In today’s edition, Mr. A plans to head out to pick up chicks, swings out on a new branch in life, and well, a few other things.  Click for more details.

So, things are settling down to a routine here. Like many of you, I’m homeschooling the kids.  Today, we’re going language arts. Many of you have seen me use the random dialogue generator before in class. I gave them each a random plot, depending on their level. I got some cute answers.  I’ll paste Hope’s prompt and response at the bottom.  It kind of ends quickly.  In the comments, write a brief alternate ending.

As I think I told you, we ordered chicks for the goat pen/chicken coup.  We ordered Easter Egg chickens, which lay a whole variety of colored eggs.  They shipped this morning and should arrive on Friday.  At the post office.  I’ll get a call from them to come get them.  They’ll be in a little peeping box.  People here were literally doing the happy dance when we heard they shipped.  I’ll be sure to post pics. They’ll be teeny peeps.

I mentioned the new swing in my last post. It’s just simple fun.  Here’s us:

Here’s Hope’s (9 year old) post:

Character 1: A silly girl

Character 2: A noisy boy

Plot: The story begins on a balcony

Someone is going on a long train journey

There once was a silly girl named Sally and a noisy boy named bobby.

Sally is a silly girl and she is a good person and has good grades.

Bobby, on the other hand, is not so good he is annoying and does not listen.

One day the teacher says we need to switch seats and work together with the person you sit with.

   Sally did not want to sit with Bobby because she knew he would bother her.

  Bobby wanted to sit with Sally because he knew she would do all the work.

It was about time to switch the desk and all was quiet. The teacher pulled out the names and started to match.soon it came down to Sally and Bobby.

Now sally was a nervous wreck she knew the teacher would put bobby and sally together.

The last name that was said was sally and bobby. 

  So sally the best grading got stuck with the not good listener bobby.

That day sally was very quit she went home and ate dinner that night she heard her mom and dad speaking about going on a train trip.

The next day sally told her friends about the other night. she went home and ate dinner out at a fancy restaurant.

   The parents where hesitating going because of how good sally has been doing. That night when they came home sally asked if there were going on a train trip they said yes at

At the end of the week but you will have to miss out on school.sally was so happy because every 2 weeks they switch the desk.

At bobby’s house he was playing on the x box.

His parents said he was going on vacation to the beach for the week.so pack your bags because we leave tomorrow.

The next day sally was so happy especially when she found out what happened to bobby going to the beach. sally went home and started to pack her bags her parents said they would leave early to get to the train and get good seats. The next day was Saturday and they left so quickly. They got to the station and left the train was nice and had a lot of cars the family had a lot of fun.

They played ate and had a lot of fun.

Back at the beach bobby’s family was haveing a blast. In the end, all that bobby needed was a nice family trip and he worked so well he actually got an a. 

  In conclusion, sally and bobby worked very well.