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    School

     School is back in session for the Anderson kids,  speling spelling mistakes and all. David&Josh are in second grade, Catherine has moved to fifth and Stephen is in third. They enjoying school so far. Catherine is very exited. We interviewed her and she said "I'm so exited. I have moved to the bigger kids building. It is so different, for instance I switch classes now. It makes me feel grown up." All the other kids are exited too.  That is all we got for today.

 

               

                 

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 Tie-Die

 For her birthday Aunt Anna sent Catherine Anderson a tie-dying kit. She used it (with adult supervision and help) on July 18,2013.

 Catherine died : 3 onesies,1 sheet, 2 pillowcases, 3 boys' shirts, 1 girl's shirt, and 1 sheet. This was a lot of fun. The final thing to do was to untie, rinse, and wash the items.

 "The best part," Catherine said,"was to untie everything and unfold it. Then we saw the outcome of everything, and it was amazing. Her brothers certainly agreed. as everything was undone you could hear shouts of "Wow!" and "Cool!" And  they were very truthful.

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Birthday Season  Begins

 Birthday Season began on May 18 for the Andersons. This was Catherine's birthday. She went to a Phillies game to celebrate it. The next day she had a party. The season continued on June 3. This was Mom's birthday. The day before that Gram and Pop took them to Texas Roadhouse. On June 20 David and Josh had their birthday. On Sunday they will share a party with Stephen. July 14 will be Dad's birthday,followed by Stephen's birthday on August 16. After that they wait for May for Catherine's birthday.

  The Reading Frenzy

 Summer reading has begun. The Andersons have started reading, and now there aren't enough books. Catherine has read the entire bookshelf and needs the library. She has read "Thirteen Plus One, Kazunimiya, Prisinor of Heaven, and many more. David has read the "A to Z Mysteries. Josh is reading "Big Nate books. Stephen is reading all sorts of stuff.

         

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Catherine Breaks Her Arm

On Saturday, April 20, 2013 Catherine took a trip to the Emergency Room. Around 1:20pm she was fine. She was playing outside with her brothers, which seems like a harmless situation and it was for a while. They were taking turns on the monkey bars. The rest is in Catherine's own words:

"I was playing outside with my brothers when it was my turn on the monkey bars I had no idea what was about to happen. I think I was on the third bar and something went wrong. Every other time when I had fallen I had landed on my feet. But this time I landed on my arm."

 For three hours it was fine, but sore. After that it started swelling really bad. Everybody knows what happens next. She went to the hospital. Got x-rays and found that her arm was broken. Now she has a green cast that will stay on for three weeks. 

Water Stop at St. Luke's 1/2 Marathon

On Sunday, April 28, 2013 the Andersons went to volunteer at St. Luke's 1/2 Marathon to work a water stop. The water stop was located at the 2 and 11 mile mark in the course. Both water and gatorade were offered to more than 4,000 runners.

According to Catherine they arrived at their post "too early in the morning" at around 7:00 am to begin setting up for the race, which would start a little after 8:00 am. Their first job was to fill hundreds of cups of water and gatorade to be given to the runners as they passed by.

Two people they knew would be running in the 1/2 marathon. One of them is a teacher at their school the other is their cross country coach. 

They had lots of fun cheering on the runners and passing out drinks. They even got a little wet when some runners dropped cups near them. Catherine even got a face full of gatorade!

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Duct Tape Wallet Mania!

On Saturday, March 23, 2013, there were many people receiving duct-tape wallets. Catherine Anderson, age 9.5 has lots of duct tape, and on Saturday she put it to good use. she made 7 duct tape wallets. One for each of the following people: Mom Anderson, David Anderson, Josh Anderson Stephen Anderson, Catherine Anderson, Gram Monte, and Aunt Karen Monte. Everyone seemed to want one. Gram and Aunt Karen will discover theirs on Easter Sunday. Catherine actually thought about making this a business. If each wallet were a quarter, she would be rich.

April Fools

On April 1, people all over the world celebrate April Fools Day. In 2 or 3 days we will celebrate it. If we know the Anderson children, they have some major tricks up their sleeves. Of course some of these tricks could land them in big trouble.

Dad's Favorite Game

 I recently interviewed Dad Anderson about his favorite game, Risk. He likes this game because it requires thinking. Dad has not played this game in 20 years. This is because his wife doesn't like it. Even though he hasn't played it in a long time, he recalls playing with Aunt Anna. He says he normally won. His favorite part is winning.

Easter Vacation

For Catherine, David Josh, and Stephen Anderson, Easter vacation started on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. That day was spent in excitement for the 4 children. Probably not for Dad Anderson. During that day the 4 children played hide and seek, Wii or computer, a game of what they call Mix-Up, and so much more. Mix-Up is where they take all the TV shows, movies, and video games they know and mix them all up. Then they add their own little twists, like made up people and pets, and add them. Then they play.

 David's Favorite Game

I recently interviewed David Anderson about his favorite game, Skylanders. He likes it because it is fun and cool. His favorite part is the chapters. His favorite character is Trigger-Happy, because he can shoot like crazy.       

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Gram Turns 61

On Friday, March 22, 2013 Gram Monte turned 61 years old. She is especially happy on this  day because her grandkids (Catherine, age 9.5, Stephen, age 7.5, David and Joshua, both 6.5 years old) remembered by calling her. Every year she gets a call from her much loved grandkids. At least David and Catherine made her a one-of-a-kind card. That is one thing this lively bunch loves to do. Gram live in South Jersey with her husband, Pop Monte, and her daughter, Aunt Karen Monte. Gram was born on March 22, 1952. She has many brothers and sisters, 5 grandkids, 5 kids, and 1 husband. She also has much love. She works as a librarian, and she loves it. Gram will have a great year.

Current Books

The Anderson family loves to read. Here is an update on what they are reading.

The whole family just finished listening to The Horse and His Boy. It is about a horse and a boy who make an escape to freedom in Narnia.

Mom is reading books of technology. They are about becoming a computer teacher.

Dad is not really reading any books.

Catherine is a big reader, and reads lots of books at once. Her current biggie is Flush. It is about a boy who goes to extreme measures to save nature.

Stephen is reading Strange Case of Origami Yoda. It is about a group of kids who rely on Origami Yoda in strange cases.

David is reading George Brown. It is about a boy getting in trouble.

Josh is reading Stink, the Incredible Shrinking Kid. It is about a short kid who thinks he is shrinking.

Stephen is Learning Cursive

Stephen Anderson has been learning cursive. He is in second grade in Mrs. Szivos's class. Lately he has been learning cursive. Stephen is very excited to be learning this beautiful way to write. Everyday he has come home to tell us all about it. Very soon he will be able to write our alphabet in two different ways.

Current Sports

The Anderson family is at it this season. All 4 children are playing different sports. Here is what they are.

Catherine is playing softball. She will be playing from April to June.

David will be playing soccer. We do not know his time-range.

Joshua is playing tee-ball. He will be playing from April to June. 

Stephen will be playing coach pitch baseball. He will also be playing from April to June.

More next week!