I haven't posted in a long time, I know.... :)

I haven't posted in a LOOONG time, but you all know that by now, don't you? Well, I have lots of things to say.....

Yup, it's official! Sims baby #10 is a GIRL! We all figured that it was going to be a boy, and Mom and Dad even had a name picked out! Jessica was the only one who thought it was going to be a girl, and she was right. Her name is going to be Mabel Jane Sims. Cute, isn't it? It's a very plain name, and yet charming in it's own sort of way. :D

My mom has been doing writing with writing promts on her blog! I have decided to do it too... to... motivate her. ;) Sooooo... here we go!!

December 1: Memory
What's the first thing you remember about 2011? What stands out in your head?

Well, I remember when we all went to the Clinton Apple-and-pork festival, with our friends, the Lyons. It was fun, and we had plenty of Pork and Apples.

December 2: Make
This is a two pronged prompt! What did you enjoy making this year? Did you "make the Dean's list"? Or maybe you made a really good wine, or maybe you made some furniture. And, what do you look forward to making during the holidays? Cookies? Homemade gifts?

Oh, yeah, sure I made wine. ;) Just kidding, me and my mom learned how to make these REALLY cute hair flowers to attach to a head band! Very cute, even if I do say so myself. We made sugar cookies so far during the holidays, and I think that we are going to try making rocky road candy. Yum!

December 3: Book
What was your favorite book you read this year? Was it for school or work? Or, was it for fun? And how did you read it? On your Nook or your Kindle? Or, do you still enjoy reading on an actual, physical book? Why did you like it?'

The best book I probably read this year is actually a series of books! They are Frank Peretti's 'Cooper Kids' series. They are full of suspense and mystery, my favorite genre! I also read a good book called 'Understood Betsy', I can't remember the author at the moment. I read that one on the Kindle.

December 4: Miracle
Do you feel you experienced or witnessed miracle this year? How so?

Ooh, This is a toughie. I'm not sure. So many things have uplifted me this year, that seem like miracles in my eyes.

December 5: Songs
By now many radio stations are playing Christmas and other holiday songs. What is one of your favorite holiday songs?

I love the song Carol of The Bells, partly because me and my brother Kenny played it in a band concert recently. That's probably my favorite.

December 6: People
Who did you meet in 2011? Who do you want to meet in 2012?

How can I know who I'm going to meet in 2012 if it's not here yet? :) I met several people at church, and a lot of them are great friends.

December 7: Quit
Did you quit something this year?

Hmmm, this is a hard one! I quit eating gum! That's it! My dad 'outlawed' gum, because my little sister got it in her hair... yeah...

Well, that's about it! (So far!) :) Hope you enjoyed my randomness! ;P

~Amanda Sims

A picture I drew on the computer!!!

I have a LOT of things to catch up on.....

Hello everyone! I haven't posted about, well, life in a while, so here's what's been going on:


MY MOM IS PREGNANT!!!!!!! We don't know the gender yet, we should know in a couple of weeks. I think that it's going to be a boy, I just have this feeling. Like last time, (Theo) Everyone thought "it's going to be a boy", except for, well, Jessica. Last time she was the ONLY one to think it was a girl, and she was wrong then! Well, fall is coming upon us so quickly, it seems, and we just are SO BUSY! We have started AWANA again, and it's so much fun! I love making new friends, don't you? Now that summer is over, we have started school again, and I now go to a Youth group at our church. We now have a AWESOME new addition to our yard, my dad and us built a HUGE spiderweb/rope climbing thing in our side yard. I love to climb it, It's like climbing up the side of a pirate ship! We had our "Second Annual Sims Family birthday Bash" And it was lots of fun! (instead of having 9 birthday parties, we have one HUGE one.) It was Circus themed this year, we even roasted a pig! A lot of people showed up, including an AWESOME family from Indiana! I GOT MY EARS PIERCED!!!! It was so cool, my earrings are blue, and I get to take them out in October, and put new ones in! I can't wait. That's all the INTERESTING news I can think of at the moment, so, TTYL!!!


~Amanda Sims

Phineas and Ferb quiz!!!

This is for all the PnF Fans out there! Here we go! Just answer the questions and compare them once you reach the end, to see which character you are!


1. How old are you?

A. 9 years old.
B. 10 years old.
C. my age is unknown. Spppoooookkky!! (yes, I am very secretive!!)
D. 11-13 years old
E. 15-25
F. 25-30
G. 35-100

2. What's your Gender?

A. Female.
B. Male.
C. I never tell anyone my gender. Figure it out yourself!!


3. What's your Hair color?

A. Blonde.
B. Black.
C. As I said, I'm very secretive. I'm not telling you!
D. Red.
E. Brown.
F. I was sick the day they handed out hair colors.

4. What's you nationality?

A. American.
B. English.
C. I'm NOT telling you! Why can't you listen!?
D. American, but I'm also lots of other stuff.
E. Indian! *starts doing indian dance*
F. German.

5. what's your favorite saying?

A. Whatcha doin'?
B. You're diggin' ma ride from outer space!
C. I am to metaphor cheese, as to metaphor cheese is to the transitive verb crackers!
D. You are soooo BUSTED!
E. Why are you not studying?!
F. Curse you Perry The Platapus!!!!


