A Slice of Adi

 It is the day of a slice of life.❤️❤️❤️❤️.  I did all thirty days. It is my third year doing my blog. It was very fun and I've become a better writer. Some days it was fun. Somedays I was busy or I couldn’t think of an idea. I AM VERY PROUD OF MYSELF.

There are only 5 more days until my birthday. Here are five things I am really excited about: 1. I get to spend the day with my grandparents. 2. I'm going to be double digits. 3. I like cake...chocolate is my favorite. 4. I like presents. I like opening them and finding a surprise. 5. My birthday is finally on a weekend. I've been dreaming of having my birthday on a weekend for YEARS!

 Last year, I got a garden for my ninth birthday. I loved it. My dad and I decided to put it in the backyard, by the shed. We soon realized that it was not the best spot. It didn't get enough sun. My garden hardly had any vegetables all summer.  So this year, we decided to move it a more sunny place. My grandma came over to help. She's so crazy about gardening. First we took all of the dirt and sticks out of the garden. We used the wheelbarrow and a lot of pots that my Grandma brought. Then, we carried the garden to it's new spot. Then we put everything in. First we started with sticks, then leaves, and finally we put all the dirt back in.  We had planted some seeds in the house. We decided to plant the lettuce in the garden. I'm excited to see it grow.

 Saturday morning, I had my first soccer game of the spring season. I was excited and I wanted to score a goal. As I was warming up, I was thinking to myself, "we're going to win!"  Once the game started, I was playing midfield. I was happy because it's basically offense and you get to run up. So as we started, I played. I was tough. I had some good kicks and I had some good passes. I was really on fire. Maybe it was because of my new cleats! We scored three goals and ended up winning 3-1. I was really proud of us. When the game was over, it was time for my favorite part of the game, the snacks! We brought them and the juice was super refreshing.

 "Andrew's mom will be coming to do a craft later," Mr. Stillway said. All day, I couldn't stop thinking about the craft and what it would be. Finally, it was 12:30, and Andrew's mom came in. She showed us what we would be making. It was a caterpillar fidget, and I love fidgets. It fit me. It was made out of plastic Easter eggs and two pipe cleaners. We had to put the pipe cleaner through the holes in the eggs. When all of the eggs were on, we had the option to put googly eyes. It was really fine. Mine turned out good. I love playing with it. 

 Today, my sister had soccer practice. I had to go because my other sister had a middle school orientation. My friends from school were there because their sisters were also on Rose's team, so I decided to just play with them.  When I met up with them, we played a scrimmage. I was the goalie, and Maya and Grace were against each other. Next we had a bunch of competitions like who could do better cartwheels and cool tricks. Maya was the judge. I won a lot of the rounds.  When practice was over, we had to go home. I think I'll go back next time. 

“Five minutes left,” said Ms. Booska. I was in art and we were making dinosaurs for our dinosaur egg. It was very hard because there was a lot of steps. Once I heard five minutes I started rushing so I could get it done. I was trying to put spikes on my dinosaur. I had to cut a lot of triangles. I tried going as fast as I could but my triangles were all different sizes because I was rushing. As I was cutting a triangle, Ms. Booska said, “Start cleaning up!”  “Oh no,” I thought. Then when we were cleaning up it was so hectic. My table was so dirty and I still had to finish cutting my triangles. I rushed to get it done. I didn’t glue them on but I put them in my dinosaur egg. My table was still dirty. A few people came to help us.  Luckily, we got everything cleaned up by the time Mr. Stillway came. 

 Over break, our school got a Gaga ball pit. Today at PE, Mr. T announced that we could go outside and get to experiment with the Gaga Pit. I was excited because we never really go outside for PE.  When we got outside, we did a lap around the field. When we got back to the Gaga Pit, I saw Rose. I gave her a hug...I don't like hugs. Then, Mr. T explained the rules. Basically, you have to hit the ball when it comes to you or try to dodge it. You can't hit it two times in a row. It's called Gaga Ball, because the ball has to bounce three times before you can start playing. You say Ga-ga-ball. Then you can play.  We ginally got to play. It was down to the final ten or so people. I got out. But we got to play another round. I didn't win. But it was still fun.  Then after school, my friend Emma called to see if I wanted to meet at school to play Gaga. My mom said we could. The kids at the afterschool program were still there, so we all got to play together. 

