2. At age seven I was diagnosed with diabetes. I was
in second grade at St. Leo’s School in downtown Leominster.
It was the month of November when I was diagnosed with
diabetes in the Leominster hospital. I was then transported
to UMass Memorial hospital. The ride felt so long. I was
discharged the day before thanksgiving.
Leominster Hospital UMass Memorial Worcester

3. Saturday, July 29, 1999 around 5:25 am was when I was born in
the Leominster Hospital. I was born with the name Joel Dennis Normandin
Jr. I got my name from my farther. Joel was one of the twelve minor
prophets of the Old Testament. I lived in Rindge, New Hampshire with my
mother and father.
Leominster Hospital

4. Colby is one of my little brothers.
I was three years old when he was born.
He lived with my mother, father and
myself in New Hampshire. He goes to the
same elementary school I went to. He will
be coming here to Sky View next year.

5. My dad and I
have the same name. Joel
Dennis Normandin he is a
Sr. My dad and I love fish.
We have a 75 and 150
gallon fish tank in our living
room. Right now we have a
total of about 50 African
cichlids that get about 5-
8inches long.

6. Elijah is my
littlest brother. He was
born in Leominster on
June 13, 2009. His full
name is Elijah Paul
Fournier. His first name
was also a profits name.
Elijah, Colby and I play
with our nerf guns and
try to shoot each other.

7. I have a few
friends but my best
friend is Matthew
Wheeler. Every year
Matt and I go to Barrett
Parks haunted trail. I am
the one who goes first.

8. My Great-Grandmother
turned 85 years old on December
18 of 2012. She is shorter than I
am. When I was younger she
watched my brother and I while
my mom went to work. She also
knitted us slippers and sweaters.
She does not drive so my mom
and I like to take her to stores and
places that she needs to go to.

9. My house has 4 bed
rooms 2 bath rooms. There is
a kitchen, dinning room, living
room, and office space. It is on
an acre of land. Part of the
house is brick and the rest is
brown wood siding. We have a
fire place that we sit in front
of during the winter to keep
warm.

10. My favorite flavor is cookies n’
cream. The best part is the big chunks of
Oreo cookie. Once a month during spring and
summer my family and I go out to Kimball's
farm to get some food and ice cream. My
mom and I get cookies n’ cream, my little
brother gets vanilla with cherries, my littlest
brother gets chocolate with whipped cream,
my little sister gets plain vanilla.

11. I like to joke
around with my brothers. I
always try to find a new
prank to play on them. We
take April 1st to a new level
in my house. My Step-dad
tries to get us. My mom is
not good with jokes so we
get her good every year.

12. I go kayaking on
Wyman Pond with my
grandfather. Twice a year we
kayak around the whole pond.
One of my uncles and my
grandfather ‘s brother also
lives on the pond. The kayak is
a faded yellow, Necky
Rip, kayak. While kayaking we
stop and fish in different
areas.

13. Leominster is the town I was
born in. I have lived in Leominster for
eight years. I have moved a lot to different
towns. When I was born I lived in New
Hampshire, then I moved to
Massachusetts. I have lived in
Ashby, Shirley , and then that is when I
moved to Leominster.

14. My moms maiden
name is Melissa Sands. Born
in Fitchburg on April 7. My
mom was stubborn and did
not want to be born on time.
My mom’s favorite holiday is
Easter. Sometimes it even
falls on her birthday.

15. New Hampshire
is where I lived for the first
four years of my life. My
dad still lives in the house I
came home from the
hospital to. My mom and
great-grandmother painted
my room before I was
born. My room at my dad’s
house in New Hampshire is
still the same. My younger
brother finally has his own
room and I don’t have to
share with him anymore.

16. The first time I ever had octopus was at my Great-
Grandmother’s 85 birthday party. The octopus was very chewy. It felt like I
was eating rubber.

17. At my moms house I have a Knight
leopard gecko. The family pet’s are a
guinea pig and a German Sheppard
and Rottweiler mix . At my dads house
we have a pure bread Rottweiler, two
cats and about fifty fish. My dad
actually found our two cats and five
others. The black and white one is the Dragon
mother and the brown colored one is
one of the daughters.
Some of the fish
Oreo Mud

18. My grand mother makes
quilts for us kids. The last
ones she made was for my
little brother and sister. My
brothers has trucks on it. My
sisters has flowers on it. She
makes other things as well.
The both use their quilts in
bed every night.

19. The Red Sox's are my
favorite baseball team. My first real
Red Sox’s game was in 2010 and it
was the Red Sox’s VS. the Yankees’. I
went with my step dad while my
mom stayed home with Colby and
Elijah. The game started at 7:05 pm
and ended at 12 something or
around their. The Red Sox won the
game.

20. Shay is my baby sister. She was
born in Leominster on June 16, 2010. Her
full name is Shay Fournier. I remember the
first time that I held her, she was so tiny.
She always goes to my mom or I when she
is upset. Now you can talk to her and it is
like she is talking back to you.

21. I like to build and display my model trains. It is
neat to put together the trains. I have several different
trains and lots of tracks that they can ride on. My
grandfather has a lot of Lionel train sets that we have
put together several times. He was a big kid at heart he
got me interested in having my own trains.

22. I have 2 uncles. They are both my dads younger brothers. They
like to come to my dads house when we are there and visit with
us. One of my uncles races dirt bikes and he is very good. He
has helped me to learn how to ride them. I would like to be as
good as him someday.

23. Over April vacation we celebrate my mom’s birthday. We go to the
anchorage inn in York main. Rooms have 2 beds and a bath. The middle
building has a snack bar and a pool.

24. Winter time is
always the best. I like being
able to play in the snow. My
brothers and I go out and have
snowball fights. My sister now
likes to take rides in her sled.
She went down the hill for the
first time this winter and
wanted to go again.

25. I have had a lot of x-rays
done. When I was younger I
needed one of my chest. Just
recently I had a whole body scan.
That was neat seeing the image on
the computer screen. I needed to
sit very still and put my feet in a
weird position.

26. Every year my family and I go to York
beach up in Maine. We go for only a day
but we do a lot of different things all day
long. We first go to the beach and have
lunch. Then we usually play in the water
until around 4 and go get cleaned up.
After that we have dinner, once it starts
to get dark we go to the board walk.
Before we go home we get taffy.

27. Zinnia is a tropical American
flower. They are made of
herbs and shrubs. They have
long pedals and big flower
heads. My mom plants the
most colorful zinnia’s.
My favorite is the red and
white one.