Sleepover fun

Hello readers!  Lucy-chan here again!  Well, I mentioned a couple of days ago that Keisha and I were going to have a sleepover.  It was such a blast!   We played Rock Band with Dylan, ate all kinds of junk food (pizza, popcorn, berry ice cream blast oreos), and watched hours of Sailor Moon on my laptop.  At one point we were all hyped up and what not and started singing into hairbrush microphones and did a performance of the theme from Sailor Moon.  It's so catchy, it's hard not to sing along!  Well, right in the middle of the song, my wicked step-mom came in and said we needed to quiet down since we weren't the only people in the house.  We weren't even being that loud... 


"Fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight.  Never running from a real fight -- she is the one called Sailor Moon!"


But anyways, after we got scolded for being too loud, we sat and did each other's hair in crazy styles.  It was really fun although I don't think either of us has a future as a hair stylist.

And we stayed up way too late, woke up early the next morning and spent all day doing nothing in particular but still having fun.  =)  All in all, it was a great weekend!

Back to school!

Hi-hi everyone!  Lucy here.  Sorry for the lack of posts.  Last Monday was my human's (Bre/BuckinghamAlice, for those who don't know) birthday and she's been busy and whatnot, so you know how it is.  


Well, this Monday was the first day of school here, and I was super nervous.  I'm in the 6th grade and this was my first day at my new school in Bakersfield.  Not only that, but my new school is a private all-girls school, and I've only ever been to public co-ed schools.  Luckily, Keisha and I were both going to the same school (and would both be new kids).  She was just as nervous as I was, so we spent a long time in the days before Monday talking about what we would wear, what we would bring, and everything like that.


When Monday morning came, Keisha's mom drove us the fifteen minutes across town from our regular middle to upper middle class neighbor to the bona fide ritzy area.  Keisha and I are in the same class (thank goodness!).  Our teacher is named Miss Anne Demello, but she told us all to call her Anne.  She's fairly young and really pretty, but best of all, she's really nice.  Keisha and I both like the school a lot, but we haven't made any other friends yet.  Most of these girls have been going to this school since kindergarten, and it's a pretty small school, so they all know each other well.  No one has been mean to either of us, but they haven't been nice either.  One of the girls is having a birthday party this weekend, and Keisha and I are the only ones in our whole class who didn't get invited.  We're not too upset by it, but it would have been nice to get invited to a party.  We decided to have our own party this weekend.  A sleepover -- just the two of us, a bell pepper and olive pizza, and a huge stack of DVDs.  We're going to have a lovely time and not think about school.  =)


And since the pic at the top of the post is a closeup, here's a full length shot of Keisha and me on our way out the door on the first morning of school:

Hello from guest blogger Keisha!

Hello everyone!  It's Keisha, filling in for Lucy today.  She suggested I give this blogging thing a shot... I figured why not!  I just wanted to introduce myself to everyone and hopefully get to know some of you. =)


My name is Keisha Vance, and I'm 11 years old.  Like Lucy, I've just recently moved to Bakersfield, and luckily she and I ended up next door to each other.  I was worried that I wouldn't meet anyone as nice as my old friends... but Lucy is great!  She and I have a lot in common... we both like to play outside, never sit still, and love old movies.  Lucy is really funny and sweet and is easy to talk to... I'm so glad I met her!


I live with my mom and dad as well as my younger brother and sister.  Sometimes I really love being the oldest kid in the family, but sometimes it's a pain.  I like to do lots of things in my spare time, but I often get stuck babysitting.  But hey, someone has to do it, right?


I like to take pictures and cheer.  I used to be on my old school's squad... I'm looking forward to trying out for the squad here when school starts up.  And I may join the photography club if there is one.  


Hope to talk to you again soon!
Love, Keisha

Suspect Behavior

So, you guys remember I was telling you that something strange was up with my brother Dylan?  Well, he's getting even weirder and more suspicious!  He's still been taking lots of private phone calls and sneaking around.  He's been very secretive.  And last night, I caught him sneaking in very late!


