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Family Stories

Glendale By: Tameka Rawl We were having a block party. I didn’t want to get wet because it wasn’t that hot I thought to my self. Then Jazz comes out of nowhere and pours a full bucket on me I was colder then ice I was colder then Alaska. I had stomp my foot and said Jazz I’m going to slap you. So that’s when my mom said, “Take a chill pill and pick up that bucket.” So that’s when I demanded Celina to help me pour a bucket on my sister. That’s when Celina and I pour are buckets then we said, “You stink.” Jasmine started to chase us in the backyard I was so scared because I didn’t no what she was going to do. We had ran passed my mom threw Celina and I and the pool that’s when I started to cry. My sister started to laugh because I was crying.

That’s when my mom said, “What you laughing at?” Jasmine said, “I’m laughing at Tameka. She’s crying.” Then Jared came over and pick up my 19 year old sister and throw Jasmine in the pool. Then Jasmine acted like she was drowning then my brother jumped in the pool to save her. That’s when Jasmine started to drown him. Then Jared got up and threw her up in the air. That was sooooooooo funny!!!!!!!!!!!

When I fell on my face By: Sheila Simmons It was a sunny day and me and my sister Alexis went outside and played with our bratz that had black hair. My sister had my pink sparkling car that played music and the news, it was so loud that I thought my eardrum was about to explode. When I touched the pink car I made a little dent in it. Also I had a pretty doll house that was rainbow colors. After, when I got the pink sparkling car I wanted to get on it to see how it would be to be a Barbie, so I asked my sister “okay Alexis would you care if I can get on the Barbie car. Also can you push me PLEASE?” I think my sister was quiet confused in her mind she probably said “she wants to get on the car and break it but it’s hers so I guess.” Next when I touched the mirror it broke, the light of the mirror was so bright the reflection was starting to hurt my eyes so when I leaned on the car, and all I heard was “CLICK CRACK CLICK!” My sister said so jolly “I think you cracked the front of the car.” I responded “don’t you think I KNOW!” so then I beeped the car horn by accident. It made a loud sound and I thought I was about to go deaf. Bleeding I sat on the car carefully and, next my sister said” are you sure you want to get on because I am warning you your going to get hurt so once again are you ready?” I shouted” I’m positive…” she got ready and she shouted”1…2…..3!” she gave me a big push and her face was getting red like a tomatoes. Next thing you know the pink car and I flew and tumble on my precious face. Next all I saw was BLOOD dripping from my face. The next 1 second I busted out crying because at first I thought the blood was ketchup because how red it was. Then I found out it wasn’t. Anyway I ran inside and said”mmm…..oooooo.mmmm lll….ooo…ooo.kkkkkkk a….ttt mmmmm….yyyyy fff…..aaaa…ccc…eee.” the minute she looked at my face It looked like she was about to start running she thought I was a tomatoes squeezer. She screamed like she never did “ALEXIS! ALEXIS!” my sister came in so fast “what happened to your sister face?” she responded a little scared “well first she asked me too push her on the Barbie car…….” And she went on and on. She would not stop. While I am crying my mom took me upstairs and she said “calm down honey it’s alright I will put some cocoa butter on it” when she put it on I went in my room. Then calmed down and fell asleep dreaming about tomorrow.

My Mom and I by: Marissa Wilson

“Boo!” My mom said when she scared me to death. My eyes were open wide, my mouth dropped and water started coming out. Also I was so upset when my brother and sisters were laughing at me. When I ran to the kitchen because my brother made me food all I saw was a head popped out and it was my mom. Also my heart stopped beeping and I almost died. Some of my family came because my mom was crying because I almost died when she almost scared me to teach. My sisters were sitting on the couch looking at me when my mom scared me. I was crying on top of my lungs. Another thing is that I had a white wall where my mom scared me at. After my mom scared me I was scared to go to her. The next day my throat started hurting because I was screaming on the top of my lungs. Then my mom gave me kid’s medicine so my throat can stop hurting. I could hardly talk because it hurt read bad, I wanted to cry. Then my mom carried me to the couch because I fell on the floor because I have got scared when she scared me. I was also crying for my dad because I was scared of my mom, but my dad was at work. He had to work into 11:00 pm.

