Sports!!! :):);)

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Sports!!! :):);)

Sports!!! :):);)

what are everyone's favorite sports?  Mine are hiking, biking, swimming, kayaking, and cross-country skiing.  Does anyone know how to downhill ski or snowboard?  I'd like to learn to do one of them this year, but I can't choose... :):):):)    
submitted by BellaTrix
(December 26, 2008 - 10:32 am)

Soccer!! I referee youth soccer! :):)

submitted by Maddy, age 14, OR
(December 26, 2008 - 12:40 pm)

Ski.  For your own good sake, choose to ski.  Everybuggy on the chairlift laughs at the beginner snowboarders.  They go about two inches, then fall.  Two inches.  Fall.  Two inches.  Fall.  Etc.  (It's actually quite funny! :D:D:D)  Plus, skiing is easier to learn!

I ski!  I'm not as much of a fan as my brother is (you have to drag me to the mountains, while Clay is talking about skiing in the middle of August), but I sometimes enjoy it.  Because I have to be doing some sport regularly, I swim once a month.  I LOVE IT!!!! They call it lessons, but once you get to the group I'm in, it's pretty much having a lifeguard tell you to do this many laps of this stroke or that.  I have to go to dinner, so I'll tell you about it later!  Adios!! :D:D:D

submitted by Paige P., age 12, Gorham, Maine
(December 26, 2008 - 7:00 pm)

AHHH!!!! Swim ONCE A MONTH!??!?!?!?!  I said REGULARLY!!!!!!  I meant to say that I swim ONCE A WEEK....  Sigh...

submitted by Paige P., age 12, Gorham, Maine
(December 27, 2008 - 11:53 am)

Hee, hee, hee!! :D:D  Yeah, I thought that was sorta weird... :):) Thanks for the advice.  I'm still a little scared, because when my dad was thirteen, he broke his leg skiing...  He broke his leg many times...  Urrgghh...  And when my friend went skiing for the first time in February, she had a nightmare trip.  Her little brother and mom were on a ski lift, AND THEY HIT THE POLE!!!  Ouch!! My uncle, who is an experienced snowboarder, said that in the beginning little kids were laughing at him because he kept falling.  Hmmm... :S:S    

submitted by BellaTrix
(December 28, 2008 - 8:14 am)

Yeah, my brother damaged his back snowboarding, so both are dangerous! :(

submitted by Paige P., age 12, Gorham, Maine
(December 28, 2008 - 4:22 pm)

Hi. I like skiing too. Last year I went with my friends, and before I went I was scared because I forgot how to ski, but when I got there, I had a blast! This year I'm going to do Ski Club and swimming. I did swimming last year and had a lot of fun! It's pretty competitive, but I like it! I also do Irish dance, it's lots of fun! I'm working on a dance now that my school is going to perform in March. I started last year and I love dancing in front of people. And I have no trouble smiling, in fact, I can't help but smile! Laughing Umm, what else do I do? WELL, when I was little, I used to play hockey, but I didn't have a lot of energy because I got my tonsils. (I don't know why.) And now I want to do it again, but I think I'm a little too late... I used to do baseball, but I was horrible. I was the third baseman, but I wasn't paying any attention, I just wanted to talk! That was in like, 1st grade!

Well, that's about all the sports! Yup!     

submitted by Maggie S., age 12, St. Paul, MN
(December 27, 2008 - 3:35 pm)

Well, I do Irish dance (really fun!), volleyball (also fun!), swim team, and I think I'm doing ski club this year. FUN FUN FUN! :D :D :D!

submitted by Maggie S., age 12, St. Paul, MN
(December 27, 2008 - 10:19 pm)

WOWIE! Paige, you wrote in almost every Chatterbox I've been in! Do you spend a lotta time in Chatterbox?

submitted by Maggie S., age 12, St. Paul, MN
(December 27, 2008 - 10:20 pm)

Oh, she does.... *sinister grin*

submitted by BellaTrix
(December 29, 2008 - 9:25 am)

Well..................................................................... I try not to spend too, too, too much time on it, but it's addictive................ :D:D:D:D I can't wait for Kimmie to come back!!! *gasp* You haven't even met her, have you?!?!?!?!?!??!! POOR YOU!!!!! She's on a trip to Chicago, so she should be back soon!! :D:D:D I miss you Kimmie!! :(

submitted by Paige P., age 12, Gorham, Maine
(December 30, 2008 - 2:10 pm)

Yeah, it's really addictive...  I have the same problem. 

submitted by BellaTrix
(December 30, 2008 - 6:10 pm)

I've kind of met her!!! Yesterday or something, I heard she came back!

submitted by Maggie S., age 12, St. Paul, MN
(January 2, 2009 - 3:35 pm)

:):):):D:D:D

submitted by Kimberly B., age 13!:), California
(January 2, 2009 - 6:40 pm)

Hee, hee, hee!!!!!!!!:D:D:D Thanks a bunch, Paige!:):):) Well, they must expect me to be some amazing person after the way you've been missing me so much!;) I'm so happy to be back, and the trip was the best ever!:):):) And yes, I DO post a lot!:):):) I'm not spending as much time on the computer though!:):):) I LOVE the Chatterbox!:):):)

submitted by Kimberly B., age 13!:), California
(January 2, 2009 - 6:39 pm)

HOREBACK RIDING!!!LaughingSmileLaughing! I absolutely adore horses. I take lessons, but i had to stop for the winter because the arena's not heated. Sigh. Oh well.

submitted by Horselover, age Er...Um..., Err...
(December 27, 2008 - 8:17 am)