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

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~

Monday

As soon as I walked into RHA this morning, I knew something was up. Anna wasn't behind the desk. Joy and Tiffany (roommate) were with me, but I was scared. There was nobody in sight, and it was deathly silent. "Hello?" Tiffi leaped up to the desk. "Anna? What kind of trick is this?!" No reply came. So us three just headed up to our room. The door was locked! I dropped my suitcase next to the door. Joy and Tiffi followed suit.
We headed down to the head-mistress's office, and knocked on the door. The head-mistress, Ms. Amelia Jordan opened the door slowly. When she saw it was us, she grabbed us, and pulled us down the hall to the  cafeteria! She unlocked the doors, and pushed us inside. "That hurt!" Tiffany complained. "Yeah, Ms. Jordan, be gentle!" Natalie spoke up. Natalie is the representative of sorts of the students. She seemingly thinks our thoughts, and isn't afraid to speak up.
Ms. Jordan frowned as she locked the door. "Finally everyone is here!" She sighed, and immediately hurried to the other end of the cafeteria. "It's a lockdown!" Natalie whispered. "We're all so scared here!" The students nodded. I sat down next to Natalie and scooted up close. She put her arm around my shoulders. She has the position of "Very Close Friend" (Hint: Jubilee has "Best Friend" and Julie has the honorable position of "First Friend")
"I guess some criminals escaped from jail, and are headed this way!" Natalie told me, her big sapphire eyes wider than usual. Julie crept up too, and I squeezed her hand. "Well, what a way to start school!" Julie giggled. Jubilee soon joined us, along with Kate (who has "Good Friend").
"I just talked to teacher!" Kate said.
"What did she say?" I asked.
"She said there's no school today!"
"That's soooo cool!" Natalie clapped her hands together.
"Yeah."
"So we're stuck inside the cafeteria all day?" Julie asked.
"Until the lockdown is over."
"So what can we do all day?" Jubilee asked unhappily.


Natalie looked around sneakily, and drew out a large messenger bag. I took out mine as well. Out of Natalie's bag came a shiny white Apple® laptop. Out of mine came paper, pencils, dolls, and my camera! "Well if it comes to that..." Julie whipped out her A.G. activity book and crocheting kit. "Groovy!" I said. So, Monday turned out to be a FANTASTIC day. The lockdown ended at 5:30. But up to then, we were playing InnerstarU games online, sketching, playing dolls, snapping photos, and trying games from Julie's book.
Once the doors were all unlocked we finally got to unpack and chill-for like 10 minutes, cause it was dinnertime already.
After dinner, Tiffany, Joy, Natalie, Julie and I gathered in my dorm room to email our moms on Natalie's laptop (okay, we gathered mainly to tell ghost stories! :D).
So here we are! I'm chilling out on our bed with Natalie's laptop to give you my little entry. And guess what? Mama already emailed me back! Here's her message:

Dear Ivy and Joy,
What an exciting experience! Guess what? Ms. Jordan and Ms. Glendale have given their permission for you two to be home tomorrow, and Wednesday morning. Love you, and see you tomorrow.
Mama


So yeah! Guess what's tomorrow?

~Sunshiny Ivy

What I did

I'm so not looking forward to school. It's not that I hate it, it's the fact that I'd rather be on vacation. Yesterday in the mail, us dolls got our schedules for this week.
7am: Wake up; Get dressed; Make beds
8am: Breakfast!!!!!!!!
8:30: P.E.
9:15: Music Practice/Lesson
10am: English Language Arts
10:40: Science
11:30: Language Learning (We use Rosetta Stone)
12:15: Lunchtime
1pm: History
1:40: Arithmetic
From then on is the classes we choose. I chose gymnastics and yoga.

So yeah. Anyway!

Guess what?!?!?!?!

I saw Julie! *squeal* We had so much to talk about. Here are some photos...
Sowwy they're blurry.

Me and Julie! Aren't we fabulous in our matching (HANDMADE) outfits? I'll say!

 Julie and I. Aren't we so sweet together?

 Holding hands. Mama is holding Julie's hand! Hey, that's my best friend.

BFF. Awwww. :D
I had so much fun. We're all caught up, and Julie told me about her parents' divorce. I feel much better about talking to her now. She said that she'll meet me tomorrow in the lobby at Rose Hollow Academy. That's one thing to look forward to.

Tonight, I saw Jubilee walking Ella and Rascal, but I was doing chores and couldn't talk. At least it was my favorite chore: sweeping the front porch. I mostly daydream when I sweep. :) Like my broom?

There was a lot of leaves and dust from our recent blustery rainstorm. I had a fine time sweeping it all up!

Me looking longingly at Jubilee.
Sometimes I even make-believe. Here I am pretending my broom is a royal gift to a princess.

Hee hee!
After I finished, I imagined the evening away. Mostly though, I thought fond thoughts of Julie.

Yep! Have a wonderful school week! *giggle* Remember, work hard! School is almost done!

~Sunshiny Ivy

Rose Hollow Academy

Well, Easter break is all over. I'm so sad. That means all us girls have to go back to school! When Mama is at school, I go to Rose Hollow Academy. It's a private boarding school. It's okay I guess if you like school!
The only upside is that all my friends go there. Joy (my sister), Jubilee and her sis Marie, and Fidelia all stay there.

I'm typing this from my room at R.H.A right now. I share the room with Joy and a girl named Tiffany. We all call her Tiffi. She's the bounciest girl ever!
Are you drooping with boredness over the computer? If so, I'm very sorry.

At last, the story of the first day of school.


As I walked in with my suitcase and backpack, I looked around and sniffed the air. Sure enough, it was exactly the same as it was two weeks ago. But in the lobby, there were two new girls. Joy and I checked in, said our goodbyes to Mama, and walked over.
"You new here?" Joy asked. They looked up at us. "Find out for yourself," One of them said. The other girl took special pains to hide her face. Joy took our stuff up to our room. I walked over to the front desk. "Anna?" I asked. The receptionist, Anna, looked up. "Oh, greetings Ivy!" I smiled, and asked about the two girls.
Anna glanced around the room to make sure no one else was near. Then, she leaned close. "The redhead is Sharon Goodly. She seems rude, but she doesn't mean it. Word is, she's from an extremely rich family!" She paused. "The other blond girl is Julie Albright..." "What?!" I interrupted. I almost ran over, but Anna grabbed me.
"Not now! I know you miss your friend, but I don't think you should confront her right now."
"Why?" I asked.
"Julie's parents got divorced."
My heart wrenched. Poor Julie! I knew she would want to be left alone for the first day. I sighed. I missed her so much, and wanted to speak with her.
I ran upstairs, and rapidly told Joy and Tiffi (our roommate) about Julie.
The two looked concerned, but didn't say anything.
"This will be an interesting month!" Tiffi said.
I agreed.