Sunday, May 6, 2012

Boston, Day Two: Whale Watching, Paul Revere's House, Old North Church

This is Kaylee and Kiara writing today!

Today, we went whale watching. The boat we were on was called Aurora. We saw 1 menke whale, 7 humpback whales and 6 white-sided Atlantic dolphins. They were acrobatic. Kaylee, Keilan, Dolly Ann, Jeremy, Chris, and Kiara all got seasick.

After whale watching we went to Paul Revere's house. It is more than 300 years old. It is very creaky; the stairs were creaky.  We went to Old North Church where Paul Revere lit two lanterns because the British were coming from the ocean. We went downstairs to the crypt where they stack dead people up to bury them. There were British soldiers from Bunker Hill buried there.

This is Boston from the water when we came back from whale watching.

This is Paul Revere's house.

This is a contract at the Old North Church. It was for fifteen year-old Paul Revere and seven friends to ring the bells at the church on Sundays. That's how Paul knew the church tower could be seen from across the river.

This is a window in the Old North Church.

These are humpback whales breaching the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.

This is the tail of a humpback whale.

This is Castle Island. We're going here tomorrow with our friends from Mather School.

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Fenway Park, Museum of Science, Duck tour, and the Cheesecake Factory

This is Blaise and Dolly and we are going to tell you about what we did today in Boston.
It took us about 20 hours to get to Boston from Igiugig. We walked a lot today. Tomorrow we will be walking more than we did today and we will let you know when we do the blog tomorrow.  


The Green Monster has seats on this big wall at Fenway Park.

The stadium, the Boston Red Sox play ball here.

Mickey Mouse at Fenway Park.

The stadium

The red seat marks the longest home run ever hit. Some man got hit by the baseball.  

Kiara, Aiden, Kaleb, Keilan, Kaylee, Dolly, Blaise.

The red flags are every World Series titles and the blue ones are American League Championship titles.

These glass cubes mark six million Jewish people who were killed by Hitler  during the Holocaust.

The state capital of Massachusetts.

We cant remember the name of this bridge. 

Boston from the Charles River. 

The Duck tour and we were on the "Miss Emma Science" which was new. 

Blaise driving the Duck boat by the Joker. 

Blaise again.

Dolly driving.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

I am by Josephine Decker


I am the girl who loves to read, the girl who hides behind an 'I don’t care' attitude
I wonder when I think I will be good enough
I hear the crunching of long dried leaves under my foot
I see the words of my story being written down before me
I want to be free
I am the girl who loves to read, the girl who hides behind an 'I don’t care' attitude

I pretend not to care
I feel completely and utterly confused
I touch the comforting abyss of my sleeping dreams
I worry I will not make it
I cry only when it's necessary 
I am the girl who loves to read, the girl who hides behind an 'I don’t care' attitude

I understand the importance of being open-minded
I say follow your dreams and live for yourself
I dream of a better understanding of life
I try to believe in myself
I hope to have a life worth remembering
I am the girl who loves to read, the girl who hides behind an 'I don’t care' attitude.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

I am by Blaise Decker


I am by Blaise Decker

I am a guy that likes to do things
I wonder how scientists do dumb things at times.
I hear Tarzan 
I see a monkey that is red with a banana and flying an airplane
I want to know more than I really do
I am a guy that likes do things

I pretend I’m not in school when I’m in school
I feel happy and bored
I touch my game remote
I worry that there will be a zombie apocalypse (and I’m still alive)
I cry …I’m not going to tell you that, I’m a guy remember?
I am a guy that likes to do things

I understand that I can get be too much and don’t know when to shut up
I say you can’t tell me any different on what I already know and believe in
I dream that people will colonize different planets one day 
I hope to live to a very old age
I am a guy that likes to do things


Monday, April 30, 2012

I Am By Charmaine A. Stewart


I Am

I am a hyper and amazingly lazy person
I wonder what tomorrow will bring
I hear my favorite song on the radio
I see me lying in the warm sun
I want it to be summer
I am a hyper and amazingly lazy person

I pretend everything will be okay
I feel lost
I touch the beautiful night sky
I worry I will never be happy
I cry only when I need to
I am a hyper and amazingly lazy person

I understand that I need to be patient
I say you should always be yourself
I dream of owning my own clothing line
I try to do better than an average person
I hope one day all my work will pay off
I am a hyper and amazingly lazy person