My friends

A week ago I had my best friend sophia over. Before she got here we made glove people out of water. We filled a vinyl glove with water and tied it. When she came, we made lots more! We played and then, unexpectedly my brother's friend daniel came over! We ate lunch and played hide and seek with the glove people. Daniel had to go home, and we dropped sophia off at her house. The next day, I had my other friend Nico over because her parents had to work. We hung out and made a puppet show, then went swimming. It was really crowded! So crowded, you couldn't move back 5 steps without bumping into someone! We went off the diving board and played in the lazy river. Which is a river shaped pool with a strong current. When we got back, we ate pizza and nico went home. The next day Nico had to come over AGAIN because her parents were working. We picked her up and went straight to the zoo. We went to the new sea lion exhibit first. It is a giant see-through tank that there are 7 sea lions in and one seal. It is attached to a cave where above and beside you is part of the tank. We looked there and then went to the stingrays! You can pet them and there are feeding hours too! In the tank is also sharks, fish, and horseshoe crabs. After that we went to the bears. There were 2 sloth bears and a grizzly bear. The sloth bears are so fuzzy! Next we went to the carousel. It is so cool! There are all types of animals like bears, cheetahs caterpillars, and cranes! I rode the red panda! We also went to the penguins. It was cold. There were some outside too! Inside were also puffins! they are like ducks! You could touch them if you wanted, but your not supposed too. After that we sat down and had a snack from the backpack my mom brought. We ate fruit snacks and a yellow jacket was buzzing around me. I moved and It went over to Nico and stung her! It was crazy. We got her a ice pack and rode the train. Then we went home and Nico went home. Nico came over AGAIN AGAIN for the same reason. We couldn't think of anything to do because we couldn't agree on anything. We went to the computer and watched videos on cute animals. Then extinct animals. After that we went outside. It was cooler. A rare sight. We played around. We went back inside and Ian had to get a haircut. After he came back, we went o the pool. No one was there! In the smaller pool, it was too cold, it the bigger pool, it was perfect! You could practically swim laps around the pool! When we got hungry, me and Nico both got 2 chocolate chip cookies. They were warm and ooey and gooey with chocolate! We swam another 45 minutes and the sun came out! Sadly, we left. It was Nico's mom's Birthday, so they were gonig to have dinner out. But we convinced our moms to let us stay the night. It worked! Nico parents had a romantic dinner the same! We couldn't decide on a movie. Our dad gave us a movie and we had to watch it. It was Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules. It was actually pretty good. After the movie we hung out with my cat Max on a inflatable matress and talked. Eventually we went to sleep. When we woke up we played with the cats and talked. Then everyone else woke up and we had toast for breakfast. Then Nico left. For the last time. That was 2 days ago. Tomorrow I am going to my friend Liana's house. I hope it will be fun!

Blue bunny!

On the last day of Iowa, we went to the blue bunny factory! It is like the best ice cream in the entire world! There is a museum, gift shop, and the best of all, a ice cream parlor! They sell flavors there like huckleberry, that are not sold in stores. I got huckleberry on top, and cotton candy on the bottom. It was great! From the museum, it said blue bunny has been around for over 50 years! They even used to sell yogurt, cottage cheese, mixed fruit in a can, and milk! They also sold a lot more ice cream types. like popsicles and other fun stuff. At the gift shop, we bought me a t shirt, two keychains and for Ian we bought a shirt, a keychain, and a stuffed animal. My mom and dad each got a shirt and a stress cow for the family. It is a foam cow that you squeeze when you are stressed. After that, we went to a hotel. We went to the bathroom and wandered around till it was time to go to my dad's cousin's house. They ahve 2 dogs, tons of people over and a kid. Her name is Anna Rose. The food was okay, and then we had a bunch of dessert. After that, we went to the lake to see the fireworks. At first I was wondering if it had started or not. They were pretty cool, and then there was the grand finally! It looked like it was daylight for a minute. The people were probably just shooting off everything they had. Oh yeah and it was all shot off on boats. We left close to 11. We then went to bed. I have pictures! Here they are!

More fireworks

I am writing for the 5th day in Iowa now. Here it is:
We played around in the morning and went to o famous hot dog restaurant called Milwaukee Wiener House. It was like a fast paced cafeteria line. They asked you what you wanted. [toppings, double dog, or not, items on menu]. and gave you your dog. Then the next guy asked you what soda. Then you got chips and paid. I learned that there is another one like this and is owned by the brother of the guy who owns this one. We actually met the guy who owns the other wiener house when we went to a grocery store called the HY-V. We went there to take family pictures. The lady taking the pictures had to yell at me and my brother for making funny faces! When my grandma chose the pictures, of the ones I was in, the chose by the way I looked. Then my grandpa, uncle, and my dad went out to buy more fireworks. We played around till dark and did some. Then we took the big ones up to the park. We saw a deer! It looked fake, but then it got up and walked away. The fireworks were SO cool! Except for the dud ones. I will post pictures and videos later!

Fireworks

I am writing for the third day in Iowa. I forgot so I am gonna write the rest of the trip here. On the third day we went to the fireworks store and I had never been to one before. There were fireworks all over and the people who worked there were really nice. We bought tons of stuff. From bottle rockets to exsplosives. There was even a pack of fireworks that was 600$! We bought a certain kind and the guy gave me skittles! They even give you punks for free! We went home and I couldn't wait to set them all off. So my grandma and my and aunt took me shopping! I got a skirt and a new pair of jeans. I also bought a shirt for Ian. We went home and started setting off small things. Then we set off big stuff. It was scary because most of the time, you didn't know what it would do. I will post pictures and videos later.

Oops!

I forgot to write yesterday so here it is:
Me and my grandma went shopping for shoes. I bought a pair of keens but they were to big. Then Ian and my Grandpa went to the arcade while me and my grandma tried to find me shoes that fit. We looked but then I decided on a pair of Converses that were purple on the out side and green on the inside. I also picked out lime green laces for one shoe, and neon orange for the other. After that, we went to Barns and Noble because in St. Louis, there are no more bookstores! I bought 2 books for me, and 2 for Ian. Then We all met up at the movie theater to see Brave. It was a good movie! I had alot of fun!