My birthday!

Last sunday, we had my family birthday party! First, my grandma and aunt came. They gave out their presents to me and my brother. I got some stuffed animals, a box of markers, 3 books, a package of erasers, and a amazon gift card. From my parents I got a board game, a cute owl bag, a big sketchbook, and a mixed weight paper drawing pad. From Ian, I got rope erasers, and a pencil case that looks like a shoe. From my other aunt, I got a kindle! With a case and everything!

Ice skating and stuff

Wow.........It's been a loooooong time since I posted on my blog. Today Me, Ian, and my mom went ice skating at Brentwood. It was sooo fun!!!! I can go around the rink really fast without falling. Ian can too. We skating for a bout a hour and then I got a twix and Ian got sweet tarts.
Last week we had a 4 day weekend. This week we did too! We had 2 snow days in the row (Thursday and Friday) and now it's the weekend. It's because of this giant snowstorm that we had. It snowed, Then sleeted, the snowed, then snowed and sleeted at the same time. It sleeted, then it stopped. It was freezing rain until midnight. Now, all the snow turned into ice, so it's not fun to play in anymore.....=<
I will TRY to write on my blog More often!

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!

The trip so far

Yesterday, I couldn't add a post because we were driving all day. Well, not really all day because we started at 3:00. My dad had to go to a meeting and none of us had even started to pack yet! So at 3 we started up to Hanibal, MO on the way to Iowa. We ate dinner at Burger King and then kept driving. We finally got to Iowa at around 1:15 so I couldn't write this yesterday. Oh yeah, we stopped at a rest stop at midnight and it was the cleanest one of the day! Now, for what happened today.

We ate cereal for breakfast and then took my grandparents dog, Sophie out for a walk. My grandpa put up the hammock and sat in it. We played outside for a little bit then got hungry and ate lunch. I had a hotdog and I an had eggs. Everyone was lazy for a bit and then I decided we should go bowling! I knew I wouldn't be good because I never bowl. I actually got in third place! Next, we went to the Lewis and Clark museum. I knew alot of that stuff because I did a unit in social studies about westward exspansion. The museum was really interactive and had moving robots and they gave out booklets where you could find stamps all over the place and put them in your book. After we were done, we went home and played outside. Then we chilled and watered the plants. Then we ate mommy's birthday cake. Now it is 9 and I am loading the pictures on. All of them are the same statue, just smaller sizes!

The temperature and more

Today the temperature is going to get up to 104 degrees F*. We have put a pan in the backyard. We will put on the egg at 5:00. My mom said that was going to be the hottest time of day. There is a barbershop down the street from my house and they cooked an egg on their driveway one year. It can get very hot around St. Louis. 
I can't think of anything else so my mom is making me the 10 words game. Thank you Ryko-Aeryk! Here is the story:
One day there was a raccoon family. They had 1 son and 2 daughters. One day, the youngest girl, Kimmy, said that she needed a orange band-aid. Her parents thought and asked why. Kimmy said it was to match her harmonica. Her parents gave it to her. The family of 5  went ton a vacation to a sticky hot island off the coast of the bahamas. They got food there and stayed in a hotel. Kimmy, her older sister violet, and their little brother kyle wanted to eat. So her parent took them to a restaurant. When they got there, everyone was screaming "bananas" and they saw a greasy, banana monster destroying the  place. It was 50 feet tall! The grease made drip drip sounds as the grease dripped off it's shoulders. Violet used her snore powder and made it fall asleep. They went out of the restaurant in a slow manner as Kimmy was making slurp sounds with her juice box. They ran and got their stuff and went home. They never went there again!

                                           The End

paper mache

My mom said we had to paper mache a box. We looked up a recipe and made it. Then we tore up strips of paper. Then, we covered the box with paper strips. It was fun and the goop only has 2 ingredeints- water and flour. It was fun to be messy and have not sticky things all over you.. I still have some dried goop on my legs and arms! We are not done and we still have to do a hole nother box after this one. Sorry this post is kinda short. I am sort of ina hurry. Here are some pictures!

Yay!

Today when we had just come home from the pool and were going to make dinner, my mom said we should use vegetables from the garden. We went outside and I saw a giant watermelon! It was really big! We also saw purple bell peppers to be harvested in a couple days, Almost-red-but-not-quite tomatoes, and tons and tons of basil and beans! We harvested a lot of beans and some basil too! The meal was sautéd picked beans, homemade pesto, nice turkey, and pasta to add the pesto to.
At the pool, they had added new water and it was deep and cold. At the snack bar, I got a heath and a tootsie roll pop, and Ian got a laffy taffy. This post makes up for yesterday. Here are the pictures!

