The Puppies

  My dog Lilah had puppies on January second and all of the girls expect Dakota my littlest sister got to name a puppy.  The reason Dakota did not get to name a puppy was because the fifth had breathing problems and did not live.  So we had a funeral for her and we named her Peaches.  The other puppies have names to.  There names are Jake, Ellie, Buddy, and   Prince Eric. I told you there names in their birth order.  Mom has been staying up all night almost every night since the puppies were born.  Well I am sorry that I have not blogged in such a long time at but least I blogged today.

I am Dying of Boredom

Well I am sick of lying in bed, sewing,and drawing pictures!  I am sick so I could not go to school today.  I wish I could of gone to school because it is much more fun than being stuck at home.  But at least I have a lot of stuff to amuse myself by.  I hope  you like my new blog post!

How Were Polka Dots Invented?

I would like to know how polka dots were invented and who invented them.I want my readers(if they would like to include in this activity) to go and try and find out who invented polka dots.Then if they kindly would go to "coments" and put your anwser.P.S.  I am sorry I have not blogged for soooooo long!

Life At Home

It starts when you wake up in the morning and you have to get dressed, eat breakfast, and go to school.  At school, all you ever do is learn.  But sometimes, learning can be fun.  When you get home, you play and hear the baby whining.  You play outside - for example, swing on the swings, climb on the jungle gym, and get tired.  Once you get tired, Mom insists that you do your homework.  Dinner is almost the best part of the day. I'll describe it: a delicious meal that is usually made by your mother and you talk about your day to your father.  After dinner, you brush your teeth, put on your pajamas, and go to bed.  That is pretty much my usual day besides Tuesday because I have dance class. By the way, I'm glad to see you reading my blog! 

Finally, Selah came out of the hospital!

Selah was in the hospital for about two weeks.  But luckily we got to see her while she was in the hosptial.  Do you know what I wonder?  I wonder if Selah had a good time or a bad time?

By the way, I am sorry I have not been blogging much but you know that I needed to be taking care of Selah.  I also have bad news.  I still do not know how to type.  Talk to you a different time.  Got to go.

Brush Real Estate

Today we had lunch at my grandparents house.  We scootered for a while.  Then it was time to go home.  When we got home we wanted to play a game .  So we thought about what we wanted to do.  Grandma [Karen Schwan] had given us Real Estate cards.  So we decided to pretend that we were Real Estate agents.  We pretended that we had clients and that we had our own computers and phones.  My client was from Mexico and Arianna's client was from China.  But we could not really speak Chinese.  We also went to the movie theaters [Mom's TV and bedroom] and had dinner at a fancy restaurant [ our normal dinning room table ].  I have to say being a Real Estate agent is pretty FUUUUNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Crazy Hairstyles

I did not have a lot to do this evening  so, I had to find something to do.  I said to myself I am going to have better luck upstairs so I had better get moving.  So I go upstairs and I find Selah [ my younger sister] dressing Livia up [my second to youngest sister]. I thought I would help.  So I said to Selah that I would do Livia's hair.  I braided her hair and put some clips in.  And it looked fabulous.  Selah also put make-up on her such as funky eyeliner, a lot of eyeshadow, and Mother's lipstick. 

Another hairstyle I did was another braid in Mom's hair.  That was what gave me the idea to post a new blog post.  Back to Mom's hair - once I did it Ma said it was a very good braid and I finally got the hair tie in the right place.  I felt really happy about how good I am with hairstyles.  I'm glad I got to post tonight.  Hope you're enjoying my blog!!

Valentine's Day

A valentine from my sister.

 
On Valentine's Day I went to dance class.  Our dance teach made us write a essay about how much we love our parents.  Mine was pretty long.  We played a few games.  Then mom came to pick me up and we went to my grandparents house.  There we ate pizza and a special drink. 

