12 Fun Things To Do At Home With Your Sister

There are endless possibilities for things to do with your sister. My sister and I enjoy things like making forts and then having sleepovers in them. We also enjoy playing piano and singing together. Here is a list to give you some ideas.

1. Movie Night

Rent a movie and grab a pizza- this is always fun, no matter what!

2. Bake

Cookies, cake, even homemade ice cream! - Something sweet is always the best!

3. Play Taste Guess

Get some random cooking ingredients (i.e. cinnamon, brown sugar, flour, hot sauce, white sugar, vanilla) and blindfold the other, then feed her these ingredients (individually), and she has to guess what it is!

4. Have a Sleepover

Watch a movie, make popcorn and talk into the night!

5. Water Fight

Fill your spray bottles and grab your hose, it's time to get wet in the backyard!

6. Karaoke Night

Grab your amp and YouTube and start singing!

7. Host a Party

You and your sister can plan the biggest party ever and invite all your girlfriends! It's a blast!

8. Play Camel

This is a game my sister and I made up- You take a piano bench (or put two backless chairs together), and stack all your pillows on top of the piano bench, then put a fitted sheet over that, and a blanket over that. Then one gets to snuggle in the back, and the other gets to drive the camel (you can use a music stand for the head, or something else tall like a broom).

9. Go Get Ice Cream

My sister and I go to Sonic and just sit and eat there. It's a great way to get away!

10. Photo Shoot

Go get dressed up and do each other's hair and makeup, and then have a photo shoot!

11. Make a Fort

Any kind of fort is good, but the blankets you use is different- small travel and fleece blankets are the best, as well as sheets; a lot better than heavy quilts and comforters!

12. Game Night

Play board games and card games all night- lots of fun and really simple!

Inspiration source: 20 Things To Do With Your Sister

Daddy Fell Into The Pond

 By Alfred Noyes, (1880-1958)

Everyone grumbled. The sky was grey.

We had nothing to do and nothing to say.

We were nearing the end of a dismal day,

And there seemed to be nothing beyond,

THEN

Daddy fell into the pond!



And everyone's face grew merry and bright,

And Timothy danced for sheer delight.

"Give me the camera, quick, oh quick!

He's crawling out of the duckweed."

Click!



Then the gardener suddenly slapped his knee,

And doubled up, shaking silently,

And the ducks all quacked as if they were daft

And is sounded as if the old drake laughed.



O, there wasn't a thing that didn't respond

WHEN

Daddy fell into the pond! 

 

It Is Time To Have Family and Friends Time!

A Time to Talk

When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don't stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven't hoed,
And shout from where I am, What is it?
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground,
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.

by Robert Frost

This poem really struck me as I read it, because I know that I sometimes neglect my parents and sisters. I love them a lot, but sometimes I get really fed up with just people in general! I have already gotten a lot out of the start of school.  In "Carry a Big Stick" by George Grant, a biography of Theodore Roosevelt, he says,

"Once the Japanese ambassador was suprised to discover the president on his hands and knees roaring down the hallway outside the Oval Office chasing a gaggle of squealing children- a real live Teddy Bear. A distinguished British guest staying in the Lincoln bedroom was awakened late one night by a rambunctious game of touch football up and down the White House corridor. Right in the middle of the ruckus was, much to his dismay, the Leader of the Free World."

Grant says in his book that Roosevelt would postpone important meetings to spend time with family. Roosevelt  has set a great example for us, not only in politics and leadership, but in personal relationships. Make sure you spend time with your family every day. Just walk up and give a hug! It seems so small, but behind a one simple hug is a whole universe of warm fuzzies! Read more in my next post: The Deep Psychology of One Hug.

Update: I've decided not to do this post after all.

School: Mercy and Forgiveness!

Exam time! Mom gave me this question to work on:

"Sometimes when we do wrong, we feel like we are so bad we cannot be 'fixed' and then we use those bad feelings to continue
bad behavior. Explain how a person can stop this downward spiral."

Pray, Pray, PRAY! Ask for God’s help. If you don’t you’re in a hamster wheel, because you are not going anywhere, just running!

"I-I"(*pant,pant*)"I can do this by myself!"

In The Holy War, It took Mansoul three petitions to have Emmanuel forgive them for all the bad deeds Diabolus led them
into. They were really corrupted, but God NEVER abandons you!

God will always be your best friend! Christ died for us, a lasting death in His heart and in ours. This death of Christ causes pain
when we think of what He had to go through. He wants what is best for us. He is really excited about us coming, and we’re excited
about His coming.

Narration: Silverspot The Crow

From

Wild Animals I Have Known

By Ernest Thompson Seton

Silverspot was named for a silver dot on the point of his beak. It was hard to spot which crow was Silverspot until I saw his little dot. I guess that spot is a sort of birthmark. Silverspot and his friends fly in one big group. These crows have several calls; All is well, come right along, be on your guard, danger, great danger-a gun, hawk-hawk, wheel around, attention, and good day.

One day, I was walking out in the woods and I shook a pine tree. Two birds flew out and I saw a nest shake. I had always had a suspicion that some birds lived there in that nest. But not just any birds, Silverspot and his mate!

Another time, I saw him cross the Don Valley with a white object in his beak. He set the object down on the shore of Beaver Elm. I went to look at the object (when Silverspot left) and saw that it was a china teacup handle! Silverspot had placed it among many white shells like a gem collection of his own! I never saw any explanation for this "gem collection" but to bring them to his mate.

The Rock-a-by Lady From Hushabye Street

By Eugene Field

The Rock-a-By Lady from Hushaby street
Comes stealing; comes creeping;
The poppies they hang from her head to her feet,
And each hath a dream that is tiny and fleet
She bringeth her poppies to you, my sweet,
When she findeth you sleeping!

There is one little dream of a beautiful drum
"Rub-a-dub!" it goeth;
There is one little dream of a big sugar-plum,
And lo! thick and fast the other dreams come
Of popguns that bang, and tin tops that hum,
And a trumpet that bloweth!

And dollies peep out of those wee little dreams
With laughter and singing;
And boats go a-floating on silvery streams,
And the stars peek-a-boo with their own misty gleams,
And up, up, and up, where the Mother Moon beams,
The fairies go winging!

Would you dream all these dreams that are tiny and fleet?
They'll come to you sleeping;
So shut the two eyes that are weary, my sweet,
For the Rock-a-By Lady from Hushaby street,
With poppies that hang from her head to her feet,
Comes stealing; comes creeping.