Brothers!!!!

Okay, guess what? My stupid brother had the greatest idea to push me and Julie down my street without any warning. While we were standing on the sled. I ended up falling on my bottom (hard!!) and Julie bruised her knees. After a loud wail, Julie's grandparents took us in and gave us proper treatment. In fact, Im stll in ICE COLD water in the guest bath, while Julie is sitting next to me wailing from teh sting of peroxide. I hope Tommy gets grounded for this!!! Because he ruined a perfectly good day in Hillrise. Julie's lucky she doesn't have a brother like I do. She just has an older sister. She said she'd trade her for my brother! But I guess not anymore! I just hope Tommy will PAY for this!!!!!!!! I mean, I am on the same side as Julie because I've always wanted an older sister, and the worst thing Tracy has done is take an hour to get ready to go grocery shopping. She can't push you down a huge hill and injure your behind!! All I can say right now is THANK YOU JULIE'S GRANDMA!! She really knows how to cure two 11 year old girls who have been pushed down a massive hill! She even gave us fresh squeezed orange juice! Who doesn't love that!?? And in the BATHTUB for crying out loud! She won't care if I spill it all over the brand-new tub! (I wouldn't anyway, I care too much for Hillrise.) And she told us that when we're feeling better that we can go to Whizin's for some hot chocolate-perfect way to spend a wintry day! (Except it would be better if we had some of that hot choclate in Hillrise.) Mr. Whizin makes the BEST hot chocolate in Agoura!!!! Maybe getting hurt was worth it! But either way, my brother is still a weird monkey!!!!!

Happy Easter to you guys in the future! It's still the beginning of January in 1968!!

Well...this is weird.

You know the snow day we had the other day? The snow is still here, and everyone is SHOCKED, because it rarely snows out here. We're still doing snowy activities, like making snowmen and sledding. Julie said she could finally sled in the street because she moved to Hillrise from San Francisco. (She DROVE out here from there. That would be a nightmare for me. Poor Julie.) Today, we also fired up our brand-new fireplace for the first time ever. We haven't really had to use it before so that's why. It works great-it was warm and comforting just like Hillrise. Butterscotch was curious about it and kept pawing at the sight of the flames. (We didn't let her get too close, thank goodness.) The Albrights also used theirs for the first time ever. Julie said it was super powerful compared to her old one in San Francisco. I don't know what it is about Hillrise fireplaces, but they have enough power to heat up the whole house. Maybe that's because they're brand new,but then again, everything is best when it is new. ESPECIALLY Hillrise. And my house looks so nice snow-capped! It's so odd seeing my own backyard fluffy white and my pool frozen over. I guess it's because I'm not used to it. I mean, it's like if Alaska became a desert!! It's just something you don't hear often. I hope this snowfall lasts ALL winter long!!!

A SNOWY SURPRISE!!!

This morning, I woke up to my entire street covered in snow. Icicles were hanging over my bedroom window. All of the neighborhood kids were building snowmen and sledding down Softwind. Tommy was having a snowball fight with his friend who lived across the street from us. This is a VERY rare sight in Southern California!! And it's Hillrise's first snow!!! I guess the weatherman was right about it snowing this week. The first thing I did in the snow was make a snowman with Julie and Ivy. We named it Billy. Then we made hot cocoa for the people visiting the model homes and made snow angels on the lawn of the Shasta model home. Then some of the kids decided to pelt us with snowballs. Bad idea!!!! We had a huge snow hill where they once stood. IN YOUR FACE!!! HILLRISE!!!
Now, I'm waiting for Mom to find us a sled so we can race some other kids down Softwind. Julie and Ivy are in the bathroom after eating flavorless snow cones. (No, we did not eat the yellow snow.) I think this day-Hillrise's first snowfall-will be forever in my memories! (Well, also, my parents took pictures of our house and street covered in a blanket of snow!)
Have a snowy day!
Jaycee

A Day at the Mall with my Best friend!!

Today I went to the mall with the Albrights because Julie didn't want to be around Tracy the whole time. Maybe being the oldest isn't half bad-at least I'm not obsessed with the mall! So anyway, I went to the mall near my house and did the WEIRDEST things in each store. In the Robinson's May, me and Julie tried on mens' clothes. We looked like crazy people!! Then at home Julie decided to try on these hot pants that Tracy had bought. (It's not even spring! Who wears hot pants in January?) Anyway, after Robinson's May me and Julie headed to the food court to eat a pretzel and some lemonade. Who knows what Tracy did after that. Mrs. Albright told us she went to shop with her friends. While we waited, me and Julie went to the electronics store and looked at fancy remote control TVs. We have one but we just got it this November. Julie on the other hand does not and she could not stop pressing the buttons. Me and Mrs. Albright had to carry her out to get her away from that TV. Afterwards, we headed back home to Hillrise and visited the model homes for the seven billionth time. Let me tell you, I was overjoyed to see Hillrise!! According to Fred, a salesman in the Hillrise sales office, Hillrise was becoming more and more popular. Also, according to Tiny, someone bought the house next to me!! (Not Julie's but the one on the other side.) I'm super excited to have another neighbor!! Hopefully they'll like Hillrise as much as the rest of us!!
Jaycee