Neighborhood Observation

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It was a late summer afternoon in Laredo, Texas. Lamar, Ally, and I were preparing for one of our frequent sleepovers. We have had many of the sleepovers before. Each time, we tried to stay up even later. It is tradition for Lamar’s mom to take us all to Blockbusters and get a few of our favorite movies. This time, we got the Cheetah Girls and Pitch Perfect, two of our most favorite movies. Then, we would go to Walgreens to buy our favorite chips and candy. We got things like Doritos, chocolate, Kit-Kats, Milano cookies, and so much more. After this, we were all set for our sleepover. Once we got home, it was about 6:30 and our sleepover was about to begin. Lamar’s mom made us her homemade rice crispy treats, and a delicious cake. She even made us some Clamato's, nonalcoholic of course. We each got our favorite blankets and began to set up where we would sleep. We always had our sleepovers in a room upstairs, so we set up all our blankets and pillows there. …show more content…
We played some board games while listening to our favorite songs and watching our favorite shows. We did not plan on sleeping for a long time. While we were happily playing card games, we heard a little tap on the window. It was already pretty late, so we were a little bothered. We decided to blow it off. About an hour later while we were watching Pitch Perfect, we heard the tapping noise again, but a little louder. This time, we were very scared. We even woke up Lamar’s parents to check the window to make sure no one was there. Her parents came and assured us that it was just a tree branch in the wind. We continued with our

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