Funny Animal Videos

I was going to my blog to write the last three posts I wrote, when these videos caught my eye. This video is really a killer, and there are even MORE videos than what I'm posting!
So. . . do you want to know what this on is about? Do you?? It's a video of some hilarious ducklings! Enjoy!

♥ Purple Pixie ♥

• Off Ramp Ducks Forced To Move

The Gold Retrievers

This is the first movie we watched last night (since my mom had to go out my dad let us watch two movies!!) - The Gold Retrievers. It has a few kinda scary scenes, but they're not even that scary at all! Here is a trailer:

 

I really liked this movie! I don't want to write too much about this movie because it would spoil it for you!

Sounder - The Movie

As I said in my last post, I would write a post about a movie we watched last night. It is called Sounder, and it is a Disney movie. Here is a trailer. It is not the version that I watched, but I think they are pretty much the same!

Sounder is a movie set in the 19th century. It is about a boy whose father is taken away unjustly, because he is black. The boy looks for his father, and travels far from home. He doesn't end up finding his father, instead he finds a book and a special friend. His friend is a black school-master who offers to teach him to read and write in exchange for the boy doing some of the teacher's chores.

Sounder is a movie based on the book by William Howard Armstrong. It is a truly touching movie, and I give lots of credit to that people who worked so hard to make this movie happen.

 

I hope you watch the movie or read the book, because I won't reveal anymore!

♥ Purple Pixie ♥

P.S. Sounder is a sad movie, just so you know.

A New (And Improved!) Room

As my little sister (Tuki's Blog) wrote on her blog, yesterday we had a cleaning frenzy in our rooms! I went through tons of old things, and put them into three groups.

1. Trash
2. Recycle
3. Good Will

I had lots of things in the 'Trash' and 'Recycle' bins! :-D Maybe that's a good thing, because it shows how I am helping the Earth by reusing of things I don't need. Maybe it's a good thing for me; I learned that you can't keep things forever. I watched a movie last night, Sounder. It was about learning that things change, and don't last forever. I will write a post about it after. After cleaning up my room, I went through some of my old clothes (aka shorts!) and put them in the hallway. Then Tuki, LS3, or Green Bird would find things they liked, and try them on. If they didn't fit, then a smaller person would try it on. If didn't fit LS3, it would go in the Good Will pile. Same for Green Bird. If something of LS3's clothes didn't fit her, then it was going to Good Will also! ;-)
Then we watched The Gold Retrievers, and Sounder, and that was our day!
♥ Purple Pixie ♥

My New Book List

Some of you might have noticed - I changed my book list. It is the gadget on the left side of my blog, called "Good Reads". I recently changed

• The name
• The books
• How the list works.

I made it so that if you click on a book, it will open a new tab and show you a site that has information about the book. I thought it would be useful if someone wanted to learn more about the book before actually reading it. You never know if you like a book until you either read it, or learn more about it! That's all.
♥ Purple Pixie ♥

My Wonderful and Awesome Daddy-O :)

 This Post Is Dedicated To my Wonderful Dad :)

I have the best ever father. He made our awesome basement-playroom, just for us (my sisters and I)!!!! It is really cool, because it has

• A small room under the stairs (that is finished as well!).
• A heater (an extra one in addition to the built-in).
• All of our Barbies, toys, American Girl Doll things, and other things!
• A dress-up chest with a mirror on the wall and hooks.
• A closet with tons of games, legos, etc.
• A table with a shelf above it.

I bet I have the best dad ever! He is wonderful, silly, fun, hard-working, playful, helpful, loves to build things, he knows lots of math (that's a great help in school!), and millions of other things I can't write down. They are too wonderful to describe! Even with lots of detail and pictures. You would have to be with him yourself. But best of all, I love him, and he loves me!
♥ + ♥ = ♥♥

♥ Purple Pixie

The Little Mermaid Original VS The Little Mermaid Movie

Today I read Hans Christian Andersen's, The Little Mermaid. Since I have seen the movie MILLIONS of times, I didn't have to watch it all over again. What I did was:

1. Read the original version.
2. Compare the two versions.

That doesn't seem like a lot, but the story was long. I'm sure it was one of the longest in the book!! It was also hard to understand, so I re-read it. That added to the time it took!
One of the things that was different with the movie is that the little mermaid (she doesn't actually have a name in the real version) gets married to the prince. In the real tale, she dies. And she doesn't marry the prince. Someone else does. =( Sad, right? ='(  Another difference is that in the original, the little mermaid does not have animal friends that talk to her and lead her on her way.  And in the tale, when the little mermaid gets her legs, her feet feel like sharp knives are digging into them and her feet bleed. Obviously that doesn't happen in the Disney movie!!

