Babysitting

Sophia:

Amber and I both love little children, so of course we love to babysit! I even had the idea of making another blog with Amber called "Babysitting Tips and Tricks", but now that I think about it, I don't think I would have enough tips and tricks to blog for very long. Families I normally babysit include:

twin girls-7
1 girl - 4
1 boy - 2

or

1 boy - 6
1 girl - 3

or

1 boy - 9
1 boy - 7
1 girl - 3?
1 girl - 9 months


All the families I have baby sat so far are from our home school group. I love babysitting and I normal get $5 an hour, but it all depends.

Now it's Amber's turn:

I usually babysit for one of our friends every Tuesday...

1 girl: 6
1 girl: 4
1 girl: 1

I have some trouble sometimes, because their all girls so they all like the same thing and all want to do something different at the same time.
Still babysitting is fun! :)

Sorry...

Sorry everyone that we havn't been writing in a while. I dont know about Amber, but I've been busy lately and that business just wore off. Hopefully We will be posting more soon.

~*~Sophia~*~

Sophia

So sweet!
Oh so far away!
Pretty, pretty, PRETTY!
Has a WONDERFUL sens of humor! :)
Is as good a friend as they come! :D
Always there when I need her.

Amber...

Always there for me
Merry
Beautiful
Extra Special
Rare friend!

Amber, you are AMAZING!

Ballet

Written by Sophia:

Ballet is a sport, only harder.

This is so true. I am so sure that ballet uses EVERY muscle in your body! Every single one! Ballet Also connects Amber and I together. We both love it, and we are both really dedicated to it. Somethings about dance only dancers understand.

Written by Amber:

Sophia is right, ballet uses every muscle in your body. Sometimes I'll come home and muscles I didn't know I had hurt! It is so fun having a friend who I have never met but who knows so much about ballet. When we finally meet, whether she comes here or I go there, We will watch each other dance!

Written By Sophia:

Only dancers understand ballet terms, and so some of the simple, easy things sounds really hard, and some of the more difficult things sound so easy. So whenever I am talking to my mom about what we did in ballet class that night, I normally have to show her in order for her to understand. Amber and I on the other hand know how hard fu-i-tays are, and how easy (on most days) sha-nays are, and we could talk online all day about dance, and our favorite parts, and the hard parts, and all that, and we can understand each other!

That's just one way dance conntects us.

It would be fun!

Our Meeting!

By Jacynne Collver

To Kate my Pen Pal Forever!

Copyright 2009

Amber:

I clicked it and it was done. I had officially booked my flight to Michigan. I felt so happy, I was actually going to meet her, Sophia, my pen pal, my best friend, a girl I knew but didn’t. I was finally going to meet her, hear her voice, and see her in person.

Sophia:

“Mail for you Sophia!”

“Coming!”

“Here you go.”

“Thanks mom.”

I went to my room which I share with my little sister, crossed her side, sat down on my bed and opened my letter.

“Dear Sophia, 10/ 19/ 09

I am doing well. I was a little worn out yesterday after dance practice but am my normal self today. How is dance and karate going for you? So when do you tech your next ‘So you wantna Rabbit’ class?

I have a surprise for you… I am sending you a large package that will arrive November sixteenth, it is a wonderful surprise and I am sure you’ll love it. It’s alright if your still at dance practice, I have e-mailed your mom telling her to bring it to you for it can’t wait.

Your P.P.F + B.F.F

Amber”

“Anything of interest?” asked my sister.

“Ya! Amber says she’s sending me a package.”

“Cool, did she say what it is or is it a surprise?”

“Surprise.”

Amber:

November 14^th…

I fingered the necklace Sophia had given me. I stared across my mom’s lap, out the window of the plane. I was so excited! “Drinks miss?”

“Huh, oh. Yes, sprite please.”

“There you are. Would you like me to leave a drink for your mother when she wakes up?”

“Oh, no. That’s ok.”

“Alright than. Anything else I can get you?”

“How long tell we land?”

“About an hour.”

“OK, thanks.” The flit attendant moved on. One hour I thought. One hour and I’ll be in Michigan!

*****

“Here Amber watch the bags I have to run after your sister…. Oh and watch for Grammie.”

Tomorrow I’ll meet her, tomorrow, tomorrow! “Oh, there’s Gram. Gideon go tell mom.”

Sophia:

2 days latter…

Mom seems really happy today, every time she sees me she smiles reel big. Hummm… Well I am happy too, today I’ll get my surprise from Amber!

“Mom you won’t forget to bring my package from Amber to dance right!?”

“Of course not.”

Amber:

“Mrs. Troxell?”

“Yes? Oh you must be Amber! How was your trip?”

“Good, thanks.”

“Well Sophia is at dance so would you like to drive over?”

“Yes!”

Sophia:

Shanae, Eshapei… Oh that’s my mom… Oh she brought the surprise! But where is it? She probably left it in the car. Humm….

Amber:

She looks confused, of course she probably is.

“Their almost done, remember the plan.”

“OK”

Oh here she comes! I heard someone (It must have been Sophia) say, “Hi Mom, did you bring the surprise?”

“Sure did! Close your eyes!”

I peeked through the door there she stood just like in her picture, her eyes were closed and her hands out stretched. Mrs. Troxell signaled to me, I walked through the door and stopped in front of Sophia.

“Hi Sophia!”

She opened her eyes, looked at me and a smile as big as the sun spread across her face!

Sophia:

I couldn’t believe it!

“Amber! Oh my goodness! Is it really you! I can’t believe it!” I said giving her a big hug.

“Yes it’s me! I watched you dance you were wonderful! I am so glad I finally met you!”

“You too! This is so sweet! When you wrote that you were sending a surprise I didn’t think it was going to be you! Oh here let me introduce you. Girls this is my Alaskan pen pal, Amber! Amber these are my friends and this is my teacher.”

Amber:

“Nice to meet you.” I said as Sophia named the girls gathered ‘round. But I could barley hear her words because I was so happy. All I could hear was her voice. I took it all in, her voice the way she moved how tall she was compared to me, everything! She must have been happy too for when she was done saying everyone’s name she just looked at me over and over.

After we had got to her house I met the rest of her family, dad, brothers, and her sister. I saw all of her many pets and finally we started planning our trip to American Girl Place. We would take the train and have all the fun we could, we had both been saving for this trip sense mom and Grammie had said that we would be going. We would spend the night in a hotel and go back the next morning. I didn’t care what we did as long as I could be with Sophia for as long as it lasts.

Sophia:

I was so happy. At the end of our visit when Amber went home I sated up long after I had climbed in bed just thinking about Amber, I didn’t think about tomorrow I just thought of today and what a great gift it was to meet her.

The End

Looking back

I was looking back at some of the letters Sophia sent me and came across these...

From the very first letter... "To: Amber From: your new pen pal, who likes happy faces!"(then there were smileys all over the paper:)

July 2007... "DON'T LOSE THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS! CUT IT OUT AND TAPE IT TO YOUR COMPUTER!"

Oct. 2008... this letter was VERY colorful! It was written in all these shiny jell pens that were all different colors.

Dec. 2008... "I broke the box on my point shoe!..."

Jan. 12 2009... (this one was a little late) "Dear Amber, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy New year!"

Those were just somethings I like looking back at from letters. :D

- Amber