School's Out!

I FINALLY finished my schoolwork! I'm headed home for lunch on the shuttle. I thought I'd type a post of this morning.
While Mama prepared breakfast, Jubilee and I went into our backyard. I cautiously stepped onto the concrete.

"Come on Jubi!" I laughed. "It's dry!" Jubi grinned, and then slowly slid onto the dried cement.

"Cool!" We said simultaneously.

 I went over to the side, and edged onto our new porch. I held on to the pillar cautiously, and kept an eye on Mama. I didn't want her to see me!

 Jubilee stepped on too. Look at her other pictures. Don't you just adore that Bohemian style?

 Then, Mama stepped up. "What are you doing?" She asked.

Jubi and I looked up. I winced. "You promised that you would wait for Fidelia and Marie to step on the porch." She put her hands on her hips. "Ivy, get off right now."

 Well, I didn't want to get off. I slowly moved my feet by centimeters. Mama grabbed me, picked me up, and placed me right on the old concrete.

 Jubilee wasted no time in hopping off too!

The two of us ran inside very promptly! Can you see the corner of Jubi's dress?
I suppose we ARE naughty, but what can I say? We're dolls!

~Sunshiny Ivy

While I'm waiting...

Well, the concrete guys are still here!!! I wanted to take a picture outside with the new concrete, but I can't. :(
So here's today's story! While I'm waitin'.

 This morning, as soon as I woke up, I rushed to the sliding glass door.

There was the wire netting, all safe and secure. The netting is to make the concrete stronger. :)

Then the concrete truck arrived!

I tried to snap a pic of the guys wheelbarrowing their tools in, but they were too speedy!

The tools waiting patiently.

Imagine my elation as they poured the first dump of concrete in! YAAAAAAY!

 Plop. ^-^

 Indistinguishable man and his wheelbarrow.

 More cement/concrete! Mwahahahaha! Erm. I mean I was getting so excited I started jumping up and down!

FINALLY! I finally got a photo of the guy pouring the cement out.

This is what it looked like at lunchtime. Pretty wet!

Without me in it. >)

They're finishing up now. Yay! I'm so happy.

~Sunshiny Ivy

Concrete

No pictures yet! But the concrete is being poured right now. :D

Landscaping update

Well, we're all working hard at R.H.A. I didn't even see Julie today. :( Ms. Glendale kept us dreadfully busy. The other teacher, Mr. Zittle was in a tizzy!
Anyway, I have a bunch of photos on my laptop that we took yesterday. It makes me sad to see the backyard in such a sorry state.
Here we go!

Surveying the changes. This is where more concrete is to be put in.

Hmm. Not very pretty. I can't wait for the concrete!

Nice tractor, eh? That's where the other concrete's going. :)

Then Mama made me go inside. Wednesday, come quick!!

Wednesday is when the concrete is being poured. At 7am sharp! Ms. Jordan gave me permission to go home that day. I had to promise to do all my schoolwork, however.

But I don't care!

Wednesday come quick! :DDDDDD

~Sunshiny Ivy

Landscaping?

At 7 am sharp, I was up and ready to go home. I scribbled a note, and left it on Anna's desk. Needless to say, I was the only one awake at 7 on a Saturday morning. I slung my hobo bag over my shoulders, my purse was tied to the hobo bag, and I slung my backpack on. I was headed home for the weekend! Everyone else can sleep in if they want (lazybones) but I'm an early riser.

Anyway, when I got home, I was surprised to see our side gates open, and men walking in and out! My mouth dropped open, and I rushed inside. Those men scared me! After all, I've never seen them before.

I climbed up to the windowsill. Then I realized the men were fixing our yard! Well, I'll be.
I never knew we were landscaping...