It is much better, though. It has much more detail. For example, in the Andersen version, we learn much more about each of the sister's, whereas in the Disney version those characters are not developed at all. I don't want to tell you too many details because you should read it!

Here is a picture of the cover of my book. It has a baby sitting on a lily pad and a stork (or is it a heron?) standing on one leg next to the baby.
Thanks! I hope you read the book, and have a different idea about the movie.

♥ Purple Pixie ♥

9-1-1 Commendation

Guess what?!? Last July my mom had a gallbladder attack (but we didn't know that's what it was then) and I had to call 9-1-1 from the car. I was very scared because my mom was in a lot of pain, but I stayed calm as best as I could and told the dispatcher the information she needed to get help to us. Today I went to the Department of Emergency Services in our county and I was awarded with a certificate and special coin for doing such a good job. Later my family and I had a tour of the dispatch offices where they take 9-1-1 calls. It was really cool and there were a LOT of computers! The lady (Captain Holly) was very nice and answered our questions. It was a really cool and special day with my family!! ♥PP

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!!

Aaaw! How cute?!?!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! (That is not my dog, because I don't have one.) I am part Irish, so we are going to have an Irish dinner tonight. I'm not sure exactly what, but it sure smells good!! I'm making the dessert - Apple Pie. My friend M 'n M's (that's her blog name (M 'n M)) father is Irish, and he is out in Ireland for ten days. M 'n M is not going, because, well, I'm not sure!! =P 

Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day? If you do, what do you do to celebrate it?? 

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                           ♣ PP ♣                         

Another Absract Drawing

This week for art, we did another abstract drawing. We did one last week, but I didn't post about that one. Anyway, we did the abstract drawing inspired by an artist (who died before WWII) named Paul Klee. As I said, he is an abstract artist, but also known as an expressionist.

Here are my pictures from this week and last week.

At The Library

Hi Everyone,
  I am waiting for Green Bird, LS2 (Blue Frog), and LS3 to come out of their program. I am sitting near a window, with beautiful scenery (not at all! cars driving down the road :P). I hope they are having fun -- I just had to finish some of my work (which is pretty fun...).

~PP~

Piper LaMore's Blog

My friend Piper LaMore just got a new blog. It is called Earbuds Are A Girls's Best Friend. I hope you like it. She just made her blog last night, and I think that she's done an AWESOME job on it. Just so you know, she put songs on it. Just so you won't be startled!

The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew is one of William Shakespeare's most famous plays. I am doing this play in my drama class. I have the part of Bianca, the daughter everyone wants to marry! : D Click here to read about this play on Wikipedia. I also will write a few things.

• The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's most well-known plays.
• It is a comedy, which means it is very funny at some parts, but mostly throughout the entire play.
• There are quite a few parts, which is a good thing, because there are a lot of kids in our group!
• The funny part is how Katherine gets 'tamed' by Petruchio.

I can't wait for our performance!! I will try to download a video, or at least a picture. I'm not sure, though...

                                      Thanks!

                                       'Bianca' :) (aka Purple Pixie)

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

I have been reading two chapters a day for my language arts (LA). This book is an epic masterpiece! It is called The Witch of Blackbird Pond, and I just adore it! The author is Elizabeth George Speare, and I also love one of her other books, The Sign of the Beaver. Here are some pictures of the covers of The Witch of Blackbird Pond. And
<-- this one is The Sign of the Beaver. I hope you read The Witch of Blackbird Pond, and like it!!
The book has been published lots of times and I wanted to share some of the cool cover art for it. Check it out!

This is the edition I'm currently reading.