We also got to watch "Swiss Family Robinson". It is a great movie about a family that was shipwrecked and they had to find land .  They find land and later on build a tree house.  The mother and father wonder if the land they are on is a island or just a big piece of land .  So, they sent their oldest sons on a boat to do research on the island.  While they were on the island, they found the captain of a ship and his granddaughter that was captured by pirates.  The boys untied the granddaughter and took her with them and the pirates chased them through the jungle.  The boys, Fritz and Ernst, thought that the granddaughter was really a boy until they had fought over which direction to go; her hat fell off and they realized she was a girl named Roberta.  Later on, they help a zebra get out of quicksand. They found their way home on Christmas Eve.  The pirates come again, but the Robinsons are prepared for them and they attack.  Roberta's grandfather returns with one of his biggest ships and scares off the pirates and bombs their ship.  Ernst gets his dream and gets to go to a university, and Roberta, Fritz, Frances (the little brother), and the mother and father all stay on the island.  I think this is one of the best movies I have ever seen! 

Clarice Bean

Clarice Bean:  Don't Look Now is the book that I am reading.  I like this book because the author who wrote it is so funny and creative.  She inspires me to write more and she gives me ideas.  I am hoping that one day I could write a book!!  Now I will tell you a little more about the book.  It really is a series of books that I got for my birthday from my Mom.  The book is about a girl named Clarice Bean and her life without her best friend.  Clarice Bean is from Great Britian.  Betty Moody, her friend, moved to San Francisco because her mom got a job there.  After summer is over, she has to go back to school planning on getting a new teacher.  But, instead she gets her old teacher that is cruel and mean, Ms. Wilberton.  A new kid named Clem Hansson seems to be nice to everybody in the beginning, but really isn't very nice after all.  I don't want to spoil it for you, so if you ever read the book you can find out yourself what happens.  Because I don't know what happens, but I'm close to the end of the book.  So, then I'm going to finally going to see what the conclusion of the book is.  I can't wait to finish the book!

Nothing to Say

  I  do not have a lot to say today.  But I can tell you that I have not been feeling well.  Today was not as delightful as I would like it to be because we had a substitute and I wanted to go home. GOOD BYE!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas Day

Christmas morning was so fun.  We were at my Bama and Abuelo's house in Oregon.  First thing in the morning I woke up, Selah and me looked in our stockings and they were stuffed.  The first thing I pulled out was a word search.  It was not long before I took out a book, sand art, and a paddle ball.  There were a few more little things at the end of the stocking with an orange at the tip.  Next, we went downstairs to have breakfast and were waiting for the parents to finish their breakfast so that we could open presents.

 When we got in the living room, there were presents hidden all around the room.  I found mine in the back corner and it was in a bag that had monkeys on it, which I love.  It was a pretty big bag!  And when it was my turn to open my present, I was trying to cut the ribbon with scissors and said, "Forget this!  I'm just going to tear the bag open!"  And it was what I was really wanting for Christmas - a dolphin pillow pet.  I also got a bag that you design yourself from our friends from church and  a beautiful treasure box from my grandparents.  Mom and Dad got me a Barbie book;  I should mention that I get a Christmas book from Mom and Dad every year.  One of the funniest things that happened when we were opening presents was when Arianna opened one of her presents and said, "A book???".  And Mom said, "It's about 7 Little Postmen, how cute!"  Arianna just said, "Oh, great," and chucked it to the side.  I guess she's more interested in toys. 

It was nice to be with my family up in Oregon, and I forgot to mention that we cut down our own tree from the woods.  My Christmas this year was so much like a Christmas I had a few years ago, but somehow it seemed even better because the whole family was there, including Dakota (who hadn't been born 2 years ago) and Lilah (our dog).  I had one of the best Christmases ever!

