. Miranda, which was a girl my age that I liked, used the same type of fabric as me.

On Sunday, after church was done, my mom and I decided to make another hair scrunchie out the same type of fabric that GramE and I used to make a skirt from last summer. First, we cut the fabric, and then we fold it over with the inside out. Then we put pins in it to hold it in place. Then we sew over the pins in a straight line. We sew the elastic on one end, and pull it inside out. That is what this picture is, and I am the one doing it.
Once it is right side out, we sew the other end of the elastic on. Finally, Mom hand-sews it into a circle. I hope we can make some more...

My fun time on the pond

Last Saturday, we were invited to a skating pond. The pond is about four miles from our house. It was the first time people had skated on the pond this year. This time was special for me because I was skating on single-blade skates. Last year I used a friend's two-bladed skates. My hands felt very cold after a while. I had lots of fun because this year I could spin around. You can see a picture of me spinning around

here.

A Fun Day at the Carnival

On October 29th, Connor, Mom and I went to the school carnival. The thing that Connor and I weren't excited about was that there were more trinkets than treats. (We like candy...) Connor was dressed up as a bandit, and I was dressed up as a ballerina. I used tickets to play games and get toys. I played "Fish Pond" and "Ducks". I also played "Dart Throw" and hit a balloon! I walked in the "Cake Walk", but I didn't win anything. It was a very fun day.

My performance

Two and a half years ago, when I was three, I had a dance class. At the performance I received a trophy, and my mom gave me flowers. The types of dance that I learned were ballet and tap. My favorite was tap. Some of the moves that I remember from ballet are called arabesque, courtsy (it's like a bow), plie, and rond de jambe.

Now when I listen to music, I dance around the room in our house.

DJ has a big plane

When we were down in Anchorage visiting DJ and Christine, DJ took us to the Air Force Base where he works. Connor and I got to go under the plane he flies; it is called the C17. It was VERY big! It was fun to see the inside of it, too. In the inside, there was a back space that had lots of seats.

Connor Drives Samantha

A week and a half ago, DJ and Christine were with us in Cantwell. We went on a hike one day to RCA hill. We brought our 4-wheeler. After some other people got a turn to ride it, Daddy got on the back with me, and Connor was in the front driving. Dad got off of the 4-wheeler after we went down a big hill. Then, Connor drove me back to the truck by ourselves! I had lots of fun. I told Connor that now I can trust him to drive me on the 4-wheeler by ourselves. It was awesome! He drove very safely.

Fun with DJ and Christine

Last weekend, we were visiting some of our family that live in Anchorage. They are my Uncle DJ and Aunt Christine. When Mom and Dad were out doing something together, Connor and I were with DJ and Christine. We went to a place called All Fired Up, where we got to paint. I chose two things, a dog and an angel that's holding a star. Connor painted one big thing; it was a wolf standing on top of a den and inside were its cubs. After you paint an item, you turn it in to the people that work there. Then they put it into a machine and heat up the glaze. After it is done, they are going to be very shiny. Before it was fired, the colors were very dull. I am going to like it when they are shiny. It was fun!