I was out of bed getting a glass of water (or, to be perfectly honest, I was getting a cookie and a glass of chocolate milk, lol), and I heard someone at the door.  I panicked!  It was almost 2 AM and, as far as I knew, everyone in the house was asleep.  I grabbed the nearest weapon-- one of my step-mom's ugly vases-- and the phone... I was readying myself to bash the intruder over the head or in the stomach or whatever else I could reach when the intruder lit the hall way with his phone and I saw it was in fact Dylan.


"Goosey! What are you doing up?" he demanded.
I put down the phone and vase.  "Why are you just getting in?"
He hesitated.  "No one needs to know about this, okay?  Just between me and you."


And then he rushed upstairs.  When I woke up this morning, there was a small stack of mangas outside my door.  Dylan had left a little note on them that said, "I've been meaning to give these to you <3."  So, is this a bribe?  I don't know what to think of any of this.  I'm just not used to Dylan  sneaking around and being less than honest.  What do I do?  I don't want to tell my dad that something is weird because I would hate to get my brother in trouble.  I mean, he doesn't seem to be in danger or anything... I just can't help but worry.

Photo Fun

Hello again, blog friends!  The other day Keisha and I had nothing to do, so we decided to be photographers.  It was really fun and the pics turned out pretty well, if I do say so myself! ;)  Here's a few more:

Don't you just love taking silly pictures with your friends? Talk to you soon!

Playing Dress-Up

Hiya, readers!  Lucy-chan here. =)  Sorry to have kept you all hanging for nearly a week... I've been busy with Keisha... we've had so much fun, I've hardly touched my laptop!


As the title suggests, yesterday, Keisha and I spent the whole morning playing dress-up.  I know you may be thinking that we're a little old for that sort of thing, but seriously... no matter how old you are, putting on different clothes and imagining you're somewhere or someone else is good clean fun!  Keisha and I took a quick snapshot in our favorite outfits.

Keisha is a colonial girl, and I tried on a sailor suit.  I liked it because it reminds me of the school uniforms lots of girls in Japan wear!  =)


Oh, and as a follow up from my last post, I talked to my brother about why he lied to me.  I was very calm and rational and direct.  And do you know what he said?  He pinched my cheek and called me adorable!  How patronizing!  I didn't pursue the issue any further.  In the comments last time, Kirsten asked if I thought maybe Dylan was romantically interested in one of the people he was with.  I think that's what's going on.  Lately he's been taking lots of private phone calls and going out most evenings.  He's been dressing much more fashionably when he goes out as well.  When we ask where he's going he just says he'll be with friends.  Suspicious!  In the past, he's told me all about his girlfriends... we tell each other pretty much everything.  Maybe he'll take me into his confidence again...


And Inky asked on my last post what was my favorite part of HP 7.2.  I loved anything with my favorite character Neville and my favorite couple Ron and Hermione!  =)  It was such a wonderful movie.  I kinda want to go see it again!

Went to see Harry Potter... saw him and then some...

Konnichiwa!  I think I mentioned in my last post that my friend Keisha and I were going with my dad to see the last Harry Potter film.  Well, we went last night (Sunday) and we all loved it!  We went to a little local Italian restaurant before hand (I had a chicken alfredo calzone that was huge and Keisha had lasagna... we both split our meal in half and swapped with one another... yum!).  The theater we went to was really big and had two arcades, so we played DDR and Guitar Hero before we saw the movie.  My dad tried to win us a prize from the claw machine, but he couldn't... he ran out of quarters and said the machine was rigged! =P


Well, when we finally went in to see the movie, we sat way up in the top of the theater so we could see the whole screen without stretching our necks.  The theater was pretty packed, even though the movie has been out for a while.  But you know what?  We all loved it!  It was pretty wonderful.  


When we came out of the theater, though, I had a pretty big shock.  I had asked my brother Dylan  that morning if he wanted to come with us, but he said he was going to stay home and read.  But when we were coming out of the theater, I saw him and two girls (twins his age) walking out of the ice cream place across from the theater.  Why would he lie to me?  I can understand if he had plans, and I get that he needs his space and privacy and stuff, but that's no reason to be downright dishonest.  =/  I want to confront him, but what could I say?  I don't want him to be mad at me.  Whenever we fight, I always end up crying... then Dad gets mad at Dylan and he gets even madder at me.  Ugh, brothers!!