April vacation activities

Here are some pictures from the fun-filled vacation activities at the library. You can see kids making the punch tin lanterns, kids milking a cow, kids fishing and a young girl wearing a Frontier costume.

Get tickets to the Circus!

Read to get tickets to the Ringling Bros' Barnum & Bailey Circus! Read 2 books the first week and you get a Ringling Bros. bookmark; read 3 books the second week and get a clown nose; read 4 books the third week and get a FREE ticket to the show to be held at the DCU Center in Worcester, from May 1-4. Come and get the Reading Program Tracking sheet.

Find the wagon in the Children's Room

Get ready to play Frontier games, make a tin punch lantern, do some Frontier chores and read fun Frontier books during the April vacation. Also, learn about Levi Pease, Shrewsbury's own pioneer who carried mail from Boston to Albany by stagecoach.

"The Snow Day" by Nikita Shalabh

I woke up one morning and I saw that it was snowing. School might be closed! I leaped out of bed and dashed down the stairs as fast as my legs could carry me. I ran down the hall and into my living room. On the sofa I saw my mom flipping through channels with the T.V. remote looking for the news. Finally she found it. On the bottom of the T.V. it said SPRING STREET SCHOOL - CLOSED. She sighed heavily.

Then she looked up and saw me. Quickly, she ran into the kitchen to make my breakfast. She put a hot, steaming bowl on the table. I sat in front of it. Inside was warm oatmeal. Apples and cinnamon, yummy, I thought, my favorite. On the top were little cut apples dancing on the water. I took a huge spoonful and popped it in my mouth. I could feel the apples melt in my mouth. And I could taste the cinnamon in my mouth too. After I finished my breakfast I went upstairs to brush.

After I brushed I went downstairs to read a book. The book I was reading was Ella Enchanted. It was about a baby who was put under a curse of obedience. In the story all kinds of things happen. That book has been my favorite ever since. When I was writing the name of the book on my reading log I found out today was February 14^th. Valentine’s day! I forgot I had presents for my family.

For my dad I got a calculator that’s blue (his favorite color) and it had a built-in stand so it can stand up by itself. For my mom I got a carrot peeler and the handle looked like a carrot. I got a set of matchbox cars for my brother. And last but not least my sister got a coloring book. They were all wrapped in white gift-wrap with red and pink hearts all over it.

I got the presents and put them on their side tables but for my mom I gave it to her in person. After she got it she carefully opened it to find out what it was. She was looking at it like she had never seen anything like it. She looked up at me with happy tears in her eyes and she squeezed me so tight I could barely breathe. When she let go of me we made breakfast for the rest of my family. Sunny-side up eggs for my brother and sister and an omelet for my dad. My siblings and my dad came downstairs eager to start their breakfast.

After we ate my mom, me, and my siblings went outside to go sledding. We put on our heavy snow pants, our toasty warm gloves, our hats and our keep-the-snow-off boots. I got our long, purple sled and my mom got the circular, blue sled. My mom and me went on the long, purple sled and my sister and brother went on the other sled. After we got on, we pushed ourselves for a head start and off we went.

My brother and sister were out of control. They were going too fast. They were going in the direction of the lamppost in front of our house. And they hit the lamppost. My sister was whimpering and my brother was wailing. My dad came running out with two ice packs. I looked at my siblings. After putting on the ice packs for three minutes or so we put our sled back and went inside.

After drinking some hot cocoa, we played funny games that made us laugh so hard our stomachs hurt.

It was close to nighttime so we ate our dinner, changed into our pajamas, brushed, and got into bed in our usual routine. That night, before I went to sleep, I went through the whole day and grinned. Finally, I went to sleep feeling happy. This was the best snow day ever.