I made this at school when my teacher told us we could have free time. I’m going to hang it on my door for Halloween!

Age:9

This is a picture of a haunted house with zombies, mummies, vampires, blood, bones, and wolfs. I made this at school in art class. Our art teacher told us we could free draw. When my friend Brya saw I was drawing a haunted house, she decided to draw one too.

Age:9

This is a decorated Halloween bag. It was for the trick or treat party at my school. Everybody brought candy and decorated paper bags and we would come and drop our candy in people’s bags. Unfortunately, I was sick on Halloween so I could not attend the trick or treat party, but my mom still dropped off my treat bag at school so that people could put candy in it and the next day there was a bag full of candy on my desk.

Age: 8

This is a picture of Valentine’s Day stuff that a husband named David is giving to his wife, Millie. He has a poem that says, “I love you to the end of the earth. To the stars. To the sun. I love you to the place that’s farest away.” It also has a box of assorted chocolates and Millie already ate some. It has a gold heart necklace, a bag of roses, tickets for two for dinner and dancing, a purple purse with white swirls, and a little card that says, “To Millie. From David.”

Age: 8

The first picture shows my chocolate truffle cake that my mom and I made for my birthday. It’s pretty amazing that it puffed up like that because we didn’t add any flour. The second picture shows the Kindle Fire that my grandpa gave me for Christmas. The third picture shows my cousin Emily and Alex and my uncle and aunt Beth and Ángel when they were visiting my house. And the last picture shows my American Girl Doll bed that goes with the set for Julie the American Girl Doll but I’m going to use it for my look-alike doll even though it goes with Julie’s set.

Age: 8

I turned eight on December 29th and drew this picture on January third. The day before my birthday my mom and I made a chocolate truffle cake and it’s pretty amazing because we didn’t use any flour, but it turned out to be just like any other regular cake and it tasted super-good when we ate it the night of my birthday. I got to open lots of presents and lots of cards. I got a little purse that came with a dry erase board and dry erase markers, Legos, a kit to make bracelets, and a game called Labyrinth. We haven’t had a party yet but I’m already planning for the party in the spring. I’m thinking it will probably be a slumber party or a costume party and I’m thinking it will be at my house where we usually have it or at a skating rink called Skate Land–not ice skating, it’s roller skating.

Age: 8