A Slice of Adi

 At school today, we were just finishing packing up. We were getting ready for our closing circle. We always do WORDLE and Connections together. Mr. Stillway called on someone and they gave the first guess for WORDLE. They chose water. It was wrong. The only letters that were right were the a, e, and r. That was a pretty good first word. Next, Mr. Stillway called on me. I picked later. It was almost right, except the T had to be changed to something else. "What could it be?" I wondered. Next, he called on Emma. She picked laser. It was right. We got the Wordle in three tries. I was so happy. 

 Today was random. Next week at school is a spirit week for school because we are testing. One of the days is pajama day. I don’t wear pajamas. I just wear sweatpants to bed because they are more comfortable. “Can we go to Marshals?” I asked my mom.  It was getting late so my mom said, “we’re only going to look at the pajamas.”  As we were walking to the pajamas, I saw my mom touching a dress or something. “What happened to only looking at pajamas?” I said.  We finally made our way to the pajamas. I found a colorful pair that had shorts and a shirt. I also found a sweatsuit in the clearance rack. Another spirit day is sweats day.  As we were walking to the register, my mom got distracted. I was thinking, “we were only supposed to be here ten minutes and it’s already been twenty.” My mom kept looking around and I was so confused. 

 "Nock, nock, nock," my sister Rose said as she knocked on the door to my room. I knew she needed something. "Do you want to do my makeup? " Rose said. I knew I would. We went into her room. It was really messy. I had to do her eyes. She wanted gold. I didn’t tell her I used pink because the gold didn't appear. When we were done, Rose looked really funny. Rose loved it, but I didn’t. When we went downstairs, my parents said they loved it, but just by looking at their faces, I knew they didn’t.

It was a chilly Friday evening. I had soccer practice for an hour. At the end, we always put our hands in and say a different word. Tonight, we all agreed to say ice cream because a lot of people were either getting ice cream that night or over the weekend.  As we got in the car after practice, I asked, "Can we get ice cream?" I really wanted ice cream from Micalizzie's. My favorite flavor is cannoli. My mom said she didn't have money, but I think she did. She just didn't want to get ice cream. Then my dad said he had money, so we went. When we got there, I didn't want to get out of the car because I was super tired from soccer. I stayed in the car with my mom and sister. My dad and Rose went into the ice cream shop. Wren and I were fighting in the car. It felt like ten minutes. Finally, when my dad came back in the car, he gave us our ice cream. I couldn't wait to taste it. I ate it in the car. Even though I was still cold from soccer, the ice cream was g

 "Do you want to go to Stepping Stones Museum or the Aquarium with Vienna today?" my mom asked. Wren and I both voted for the Aquarium. I was excited. We drove with Vienna, my cousin. It was a long drive, but when we finally got there, we took the elevator and walked into the aquarium. It was a little crowded. First, we went to see the jellyfish. There were pink jellyfish, and you could see their tentacles moving in the water. In each tank we passed by, the jellyfish got smaller and smaller until, in the last tank, you could hardly even see them. Next, we went to the stingrays. They were so cool. We even got to pet them. "Ew. That feels gross," my Mimi said. I thought it felt soft and smooth. We saw some other cool fish. But last but not least, we saw the giant sea turtles. They were huge and in this tiny tank with other animals, including an eel. I was thinking, "Poor turtles. They only have a little space." The turtles kept swimming right by the windows,

 Dear Mr. Stillway,    Happy birthday! Thank you for being a great teacher...actually the GOAT-greatest of all teachers. You always make learning fun. You say "distraction" and tell us a random story. My favorite distraction was the one about cracking knuckles.   You're great at teaching me math. I've been enjoying fractions. I enjoy how you told us about 2/3, p.s. I didn't actually say his name.      I hope you had a great day and got to do all the things that make you happy. Have a great rest of your break. See you Monday. Love, Adi P.S. Thank you for reading my slices.