12-8-12

     I am so sorry that it took me so long to get back on the blog. 
     The tree is up and decorated. People are running around the town, doing last minute shopping. The scent of pine needles lingers in the air. It's like a true life version of the song "Silver Bells".
     I also have other news. I sent in an application for the camp "Author Quest". It had to be 100 words at least. Mine was about 300 words or so. Anyway, last night, my mom called me downstairs from my room. She was holding a printed e-mail. She acted like it was really bad news. She handed me the paper. I was about half-way into it when my mom pointed to the last line and told me to read it. It said 'See you in June, Madelyn'. I was so happy. I finished reading the e-mail and jumped for joy. It was the best news that I had heard in quite a while.
     Some other things have been happening as well. I won an award for my essay about patriotism and freedom and also started to do Reading Olympics. In Reading Olympics, you have to sign up. Then you have to read at least seven out of the twenty-five books. If you do that, you get on a team. The local competition is in March. Whatever team wins that gets to go to the finals. I already qualified.  Right now, I am reading In the Year of the Boar and Jackier Robinson. It is awesome. I would recomend it to anyone.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!