Scott has set up a home for himself next to the bed: a huge box taken from the shipment of the Mac computer from Florida that our GrandDad no longer uses; Scott climbs in here to hide when he gets into trouble.
Lately when going to bed, Scott will also put a soldier hat over his head besides the soldier uniform, ready for the morning wake-up; he will wait til the last minute to get out of bed, brush teeth and carry his backpack to the car. He won’t mind not brushing his teeth. He says the reason for the hat in bed is he won’t get sunburned while sleeping. Kevin asks: “Where is the sun to burn you up anyway?” Scott gives no answer, but still keeps his hat on.
The Star Test is happening this week. It is a very stressful time for all of us because we will get big money from Mom if we do very well; so Scott is trying his best – I can tell. He would sit and work quietly. Nothing motivates Scott more than money in this world so that he could buy more toys. I thought he would stop at some point buying the action figures, but the list is still going on strong because Target keeps coming out with new guys monthly.
Sitting at the table doing my math, I watched Kevin: he was shaking his legs and whistling while taking care of the homework. No wonder he got lots of wrong answers when Mom checked his work.
Kevin must be a hyper -boy because you always see him in motion: he keeps moving his pencil, keeps busy circling , underlining the reading like a hard worker; but most of all, Kevin loves shaking his legs; he is not really into the reading like Scott. Scott would not even pick up the pencil: too lazy, he would just do the math in his head, and only lifts up the pencil at the last minute because he has to jot down the answer.
We went to Jumbo Juice for Smoothies. We all ordered different things. Once Scott’s drink arrived, he thought it tasted and smelled like perfume so instead of drinking it, he says we should pour it over ourselves. I ended up drinking two Smoothies, very delicious. I like Smoothie now, no more Latte.
I can’t wait til next Friday . Why? No more tests!!! It is the beginning of our summer . Even though we will still be going to school, the teacher makes it so relaxing ( My teacher is pregnant with her first baby, so she is taking it super ,super easy in the classroom because she and the baby need to rest most of the times.)
Scott asked if he could remain at the old school because he doesn’t want to miss his best friend , Ricky, the Vietnamese boy.You should see both of them together: always hang – out , walking in pair to cafeteria or at recess like an old couple out of air because they don’t talk much, just stick around each other.
I will try to study more words from the dictionary (there is a reward also) and read more books to make Mama Nguyen happy. She says the only way I can write better is to read a lot. Kevin and Scott don’t write very well and they don’t care any way.
Chili, our female dog, has been chewing up our shoes in the backyard; I wonder why. Maybe she is nervous about something (whenever I’m nervous, I would eat my nails) . Scott says she should chew her paw instead of our shoes.
