Kermenskis
on Vacation
By Grandpappy
Madelyn, Sara, Grandma, Jack, Levi and Wayne
New adventures await the Kermenski Family as they go on vacation in a town not far away.
The kids on vacation, a fine summer day.
Strolled through the yard, towing mom and a dad.
Maddie’s ahead, she brooks no delay,
The twins right behind, all clad in their plaid.
It’s Maddi and Levi and Jack in the back,
hittin’ the water with a very big THWACK!
Soon, barely past breakfast,
There was a big splash
Neighbors took interest
And soon made a dash
They looked out their windows.
Who made such a splash?
It sounded like hippos
Havin’ a bash.
The sun is so warm, the water so cool,
soon all the kids were swimming around
Splashing with joy, totally unwound,
who but a fool wouldn’t jump in the pool
It’s just Jack and Levi
and big sister Maddie.
A bubble of hustle, always willin’ to try,
she’s swimmin’ around, watchin’ her Daddy
Soon everyone knew, who’s in the pool,
T’was their new neighbors, lookin’ so cool.
It’s Maddie and Levi and Jack in the back,
Daddy’s hittin’ the water with a very big thwack.
The sun is so warm, the water so cool,.
Soon all the kids were swimming around
Splashing with joy, totally unbound
Who but a fool wouldn’t jump in the pool
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Shouting and squealin’, nary a frown
Over there’s little Jack, always the clown
Here’s his big sister not wearing a crown
Levi yelled out, “Hey, look what I found!”.
We all looked around, to see what he spied
A mask and some flippers right at poolside
Levi swam over and tried what he’d spied
He put them all on, he’d give them a try
Some worms we would need
plus a hook and a rod
And then we’d proceed
To fish for some cod
Out on the beach, under the sky
We baited our hooks and cast into the sea
We cast and we cast and soon we did spy
A splash in the ocean, we shouted with glee
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A Trip to the Store
We’re out of cereal, we need to buy more.
Let’s ask our mom to drive to the store.
We got to the store and opened the door,
Then ran down the aisle to locate some more.
Picked up the cereal and finished that chore.
And when we got home we started to pour.
Even spilling a little, right onto the floor,
But inside the bowl, we had cereal galore.
I laced them up tight, they fit me just right
I walked down the aisle, they made quite a sight.
I looked at my shoes, now almost too bright
Right on my toes, were flashing some lights.
Mom took me out, shopping for shoes.
She said I could pick out, shoes that I choose
I looked on the shelf and picked out a pair
I put them right on, I thought they had flair
Jack ran up and into the barn.
He looked all around that barn on the farm.
Jack saw the cow and asked her what’s new?
The cow looked at Jack and only said “moo”.
Visiting that Barn on the Farm
A neighbor nearby had a nice farm.
And on that farm there was a red barn.
In the farm’s barn there was an old cow.
Munching on hay next to a plow.
Jack ran upstairs and into the loft
He started to sneeze and finally he coughed
The dust from the hay made his cheeks turn all red,
And tears ran down his sneezy, young head.
Jack quickly got down and then ran outside
He took a deep breath but suddenly spied
A horse over yonder with a long bushy tail
Drinking some water from a big yellow pail
Rachel the Blacksmith
From the end of the barn came a loud clink,
Who’s doing what and what should Jack think?
He ran toward the sound and found in a blink
it’s Rachel the blacksmith, her anvil quite pink
She hammers and hammers and hammers away
To fashion a horseshoe with no further delay.
Old Sally, the horse, really needs it today
to replace the one that came off in some clay
Out in the pasture, Sal was a fine horse.
Mostly all white but spotted with black,
and just like a horse, it stood on all fours,
two legs in front and two in the back.
Jack thought “Wow” and threw on some tack.
Then clambered aboard and straddled the saddle.
Giddyap, gidday, Jack showed a real knack,
as he cantered on horseback and let out a yodel.
Now out n the field, Sally roped over,
rolling in clover, Sal spied a big gopher.
The gopher soon said, “hey, Sally, mover over.”
“I wanna get closer to the ‘wunnerful’ clover”.
After the ride Jack burbled with pride.
He took off Sal’s sad and set it aside.
He slipped on her halter and brought her inside,
that barn on the Farm where Sally resides.
Mumching and munching she ate quite a bunch.
Sal kept on a-crunching and soon finished her lunch.
Then she scrunched down to nap after brunch.
Maybe she munched way too much lunch