A tour

Today, I gave Julie a tour of Rose Hollow Academy. We started at 4:30pm outside R.H.A. "Okay!" I said. "I'm so excited." Julie said. "First, I'd like to tell you what's around. Lakeside Park is about a half mile to the Northeast. A mile northwest takes us to the Forest Trails. And if you go that way down the road," I pointed, "That will take you to the Movie Theatre and Shopping Square."
I paused. I was out of breath! Whew.
We sat on the steps to R.H.A.
"Now, about the people." I exhaled and grinned. Julie rubbed her hands together. "Well, come on, tell me!" She poked me. "Okay, okay! First, the teachers. Our headmistress Ms. Jordan is 59 years old, and over-concerned about everything!" Julie laughed out loud.
"Don't get me wrong," I continued, "She does care...just too much..."
"Next is Ms. Glendale. Fiery 54 year old Ms. Glendale! She teaches Math, Science, and History. [pause here. but if you look at this linky you can read a story called 'teacher trouble'. it features ms. glendale and natalie.] She gets upset reeeal easy, so watch out." Julie nodded. 'Check.'
"Now 24 year old Anna Moskowitz is the nicest person you'll hope to find! She's our receptionist, as you know. She's so kind and thoughtful! Didya know she's of Russian descent?" Julie's mouth opened in a wide smile. "Groovy, Sunshiny!" I giggled. "Well, Jazzy, next is Tiffany Elias. She's 11, bubbly, bouncy, and my roommate. She has the position of 'sunshine friend' in my book." Julie interrupted, "Ivy, how many positions DO you have?" I smiled. "One for all my friends. NOW! Let me continue...[i am very playful]. There's tons of girls here, but there's only 2 more that you really need to know. The first is Natalie Prince. You know her. She's our spokesperson, or representative of all us girls. She seems to think our thoughts, and then she says them boldly to the nearest teacher! She's loyal, and can, has, and will defend anyone from a pesky bully. The last girl is..." I paused for a breath, then continued.
"The last girl is Brittany Sweet [brittany is briefly mentioned in 'teacher trouble p.2']. She's 12 years old, and she's trouble! Avoid her best you can, because she's a bully. She tries to get you into trouble, and she had the nerve to get water all over Ms. Glendale once!"
Julie nodded. "Sounds great! I'll keep all that in mind."
"So what's been happening 'round here?" She asked. I kicked a pebble. "Pretty much nothing. It's boring here unless you have your besties around!"

It was 4.45pm. I took Julie inside to show her around. The conversations we had are too much to write down! So I'll just write a summary of the places we went.
Lobby: Showed her front desk, Anna, and the comfy leather and suede chairs you can sit in.
Hallways: Showed her locker rooms, showers, restrooms, water fountains, and classrooms
Dorm Level: Showed her where the girls all stayed; restrooms, hiding places, etc.
Top Level: Showed her the gathering room, attic, and party room

And that's about it. Because next, we had to take our showers before dinner started. Then there was homework, and all that fun stuff. We get more and more homework as the school year wanes off! Strange. I only have 1 more week of school, and I'm excited. Oh, the stuff we'll do!

Well, gotta go. So much homework, so little time to do it!

Seeya!

~Sunshiny Ivy~

2 followers in 1 day? 16 Followers?!

WOW! I've caught up to Mama's blog. ^-^
Thanks Katie and Koda Lou for being my two recent followers!
I appreciate it.

Joy's B-Day

First, Joy decided to open Jubilee and Marie's present.

 Opening...

 "Ooo, what is it?"

Joy early pushed away the brown filling to find...

an adorable flower pot with pansies!
"Thank you SO much Jubi and Marie!" Joy enthusiastically said.

Next, she picked up mine. I was wiggling with excitement!

 Pushing off the ribbon.

"Wow, what's this?" Joy mumbled excitedly.

"Oh Ivy, you didn't!"
I grinned. "Yes, I did!"

She pulled the doll out. "She's gorgeous!" Joy exclaimed.

She took out the little dog too. "Thank you so much, sis!" I do believe I blushed bright red!

At last, Joy picked up the last present: Fidelia's.
"I wonder what's in here..."

 "Oooo, it's an adorable green shirt for my new dollie!"

"Thanks Fide!"


Mama's Blog (Yes, this is a linky) will have photos of the rest of the party. Be patient though, 'cause she's a busy student!

To sum up, we had an absolutely awesome party. After the presents, we played around outside before we had to go home. Right now, I'm back at R.H.A. typing this from my handy-dandy laptop. :)
Tomorrow, I'll be giving Julie a tour of the academy.
For now, I better go. :)

~Sunshiny Ivy

Joy's B-day

Sorry I didn't post these yesterday, but we're busy. So!
We had oodles of fun on Tuesday. At 1pm, the guests arrived.

Yes, I wore my cherry blossom dress. Joy wore the pretty wraparound dress that Mama made.
We had a Princess Diaries style party! Remember in Princess Diaries 2, they mattressurfed? We did that too! Except we used pillows and our chaise longue.
Here goes Joy...

And her reaction...

Yep! Fidelia went on her stomach...

Hee hee! Jubi and I went down together.

We went faster than anyone else! Too fast for Mama to take a picture...

And Marie went last. Don't worry if this pic confuses you, I don't really understand it myself.

After eating cake, we decided to open presents.

That belongs to P2! Haha, will post later. :)

~Sunshiny Ivy