The Crazy Obstacle Course by: Christopher Tallarico

As I walked through the hallway, I could hear kids screaming. The kids sounded like they belonged in a zoo. I wasn’t at the zoo; I was at my tenth birthday party at Bounce U. I walked through the door and all I could smell was pizza fresh from the oven. The smell made me very hungry and I couldn’t wait for my party to begin. When I got in the one bounce room I didn’t know what to do first. As I looked around I had butterflies in my stomach. The butterflies went away when I started to have fun bouncing on all the stuff. My brother said he was nervous at first too. My aunt, her name is Ashley and she is sixteen, arrived a little late, but as soon as she took her shoes off she was ready to have fun. I asked her if she wanted to race. Ashley said “Okay but I have to warn you I’ll win the race.” We headed for the obstacle course. We got to the front of the line and waited for the person to yell “go.” The girl yelled “go” and Ashley and I were off. I ran as fast as I could. I felt like a cheetah. I reached the wall and it was time to climb it. I felt like I was climbing Mt. Everest. I was halfway up it when I fell down. I looked behind me and could see my aunt coming so I ran up the wall as fast as I could. I made it over the wall. Then I went down a slide, crawled through a tube, jumped these red things, and finally crossed the finish line. When my aunt finished I told her it was a good game. Then I said, “All that matters is that we had fun.” Then in a real low voice I added, “And that I won of course.” When we left I felt like a jigsaw puzzle missing a piece. Hoping to come back.”

My Cousin's Birthday Party by Cinnamin Lofton

It was July 21st when my cousin, Gabrielle, had one of the best birthday parties ever. Me, my cousins, and my sister went to Brunswick Zone. Not only for bowling, games, and food, but pool and Laser Tag too.

We walked into the Laser Tag Zone. When we walked inside, my cousin Nate said in a creepy voice, "You guys scared?" My sister, Nariya said, "Scared of what?" He said, "Well, I have never played. It will hurt when the laser tags you." We all stared and igbored him. I asked te worker, "If I get hit with the laser, will it hurt?" She said, "Oh, no. It will just tag you. There's nothing to be scared of." I turned my head to Nate with a mad face.

The workers passed out big black vests and passed out a medium black laser. Everyone decided it was going to be boys vs. girls. We all smiled.

The biys started laughing, saying "We're going to win!" My cousin said, "Yeah, you wish!"

We walked inside of a dark room. The lights were the colors of dark blue, dark green, and yellow. It was real scary. When we were all in there, the loudspeaker started saying, "Alright, the challenge is the girls and the boys have to try and find each other and tag them with your laser gun. So, on your mark, get set, go!"

I ran into a real dark corner. So I stayed and stayed in there all day. There was this boy right behind my cousin, Krystal, so I jumped out and tagged him. That meant he was disqualified. My cousin said in a whisper, "Good looking out!"

I stayed with all my cousins that was all girls. I tried to find Nate but I didn't find him because it was so dark. Me and the girls just stood there.

I said in a whisper, "Shhh....don't move or say anything," and they didn't. I also said, "Hold your fire." I took a peek. I saw three boys coming. I got scared and ran back to the corner. No one was in there. I was so glad. I heard my cousins scream. I noticed three girls got tagged and two boys were tagged. The one that was left was Nate. He ran and tried to get his other partners.

It was only four boys and five girls left. I heard another scream. One of the girls got tagged, so I guessed it was four girls too. One boy tried to come in the corner but I was right there so I tagged him. He walked out the corner and screamed like a little girl because he had no idea I was right there. He screamed so loud that Nate came over and started laughing. Then my big cousin Gabe tagged my cousin Bria, and my big cousin Krystal tagged Gabe. It was two girls left and still two boys.

So my cousin Troy came over and tagged Krystal snf my little cousin Asuria tagged Troy. My friend Jim tagged Asuria, and my sister Nariya saved our day.

The speaker said "Five. . .Four. . .Three. . .Two. . .One. Alright, game is up. I hope you guys had fun and enjoyed your game."

We all walked out the zone and the worker said "Wow, the girls won." The biys were so mad they wanted a rematch, but the worker said, "Sorry, but it's closing."

We teased the boys all the way to the Snack Shack.

