Wow! Can you believe it is time for a new school year? Summer seems to always go so quickly but I am sure you are all anxious to learn new things this year. I hope you will find time to check in at The Purple Teapot each week and share your thoughts.
There are only two rules for posting to The Purple Teapot:
1. Never say anything mean to or about anything!
2. Always pay attention to good writing.
This week write at least two sentences about something interesting you did over the summer. Be sure to capitalize the first letter of each sentence and put a mark of punctuation at the end of each sentence. Here is an example:
This summer I visited with my niece who just had a new baby girl. Her name is Elanore and she is a beautiful baby!
Eisenhower Farm is a phenomenal historical site that I visited with my two children this summer. It's located in Gettysburg, which is about an hour from where I live. This farm and farmhouse was once owned by former president, Dwight Eisenhower. The home is still decorated as it was when he and his wife owned it. There are many trinkets in the house along with paintings that Dwight Eisenhower painted. We learned so many fascinating facts about him and his time at the house. One peculiar fact was that he drank about 20 cups of coffee a day. He only slept 4-5 hours a night...wonder if that was because of all the coffee he drank! Jake, Frances, & I had a great time visiting the site. My husband had to work, but we would like to take him there some day too!
ReplyDeleteDuring the summer I went to Knoebels with my friend Danny and it was fun but it started to rain before we left. It was nice and sunny until we left.I like Knoebels and I hope I can go there again.
DeleteThis summer I went to Nasau in Cocoa Beach, Florida. We saw one of the biggest playgrounds I have ever seen! ,[;m , We had a condo right near the beach. We went to the zoo and climbed 60 feet in the air and did zip lines and obstacles in the air! My family bought a huge raft and went way out in the ocean. It was so cool! I loved the beach and hope to go backk there soon.
DeleteThis summer I went to so many State parks then we got tired so we stopped going to parks. Every time my family takes a nap because we get very, very tired. When we wake up my dad makes cold food such as macaroni salad and lunch meat sandwiches. We did a lot of swimming and I took swimming lessons this summer and will continue during the school year.
DeleteI had a great summer. I went to Mass. to visit my aunt. I went fishing and mini golfing. When I went fishing I caught about five fish. When I went mini golfing I golfed with my cousin, my mom, and my dad, and my brother. Also, for the last five holes my mom and dad didn't want to play any more so they thre the balls on the course and we tried to hit them in the holes with our eyes closed. It was an eight hour drive but it was totally worth it.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had fun...especially at end of your mini golf game. Bet your aunt would be thrilled to hear that you thought the eight hour trip was totally worth it!
DeleteThis weekend my family and I went to New york city.First we went to the site where the Twin Towers were.At night we stayed at a hotel,when we woke up the next morning my dad said that he was sweating because he was afraid that my brother would pee his pants, but he did not!
ReplyDeleteThis summer I went to Cape Cod to see my grandpa in a nursing home. We always go to the beach after we see my grandpa because he used to live in his summer house, but now he lives in the nursing home. We stay in the summer home and we can walk to the beach because the summer house is so close.
ReplyDeleteThis summer I went to North Carolina with my mom, dad, sister, and brother. My mom'two sisters and her parents came too. Altogether there were 7 kids & 7 adults we rented a beach house and all 14 us stayed there. It was really fun because we were so close to the beach that we went almost every day and we had a pool instead of a back yard. One day we went to the sand dunes. It was really fun I hope we do it next summer.
ReplyDeleteOver the summer my family and I went to Williamsburg Virgina! The car ride was three hours. I couldnt wait to get to our hotel. We finally arrived at our hotel. The name of our hotel was castle inn. We were in Williamsburg for a week! Every morning we went to breakfast. Mostly every evening we went to a light dinner or we went swimming! We went to Busch Gardens! Busch Gardens has really fast roller coasters. My favorite roller coaster was escape from Pompeii. On the next day we went on a tour it thought us about the true story of Williamsburg. On the last day we went to water country they had huge water games and water slides. Then we came to a new hotel because my cousins were meeting us at kings dominion. We stayed at best western for the night. Then we took the bus to kings dominion! Then we took the car home to my grandmas house! My cousins were in the car too. They stayed at my house for anther
ReplyDeleter week. I sure had a great vacation
This summer my family went to the Hershey story. The Hershey story tells all about Hershey and his life. We even made a cholet bar.
