Reflections: Abby's Contribution

Abby is entering the National PTA Reflections contest.  Here's her literary piece on what would make the world a better place!

The World Would Be a Better Place If…

Bullies Can Be Friends

by Abby Zwahlen, age 6-1/2

Friends are fun. Bullies are not. But bullies can be friends.  All you need to do is say, “Do  you want to be friends?”  They’ll either say, “Yes, I was bothering you because I wanted to have a friend.”  Or they’ll say, “I don’t want to because I like calling you names.”  But the bullies that want to be friends will have their wish granted. 

Song (Sung to the first verse of the song “Do You Want to Build a Snowman” from Frozen) :

Do You Want to be Friends?

Do you want to be friends? 

But please stop bullying me

If you do it ten more times,

I will tell the grown-up or teacher that’s around

Please stop, you’re making me sad

I want a friend so stop and be nice, please.

Can you please be my friend?

Pretty, pretty, pretty please.

Norfolk Zoo

We took advantage of the long weekend and grandparents with a fun house and went to Williamsburg.  It was a lot of fun to get away and have adventures with grandparents.  On Saturday, we went to the Norfolk Zoo, which is our new favorite zoo.  As you can see, the kids really enjoyed themselves...and this is only part 1 of the zoo pictures :)

Becky & Alli's Visit (Please Come Back!)

Just to warn you, Andrew is helping with the blog tonight...this picture is 3 minutes old.  There may be typos and there is definitely an abundance of drool :)

Becky and Alli (my sister and her oldest) came out to visit a few weeks ago.  We haven't seen each other in nearly 3 years and that was just too long.  Having them come was like a breath of fresh air and so much fun.  The kids loved Alli so much and she was so good to them.  She even taught them how to make monkey bread from scratch.

Becky, Alli, Andrew and I went on an Old Towne Alexandria ghost tour.  It was so much fun!

Andrew is so cute.  He has a cute smile and has recently started laughing.

We spent a few hours downtown with them.  The kids giggled and had a great time with their funny poses.

Please come visit soon!  The kids still ask why you had to get on the airplane :)

Cute Kids

I love these kids!

At soccer yesterday, Sam got a little frustrated with a girl who scored against his team.  Instead of trying harder on the field, Sam decided a comment would settle the score so, "I'm going to gobble your head off!" came out of his mouth.  Good thing Roy was also on the field...

Love, love, love.