When I was scared the most.

I was very scared a couple of days ago because I fell off my short board and it hurt a lot. 
When I came home I went to the bathroom very quickly because blood was dripping everywhere. My mom (later told me jokingly) that she thought I ran in their there because I got kissed by someone but I wasn't didn't, I was just to too hurt. 
After my mom and I kind of  tried to clean my wounds I went and laid down on the green chair. My mom tried it to make it like a bed (recline the chair)  and that scared me because I just wasn't thinking about what mom was doing, I was thinking about how I fell and how scary the fall was. 
Then my aunt came and checked to see if I had rocks under my skin, but I didn't. She had to cut away the dead skin. Then my aunt said, "You need to go to the sink (and run water over your hand for 15-20 minutes) and try to go to get all the dirt out of your hand.”  The dirt didn't wouldn't come off so we had to try tried to use cotton balls and but that didn't work. After that Then we tried the q tips Q-Tips and that cleaned the wound that had all the dirt in it. worked.
After I got my wounds cleaned I went back on the chair.   In a couple of minutes my mom made me a grilled cheese sandwich. I thought it tasted very good.
I am grateful that I have a mom and an aunt to help me with my broken body.

* Be careful Alex, many of these corrections, we did together and you missed them in your final draft. (Some of the things I added today for clarification.) Remember not to repeat yourself so much (like the Q-Tip sentence) but over all this is a nicely written entry. And it was very scary, for me too!
I am so glad you only had road rash and didn't hit your head. I do hope you will wear your helmet next time you go down such a steep hill. ~Mom

A memory

I remember  when I was in the  Ukraine and I was waiting for my parents to come get me from the orphanage. On March 18 my mom came to Ukraine to do the papers so I can go home. On March 20th my mom finally came to the Ukraine orphanage and I was so happy to see her and my dad came along to. In the Ukraine they only let us in the red building and no where else. But in couple of weeks they aloud us to go the the Ukrainian apartment. I don't really remember but the apartment didn't look the same as the orphanage it wasn't different for the orphanage and the apartment. I also remember when I asked mom to buy me a phone but she didn't because I all ready had a phone. Then we went to a  grocery store and i wanted so many things because i don't usually go to stores because they didn't let us in the orphanage.  I felt like i was a free men and i could do what ever I wanted but still had to stay with someone. I really like walking with my mom in the orphanage because I don't like walking with my Ukrainian friends because they alway get me into more trouble then I usually get in. The next thing I remember is when we went to visit my orphanage for the last time and when we arrived there I didn't let anyone touch my parent but my mom said "Just let them meet us",  and I said "Da".  Then we taught  my dad how to play a Ukrainian glass game he thought that game was fun but i thought it was twice as fun and double the fun he had. The only part i like about this game is you get to hit some one as hard as you can and then you go and try to go put the glass back together.  That was the only thing that was fun to do in Ukraine and soccer.
We came back to our apartment and went to bed because we were so tried and we didn't want to do anything else. The next morning I was going to make dinner for mom and I told her all the stuff I need to make grilled potato and I didn't really did it the way I thought Snizzana did.

My favorite family trip.

We left on a Thursday and I was so excited. When we arrived at Puerto Plata we went to our awesome hotel and every one was nice. We got our room and got ready to go swimming.

We went down to the ocean to swim. The ocean was nice, it wasn't cold, it was perfect. When we were done swimming we went to lunch at the Casablanca Restaurant. It was pretty good but after we went to it all the time I started not liking it.

The next morning we went to this water aerobics class where you exercise in the pool. Then I went swimming after the lesson.

After swimming in the swimming pool we went and got boogie boards for the ocean.

I didn't understand how to use it so my dad told me a secret. He said, "Watch me and I said, "Ok". He showed me how to ride it. After he taught me I said, "Thanks".

Then we went and took a shower for dinner. We ate at the same place as lunch.

Here are some things I like about their restaurant.

1 their awesome pizza

2 fruit

3 bread

4 drinks

5 salads

6 deserts

7 omlets

Well that’s all I can think of.

The next morning my mom went to get reservations for a restaurant. My mom tried to get reservation to the Blue Lagoon Restaurant. But this mean lady said that there was no more reservations. So my mom got a different reservation. We thought we would try any way. The restaurant person said that they don't have room for us. We went to a different restaurant but the restaurant we went to didn't need reservations. My mom said that this was the wrong place but all of us liked it. After dinner we went to walk on the beach, after that we went to bed.

