My Journey Outside the USA with Mickey

I was so excited to spend a whole week with Mickey. On our first night together, we barely spent any time in my house before we rushed to New York City to celebrate my parents' 10th wedding anniversary (and Lincoln's birthday). We met my mom on the street and took a taxi to where they got married. There was a wedding going on there while we were there. We had dinner. I ate a grilled cheese sandwich and cheesecake without even realizing I had Mickey. I shared my dinner with him because I know he loves cheese of any kind so I wanted to start our week off with some of his favorite food (cheese).

On Saturday morning, we went to the airport to take a flight to Grand Cayman. Mickey and I even got a look in the cockpit, where we met the pilots Tom and Vincent. I watched The Sound of Music on the plane, but the plane ride was four hours and I didn't start right away so the plane ride ended before the movie did.

When I got to Grand Cayman, I went straight to the condo to discover that it was such a beautiful place. The condo we were at we had never stayed at before. When I got there, I couldn't believe my eyes. There were TVs in every room and the drawers were a reddish-brown mahogany color and had beautiful handles. That first night, I swam in huge waves that knocked me

down! Mickey was worried about me, but I told him I was fine and that I was having a lot of fun already. Some of the fun things we did included going on a banana boat ride, snorkeling, collecting shells (that was one of my favorite things to do), and drinking banana daiquiris (I even let Mickey have one, too). We spent a lot of time playing with my grandma, uncles, aunts, and cousins.

We also made a lot of sand castles, including one that had three giant holes and two bridges. Mickey said our sand castles looked a little like the Magic Kingdom, but I think he was just trying to be nice. I've been to the Magic Kingdom and it looks nothing like our sand castles.

We all gave ourselves new names. My new name was Cranberry with a "y." I don't know why I got that name. I don't want people to call me that in school. My brother's new name was Appleq with a silent "q." My friend Patti's new name was Charli with an "i."

We played tennis at night.

One night, Patti even spotted a white frog on the court and it jumped onto the gate. We scared it off the court so we wouldn't step on it or hit it with the ball. On my final day, we found another frog and you'll never guess where it was. Give up? It was in the toilet. We fished it out and set it free outside.

On the plane ride home, we were so excited to be coming back to New Jersey even though we had a great time in Grand Cayman and I hope Mickey likes being back in the USA. The day after we got back, I went to my cousin's birthday party. Mickey didn't want to come. He was too tired and excited from the trip to Grand Cayman that he just wanted to stay home.

I hope Mickey likes going to Maddy's house next!

Mickey Mouse Was In My House

by Luke Ertman

First I woke up at 8:30. I put my snow boots on, my gloves on, and my jacket on. Mickey said he wasn't going to feel cold so I didn't put anything on him. Then me, my brother Sam, and Mickey went outside. I told my brother and Mickey we were going to have a snowball fight. Mickey didn't like the sound of that until I told him he was on my team. Then Mickey made a snowball and threw it at Sam my brother. Then Sam made one and threw it between Mickey's ears. After we kept hitting and missing Sam, we got tired and went inside. Then I said bye to my older brother because he was going to shovel other people's driveways. My babysitter made us three hot chocolate. It was yummy. Mickey said it was the best he's ever had.

On Sunday we went back in the snow. Sam, Mickey and I asked my mom if we could go sledding. Unfortunately she said no because we kind of woke her up. Then I said, "Let's do it in our backyard." It worked!!! Then my friend came over and had some turns on the sled, too. We all had a great time.

On Sunday night we got ready for the Super Bowl. We had nachos, chips & salsa, doritos, and cheese puffs. When the Colts were about to kick off, my dad quickly made a pool of our first initial in our name. When the first quarter was over, it was 10-0. The Colts were winning, and we did the pool with the last digit. I had 0 and 0, so I won 13 dollars. Mickey was so excited for me that he accidently spilled over a bowl of chips onto the floor. But that was OK. Our giant schnauzers cleaned them up. In the second quarter, I had o and 3, but they kicked another field goal and my big brother won the second quarter. He won 25 dollars. In the third quarter my big brother won again, but only 12 dollars. Then in the last quarter, my sister won 50 dolllars! Mickey was bummed that we only won the 13 dollars.