Quarter+2+Christine+K

How I learned to cope with situations

I was always the quiet, shy, fearful child who did nothing but merely stand on the sidelines. I failed to participate in class, gave only a shy smile when someone asked me a question, cried my eyes out in terror and embarrassment when I was forced to speak in front of a crowd that consisted of more than 5 people.

I was seven, my sister was five. Holding our mother’s hand, we were bubbling with excitement as we entered the grocery store full of things wonderful to our four and six year old minds. We could hear our feet squeak underneath us as they slid against the glossy floor. The sweet fragrance of detergent hit our noses as My sister quickly took her seat inside the red grocery cart, and I remained standing next to my mother being the kind, understanding second grader who let her sister sit inside the cart even though she wanted to sit there as much as her sister did.

We strolled down the aisles of juice, frozen foods, noodles, and cookies giving little shouts of glee when our mother grabbed the foods that typical toddlers love-mango juice, ice cream, fried dumplings, chicken nuggets, udon, egg cookies.

“I want this! I want that! Let’s buy this, mommy!” we’d shout when our mother neglected to put the box of Choco-pies in the already overflowing cart.

I guess my sister and I came as a little annoying to my mother, because she decided to leave us for a while at the fruit section while she went to get some eggs and tofu. She had taken the grocery cart with her, so my sister was standing right next to me staring at stacks of unripe green bananas. She asked me why the bananas were green not yellow and started to wander off, paying no heed to our mother’s words which told us to stay exactly where we were.

“Stop! Mommy told us to not go anywhere! We might get lost forever!” I reminded my sister. I chased after my sister until my eyes dropped upon a stack of persimmons. I loved persimmons. Especially the soft astringent ones. “Look, persimmons! Don’t they look so yummy?” I hollered to my sister.

January 6 -sister popping persimmon -failed a math test in first grade -fell down on round off -

-fighting with Aimee

-kindness -understanding -being friends with Aimee

December 9 Christine was talking to her sister. "Did you know that I love apple pie? Even if it is fattening, it's my favorite food! Frankfurt sausages are good too!" Going to study, her sister replied to Christine. "Hashbrowns, pizza, cheeseburgers,hotdogs, sandwiches, fried chicken, stuffed turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, twinkies are the best foods in the world. Igloos are a good place to eat them!" Just when Christine's sister finished speaking, their mother entered through the door. "Kings!" her mother shouted. "Lost the battle!" she shouted again. "Mother, what are you talking about?" the children inquired. "Never mind, it's nothing to worry about. Oh, just go watch Peter Pan!" her mother replied. Peter Pan was a show that the children enjoyed watching. Quickly, they sat down in front of the television. Recently, they had bought a new wide screen television. So, they watch television everyday. Together, they gather in front of the television and gaze at its wonders for an hour. Until now, the family had never watched television, so they were amazed at what the television could do. Victoriously, they bragged about their new television to all their neighbors. With many watchful eyes, the family made sure that their television was safe. Xylophones were played every 10 minutes as a warning for neighbors to mind their own business. Youths still tried to get a glimpse of the television. Zealously, they jumped in front of the window. And they knocked at the door numerous times. But they were all very unsuccessful, and Christine could eat her apple pie in peace. 4/5 Could take the analysis a bit further.