I'm Emily and I have dark brown like my sister Avery and my twin brother James, my big sister Missy has light blond hair, Avery said is like moms used to look but the rest of us have dads dark brown hair. I would rather have blond hair like Missy I think she's the prettiest of all of us. Whenever aunt Bertha would make us do the chores outside she would always get beautifully tanned like me but James and Avery got red as a tomato. I'm 8 years old and when we got to this orphanage me and my siblings go separated into different rooms, so the only time I got to se Missy and Avery was durning meals. Me and my twin brother James got to stay together and we made a new friend his name is Jacob and he is nice except he gets in trouble a lot but I don't do that kind of stuff so I just stay back.
Sometimes when we get bored we go to the little reading corner to read we usually read to each other I don't really like to read, I think it's really hard because Avery tried to teach me but the letters move and it's really confusing. I usually ask for one of them to read James is the best reader he can read really big chapter books and Jacob can read but not as well as James. They just say that I just need help but they never try to.
We have been at the orphanage for 7 months now and my birthday is in 2 months, but ever since we have been here I sorta miss aunt Berthas because now I barely get to see Avery and Missy.
I think that the orphanage is scary with dark halls and creaky floorboards but Jacob says I'm overreacting.
I got the biggest news this morning there is someone her willing to adopt someone he is dressed in a really nice suit and has a fashionable cane I don't know how but it is. He looked around 50 years old and he was super nice.
Today is me and James birthday this was the first year we got cake it was a small crack if you used both of your hands to make a circle that's how big it was, but we have everybody at the orphanage some since it's not that big it's not that hard. We even got 2 balloons it was the best and the first birthday that I can remember.
There is only 30 kids at the orphanage so on the week ends they would let us go outside and play it's really fun because the big kids give the little kids piggy back rides. Outside is just a big field but the have 3 big tiers and we get in them and roll around that's my favorite part of the week.
It has been four months since our birthday and the old man came back and said he was going to chose someone to adopt. He can during playtime he kept a close eye on James though.
He pulled James aside when we where going to from playtime so I stayed behind and hid around the corner to listen the old man told James that his name was Mr. Bertman and he wanted to adopt him but James said " well I don't want to leave my sisters so if you want to adopt us all I would not say no. But I don't want to go by myself" after that there was a short pause then " do you think you and your sisters want to come live with me in Boston?" Then I ran back to the room to wait for James.