One day I slept over my sister Tyleene’s house. And we had a great time. The first thing we did is go outside. That way Tyleene could introduce me some of her friends and we could play with some of her friends. Which they are also my friends now. The next was the block party! That was so cool because her mom was in charge of the block. We have the same dad but different moms. We also had a bet to see who could look better at the block party. Guess who won…… I did! With one cute shirt and my dazzling jeans skirt. I was so excited to beat her at who could wear the best cloths. At least that is what I call it. Next we went to the cookout. At the cook out there were hotdogs, hamburger, and all types I mean literally. All types of salads, chips, sodas, hugs, and my most favorite fried chicken! There were so many yummy foods. Even though they weren’t extra healthy. I still enjoyed myself. With the delicious hot sizzling taste of the fried chicken. After we were done eating, we went to go to play with some friends. Then we started dancing. What is a block party without music and dancing? I think it’s nothing except an empty party. We did the demac; she taught me the Sponge bob and the Sooja Bay dance too. “Finally, it’s the end of the day.” I said surprisingly. I am waiting for my dad to come and get me, so we go upstairs in her room and we start telling each other about ourselves, like secrets or tips for things in life. Last but not least, the cook out. She told me, “I had so much fun dancing and singing with you Monet’.” I also said the same back, my sister and I are one of the closest little things even though we hardly see each other. We’re still close some how. By: Tylear Skates One hot summer day, it was me, Devon, and Eric walking to football practice then I stopped and saw the white bike of my dreams. I ran to it faster than a cheetah. I picked it up and saw the busted inner tube. We all tried to pull it off. Then Devon remembered that he had an inner tube in his garage. Devon said “we can ask for help.” So we did. So a guy came over and asked if we needed help. We all said, “Yeah.” So he pulled out a pocket knife. I peed my pants. Then he said he was not going to stab us. So he cut the busted inner tube off. Then I picked the bike up and walked it to practice. Then after practice, we went straight to Devon’s house. Then my mom called and said, “Come home to clean.” Then when I got done, my bike was fixed. They said I was the last to ride the bike. Devon rode off. I chased and pushed him off. Then I picked my bike up and I disappeared.
 * Tyleene’s block party **
 * By: Monet’ Bunch **
 * The Bike Story **

Birthday Cake By: Saleen Suarez It was my seventh birthday and it was the funniest thing that ever happened to me. Let me start at the beginning, though. When my cake arrived every body arrived. It was like the Beatles were still alive and showed up for a benefit concert. Anyway, my family all came in the dining room.” Time to sing!” My mom said. I said “Let’s go then.” Everybody seemed suspicious. They were acting so weird. I went into my thoughts and said, “Why did they seem like they weren’t paying attention? Did they have a secret to hide?” The song was almost over, so I went back to reality. “Yay!!” I could hear clapping. Each Clap sounded like thunder My aunt went into the kitchen to get a knife and my favorite ice cream, vanilla everybody talked and gossiped some people talked to me. My Nana said “So, how are you enjoying your birthday so far, Saleen?”I said “Great, it’s fantastic!” I said sarcastically. “You probably want to open your presents!” My nana said. “Yeah!” I said the same exact way. After she was done talking about 2 minutes passed. It seemed forever! Anyway, I went in my mind again. “I wasn’t excited

The Fourth of July By; Morgan Chase It was about 7:30. We were getting prepared for the fireworks. We were all sitting together as a family. We saw the fireworks getting lit, but you never know when they’re going to go off! So they noticed we were getting bored. I didn’t see the firework go up, and BOOM!! I flipped back and my heart was beating. My heart wouldn’t stop. My family was shocked too. So I knew I wasn’t the only one in shock! Sara, Emma, Carolina and I were laughing so hard we couldn’t breathe. We didn’t know what emotion to show! We couldn’t stop laughing! My mother said, “You guys are gonna get sore throats!” We didn’t believe her. Then of course something happened. We got sore throats! We couldn’t talk!

The Collector By: Isreal Bultron

I got a quarter from my mom, but wait! I heard something then. BOOM! “Ouch” I bellowed. Oh no! It was the demon my little brother Jacob. I ground my teeth then I said, “you’re dead meat!” So I pushed him and he ran as fast as a cheetah. So I picked up my quarter and I was surprised that it had New York on it. Then I thought, “I can start a quarter collection.” So I went downstairs to show my mom. Guess what? She thinks it’s a good idea because then I can know all of the states. So I started my quarter collection. My first quarter, New York, it had the Statue of Liberty on it. I thought collecting quarters was dumb, but it was fun when I got my second quarter, Rhode Island.

A family dinner. FINALLY! By: Christian, Camacho I will never forget this moment.

