Johanna Speaks

Sophie's birthday was four days ago! She turned seven years old. For lunch, we had a stew and biscuits! And for dessert, we had pie and ice cream!

This is all of what Sophie got for her birthday! She got boots, rain boots, a shirt, cowgirl pants, a notebook, two cool pens, toys, glue sticks, a tracing pad, a bun maker for your hair, and I think that's it. It was a lot of stuff! Some of the things are what I want to try out! :)

She loves all the presents she got!

Here is a video of us saying happy birthday to her! 

Yesterday I went to ballet class! If you saw the other blog post, you would know that I am starting ballet again and that I went there yesterday. I am going to write about how it went!

When we got there, my dad dropped me off while he and Sophie went to park the car. I waited for him inside, and then there were some lockers where you could put your stuff. So I put the bag that I had with me inside there. Then I put on my ballet shoes and headed toward the room where our class was going to start. We were about 5 mins early, so I just waited until it started. And when it did, my dad and Sophie went to our brother's house and stayed there until it was over. The boy's house is about 5 mins away from there.

Here is a picture that my dad took of me putting my stuff in the locker:

So it started, and everybody sat in a circle, and the teacher, Mrs.Teal, asked us what fun thing we did for Christmas. I said we went sledding in the snow. And by the way, there were about ten girls there. Only I think two eleven-year-olds and I were the oldest—the rest were about nine to ten years old. After everybody said what fun thing they did for Christmas, we all got up and did lots of different stretches that Teal showed us. Then, after all of that, we went to the barre and started doing different moves that Teal was showing us. Like we were in the fifth position, we did many different ballet movements. Sorry, but I forgot what each one was called. And even if I did remember, it would be a lot to say since we did many different ballet movements! After we learned a lot of ballet moves, we put them to music. It was a lot of fun! Then for some faster ballet moves, we put in faster music! And sometimes it would be Disney music! :) And already, my body was hurting from all the exercises and the ballet moves we did! :) At the end of the class, Teal put music on, turned a few lights off, and let us dance however we wanted! So we did! And then the class was over. And my dad and Sophie were waiting for me in the lobby area. I got my stuff from the locker, and my dad and Sophie headed home!

I had such a fun time! I can't wait until next Thursday!

I am going to start ballet again every Thursday! And guess what? It's Thursday today!! My ballet class begins at 4:45 and ends at 5:45 PM. And right now, for me, it's only 9:48 AM. So I haven't left yet, of course.

My ballet teacher's name is Miss Teal. I haven't met her yet, so I am very excited! I ordered ballet shoes, a leotard, tights, and a skirt for my whole ballet suit on amazon! And today, my ballet shoes and leotard is coming in the mail. The rest of the suit is coming in tomorrow. It's okay that I won't have all my stuff when I go to ballet class today. There might be other girls who haven't got all of their stuff too. But next Thursday, I should have all of my stuff by then.

We have to wear all black. So black leotard, tights, shoes, skirt. Everything! I hope it all fits!

The minimum is nine years old for my ballet class. I am doing ballet because I love it so much and haven't done it in a while. And some of my old classmates are there now and are older. It was so much fun! I loved talking to my friends there. I guess I just really enjoyed it very much! So I am not going to do choir this semester. Maybe next semester. I have been doing choir for a long time and want a break from it. So that's why I am doing ballet! I am just so excited and a little scared! So I hope today will go great!

I will make another blog post on how my ballet class went! Bye!

My mom and I helped somebody out yesterday! I can't say the names because of privacy, but I will say the first letter and last letters of the name. Mrs.M and Mr.M are the people we helped out. We watched Mrs.M while Mr.M went to a bible study. The reason why we watch her is that she has dementia. So she can't remember much of what she says and also says random stuff out of her head. Mr.M wanted to get out of the house for a break and attend a bible study. And every Tuesday, he goes to a bible study, and while he is gone, we watch her. Mr.M doesn't have dementia or any other sickness. My mom has been the one watching her last week, and this time I will go with her too and help out and see what it's like! I was nervous at first, but after a while, I was fine! And even had a great time!

What is dementia, you might ask? Well, dementia is when you lose your memory and start saying things out of your head randomly.  And you don't even really know what you are saying. Usually, it happens to elderly people. It can happen to young people, but it is more common for elderly people to have it. You know, when people keep getting older and older, they start to lose their hearing? Sometimes, it can get worse, and you could start losing your memory little by little. It is pretty common to have it. This lady we are watching does. So she will start saying things like, I can't eat my food. It's too much. But she eats it anyways and finishes it all. She will also say stuff like, I won't do this, but she does it. So just things like that are what she says. And she will try to go and take walks, but she can get lost easily. So Mr.M locks all the doors so she can't get out and get lost. But she goes to a place where people take her, and Mr.M gets a little break for three hours and then brings her back. He also takes her around, so she has stuff to do.

Mrs.M is in her 70s.

My mom and I go every Tuesday morning so Mr.M can go to a bible study. Their house is small but super clean and cozy! I would love a house like that! :)

Oh, and while we were watching her, we played the song" How great though art. " And we heard her saying over and over, how great though art. It was so sweet!! We played other songs, but she kept saying how great thought art. She was in her bed in a different room, and we heard her from there. They also have a tan cat named Simba. It's a really nice cat. It goes in and out of the house.

Here is a picture of her playing with banana grams with us. We weren't really playing banana grams the right way; we were just spelling words and seeing if she could read them. She did read a lot of different words we put out. And she even spelled words too! The words were just like, " cat " or " sea."

I can't wait to go next weekend!

Yesterday I went to the gym at 4:00 AM in the morning. I did this because later, we had to be at someone's house around 6:30 AM. I didn't have to go to the gym if I didn't want to, but I really wanted to go. So I did. I mean, when do you get to be at the gym working out when you are twelve years old? And this would be my first time going there! So I was pretty excited! I was already on the gym list. So I could go there any day, but I have to be in the same room with somebody older than me. I have to be fourteen to be by myself working out. But hey, there is a lot of stuff you can do in one room!

So my mom and I went to the gym at 4:00 AM. She showed me all the different stuff she does at the gym. There were weights and exercise bikes, but it had a screen with you riding a bike, and it had steering. So basically, you are biking with a group in the game. But it feels like you are biking in real life! You can make the gears harder, so you are burning calories galore! Oh, and the women's bathroom/dressing room is AMAZING!!! It's huge! And it has showers! And in the back, there's a steam room!! When my mom and I arrived, she showed me the steam room and said she always goes there to get warmed up on cold days before starting to work out. So we went in there to warm up. It felt really nice! Then we went to go work out! She showed me lots of stuff. I had a great time working out. But after we worked out, I felt like throwing up because I hadn't eaten anything that morning. But after about twenty minutes, the feeling went away. I was glad I didn't throw up or anything! :)

Here are two pictures from the gym. They are not really of me working out. But at least one of them is! ;)

I also did other stuff today! But I will put that in the next blog post! So you might want to see that too! It's going to be very interesting!!

Well, see you!