Little Roni

Hi Everyone,
We now have two dogs. One is Sunny, who you know. And then the new one Roni. We named him Roni, for Ra'anana. We live in Ra'anana, Israel.
Today we have a lot going on: First we ate breakfast. Then we will go to my favorite pasta place, Spaghettim. Then Mom and I will go to our art class. And then we will go to our friends' house for dinner. We have a big day. But for now I'm just listening to, my favorite song, from High School Musical, Breaking Free. This is a picture of me going diving in Eilat. We are going to see the dolphins. I am about to go under. We have a one-on-one instructor. It was so exciting. Love, Sammy

I Miss Home

Today was O.K.. I played with Luima and Katie, and Shiraz. At recess we ran all over school. Then after school, I went to pick up Dad at I.D.C. Then we went home. Nat and I played too!

This weekend we will have a sleepover, and go to tornado. Tornado is at the mall. It's a game you can play. You have to save the town from a tornado. It's really fun!
Today Shellye (the counselor) came to our room. We talked about friendship, and being left out.

I can't wait, to come back home! I really miss home. I think I am getting my ears pierced tomorrow. I better get to bed tomorrow, I have to take the M.A.P. tests. So I better go brush my teeth.
Love,
Sammy

Back Home

I can't believe it's been a week and eight days! I have been having so much fun. Now I am sitting in the Milan airport. I am going back to Israel. But the one downer is... we get home at 5:00 a.m.!
So it'll be really hard to wake up for school, maybe I will sleep on the plane. Well anyway, I am kind of sad, because I had to say goodbye to my Grandma. We were almost crying. But I got a new doll from my doll collection. And Nat got a lot of quarters from all over America.
Mom said Nat and I can have a movie night. Where we watch movies with two friends, then go to sleep.
Dad's going to New York in a week. So we'll get more mac and cheese. He says this trip was our last trip until we go back to Wisconsin. Before we left home, I found some hair gel, so I put my hair in a odd hair style.
This is a picture of me at the toy museum. My favorite exhibit was the dolls.
Love,
Sammy

Portugal

Hi Everyone,
I left Israel to come to Portugal.
We have seen lots of things.
I love the beach.
My Grandma is here.
I am still on Spring break, because of Passover, and we just got some extra time, to play.
We went to see Castle De Pena in Sintra.
In Sintra we picked up tiles, we found a place where a man makes tiles.
We got one that said Casa Goldstein.
With a decoration on it.
It was beautiful.
I will be going home on Monday.
So I will write more when I get home.
Love,
Samantha Goldstein

Israel

It's been another day in Israel. I'm loving it here.

I've been going to AIS since October and I'm loving it there.

I've made so many friends. Especially one of my friends, Katie, and Luima. They are my best friends.

It's Passover and we're celebrating it with friends and family.

We went to get a kosher for passover brownie at a cafe. It was so yummy.

We're leaving for Portugal in a few hours. At 2:00 a.m.!

I don't really think I'm going to get up.

I have a little bit of a fever, but I think I'll recover by then.

I'm feeling better by the second.

My teacher from last year, Mrs. Theisen, and Nat's teacher that he would have had at Northside this year, Ms. Hoyt, came to Israel last week.

We took them to Ein Gedi. It was so great.

I'm going to be a writer when I grow up. I've already written some great stories.

One is about a girl who sees a dog and wants it, but it gets adopted before she can buy him at the pet store.

Another is about Halloween.

And I'm writing one now. Except I have more stories that I didn't tell you about because they are chapter books with no main parts.

I don't know if I should be a dentist, artist, writer or even a dancer.

I don't know.

From,

Sammy

P.S.

Above is a picture of my friend, Luima and me on my birthday. She's my best friend. She's from Angola.