On September, 2009, I came home from Puerto Rico. I was so upset about coming home.But I had to.Why? Because my parents already bought my ticket! Man, I don’t want to go home.I wanted to live here. Still! Anyway, after I got off the plane, we went to Applebee’s for dinner. I had so much fun.I had more fun then the 1st day of school!But I am still kind of mad for being in Philadelphia.I rather be in Puerto Rico for all I know.So back to Applebee’s. I love their food. So all that I got is Chicken wings (Mmmm…..)My parents got nachos with with salsa?(Yuk Yuk!)And my sister got chicken fingers with fries(ok)

Ice Cream Sundaes By: Devia Terry “Are you ready?”, Tiffanie asked me. // Am I ready-now? //// I knew the answer that she wanted to hear. My mom was sitting outside in the car waiting for me. I had to say it. “Yes”, I replied to her. // // I just didn’t want to leave. He was my new born cousin. Tiffanie, my uncle’s girlfriend, was his mother. My cousin’s name was Gianni. // // He was a book-sized baby. He weighed as much as a book. Instead of golden brown, he was a little overcooked. // // You should have seen his diaper. Imagine a rubberband’s two ends tied together by just a safety pin. That’s what his diaper was like. // // Ice cream sundaes. To me his hands and feet were like ice cream sundaes. Ice cream with a cherry on top. Hands and feet with fingers and toes on top. // // To me, his eyes were the centerpiece of the table. They were big and beady just like marbles. // // You just couldn’t pull me away from Gianni. It was like a lion being pulled from meat. It was the same issue with Gianni and I. // // When I left he was boxing in his sleep. He was also kicking and blowing spit bubbles. // //People say having a baby or even seeing the baby for the first time is one of the greatest joys of your life. Well, in this case it was anyway.//

The Day We Went Crazy By John Perez “Boom, bam, boom.” My cousin, Rizz, and I were playing my black thin PS2. We both got so bored that we wanted to spend more time stomping on my black thin PS2 than playing it.

I slammed down the black triangle button, jumped off my bed onto my blue fuzzy rectangle carpet, turned off my TV and my black thin PS2, and then rushed to the door.

My cousin started bugging me, “Can we do something that’s not this boring?”

I said to myself, “He has a point.” So I said, “That’s why I’m going to the door. Come on!” He jumped off the bed.

“Finally,” my cousin said as we ran to my middle room and grabbed my brown folded up cardboard that my mom got me for an art project. I unfolded the cardboard and rushed to the stairs.

My mom loved the color purple, that’s why the carpet stairs and all downstairs are purple. So we got to the purple stairs. I glanced down the stairs and let Rizz go first because he wanted to.

“Ready?” I asked.

“Ready,” Rizz replied. Then we screamed, “Dangerous for life!” together, making the walls echo! Echo! Echo!

Wush, just like that Rizz went down so fast, it didn’t even seem like he was up hear at all. Then again, I blinked when he went down. “Whoooo!” Rizz shouted after his ride down the stairs. “How was it?” I asked, staring and waiting for the answer. I had never tried the funtastic plan.

“Fun and bumpy, “he said back to me with super excitement. I’m thinking I’m going to do it over and over again if I love it.

My cousin ran up the stairs almost falling to give me the brown fold up cardboard “Hear try it” my cousin said fast. I almost asked him what he said I placed the cardboard inches away from the purple stairs.

Then I flew down the stairs, skipping five stairs as I started. It was still bumpy just like my cousin said it was. My butt smacked the stairs each time I hit the stairs, except the five out of fourteen stairs I missed.

When I got to the bottom, I wanted to do it again. My mom yelled, “Food’s ready!” We were crazed with hunger. “Until later,” I said to myself. “I must eat now.” Then, think of another way to go down the stairs.

BIRTHDAY MUFFINS BY:Lile Harrison

My sister’s birthday. A day that sticks in my mind from pain and happiness. A wonderful day. A good day.

As I crept through the hall, trying hard not to wake my sister, I tripped over my cat, Franky, and slammed my head into my parents” door. Apparently my mom thought it was a knock [a very loud knock] because I heard her sleepy voice coming from her room saying “Uuuuuuuuuugggggggggghhhhhhhhhh. Come in. Yyyyyyaaaaaawwwwnnnnnn uuuuugggggghhhhh”

Oh was I was mad .Mostly mad at my cat, but a little at myself for not looking were I was going. I wrenched open door, stomped into my parent’s room, and then slammed the door. I calmed myself down enough to ask her,’’ mom can we make Tess breakfast in bed?’’ And to my great surprise she said “yes”

I couldn't wait! I dashed down the stairs and tripped into the cubby place. I rushed into the couch and hurtled past some chairs.

When finally got into the kitchen I leaped onto the counter top, pulled out the Moosewood Cookbook ,and opened to the muffin chapter. It was muffin galore. There were broccoli muffins; there were complicated muffins, almost every kind of eatable muffin you can think of. I picked a simple fruit muffin because I knew my mom would push the recipe to the limit.

