For my last act of kindness, I chose to help my dad with the groceries. Last Tuesday, when I got back from one of my after school classes, I heard the garage door open, and my mom told me that my dad went grocery shopping before he came, so I went downstairs to help him. My dad was happy I came and helped him, and so was I.

On Monday, the 25th, I was getting ready to go home at 3, but I saw that Milan and Amrit’s hands’ were full, so I stacked their chair for them. This made them feel happy, and it made me feel great too, because I helped them.

For our PB Blog today, we read “Morris Micklewhite And The Tangerine Dress”, written by Christine Baldacchino and illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant. Morris lived with his cat and mom, and loved school. He loved singing, Eating, and Painting, but most of all he loved play time, were he could wear a tangerine dress. But wearing a tangerine dress caused some problems for him. On Monday, Becky tried to pull the dress straight off his back. On Tuesday, Eli and Henry didn’t let him on their ship, since “astronauts don’t wear dresses”. On Wednesday, the girls made fun of his nail polish, and on Thursday, the boys didn’t want him to sit with them because “they didn’t want to turn into girls”. On Friday he had a stomach ache since all the kids were mean to him, so he didn’t go to school. On Sunday, he had a dream about being in outer space, so he made a cardboard rocket ship, and painted a picture of a made up planet, and took it to school on Monday. Henry and Eli saw his ship, and asked them if thats really what different planets look like, and he offered a spot to them on their space ship. After that, Eli, Morris, and Henry became best friends, and when Becky said “Astronauts don’t wear dresses” to him, Morris replied, “this one does”. I rate this book a 9/10 for 9 year olds, because it teaches the valuable lesson that everyone could be different. 

Today in PB Blog, we read “Two”, written and illustrated by Kathryn Otoshi, and definitely not a sequel to “Zero” and “One”. The book “Two” starts of with the letters 2 and 1 playing together, until the letter 3 comes in. 3 said that odds are the best, and especially 1 and 3, so 1 went to play with 3. But that left 2 very sad, so he split in half and started crying. Then, 0 came in and told him that everything will be ok, and he could either spend his life crying over it, or cheer up, so he cheered up, and went to talk to 2. He told two how he felt, and the three numbers became great friends. I think this story is a 8/10, because it teaches you a great lesson mainly for 6-8 year olds, that friends would never leave each other. 

A week before march on Saturday, my parents went to their friends house and came back very late that night. The next day, they woke up late, so I was about make breakfast for all four of us, but my parents and Kayla came down, so I couldn’t. But I was able to help them make their breakfast, set the table, and I cleaned the table myself (it’s not my chore). My mom said that she was very proud of me, and I was glad I helped.

On our last day at Banff, my dad was taking our luggages to the bus, and asked me to help him with a suitcase. I brought the suitcase, but when I got there my dad was busy, so I brought our skis and another luggage for him.  He really appreciated it, and it made me feel good because I saved time and made my dad happy.

In the middle of February every year, my family and 3 other families go to a ski resort together for about 5 days, and this year, we went to Banff. On the third day, Kayla, my friend Ryan (not from ridgeview), and me didn’t want to go skiing, so we stayed in my room for about 15 minutes, until my mom’s friend came. She asked me if I could babysit her son (Aaron, from this school) while she goes skiing, and that i’m welcome to go to her room. So we left Kayla in our room, and I was babysitting Aaron for the next 2 hours with Ryan. Aaron’s mom thanked me a lot, and it made me feel great because I was glad I helped.