Wow! So much has changed since I first blogged about our new writing adventure. The kids have taken off and are so excited about their writing! It went from just a few sentences to now 3 & 4 pages worth of writing.

Jayda ~ age 9:  It was a windy day and a sunflower plant was bending in the wind. One of the seeds fell out and this is where it went........the seed went all the way to a park and there were people there. One little boy saw it and he picked it up. He showed his mother and father and his siblings. He chewed the seed and it was yummy, Jimmy said. Then they all went home to rest. Jimmy asked his mom if he could go outisde and his mom said 'yes,  you can.' Jimmy went to every single house and said, 'do you have a sunflower plant?' Soon enough Jimmy had 17 sunflower seeds. Jimmy went home and he told his family he got 17 seeds. Then he was so tired from all the work, he went to bed.

Kaden ~ age 10:  Summer is over and all the bugs have to go away. This is what happens to them during winter......some bugs go to the south for the winter. Other bugs stay underneath the ground. This time I'm going to Mexico, where its warm. So I got my stuff ( I'm a bug ) and pack it and left my house and went through the grass. When I went a little fast I steppend on something. I looked down and it was a letter. I picked it up and opened it. It was from a kangaroo. The letter said, 'dear Friend, are you coming to Mexico? When you are here, meet me at my den. Please come!  Signed Kangaroo. I was on my way to Mexico. I went to a fence and went under and saw a dragon fly. I said, can I get a ride on you and get to Mexico? The dragon fly said sure and then I hopped on the dragon fly's back and I said thank you and then the dragon fly said you're welcome. Then we took off and flew. It was only one state to get to Mexico. 3 hours later we arrived. the dragon fly landed and I hopped off and saw the kangaroo. I went to him and lived with him. The End!

We've begun creative writing this year and I have to say the kids have really stepped up to the plate. They are really enjoying it and I am enjoying seeing their creativity.  I start them off with a line.......then they go from there. I do not correct their mistakes ( grammar, spelling ) but allow them to be free.

I will ask each of them weekly to choose something from their sibling's daily writings they'd like to share with my bloggy friends.

Here are the choices this week:

It was a cold, dark night when I looked out my window and saw......a great big, white owl. At first I got scared, but he was really nice. He had silky white fur, like a pillow. When I went to bed, he was there. The next morning, he was gone. That night he came back, every night he would come and sleep with me. The End

If I were a frog and lived in the swamp.....I would go on an adventure and look for more frogs and toads and would swim in the swamp. I would jump in the swamp and have lots of fun. I love being a toad b/c its the perfect creature that I want to be. Oh my, I just found a good, beautfiul toad and I want to go meet her! Hello, my name is Cody the Toad. What's your name? My name is Christy the Toad and I have a brother. Want to meet him? Sure, I would love to meet him. OK! Hi, my name is Cody the Toad, what's your name? My name is Kordy the Toad. Oh, cool name, said Cody the Toad. And soon Cody and Christy got married and had little baby frogs. She had 4 little baby toads. The End