My birthday--Alia

On December 2, it was my fourth birthday! I had a pink cake that Seth and I decorated with skittles--we might have eaten some instead of put them on the cake--and I got a pink and yellow kitchen set! It is so much fun being four!

THIMUN Singapore--Maddie

Hey everybody!!! So very sorry that we haven't been able to post for a long time!! Things around here have been so unimaginably busy!! Last month I got back from THIMUN Singapore, and right as I finished the week of make up work, it was time to study for unit tests, then finals! Now I'm on winter break--THANK GOODNESS!!-- and can post!

Ok, so here are a few pictures from THIMUN, there is only four because most of it was the same every day!

Here is a picture of the last night at THIMUN. I am on the left--I mean, really, who else could that be?--and my friend Angela is on the right. She had bought that sparkly dress the night before at one of the malls. When everyone says that Singapore is expensive, don't just think that is an excuse for why they didn't get you anything. Singapore really is REALLY expensive! I don't know the exact amount she spent on that dress but it cost an arm and a leg, to be sure!

This is the view from where I was sitting, WAY in the back. I couldn't hear much and called quite a few point-of-personal-privilege-due-to-audibility-s which translated from MUN language into English is the same as saying, "I can't hear you. Please talk louder." Being in the back also was a plus when the debate was boring, so you could play tic tac toe with UK who was also really bored and conveniently sitting next to you!

Here you can see on the left, Holly, who was the delegate of the Dominican Republic. I didn't actually learn her name until she friend-requested me on FB. We just referred to each other as the delegate of (insert country name here). I was the delegate of the USA, which was extremely stressful, since everyone wanted your opinion on everything and expected you to be the expert on everything. Anyway, I was at the mall after debate that day, looking around a store with Angela, and I heard, "USA?" Yes, the delegate of Turkey from ECOSOC recognized me, but we didn't even know each other's names, just their delegations!

This is what my "desk" looked like if you scrunched down in your chair. Right next to my amazing purple pen is a stack of notes and notepaper waiting to be responded to. On the right is the resolution that was being debated. And at the top is my placard, which is now sitting on my bulletin board.