In the morning we went to get breakfast. That night there was a party that they do every Sunday. It was a dance party and a lot of people came from different hotels. We left the party when they were playing a bad song. We went walking on the beach again. Then we went to bed. The next morning we went swimming in the ocean and we had a race. When we were done dad gave me a high five. Then my scab from my long board fall, stared to bleed, so I went with my mom to get it bandaged.

The next morning we went to hike 27 Water Falls. When we arrived at our first water fall, we had to jump. The water falls were awesome; all of us liked it and wanted to go again. The next one was pretty high. After we went through some water falls we arrived at a pretty high one and it was scary but it was worth it. The next one was high and I didn't want to jump it. The rest of them were slides.

When we have a vacation again I say we should go there again.

The next morning we went home.

What job would you olike to try.

I would like to go to to a factory where they make all the juices for lunches. I have seen a video but it would be cool to go and see it myself. I kind of like to go work in a factory and see if its the right job for me and if not then I would go and try to find a different job. I think it would be easy to work in a factory because I you do is stand there and watch the machine in case it messes up.
I mite do that when I am eighteen and go check out the factory and see if how they make the juice and see if they are telling the truth.
Someday I would get 6 apples and make them into a juice and then I will take the juice that is made in the factory and try to see if they both taste the same. If it doesn't taste the same then I was right if it does then I was wrong.
Why do want to go to the juice factory? Because I want to tastes all the juices,  see how they make it and try to make my own. I doubt that I would make my own because I don't really drink a lot of juice.

Holidays in Ukrain vs America

Christmas is January 7^th in Ukraine. We have Father Christmas. When I was at the baby orphanage we set up a Christmas tree on Christmas day and watched The Lion King movie. We ate Top Raman – and that was special because we normally never had that. We also had some candy.

When I was eight and in the older orphanage, we went to see a Christmas play during Christmas time and we were given boxes of candy. The teachers took them from us to give them to us later but we didn’t obey so we never got our boxes of candy.
We also went caroling and people gave us money but the teachers kept it.

On Christmas Eve we got together in the TV room and had fruit. We had apples grapes and oranges. Then we watched a movie called Leprechaun. It was rated R and pretty scary. In the morning we woke up and there was candy under our pillows.

I only had one Christmas in the orphanage when I was eight. The other Christmas’s I went to my brother Ivan’s house.

In Ukraine for Easter we had Paska boiled eggs and then my brother Ivan Ukraine came and me colored Easter eggs and a Paska of my own.
We do not have Halloween and I never knew about Halloween until I came to America. I think it’s dumb we don’t trick or treat in Ukraine and it made me mad.

When I had my birthday in the orphanage they did nothing. Sometimes my brother would take me out for my birthday.

In America we set up our tree after Thanksgiving. We draw names with my siblings and my cousins and we buy presents for them.

My mom helps us find presents for each other.

One night during December we watch The Christmas Story and eat Chinese food.

On Christmas Eve make sugar cookies for Santa, eat a big dinner and we do a play about Jesus.

We also open our cousin presents and we get new PJ’s from mom and dad.

On Christmas Day we wake up in the morning and open presents.  We have a scavenger hunt to find our big present and we also try to find our stockings.

We have mini quiche and sticky buns for breakfast and then take pictures of all of our presents.

Then we go visit our grandma and get presents from her and grandpa.  
On our birthdays we go and eat out sometimes and then our mom makes us wait to open our presents. That’s fine but is so tempting and you just want to ask your mom if you can open just one and she doesn't let us because she wants it to be a surprise.

I am grateful that my brother Ivan took time and went to the orphanage and took me to his house to celebrate Christmas and eat dinner.

I am grateful that my mom plans all the awesome scavenger hunts and gives us lovely presents. We give her presents too.

My first few days in America.

We had a very long flight from  Ukraine and it was tiring. When we got home the first thing I did was go to bed and get some sleep. The next day my mom told me all the rules and that was very boring. After that I tried to go find some thing to do and the first thing that came to my mind is going down stairs and playing  Xbox. I didn't understand how to do the family chores and that kind of made me crazy.
Then when I was done playing Xbox I went upstairs to make paper airplanes and that was kind of fun. Every time some one talked in my family I didn't understand what they were saying. The only words I understood was hi,bye and thanks. "The next day I woke up and went down to eat breakfast at 7am because the other kids had school and I didn't. The next week I started school.  I didn't like school because I always wanted to be home and with my mom because school was very boring.
This year school is hard. I have a crazy this science teacher that makes up weird words and says that 30 degrees is  nice.  
I am grateful that I understand my family.