This blog is about growing up in a Christian homeschool family. It is a place for me to pour out my thoughts while I am changing from a little girl into a lady. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Mon, 5 Jan 2009 16:21:00 -0600 Mon, 5 Jan 2009 16:21:00 -0600 Shortly, this blog is going to be closed.  I am now blogging at a joint blog with my mom which you can find here.  We currently have posts up about how to write a thank-you note and the gift of wearing dresses.  Be sure to stop by and leave us a comment! Lucy  http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/641593/ Mon, 5 Jan 2009 16:21:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/641593/ Well, I'm back. I just wanted to give you a quick update on what been happening in my life. I only have six more weeks of play practice!  We have a lot of work still to be down.  I'm not sure how long it is going to take to paint the backgrouds (I am not sure how many there are but I think there is only one for the church).  Since we finally finished blocking it's time to start work on my character.  I play an adult and a child I think I know I am going to act out Shirley(the child) but I am not sure how I am going to act out Mrs.Clark (the adult) though I know she is a little bit of a busy body. I have recently finished reading Henry Reed Inc. it's about a boy named Henry Reed how starts a research business as far as I could tell he and his partner Midge do very little reasearch but have lots of adventures like when they though they had struck oil.I highly recomend it. Well I must be going. See you later. Lucy Pevencie http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/603195/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:02:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/603195/ I'm back! I have been on a blogging break. I know three months is a long break. I didn't intend for it to be that long but I started school in the middle of August just before play practice started.  Now that I've gotten used to the new schedule I am starting to blog again. A few weeks ago I started work on the play I'm in.  It's a christmas play called The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.  It's based on the book by Barbara Robinson.  It's a wonderful book with a good message.  I was happy to get a part because it is one of my families favorite christmas stories.  Practice is on Mondays and Wensdays from 4:30 to 6:00 (pm of course.)  My sister also has ballet on those nights in fact she has it Monday through Friday.  this is my favorite line in the play, well Grace, I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this but Catherine told me that Irma told her that Helen told Phyllis that if she'd been up and around this never would have happened(she means that the Herdmans who are bullies wouldn't have been in the christmas pageant).  It is my favorite line because it is hard to say with one breath. I wanted to share a poem I wrote with you.  I think I will call it The Lilly Pad, it is a simple name but it will do.                                          I see a lilly pad and say hello                           If you look closely you will see that it anwers me                                     it waves its pedals and drifts closer                                                  a lilly pad is friendly. I'm sorry to leave you hanging but I have to gett ready for play practice. Lucy Pevensie http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/583805/ Mon, 1 Sep 2008 15:46:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/583805/ Three days ago (July 2) my mom took me on a day out.  I was so excited when she told me that we were going to see the new american girl movie called Kit Kitredge: An American Girl.  I had been waiting two month for it to come out so I was even more excited when we went to the first show the day it came out.  We got in the theater just in time.  The movie takes place during the great depression I thought the film makers did a wonderful job showing what life was like during that time period.  The acting was amazing and all most every cast member is famous.  the movie is a mystery and one of my favorite parts is when one of the bad guys says: we didn't steal from the rich to give to the poor we stole the money and kept it (every one looks at her) realy that's what we did.  the way her face looked when she said it was really funny. The music was good to I liked that they put in music from that time period.  Kit  is a lively with good characters (thought I didn't like the dancer) and I can't wait to buy the dvd. I hope every one had a good independence day.  My family and I went to see fire works on the third and the next day my dad stayed home and grilled hot dogs, chicken,and vegatables. After we finished lunch we went to the movies and saw Walle.  We didn't care for it.  When we got home had ice cream and my brothers made s'mores (my sister and I can't have marsmellows because of our braces).  And wached Benson.  Later when I was up stairs I heard fire crackers so looked out my window but I couls not see them so my brother and I wached them from his window.  The last thing I did before going to bed was finish the Kit mystery I was reading but that will have to wait till I post again. Lucy Pevensie p.s. to find out more about the Kit movie click here http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/556787/ Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:10:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/556787/ Tjis post is going to be mostly pictures.  I am so glad to finally firure out how to get them in a post. This is a picture of our dog Sophie during her first snow.  She didn't like the snow falling on her but she liked playing in the snow after in stopped falling. Here is one of the horses my mom got me yesterday.  