If you picked mostly A's, You would be Isabella!

As a kind and loving girl, You are Sweet, Amazing, and probably have a secret crush on someone.
You are american by nationality, and your favorite saying is, "Whatcha Doin"?





If you picked mostly B's, you would be Ferb!

As a person of few words, You are from England, an have a cool English accent. Everyone respects you, and you are truly AWESOME!

If you picked mostly C's, You would be Buford!
As a tough guy who doesn't care about anyone. (except his nerd, Baljeet.) He has a Skull on his T-shirt, and, his favorite candy is Tuff Gum! (for guys who can't spell.) No one knows his nationality. And yes, his favorite saying is, "I am to metaphor cheese as metaphor cheese is to the transitive verb crackers."

If you picked mostly D's You would be Candace!
As a 15-year-old girl, You are intently focused on Busting your brothers, and also making googly-eyes at your boyfriend, Jeremy Johnson. When those two things get mixed up, you never know what might happen!

If you picked mostly E's, you would be Baljeet!

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You are Indian by nationality, Have an uncle that lives in the himilayas, And have had the priviledge to help Phineas and Ferb build their giant contraptions! And also, (did I mention?) You are a HUGE nerd.

If you picked mostly F's, you would be Dr. Doofensmirtz!


As an Evil scientist, you Hate your nemesis, Perry the Platapus, And have an Ex-wife named charlene. You HATE your brother Roger, who is the mayor of the Tri-state-area. You are intent on destroying him, and take over the Tri-state-area!!!! BWAHAHAHA!!!!!!




Thanks for taking the Quiz!!!!!


~Amanda Sims (the AWESOME!)

YAY!

Guess what! I'm getting a new american girl doll!!!!...... Maybe. I'm selling my old one so I can get kanani! The girl of the year! if you have never seen her before, check her out! http://store.americangirl.com/agshop/static/kananidoll.jsp

~Amanda Sims

Does anyone read these posts?

Soooooo.................................. I'm bored. I'm making up a challenge. If you are reading this post, leave a comment. Anything. And the winner gets..... A Smile. Seriously. I will draw a picture of You (Whoever you are) Smiling. If you are a someone I have never seen before, tell me what you look like. Then I will grant two wishes. One, my wish of finally doing a challenge on my blog, and two, My BFF's wish of seeing a drawing on my blog. Soooooo........ I don't think I'm bored anymore. :)

~Amanda Sims

Random Stuff

This post is about random stuff that has happened in the past few weeks.
Jon and Renee came! We had fun making Mini Turkish Pizza's (crust, lettuce, tomato, and feta cheese) and playing on the Slip'n'Slide. (they experimented doing things like going down backwards or headfirst!) Plus, Jon added to the "Computer Lab" in our Basement, and now it is located in the living room of our house on a giant desk that covers half of the room. And since the bulb in our TV is out, and we can't watch movies or Netflix on our Wii, They put movies like Tangled, (awesome movie by the way!) Wall-E, and Kung Fu Panda 2 on the computers. We got to go to the Pond a few times and swim, and eat popsicles. We've been trying to potty train Noah, and it is working pretty well. Josiah has this little habit of sucking his thumb. We're trying to get him to stop, but bribing and putting duct tape on his thumb don't seem to work. He also has an addiction to "Fuzzies". Any sort of fuzzie thing, (Blankets, Coats, Craft Pom-Poms, etc.) and for Christmas, Mom got him a bag of craft pom-poms! It was so hilarious to watch him wide-eyed opening his present. Sometimes, in the middle of a store, he will see a fuzzie jacket on display. And he will run up to it and start rubbing it and sucking his thumb. And we've tried to get him to stop sucking his thumb by putting something on his right thumb, (the one he sucks) but he just suck on his other thumb! Any ideas? By the way, I posted Chapter 3 on my story blog. And speaking of Stories, I will maybe post a book review about the book A Wrinkle In Time. Okay, my fingers hurt from typing, so I'm going to end the post here.

~Amanda

Book Review (Finally!)

Okay, I am going to write a book review on one of my favorite books.

My Side Of The Mountain by Jean Craighead George

My side of the mountain is a book about how a 12 year old boy (Sam Gribley) leaves his home to go live on his great-grandfather Gribley's land. (His Grandfather has been dead for a long time and he lived in the Catskill Mountains.) The child loves his family but does not like living in New York City. He goes with a ball of string, a penknife, an ax, and 40 dollars. He finds his way ad finds his grandfather Gribleys land. He tries to survive on the land using only the things he broght. He learns to make a fire and cath fish, and how to tell what things (such as berries and plants) are good to eat.This is the first of 3 books in the series. On the Far Side Of The Mountain and Frightful's Mountain are the remaining 2 books. I loved this book and Highly reccomend it.

By the way, I will be writing more book reports soon!

~Amanda S.

Snow!

In IL, we have not been having a lot of snow. It had gotten to the point where we were just annoyed by the tiny patches left.We (well, the kids anyway) wanted more snow! And Finally, the weather read snow. And guess how much snow? 18-20 inches! Right now, It is snowing an inch an hour. Dad came home early, too! His work was closed down. Hurray for snow!


~Amanda :)