 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. 

T: Today I am so tired. I: I woke up at 3:00 am and drove for twelve hours, from North Carolina back to Connecticut. R: Ready for bed, I've been, since we got home around 3pm! E: Energy is what I hope I have more of when I wake up in my own bed tomorrow. D: Don't ever wake me up again...

 For the longest time, I’ve been wanting to go rock climbing. I was in North Carolina and it was the last day so I wanted to do something fun. My mom said we could go rock climbing. I was very excited.      We got to a place called, The Climbing Place. When we saw it from the outside it didn’t look like there were many people. When we got inside, we were the only ones. It looked a little ragged but it looked fun at the same time. Ms. Ruth who worked there explained all of the directions. She helped us with shoes and harnesses. Then we were free to climb.  First, I went on this rock climbing wall and it was really fun  when I got to the top, I rang a bell  I got to jump down. Next I went to a Ninja Warrior area. It was high off the ground. It involves a lot of swinging and using your arms. I felt so scared when I got up because I had to climb on this thin beam. I was getting ready to cross these rings that were high up.  I got nervous and just jump...

I’m in North Carolina with my cousins. We were begging my mom to go in the pool. She said, “no,” like always. So when she was at the store with my dad, we asked my aunt if we could go in the pool. She said that she didn’t really care.  So, we already had our bathing suits on. We each dipped our toes in. We pretended it wasn’t cold, but it was freezing. I stood near the pool, and Stone pushed me in.  It was freezing cold. I got straight out even thought I still didn’t want to admit it was cold. I dries off with a towel. Prim and I headed inside. We took a bath.  Later that day, the temperature increased. The pool temperature was in the seventies. We wished we had waited to go into the pool…like my mom had said. 

I was in the car on my way to North Carolina to visit my cousins. The ride was 9 hours. My dad had to drive. Me and my sisters packed toys and devices so we wouldn’t be bored .We woke up at 4:00.We slept for the first 2 hours. We were hungry when we woke up. “Do you want to get doughnuts or breakfast from McDonalds,” my mom asked. We voted and doughnuts won. I was excited because we never get doughnuts so it was a treat. I got a glazed doughnut. After we ate our donuts we relaxed and watched TV on our kindles for 3 hours. Only four more hours. We stopped at the gas station to get gas in our car.We also went inside to go to the bathroom and get a snack. I took a nap and the when I woke up we were there. Ten hours is a long time to be in the car. 

Today, I had a band. I was so excited. When we got down to the band room for rehearsal, it was loud because we were a little late. I could barely walk because there were so many people and instruments. While I was walking through the aisle, I saw the saxophones peeing! It was gross, but then Jake explained that it was spit. That was a little less gross. 🤢🤮.  I built my clarinet really fast. We started to play but couldn’t get a lot done because we kept playing while Mr. Babby, our band teacher, was talking. We only had 30 minutes. I thought we sounded good. My throat was dry. The songs are circus-themed. We play the ringmaster (my favorite), the crazy clowns and the elephants. We were acting like the CRAZY CLOWNS!  

  It was a rainy afternoon. I was at school, and it was almost time for recess."Are we going to have outdoor recess or indoor recess?" Jennabelle said. "Look outside," Mr.Stillway said. Most of the class knew it was indoor recess. That means Mumdinomite. Mumdinomite is a fun, simple yet thrilling game. You throw a ball to someone, and they have to catch it. Sometimes, Mr. Stillway spices things up with a challenge like 'one-handed bandit ', where you have to use one hand. The room fills with silent laughter as we try not to talk or laugh. Mr. Stillway, our beacon of humor, tells us funny things, and he even has songs about the most unexpected topics, like diarrhea. I was playing Mum Dino-mite. The game was going smoothly until I was in the final three. I was against my best friends. It was soon the top two. I had some good catches. The last throw I was out at least it was 🤩 .