I drew this picture when I was five-years-old:
It’s a drawing of Hurricane Katrina. I drew it when we moved back from Omaha to New Orleans in January 2006. I stayed in Nebraska for four months. It was fun moving closer to my relatives, most of them are in Omaha. I don’t think about the Hurricane very much. I am glad I moved back to New Orleans because of the food, friends, and the Saints.
Today I went to the Saints game with my dad. We won, and beat the Giants by 48-27. I had a good time at the Superdome.
Today I don’t have school. I don’t have school for five days because it is Fall break. Today I am writing this in my dad’s office. This morning we went around on my dad’s scooter taking pictures of my cousin Cedric’s little puppet for a school project for Cedric. He wanted pictures in front of famous places in New Orleans. We went to the Superdome, the French Quarter, Bourbon Street, the St Louis Cathedral, and a big chicken by a skateboard shop. Tomorrow I have a soccer game. And the next day I’m going to a friend’s house. I don’t have to go back to school until Wednesday.
We’re on vacation from school. Before Christmas I went up to the lake and behind it was a playground and an arch. The weather was blowing hard.
This is my Grandpa, John Fitzpatrick:
He came to visit me for Christmas. We went to see the art for Prospect One.This is my Grandma, Mary Mike Fitzpatrick:
We did the same thing and went to Prospect One. Prospect One had a giant stuffed animal polar bear.For Christmas I got a game called Stars Wars Force Unleashed, another one was called Lego Batman and the last my sister got is Super Smash Brothers Brawl. I got a Misfits blanket, a Blackflag shirt, some money from family.
Two lego models also came. One was Annakin and R2D2. I also got a flashlight and from my YiaYia, which is Grandma in Greek, a little robot, a flashlight and a reading book flashlight that attaches on to the book. Kochise got a squeeky toy. I keep on squeeking it. When I squeek it Kochise looks at me like he’s about to attack me.
On December 12th it snowed in New Orleans. Our teacher let us go outside and play. We ran around in the snow. There wasn’t enough snow to throw snowballs because it was really small and if it hit something it would melt. I have a friend named James. He kept on talking about it the whole day. When we were in class I looked out the window and the snow level was high. If we were out there we could have had a snowball fight. Here is a picture of the snow in front of our house:
My old bikes got stolen. I got a new bike at Plan B. We had to put it together from old bike parts. After that we sanded it and we spray painted it.
Running with the bulls is girls on roller skates hitting people with plastic bats. We run and try not to get hit with the bats. My dad got hit but I didn’t get hit at all, but since I didn’t get hit at all when it was over, I got to get hit by a roller girl. Here is a movie about yesterday.
That was my first time eating a Lucky Dog. Lucky dogs are hot dogs that you can get in the French Quarter in New Orleans. I didn’t eat the whole thing because there was mustard on it and I don’t like mustard. But the hot dog and bun were very good. My dad ate it after me and he got mustard on his shirt, and then my mom finished it. I would not like to work at a Lucky Dog one day. I would rather be a video game tester.
Jazzfest is a place in New Orleans where we celebrate. It is fun. This year I went four times I think, and I have been to Jazzfest every year since I was a baby. It was muddy where I played with my friends Harry and George. I heard good music. I liked the band that played Iko Iko. It’s not only music they have. I went to see the Kid’s Tent and I got to paint. It was fun, and here is a picture with me and my mom at the Kid’s Tent.
On Friday we went to Ashley Morris’ funeral. I was very sad. I saw him in the coffin. I was very sorry he passed away. If I lost my dad I would feel really really really sad. At first the music at the funeral was very sad. After they buried him the music was very happy. Right now I am wearing an Ashley Morris shirt that has a fleur du lis and the name Ashley on it.