Because I have been doing a study about horses from Beautiful Feet I have become horse crazy.  The horse in the picture is a Tennessee Walker it's my favorite horse. Here is a picture of the flowers a talked about in my last post.  I can't wait till the flowers bloom! I hope enjoyed the pictures. Lucy Pevensie P.s. I was going to show you some more pictures but they didn't work.  I will show them to you in another post. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/543561/ Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:59:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/543561/ Yesterday I planted some Marigolds in our flower beds.  It was a little hard to soften the soil but it was fun.  I have to keep the soil moist for four-six weeks so the flowers will grow.                                                                                         That's right I saw PC!  My sister said that her faverite character was Susan (which is good because that's my pen name for her on my blog.)  My faverite character is still Lucy.  I almost cried at the end of the movie when the Pevensies went back to England.  one of my faverite parts of the movie is when Lucy said Reepicheap is cute.  We saw it the day after it came out.  The day after we saw it Susan bought the soundtrack and the rest of the soutrack from the first movie on itunes.  One of our faverite songs from the PC soundtrack is The Call. I am waiting for August to come because that's when practice starts for the play I'm in.  The name of the play is The Best Christmas Pagent Ever.  I've read the book and I've saw the movie when I was little. I am reading A Week In The Woods by Andrew Clements  It's very interesting.  I can't explain it very well. So you just have read it your self. Well I have to go water my flowers. Lucy Pevensie http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/537034/ Fri, 23 May 2008 16:02:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/537034/ I wrote a poem and I wanted to share it with you.  So here is Dear Mr. Licoln.      dear Mr. Lincoln Dear Mr. Licoln I have written you to say    that I know you history saying the Gettysberg address that day  but I wish you had made it a little shorter for the sake of all the kids today because it is so many words to memorize and say.   Considering that you said the same thing a hundered differnt ways.  so I think you could have saved us a lot of trouble by saying it once but I have to end this letter of protest  and finish writing out the Gettysberg address. Lucy Pevensie http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/516131/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:16:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/516131/ Hello once again I am sorry that I haven't posted in so long. I just don't seem to have the time (you know how that is.)  I will try to post every day.  My classes are almost done we only have three weeks left,  It's been fun and I'm sad to see them end but I'm also relieved. It's a strange feeling.  I'm using Apologia General Science for science (hints the name.)  Another thing I'm using for school is the Beautiful Feet study The History Of Horses.  Soon I'm going to write a report on the Arabian horse. I'm reading the Violet series from A Life Of Faith I really like them.  Right now I reading the second one Violets Amazing Summer.  Our library is moving to a new location because they don't have enough room for more books.  It's a good thing but the bad thing about it is that the library is closed for a whole month.  I am reading a book called Henry Reeds Big Show I can't tell you if I like it or not because I just started it but I can tell you I liked another one in the series called Henry Reeds Baby-Sitting Service.  Maybe I'll post a book review on it tomorrow. Lucy Pevensie   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/514270/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:08:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/514270/ Yesterday Susan and I went to the orthodontist.  When we were called we went to the back and had photos and X-rays taken.  After that, we went to a room that was decorated like the beach and watched a video about having braces.  About twenty minutes later (the video was only about five minutes long Susan Mrs. Beaver and I talked the rest of the time) the orthodontist came back in.  She told us what kind of braces we need (we both need the same kind.)  Then came the messy part, they had to make molds of our teeth twice.  The first one was pink colored goo that had the consistency of tooth paste that they put on my bottom teeth then told me to bite down.  The second one was in a container and was twice as messy as the first one.  When we were done Mrs. Beaver told Susan and I that we are going to have our braces put on in three weeks. Lucy Pevensie http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/498108/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:33:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/498108/ I am reading The Wheel On The School . It is about five children who try to get storks to come to their little village of Shora, Holland.  Some one asked why it is called The Wheel On The School- you will find out if you read the book.  I am doing a book study on it from Total Language Plus.  It is so fun.  It teaches spelling, dictation, vocabulary, writing, critical thinking, and grammar. I went to the dentist on Wensday.  The dentist said I didn't have any cavities but it was good that I was getting braces. I think I am getting them in March. I am going to go read more of The Wheel On The School now. Lucy Pevensie http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/478065/ Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:49:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sugarandspice/478065/