Hello. Nothing really has been happening at our house, except that last Saturday or something Sese had to get stiches on her chin. But today we might go to the mall!!! After mom and dad get home from being election judges. But I think they will be home soon. Yes, we are alone in the house, but we don't do anything bad. We just do our school, practice piano and dance, or just read. By the way it is my mom's birthday today!! I not really sure how old she is turning, but I think it is somewhere around 43 to 45. I made her a pretty card. Well, in about 3 weeks, we will be travels to Grand Rapids, Michigan, for the Oireachtas. (otherwise known as Regionals.) In two years, Oireachtas will be in Minnesota, so we won't have to spend any money for the hotels. Guess what? I did not dress up for Halloween. I did not go Trick-or-Treating and freeze my caboose off, either. We (everybody in our family except dad because he was feeling sick) went to a really fun Reformation Party at our church!! We all got lots and lots of candy. There were these little booths (aka Sunday school rooms/fellowship hall/outside/coatroom) that had games in them. There was only one outside though. You were supposed to throw these indulgences (tickets to heaven) into the fire. That was pretty easy, and you got 3 pieces of candy for every one that you threw in. But when the wind was blowing, you couldn't quite get it in. Now we go inside. The first game that you saw was a booth called 'Alms for the Poor', where you tried to get a penny into a little tin cup. Even if you didn't get your penny into the cup, you got two pieces of candy. The next one was pretty fun. My Sunday school teacher from last year ran this one. You were supposed to 'translate' scripture verses. My old Sunday school teacher was supposed to be a mute, but he kept forgetting about it and talking. The next one was a calligraphy booth, and you traced bible verses that were in calligraphy. The next one was the Tailors' shop. You dressed up in these pretty princess dresses (but there was suits of plastic armor, too) and then got your picture taken. And you got a piece of candy. The next one was called the Sanctum Sanctorum, where you went up the back stairs on your knees and collected words from little pie pans. Then, you went back to the table and put the words to make a scripture verse from the bible. And you got some candy for that, too. Then next one was this jousting thing. You got some beanbags and tried to knock over dolls that were wrapped in tinfoil off of their horse. The horses were also wrapped in tinfoil. The next one was I didn't do, but Miranda did it and said it was pretty easy. You got three beanbags, and you tried to knock down books that were bad, and not knock down the good books. And you got candy for that. The next booth was kind of like musical chairs but it was called Musical Tiles. My mom ran this one. We taped small foam squares to the floor. Then you would turn the music on and people would walk around and around until the music stopped. Then, mom would take a color out of a paper bag, and whoever was standing on the color got a piece of candy. And lastly, there was this little 'Carpenter's Shop', which wasn' t really a carpenter's shop. You just hammer a little nail into a two-by-four. And no, you did not get to keep the two-by-four. Aaaaand you a piece of candy for that, too! Well I think I did about 300 sentances, so I will stop now.
Bye!!
~Izzy~
