Art of Glass 2 at the Chrysler Museum

Today, I went to the museum and I saw a lot of favorites of my own. Almost everything was my favorite. We mostly saw some statues and inside the statues, beside one, there was a dress and inside the dress was a human body and you couldn't see her arms and head. All you can see is inside the dress. That was half of my favorite, but most favorite is Endeavor. It looks like a city of fish.

I love the light sculpture too. That is also my favorite. It was light, with glass, and then it had beautiful colors coming out, like a star. And then we saw a glowing green pyramid with a kind of shape like an eye.

(This is Sadie's review of the exhibit. She is five. Click for info on Art of Glass 2: Lino Tagliapietra made Endeavor. The Green Eye of the Pyramid here. Karen Lamonte's glass dress here.)

Movie Review: UP

Hello. My name is Doug. Do you have a tail? Do you wag it? Hey, where are you going? Do I ever so want the ball! Oh boy! Oh boy! I'll go get the ball and bring it back. Hi there!



I loved the movie about me. And I have a team that has a shame cone! My master was training me tricks, which I already know. The best thing about the movie was we got to see some babies. Russell named a bird Kevin and it was a girl. I pretty much met Mr. Frankincense. You know, that old man? He did not know that I had a collar that could make me talk. Is there more words on this? That movie was very very long. I had to get my fur taped. Well, my leader dog had a funny voice. It was so funny I could laugh! And I think I got dog biscuits. I was in the movie too! Will you come with me to the movie theater? And I love that movie! Do you actually have a tail?

Sadie's review of "Shoes," by Singer and Storyteller Susan Reed

Susan Reed, singer, storyteller, and Suzuki violin clinician, was Sadie's teacher at the workshop we attended in March. We bought one of Miss Susan's CDs and brought it home for Sadie to enjoy. She LOVES it. She listens to it in her CD player at night, and then totes it downstairs to listen to down here too! Here is her review:

For Miss Susan:

I like your songs. My favorite one is the first one, "Hello, how'd you do? Nice to be here with you!" I really like it. I also like the violin parts. I listen to it every night and sometimes every day. And thanks for teaching me. I bet someday I will be like you.

Love,
Sadie

Susan Reed, performing at the STAHR workshop.

The CD Sadie is reviewing, "Shoes."

Happy Mothers Day!

I love my mom because she's funny and tickles me a lot.
I love my mom because she lets us play playstation.
I love my mom because she lets us go to church and the grocery store.
I love my mom so much because she loves me!

Happy Mothers Day, Mom! I love you!

Sadie and the Cow

Once we were going strawberry picking. And I went to see a cow, which now we're talking about right now. It had a very dirty udder. It was very very dirty. But I did not care. The reason why I'm telling this is that I love cows! Cows make milk by eating grass. But grass is green and milk is white. I wonder how that happens. Maybe you should go to the strawberry farm and see that cow. Maybe it will be up and running around, or maybe it will be resting like we saw. But who cares? Well, I'm thinking on getting a cow. Because we just ran out of milk. And what we're talking about today is cows. But you know what I'm talking about, right? A dog named Leroy might get scared of that cow. Who cares about Leroy? Benny does. Do you think that a cow has just one stomach? It does not have one stomach! It has four stomachs. Every time it chews it goes down to the first stomach, and then comes back up again and then goes to the fourth. The cow has to eat some grass, and eat and eat and eat. And eat and eat. Like millions of grass. But not in one day -- in a hundred days, if it lives a hundred days. The end.

My Bike Race

Yesterday I had a bike race. I went so fast and I had some big kids right behind me. And I won the race. I got tired, but kept on going, and going. I got one loop around the building, and it was a long way. It was almost a mile. It makes me feel great, like I want to do karate.

Monsters Vs. Aliens Review

This weekend, I saw a movie called "Monsters Vs. Aliens." Now, you can see on my blog the picture which I like. And these would be the monsters which I saw in this movie. There's a giant cockroach in this movie, and he's nice, and they have to fight an alien! A giant, which used to be the size of a regular girl, has turned into a giant. She destroyed the alien and his robots. And there's a big giant bug which is nice, and there's a big blue glob which is so, so funny! And on the picture, you can see his face and what he looks like. There's a fish that looks like a man. He does not have fins -- he has hands. And that is really like a kind of monster.

It was a good movie. I liked the blue glob and the girl. The giant was named Susan, and she turned fifty feet tall. The monsters win! That's all I want to say.

Rainbow the Unicorn by Sadie

(This is Sadie's entry for the Reading Rainbow contest. I just want to say that the original draft of this story was way more violent than this draft. I encouraged her to edit it for children.)

Once upon a time, there was a unicorn. That unicorn was named Rainbow. Rainbow lived in the forest, the rain forest!

One day, there was a hunter.

The unicorn felt mad! The unicorn knew just what to do. The unicorn charged, with the horn pointing straight to the guy’s chest. The hunter felt mad!

But the unicorn turned, going straight into a tree. The hunter laughed. Then, the hunter got too much of the unicorn’s funniness from the unicorn, so he went away.

The hunter ran and ran, and Rainbow felt funny.

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Once upon a time, there was a Chihuahua.

And there was another one, named Papi. The first one was named Chloe.

She was from Beverly Hills until she got lost in Mexico.

Papi came to save her, and also her owner, that was just taking care of Chloe.

She left clues out for them to find a booty, and Papi found a booty. Rachel got surprised that he found a booty!

Chloe fell in a mud puddle and lost a booty!

Chloe was on a train.

They have found some dogs that was going to help. And they were hired, and they got homes.

And Chloe fell in a pit. And Papi was in a cage when she was in the pit. And Papi was in the cage. And Chloe have rescued Papi.

Chloe first did not have her bark, and then when she was in the pit, she got her bark. And she barked some times, and she defeated the bad guys.

The End.

The Knight Vs. The Firesnake

Once upon a time, there was a firesnake. And that firesnake eats every kind of people thing there is. And people, food, and people. It eats dogs, glow stations, lamps, cats, toys, and all the other people things. It crunches like it is eating people. It eats bags, clothing, paper, printers, computers, collars, eyes, and chairs.



The knight comes to the firesnake realm. And the firesnake sees the knight! He (the knight) got frightened and the firesnake shot fire at that knight. The knight had armor so he did not get killed. And then that firesnake shot fire at him harder! When he did it harder, the armor broke in two pieces of every piece of that armor. And then that knight was unprotected. So, he got dead. That is the end.

Dad's Bike Race

Today, all of us have went to a bike race with Dad. There was no kid bike race, but Benny rided around and came back and went around again. And I got really hot. I really got hot. So, if it's freezing there, I would need something hot, like a heat vent there. Now, Dad has got a tenth place, out of 48.

(more pictures here)

Underdog Saves the Day

Once upon a time, there was a village far away. There was a horrible, horrible storm. It wrecked up the whole village and the whole castle. It was a candy kingdom. The castle had peppermints and candy canes and gumballs and some chocolate and a dog came. He saw the village all broken up. So he just did something that the village needed him to do! He fixed the whole village up very fast.

And you have got to hear the violin song of it! I, Sadie, just made it up. The end.

Red Priest Review

The Red Priest guy. Last night, this guy was the recorders, and me and Mom saw a thing which we don't know, and he kept playing it and the violin guy which is not on this picture has been doing the wind on a flute! I loved the beginnings, and I loved super-loved the wind sound. I just loved that part. The end!

(Red Priest is an early music ensemble, and this is Sadie's review of their show, "Pirates of Baroque").