My Thanksgiving Week

Thanksgiving week was a very fun week, not that any other week was not fun, but Thanksgiving week gave me some ideas I would like to share with you.  Wednesday and Thursday are probably the ones that you are going to want to hear about.  Monday and Tuesday were not so exciting; I can tell you the basics - tidying up the house and folding laundry.  On Wednesday, we got news that we were going to go to our Grandma and Grandpa's for a sleepover.  I'm going to sort of skip ahead a little because the middle part is just loading up the car.  Grandma took us first to a place called, A Bird Haven.  A Bird Haven is a certain store where you can buy bird toys, and I guess birds maybe, I'm not sure.  First, we saw a cockatoo that when you said "hello" to it, it said "hello" back.  We also saw the same kind of bird in a cage that was going cuckoo.  His yellow feathers were all poked out on his head like a horn, more like a crown.  Then, a guy asked one of the shop managers to take out a macaw.  The manager told Grandma that if you barked at the macaw, he would bark back.  So, Grandma barked at it and it barked back.  I thought that was cool; he actually sounded like Lilah.  Lilah is our dog.  Next, we went down to the medium-sized birds, the parakeets.  The parakeets were very pretty!  We also saw a bird that was its size, but it was grey and pink.  I thought she was the most beautiful!  Then, we went down to the  even littler birds.  I thought that the most beautiful little bird looked like it was a rainbow because he had a red head, a green tummy, a purple back, yellow feathers on its wings, and orange feet. 

Next, we went to this place called "Reptiles".  The first thing we saw was a beautiful iguana that was yellow and had this pretty crown.  The next thing that I thought was amazing that we saw were these humungous pythons.  The biggest one was by itself on top case.  The bottom case had 2 pythons in it; a female and a male and they were just a tad bit smaller.  We went to the next glass case and saw baby turtles.  They were so cute!  I got confused when I saw a lady buying hamsters; I didn't know what they were for.  Then, we all went to the car. 

Grandma said that she had another surprise for us.  She took us to Old Navy and got us some nice boots.  Mine were coffee creme, Selah's were black licorice, Arianna's were dark chocolate, and Livia's I can't describe as any food.  They were pink, pink sparkles, and pink flowers.  Next, we stopped at Grandmas's work and saw Mrs. Brush.  She said we were right in time to put ornaments on the Christmas tree.  Then, we had hot chocolate and jelly beans. 

After that we went home and watched a nice movie and went to bed.  We had a nice sleepover. 

When we got back home to our house, we ate a few snacks.  Then, we ate Thanksgiving dinner and it was SO GOOD!!!!!!!!  I enjoyed my Thanksgiving week!

Operation Christmas Child

Yesterday, we went to our church friends' house to pack boxes for kids that don't get anything for Christmas.  First, we ate lunch.  Then, the director, Christen, showed us how to fold boxes.  Miss Carla helped me to fold my own box.  Then I was able to make one all by myself.  When I got tired of folding boxes, I went outside and started to help organize the toys to go into the boxes.  We had a boys and girls tables there for different ages (2-4, 5-9, and 10-14).  Once all the toys were organized, we started putting the things in the boxes that were necessary for a certain age.  When we were all done, I felt like I had done something really good!

Life in the Garcia Girl House

Hi readers!  Life here is doing good.  There has been less drama in the house at least for my part.  Today me and Arianna went to go get our shots.  Luckily we ened up just geting nasal spray.  At the end the doctor gave us each a book.  Then we went to McDonald's and I got a sunday with carmal on the top.  Then we went back to school.  AND I WAS IN BIG RELIEF!!!!!!!!

My Day at the Safari Park!

Three days ago I went to the Safari Park with my grand parents and my sisters.  The first thing we did was go to the bathroom.  That's usually the first thing that we do when we get to the Safari Park. Then, we went on the carousel.  After that, we went to the Discovery center and this one lady that worked there made me a crown out of straw and flowers.  We also made paintings. 

These are pictures of me and Selah painting.

The third we thing did was go to the Great Rift Lift.  Then, we went to the bathrooms to change into our bathing suits so we could go in the Cool Zone.  Once we got soaked in the water, my sisters and I ran up the hill next to the Cool Zone and Grandpa said that was a good idea so that we could dry off. 

Running down the hill.