The zoo

Today when my dad was finishing the couch, my mom had an idea to go to the zoo. I was a little unsure at first because it was lunchtime and the zoo gets really full. We ate lunch and then we drove to the zoo. We planned out what we were going to do. First, we went to the pond and looked at the dragonflies and the tadpoles. Then we went to the stingray exhibit and I saw all kinds of stuff like nurse sharks, leopard sharks, and horseshoe crabs as well as stingrays. Then we went to the Insectarium and saw all kinds of cool bugs. Then we went to the butterflies and I got to hold one. Then we went to the Children's zoo and went in the sprinklers. We got to see the food being made and pet a bunny. I like the St.Louis zoo because they let some of their animals loose around the zoo. Like chickens and turkeys. Next, we got ice cream. Then we went to the reptile house. I got to see all kinds of reptiles. Lastly, we went to Red Rocks. That is the place where they keep animals like giraffes, gazelles, kangaroos, and zebras. The kangaroos were so funny! Then, since red rocks is really far from our car, we rode the train and went home. We had so much fun!

The disaster!

Today my mom and dad wanted to get started on moving the couch out of the living room. They put the smaller end of the couch in first. My couch is a sectional which means it is in 2 pieces. They got that one in easy as pie. The bigger end was way harder. They had to move it outside, then move it to the hole which leads to the basement. It wouldn't fit. So they went back upstairs and tried to fit it through the regular basement way. They got it wedged in different places and then they couldn't fit it in Ian's room so that the could move it to the basement that way. We wedged it in and took a lunch break. Then they finally got it down the stairs. The only problem was that my basement steps, when you go down them, you have to make a curve because if you kept going straight, you would hit the wall. The couch didn't make the curve. So the only way they could do things, was to cut the couch apart. My dad got a chainsaw and cut the couch into pieces. Now they are disposing of them. Oh yeah, while they were moving it they got a giant hole in the wall. Stay tuned and I will post pictures!

New couch

Today our new couch is coming! It is a thyme green color and it is pet proof. That means Alex can't rip it up. We got a sectional with a ottoman. It is a custom made couch. We got it from a place called "Home Reserve". Home Reserve is a place where you can choose everything about your couch. The size, type, color and style. You can even have a flap on the cushoin where you can store things. This website is speacil because it comes in the mail.  You build it and then just button on the fabric. If you want to, you can even change fabric colors. What is really cool about this place, is that you can just ask for a new part if one breaks. With a regular couch, if its broken, its broken. All produts are made in the USA. If you need a new couch, this is the place to go! Here is a link to Home Reserve.Home Reserve

This cool spider

My dad found a picture of a cool spider. It is called the australian peacock spider. They have a colorful back and I think it is for mating. This is a last minute post so I have to make it now. I am going to find out as much info on them as I can. You can too! Here is a link to a cool website about them! Have fun!Australian Peacock Spider This website is full of other animals too! Make sure you check them out!

One of the best days ever

Today when I woke up, my cat was on my pillow. I had had a dream about exploding vegetable people on ship and only broccoli had survived. I went out to the garden and everything was so big! Then I went inside and played around with my brother.
After lunch, me and Ian went outside. We played with balls and threw them up in the air. Then the ice cream truck  came and I got a strawberry shortcake Popsicle and Ian got a frog one. When we got inside again, we put our feet under the bathtub faucet. It felt SO good because the pavement was really hot. We had to go to the doctor, then we came home and ate dinner. We went to the pool and stayed until 8:00. Now I am blogging and it is 9:08. I had a great day!!!!!!!!

Today

Today I woke up at 6:00. My cat Max woke me up. I played around with him and then my eyes started itching. I pushed Max out of my bed and walked around the house. Nobody was awake yet. I read one of Ian's books and ate cheese its. I woke up Ian but he went back to bed. He slept until 9. 
When everyone was finally awake, I went outside and saw a watermelon that was two inches wide! We have never grown watermelon before and this was a great advance in our garden. This morning was a great day!!!!!!!

The pool

TODAY WAS A REALLY HOT DAY SO WE WENT TO THE POOL. IT WAS FUN AND WE STAYED FOR A LONG TIME. THE SMALLER POOL WAS REALLY FULL SO WE HAD TO GO TO THE BIG POOL. I CAN ONLY TOUCH THE 4 FEET ZONE AND THAT IS A QUARTER OF THE POOL. WE DID CANNON BALLS AND OTHER RANDOM JUMPEE THINGS. WE ATE AT THE SNACK BAR. IAN GOT A LAFFY TAFFY AND I GOT A BUTTERFINGER. THE POOL WAS REALLY FUN.

Father's day

Today for father's day we woke up really early. This father's day the theme was royalty. So we made my dad a crown and his gifts were a metal pole with swirly glass and stones, and a metal snake. The garden pole was a septor. The snake was a pet. We bowed down to him and he had cream of wheat with apples and cherries in it. He also had toast and tea and fruit. He gets to have us do whatever today. Hope all the dads had a great day!!!!!!

Our trip

We are going on another trip. It is going to go to my grandparents' house. They live in Sioux City Iowa. It is 9 hours away. We are leaving the last Saturday of the month. It is going to be fun. We are going to get donuts on the way there. We will eat them in the car. We will spend the Fourth Of July there. It will be fun! My Grandparents have a dog named Sophie. They have a big backyard and sometimes you can see deer. This trip will not take as long as the other trip. To Florida it was 14 hours. When I went to Florida for christmas it was 18 hours. To Iowa it is 9 hours. I hope it will be fun and I will try to post while I am there!