[today i made the following font with Gabby's own handwriting!  if you can't see the text below please e-mail me.  this is Gabriela's own handwriting and (mostly) her own words.  enjoy.]   

3 March 2009

Today I went to school. We won the contest for who read the most in 2^nd grade. That means we get a Jazz player to our school. Last year the Jazz player couldn’t read that good. This year he was good. His name was Brezzer. Then w e made lambs and lions out of paper. It was because our teacher wanted to make them. At school I like to play with Taylor and olivia. We play “boys chasing us”. Mostly the girls win ‘cause we are fast.

Hip hop class:

I like hip hop because it is fun to dance now I am one of the good ones. I love to dance. You should love to dance it is fun! I can do the worm. There are girls there who have been taking the class 2 years and still can’t do the worm. Teacher asks me to show them how to do the worm. I can do other dances too.

The Living Aquarium, SLC: I touched a stingray. You don’t want to touch a sting ray. It’s gross! I will teach you how it feels. When u touch it it feels hard and really really slimy. You don’t want to touch it. Anyway, I had lots of fun! I saw sharks, exapus [octopus], starfish, and a lot of fish. After we went to Braza Grill to eat Brazilian BBQ. And always when the meat came, I was the only one who always ate it. I ate more than the grown-ups!

Night at the Living Museum, Lehi: I saw a guy- really big! [he was 7’4”] He had the costume of a tree. And he said a funny joke. I’ll tell you: there was a guy that had a piece of wood he was working with. He was making a broom with it. And the tree guy came up and said, “hey, that’s my brother!” and the other guy said, “this can’t be your brother!” “my brother’s a tree!” haha. Even my dad laughed!

I also bought a fossil. A real one [it is of a flower from millions of years ago].

Park: today after school, I played in the park. I had lots of fun. I was supposed to come back for singing class but forgot and missed singing class today. I was sad.

Mariana (alikan’s house): on Sunday we went to eat at Alikan’s house in SLC. I met a new friend named Mariana. She is brazilian and speaks mostly Portugese. I saw two sugar gliders. They are cute. But smelly! You don’t want to smell them. But only if you smell their fur. They can climb all over you and it tickles! Yeah, but I didn’t know so I didn’t do it.

Before that I played with Angel’s nieces at Angel’s house in Orem. They speak Spanish and English. Mom and dad were helping Angel move to his new house. And that day we ate a lot of food [at Outback, in Orem]. I did a lot of stuff this week with my family!!