After that, we went back to the bathrooms to change into our clothes and then we had to go to the Cheetah Run.  The Cheetah Run is an event where one of their well-trained cheetahs run down a 350 foot track at 70 miles per hour.  When we saw the cheetah run, it ran the track in 5.9 seconds.  Then, we went back to the carousel and rode it a few more times until Grandma got tired.  Then, we went home and had a peaceful time. 

Fantastic [F]oto Friday

 FUN  TIMES  IN   NORTH   DAKOTA   

AND   UTAH !!!!!!!

My School Fund-Raiser

Hi!  If you want to help out with my school fundraiser, it is possible.  It ends this Thursday, in 2 days.  So, if you want to order something, use the information posted below.  Thanks!
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VALLEY CENTER TPC is having a fundraiser. You can shop online at

http://www.westcoastfundraising.com/store/brochures.php?sID=vce6157

The school receives profit from the sale and the student will receive prize credits. Enter the student ID below to begin.

Student: Isabella Garcia
Student ID: vce6157

Thank you for your support.

If the link above does not work, please use the following link and enter the student ID:  vce6157
http://www.westcoastfundraising.com/store/index.php

A Trip to the Animal Park

This past weekend I went to the Wild Animal Park with my grandparents.  All my sisters went except for Dakota.  The park used to be called the Wild Animal Park, but now it is called the Safari Park; I think that the Wild Animal Park was perfect and I don't necessarily like the name "Safari Park". 

First we went to go see the gorillas.  One of the workers there told us that there was a baby gorilla.  We walked over to the gorillas, but we couldn't see the baby very well so we decided to come back at feeding time.  So, on our way to the ducks we saw the meerkats.  When we got to the ducks, Grandma asked us if we wanted to feed them and we told her that we did.  One duck came and ate out of my hand (really it did)!  After we fed the ducks, we went to see the bird show.  There was this one owl that had a 5 foot long wingspan from tip to tip.  There was also a bird that had an 11 foot long wingspan.  When the bird show was over, we went to the gorillas again because it was feeding time and we got to see the mother gorilla holding the baby gorilla.  Next, we went to the cool zone.  The cool zone is a place with water to cool off in, in the park.  So, we played in the shower and unfortunately the spoons were not working.  All three of the bigger kids went under the bucket; Selah went under 2 times, and Arianna went under 3 times and so did I.  Then, we ate some snacks.  While we were going to the car, Grandpa told us to run across the grass like cheetahs with this cool music on.  I had a fun time at the Wild Animal Park.

Arianna's Fifth Birthday Party

 On Arianna's birthday party  Mom cooked all kinds of noodles.  Grandma brought a 28 inch pizza as well. As soon as people started to get here, Mom let us have some pizza.  When Joe and Laura came, they brought tatoos for us and they helped us put them on.  I even got to put one on Joe and they were girly.  When Michael and Patrick got here, they told me that they had brought their bikes.  We went and rode our bikes in the yard.  After that, we did the pinata.  And by the time Patrick was up, almost two of the legs were off.  Michael broke the stick, so we had to use our baseball bat and Arianna got to use the baseball bat without the blindfold; she tore the pinata off its hinges.  Then, we went and got a lot of candy; everybody got a decent amount.  After that, we all played "Pin the Tail on the Donkey".  Everybody won and they all got a prize from the prize box.  I had a fantastic day at her party! 

The Beach on a Hot Day

This is me when I was 1-years-old at the beach.

On Sunday the family and our friends went to the beach.  When we got to the beach we ate some Fritos while we waited for our friends to arrive. Later on when our friends were here the three older girls were digging in the sand and I saw something in Arianna's hole; I picked it up and I knew it was a clam.  The clam was humongous and Dad was going to grill it with some seaweed.  After that, our friend Justin cooked some chicken he brought for us.  Papi and Justin loved the clam!  It was as big as a big oyster.  Mommy taught Arianna and I how to swim in the ocean.  And after that, we went home.  I had a fantastic time at the beach!