Stephanie

Stephanie entertained us today as she shared her bag. When it was time for her to share, she walked up and said, "Here's Stephanie with a tear in her bag!" She was correct...you can see in this photo how it had ripped...and she had repaired it with some scotch tape. Stephanie had a LOT in her bag...a lot of little stuff, she told me.

She started off with two games for her Wii. She said she likes to play the Wii...and the two game she brought were her favorites. One was about cats and the other about making your own dragon. Stephanie explained about the cat game...explained it very well...how you have to take care of your cat, even cleaning out the litter box!
This, she told us, is her wax snake. She told us she likes to sculpt things from wax. Besides this snake, she has a yellow bird. The wax, is from cheese...I told Stephanie how creative I thought she was. I asked her how she thought to do that. She said, "Well, you have to take the wax off to eat the cheese..."..... and then she continued, "and so I like to sculpt."
As she told us when she explained her Wii game, Stephanie likes cats. So she brought this little kitty...to emphasize her point.

She brought a pamphlet with a picture of Jesus on it. She told us she goes to the big brick church, the LDS church. She told Room 8 that this stood for the Latter Day Saints.
Stephanie told us this was her "most prized possession." This was her grandpa's...and he died in March. It helps her to look at this when she's feeling sad.

In case anyone didn't understand, Stephanie brought a cat stuffy..because she loves - cats! She said she had about a million of them.

She showed us a bookmark, telling us she loves to read.

A pencil was to tell us how she loves to write...

A jar, because she loves to go to San Francisco. She said she got the jar at a hotel. It has a marble in it because she and her sister collect marbles.

Stephanie stopped for a second and told us, "I brought a bunch of teeny tiny things!"
When Stephanie told us what this was, I didn't have a clue what she said..Room 8 all knew...so I asked her to spell it. Bakugan...Room 8 said that was correct. She has 9 of them. It's actually a ball that can change into something else, in this case, a kind of dragon. She calls it 'Draco'.

Stephanie had another snake because "I kind of like snakes...well, let it represent a bird, cause I like to collect birds!" She then reached in her bag and said, "Oops, I have a bird." With that, she pulled out a little dove. She said that was for her liking birds...and she also likes white.

Next came a rock...she looked at it, then told us to "Hold on a minute!" She ran over to the sink, got the rock wet, and told us that "THIS is how I found it!" It was beautiful when it was wet...it was a totally different color. She told us her aunt loves rocks and Stephanie was with her when she got one of her favorite rocks. She found another rock that was white with black crystals!
This piece of cloth is to illustrate how Stephanie likes to sew. She said, "It's actually a piece of America. You can see Florida!" Once she said that, Room 8 could see and they were in awe! Stephanie told us she had cut it out of her sister's old Halloween costume.

Another dragon was pulled out of her bag with "As you know, I love dragons!" Then Stephanie went on to explain the coloring of the dragon...

She brought a little treasure chest that she 'stole from the fish tank.' I think this was just to tell us she had fish?
Next, Stephanie had a key chain. It has a picture of a cat ... and it has beads. She told us she likes to bead...and, of course, she loves cats!
Stephanie had one more rock, 'an old dirty beat up rock cause I like to kick it around.' Room 8 asked her if it changed color when it got wet like the larger one. Stephanie wasn't sure, so she went over to the water fountain and got it wet. She said, Nope, just an old dirty beat up rock!

Wow! Stephanie kept us all entertained with her enthusiasm, her great explanations, and, of coursem all the teeny-tiny thinks she had in her bag!