Category: Joey’s Journal

It is test time again!

This week I’m taking a bunch of tests to see if I am learning anything.  I wish school never gave kids tests.  It seems the

Halloween week!

  This is a big week.  Halloween is always fun. All the kids in school dress up and we put on quite a parade. I

Dad is gone and Mom is still sick.

  Dad is traveling for his business this week.  Mom is still not feeling well after two weeks of being sick and Dad even seems

A really good time with Dad.

Well, I went camping and decided it was not a good idea to take Andy.  Boy, am I glad! There was a big anthill not

Overnight camping!

  This coming weekend I get to go on an overnight camp-out with other boys and their dads from our church.  We’re going to set

Mom’s not feeling well….

  I heard Mom tell Dad this morning at breakfast that she still didn’t feel well.  I think she’s in pain.  I wonder what’s going

I’m trying out for jazz band!

This week I am trying out for the school jazz band.  I sure hope I’m accepted this year.  I practiced my trumpet over the summer

This School Year is Going to be Tough!

  Summer is over and that means it’s back to school.  It’s still really hot outside so I am glad my classroom has air conditioning. 

School is About to Start Again :(

This morning as I was brushing my teeth a terrible thought hit me:  School was about to start again.  What happened to the summer vacation? 

The Best Week of My Life!

The best part of the vacation last week was the two days of camping.  Mom and Dad slept in the camping trainer with Becky and

Going Camping!

We leave later today to drive to the farm for a week of vacation.  I have been looking forward to this. No mowing or pulling

I Hate Weeds in Flower Beds!!!!

Dad said I did so well mowing the lawn last week that now I could mow it every week.  He is trying to push all

Assigned to Mow the Lawn!

Dad assigned me a new job this morning.  He thinks I am now old enough to mow the lawn with the power mower.  This means

I’m on restriction!

I am on restriction for some dumb thing I did this last weekend. I am usually a good kid but what I did to by

Swimming Lessons

I mentioned earlier that I am not the best swimmer.  Last week Dad arranged for Sam, one of the summer lifeguards at the pool, to

Summer Break is NOT a Break!

Since school is out I can sleep till eight o’clock in the morning.  Mom then wakes me up and says there are a lot of

The Big 4th in the Park

I always look forward to the big city picnic on the 4th of July.  We go to the park right after a quick lunch and

What a Great Concert!

Last Saturday night was the band concert in the band shell.  I think this was the best we ever played. There were over 300 people

I Really Messed Up!

Big mess up today.  I forgot my music and left it home today.  I should have put it away after practicing last night.  When I

Band Concert in the Park

School will be out for the summer in two weeks.  I can’t wait to be finished.  Had a surprise today.  My band teacher announced we

A Stressful week of Tests!

What a stressful week I have had! I am sure glad those tests are over.  Whoever came up with an idea like testing us kids

What a disaster– because I forgot!

Well, you want to know what happened to my science presentation?  You are going to have to get The Goofed-up Science Project book at AndyAnt.com

I have two days of tests coming up!

Well, Ms. Adams, the student teacher is helping prepare us for year-end tests.  She is trying to be helpful but I wonder.   Today she explained

Big trip to the Science Museum!

This week my whole class is going on a field trip to the Science Museum.  My teacher feels it will help is see how science

I hate to take tests.

What a day!  I had a spelling test as soon as school started this morning. Did not do as well as I thought I would.

I have a big science project to do!

Spring Vacation is over and I am back in school.  I am already looking forward to summer break!    My teacher announced big assignment today.  Each

I am trying out for jazz band!

This week I am trying out for the school jazz band.  I sure hope I’m accepted this year.  I practiced my trumpet over the summer

Jumping into the hay.

What an exciting time I had this last week.  The trip to the family farm was so much fun.   It was still too cold to

Going to the family farm.

School is our all week for Spring Vacation.   Mom and Dad surprised me this morning by telling my brother, sister and me that we are

Riding to school in the rain.

Another storm came through last week and we had a lot of rain for three days straight!  Each day it rained Mom had me bundle

Climbing the old elm tree.

Another nice warm day yesterday with no rain.  I was able to pay outside in shirt sleeves all afternoon.  Andy and Dickter came out from

I am ready for Spring!

This has been an unusual winter.  Parts of the country have had lots of snow and really cold temperatures.  Other parts have had lots of