ReplyDeleteOver the weekend I went to Gettysburg and I climbed Little round top. I also climbed the Devils den. Devils den is a very high rock formation where the Union were hiding. The Union were also hiding at little round top. When we went to Devils den my mom was afraid to climb the rocks,so my dad, brother and I climbed down without my mom. I wished my mom climbed down with us.
ReplyDeleteI went to my friends house for a picimik.he had a pool.And we played some jackpot.He had lots of food.He alos had a net to play valleball in his pool.
ReplyDeleteMy family went to vermont to see my ant and my casint for the first time. I never saw my casint before sow we went to vermont on a train it was fun to be on a real train. We sow our casint his name is mikel we had fun with him for four day and before you now it it is time to go home sow we drove to the train stashin to go home we wrowd the train home we to the train stashon at 1:00 at night we takted or selvs in bed and we had a good night sleep.
ReplyDeleteHow exciting it must have been for you to meet your cousin for the first time! I wonder if you are close in age and were able to play.
DeleteRiding a train can be lots of fun....especially when it's your first time. Glad to hear you had an enjoyable trip!
Ocean City is a fun place to go. I went there this summer. When I went to the beach I saw lot's of people. When I went in the ocean my Grandpa thought he stepped on something so he went under water. He told me to hold his hat. When he came back up he was holding a horse shoe crab. That was the first time we ever found a horse shoe crab in the ocean. I was very shocked! My Grandpa took it up to the shore to show the little kids. One little kid was scared of the horse shoe crab. I was not scared of the horse shoe crab. Then my Grandpa went back in the ocean and threw the horse shoe crab far out in the ocean. I am glad that the horse shoe crab is safe and sound.I had a fun time at Ocean City!
ReplyDeleteThis summer I whet on a cruse ship it had lots of Activity my most favorite Activity was the track felled why because it had lots of sports.Like basic ball and other sports. Butt ice cream was a little better than the track felled.
ReplyDeleteThis summer I went to Hershey Park and rode the big roller coasters. My favorite one was sidewinder. It goes forward ,backward and upside down. My second favorite is the comet I love the hill. I had a great time with my family! Have you ever been to Hershey Park?
ReplyDeleteOver the sumer I went to Niagara Falls. We went on a jet bot. We went on Made of the Mist. Then we went to look at the falls. They were really big. We couldn't stay there long because my dad had to go back to work. I wish I could have stayed longer.
ReplyDeleteThe jet boat was my favorite, but the water was really, really cold. That was a fun vacation! Now on to another place on the bucket list. Mom
DeleteThis summer my family and I took a trip to visit our friends in Georgia. We did a couple of awesome things on our trip. We went to the Georgia Aquarium, which is the only aquarium in the United States with whale sharks. They were HUGE and extremely graceful. Also, we went to Stone Mountain. Stone Mountain isn't really a mountain at all. It's a big chunk of granite called a monadnock. It has the world's largest relief carving on it. You could see for miles from the top, even seeing the Atlanta cityscape. That's something my family and I did this summer that was interesting.
ReplyDeleteTony This summer I went to veitnam it was fun.
ReplyDeleteThis summer I went to Utah on a family vacation. My family had a surprise birthday party for me. I turned eight years old. It was really fun to have a birthday party in a different state! My mom said that I wasn't going to have a birthday party this year because of being away, but it was only a trick! I was so surprised! I also went to Idaho and had another birthday party there. I went to Aspen Grove, Utah and had lots of fun and did many crafts and games. My favorite part was spending time with my family. I hope to visit Utah and Idaho again some day!
ReplyDeleteThis summer I went to Florida with my two daughters and husband. We had an amazing time! We went to Disney World, Sea World, and Universal Studios. I loved the dolphin show at Sea World. My favorite ride was Soarin’. It made you feel like you were flying over the United States. The girls had a super time getting princess makeovers. They looked awesome! We all had a blast and I can’t wait to go back again.
ReplyDeleteDid you ride Mt. Everest?
DeleteHi Will! No I did not but it sounds awesome. Maybe next time.
DeleteThis summer I went to New Jersey for my older brothers baseball tournament. I thought it would be a bummer but it turned out to be fun! We went swimming and had a cookout too. One night I slept over at my paps. I had a good time!