My mom came down; we put our aprons on, and got ready to rumble with the ingredients big time! My mom cut up pecans and I took the fruit bags out of the freezer. While my mom was chopping up the fruit I got the vanilla, backing soda, sugar. I also stole some pecans, and of course I got caught. So my mom sent me to go fetch the dragon [my sister].

As I entered the dragons “little jungle” [her bedroom] the smell of her snore almost made my faint [literally]; but I still braved through her lair dogging massive plants [massive piles of junk], stalagmites [doll shoes], and hanging branches [clothes hanging from the fan]. When I reached the far end of her “little jungle” [her bed] I tried three times until **//bam//** she was awake like that, and she accidentally- on purposely close lined me. She fell to the floor cracking up. After I said a little dryly “nothings funny and breakfast is almost ready.”

When we got down stairs my sister gagged, “Oh my gosh! What happened? Did dad try to bake something ‘cause it smells horrible!” Then I smelled it. The acrid odor of burnt sugar and baked pecans lofting up from the kitchen.’Uh-oh’ I thought as a pang of dread entered my head. ‘Hopefully the muffins aren't burnt!’ And I knew walking to the archway into the dining room, anticipating what would happen next and next would be torture; especially with the ever growing smell of burnt sugar and baked pecans.

When we actually got to the kitchen I was holding my breath [because it smelled so bad]; but I relaxed the muffins were baked [ not burnt ] and my mom topped them with sugar so some of it fell on the baking tray and that got burnt. Also she baked pecans to put in the muffins [I took the extras and didn't get caught!].

Limbo! By Melina Abduh Limbo! Limbo! Lim-bo! As my friend and I are playing limbo at my friends party .We played for a very long time. It was fun because we made it through the whole round, but I lost from my friend Serena. When it was the beginning of limbo we were so excited. It was so easy. I was the tallest one playing limbo and I made it through all of the rounds. One of the other people got out first. At the last round Serena and I were the only ones left and when it was my turn the broom was too low that I fell down and Serena won and I congratulated her, she was so jolly. She won a bag of candy. When we played musical chairs after limbo Serena and I were the last contestants left in the game and when the music stopped I sat down and Serena lost the game and I won. I was really jumpy when I won. I also won a bag of candy we played freeze dance. Serena and I were the first ones out this time, but it was the best party that Lindsay had.

** The Wedding Day!! By: Sabrina Goodroe ** In 2002, when I was 4 years old it was my mom and dad’s wedding.

My mom gave me a kiss goodbye .I was crying and I said, “No, I wanna go!” She said, “No I already got you a babysitter.” I said, “Who?” She said, “Najah.” I cried and whined. I was furious. I was watching television and I was eating Spaghetti O’s. My mom was staring at me, my aunts and cousins were in the kitchen, and then somebody started to knock on the door. It was Najah. So I was slick and poured my Spaghetti O’s on her beautiful dress. She started to scream like she was a part of an opera! Her dress was bright red on the side of it. On the side it looked like a flower so it blended in a little bit. When she walked around in her dress it was weird looking. She was very angry and she didn’t ground me because I was a little kid then. My mom left with my aunts, cousins, and Najah were on the phone. She said she was inviting people over for a party. In my mind I said,” You're gonna get in big trouble!” Then someone knocked on the door. I said, “Thank you. My mom is here”, but it was all these teenagers. There was like eighty million people there and eighty million people to me were like two people. I was screaming and everybody stopped dancing. One girl said, “Why is there a baby in here?” I hollered, “Shut up.” Najah came over and said to me, “Why did you do that? Now everybody is gonna leave.” She picked me up and put me in bed and said, “It’s nappy time.” I replied, “It’s only twelve o’clock.” She said, “Well that’s nappy time for you.” She went downstairs, but she left the door open. The doorbell rang and I knew more teenagers were still coming in. I heard somebody yelling, “Get out of my house this instant!” My cousins Stacy and Becky ran upstairs and picked me up. Then Becky said, “Are you okay?” Stacy said, “Come on.” We went downstairs and Najah was on the couch. Her mom, Barbara, was yelling at her. Najah went home. My mom showed me pictures afterwards. I said, “Who is dat?” my mom said, “Ashley and Richard, you sister and your cousin.” I commented, “Ash-y was da flower girl and Richey was da ring bear.” She answered, “Yup.” After my mom said that, she got a phone call. It was my dad. He was bursting into tears. My grandfather just died. Now I had to deal with another person

