have standing around in your front yard. Everyone counted up the money and this is how it all ended up.
MIMI
No money. No things reused by anyone else.
SAMMY
$22.25
More than twenty things reused by someone elseâlots of it to Max.
ME
$12.50
Seventeen things reused by someone else.
I was a little bit upset that Sammy had made more money than me, but mostly that was because the sale had been my idea in the first place. Sometimes you have to stop yourself from getting angry about something like that, because the best thing is that everyone
is happy. Surprisingly even Mimi was happy, and she didn't make even one single penny.
Mom said we should donate all the rest of the stuff on our tables to charity. She said if we boxed it up in the garage, she'd take it over to the donation box the next time she went out. Sammy said he was just going to take his leftovers home, so Gwen and Mimi helped me pack my stuff up and put it next to the car.
WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE DAY
When Sammy was leaving with his box Gwen went over and asked him if he wanted to come out to dinner with us on her birthday. I couldn't believe it. Sammy looked like he couldn't believe it either, but he smiled.
He looked even happier when Gwen said it was the kind of restaurant where the chef does tricks with fire. Sammy is the kind of boy who would be excited about things exploding.
Gwen invited Max too, but mostly I think that was because he was standing right next to Sammy.
This was going to be the first time I had ever eaten with Sammy in a restaurant. Once he had pancakes at my house, but that had been a mistake invitation.
Sammy is the kind of boy who gets food stuck in his teeth and dribbles on his shirt. He was going to be a mess. 1 Especially since this was the
kind of restaurant where you use chopsticks instead of a fork. I was definitely not going to sit next to him.
Gwen seemed happy and kind of excited about her birthday when she got back from talking to Sammy and Max. She was not thinking the same things about Sammy that I was, and that was because she had never sat near Sammy while he was eating. She was going to be in for a surprise too!
WHAT WAS NOT THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE DAY
When we went upstairs to Mimi's room Gwen started playing with Willoughby right away.
I could tell that Mimi was pretty upset that the Owly plan had not worked out. Poor Mimi. It's not easy to watch someone take over one of your most favorite things in the world. It's even harder not to say anything about it while you're watching it happen. Mimi was being great.
THE BOTTLE PROJECT
While we were in Mimi's room we finished up organizing the bottle project. We told Gwen that we had to come up with examples of how to decorate the bottlesâthat way even some of the really uncreative people in our class would be able to do it. There are some people who don't have brains full of ideas. You have to help these kinds of people out.
FOUR BOTTLE-DECORATING IDEAS
After we finished putting our posters together with the examples of how to decorate the bottles, and all the facts about recycling plastic, it was time for me to go home for dinner. Mom doesn't like it if I eat too many dinners at Mimi's house. She says she doesn't want me to be a burden to Mimi's mom, but I just think it's mostly because she misses me.
OUR NIGHTTIME
At dinner Mom apologized for telling the Wee Tiny Mee Mee story in front of my friends. I said, "Wee Tiny Mee Mee's name is almost more embarrassing than the story," and then we all laughed. I was only two years old when I named her Mee Mee. I called her that because I thought she looked like me. Dad added the Wee Tiny part because he thought it was funny. And then the nickname just stuck. It's kind of like me now with my crazy name of Just Graceâonly I'm not laughing about that one.
I DID NOT EVER LOOK LIKE WEE TINY MEE MEE
ME WHEN I WAS TWO
WEE TINY MEE MEE
Mom was happy that I did not sell Wee Tiny Mee
MIMI
No money. No things reused by anyone else.
SAMMY
$22.25
More than twenty things reused by someone elseâlots of it to Max.
ME
$12.50
Seventeen things reused by someone else.
I was a little bit upset that Sammy had made more money than me, but mostly that was because the sale had been my idea in the first place. Sometimes you have to stop yourself from getting angry about something like that, because the best thing is that everyone
is happy. Surprisingly even Mimi was happy, and she didn't make even one single penny.
Mom said we should donate all the rest of the stuff on our tables to charity. She said if we boxed it up in the garage, she'd take it over to the donation box the next time she went out. Sammy said he was just going to take his leftovers home, so Gwen and Mimi helped me pack my stuff up and put it next to the car.
WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE DAY
When Sammy was leaving with his box Gwen went over and asked him if he wanted to come out to dinner with us on her birthday. I couldn't believe it. Sammy looked like he couldn't believe it either, but he smiled.
He looked even happier when Gwen said it was the kind of restaurant where the chef does tricks with fire. Sammy is the kind of boy who would be excited about things exploding.
Gwen invited Max too, but mostly I think that was because he was standing right next to Sammy.
This was going to be the first time I had ever eaten with Sammy in a restaurant. Once he had pancakes at my house, but that had been a mistake invitation.
Sammy is the kind of boy who gets food stuck in his teeth and dribbles on his shirt. He was going to be a mess. 1 Especially since this was the
kind of restaurant where you use chopsticks instead of a fork. I was definitely not going to sit next to him.
Gwen seemed happy and kind of excited about her birthday when she got back from talking to Sammy and Max. She was not thinking the same things about Sammy that I was, and that was because she had never sat near Sammy while he was eating. She was going to be in for a surprise too!
WHAT WAS NOT THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE DAY
When we went upstairs to Mimi's room Gwen started playing with Willoughby right away.
I could tell that Mimi was pretty upset that the Owly plan had not worked out. Poor Mimi. It's not easy to watch someone take over one of your most favorite things in the world. It's even harder not to say anything about it while you're watching it happen. Mimi was being great.
THE BOTTLE PROJECT
While we were in Mimi's room we finished up organizing the bottle project. We told Gwen that we had to come up with examples of how to decorate the bottlesâthat way even some of the really uncreative people in our class would be able to do it. There are some people who don't have brains full of ideas. You have to help these kinds of people out.
FOUR BOTTLE-DECORATING IDEAS
After we finished putting our posters together with the examples of how to decorate the bottles, and all the facts about recycling plastic, it was time for me to go home for dinner. Mom doesn't like it if I eat too many dinners at Mimi's house. She says she doesn't want me to be a burden to Mimi's mom, but I just think it's mostly because she misses me.
OUR NIGHTTIME
At dinner Mom apologized for telling the Wee Tiny Mee Mee story in front of my friends. I said, "Wee Tiny Mee Mee's name is almost more embarrassing than the story," and then we all laughed. I was only two years old when I named her Mee Mee. I called her that because I thought she looked like me. Dad added the Wee Tiny part because he thought it was funny. And then the nickname just stuck. It's kind of like me now with my crazy name of Just Graceâonly I'm not laughing about that one.
I DID NOT EVER LOOK LIKE WEE TINY MEE MEE
ME WHEN I WAS TWO
WEE TINY MEE MEE
Mom was happy that I did not sell Wee Tiny Mee
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