ReplyDeleteDid you have fun?
DeleteThis summer I went fishing and I caught two large mouth bass that weighed 15 pounds. And I went hunting and I shot 1 turkey and 3 mallards and 2 deer.
ReplyDeleteOne rainy day it was my brother's birthday party. So we went bumper car riding. There was an arcade too. The people there were Nike, Nate, Evan, Mitch, and me at the party.
ReplyDeleteIt was a beautiful day! I woke up and got dressed in my bright clothes because we were going to Knoebels. We went on so many rides. My favorite was The Whip. My brother and me went on The Helicoptor and Bumper Carts. It was a fun day!!
ReplyDeleteThis summer I went to the mountains. We went on a long hike and we saw a snake! It hissed at me.
ReplyDeleteWere you scared Brandt?
DeleteThis summer I went to the Fair. It was a sunny warm day. I got to feed a giraffe and a zebra. I got on the swings and the fun house. Now you know about the fair!
ReplyDeleteOver the summer I......
ReplyDeletewent to a family camp. I was so happy when I got there. I stayed in cabin 6. In the morning we went to breakfast. Then we rode our bikes to arts and crafts. My friend and I got on our bikes. Next we went to archery. Last we went on a bike ride.
This summer I went to Ocean City, New Jersey. A few times we went to the beach. One of the days it was hot. We got a hotel in the city. And a few nights we went to the boardwalk. My sister, Levi, and Talia went on a ride that was between 40 feet and 100 feet high. And we had some cow tails in the hotel. The hotel was not like many rooms, but only a few rooms and 2 floors. It was fun!
ReplyDeleteI had a good time riding Mt. Everest. We were very happy!
ReplyDeleteOver the summer we went to my grandma and pap's camp. I went with Summer, Willow, Katelyn, Wyatt, Liam,Chance,and my brothers Conner and Carson. We went to the pool, putt putt golf, the park, and looked around the camp. My favorite part was seeing my family! Then we went back to my grandma and pap's house in the RV.
ReplyDeleteOn July 14th 2012 I went to the beach. I went to the Rehobeth
ReplyDeletebeach in Delaware. Then we swam in the ocean with giant waves
heading right toward us. We also went on a pirate ship with
lots of pirate clothes and bags and a map which was fun. I went to the arcade and the game place which is close to the hotel and the ocean. We went on rides. We went on a thing with seat belts and it flies up in the air. We got brownies at the dessert store and we saw lots of Seagulls. Our cousin Alex stayed with us on July 18th, July 19th, July 20th, and we left on July 21st. IT WAS SUPER!
I went to Disney World. My favorite part was Splash Mt.
ReplyDeleteThis summer I went to Jamaica for a family vacation. I went to the pool there. It was awesome. I went to the slides. It was cool. I got to be the lifeguard. I made a friend with the lifeguard. She was very nice. We got out of the pool and got in to fancy clothes and went out to dinner. My sister Anya and I met some kids and we played with them. Then it was time to go to bed. My sister and I had fun.
ReplyDeleteThis summer I went beach. I had a lot of fun. I went to Ocean City, Maryland.
ReplyDeleteOne day I went to Washington DC with my family. It took a long time to get there! When we got there we were looking for this place. We found the place. It was boring! When we were
ReplyDeletedriving we stopped at a restaurant. The food was good. I had an OK day.
One day I went to Baltimore for a lacrosse tournament. There were a lot of people there. We were trying to find my friend's team and then we finally we found them. Their team was called Carolina Select. They play three games and we saw the last one. The game started and it was a tie.
ReplyDeleteThis summer I went to Baltimore. I had so, so, so much fun! I went there because I have a boat!
ReplyDeleteOne day I went to Hershey Park. I got on the Wildcat and I went to the water park. We ate at Wendy's. I had a good day at Hershey Park.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you enjoyed your day at Hershey Park.
DeleteThis summer I went to Green Valley. I went to the water park. Next I went off the diving boards. We played beach volleyball. I had fun at Green Valley.
ReplyDeleteOver the summer I spent time with my family at the beach. The weather was beautiful the whole time and the trip was so relaxing.
ReplyDeleteWhat I like about fall is jumping in leaves and the cold weather. My favorite things are hayrides, pumpkin pie, Thanksgiving and Halloween.
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