Friday, June 27, 2008

Riding the Tandem and Hiking past the Florida

Today dad and I rode the tandem up to my grandparent's friend's house on the tandem and we saw three deer, a garder snake(which ar very common here, by the way), a sign that said Jan Measels, and lots of horses. Also in the morning Nana and I hiked to the bridge that goes over the florida river (The Florida comes out of lemon lake so at this time of year the river is flooded so you can't wade across) and over two streams.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Horses and Marshmallows

Today we had our second horseback riding lesson of the trip. I rode Hershey and Ruth rode Ozzy. Now Ruth and I can canter, or lope. In case you don't know, cantering is one step faster than trotting. it is really fun because It is fast and the horse's front legs move together and their back legs move together so it's not as bumpy as trotting. Last time I rode Chester and he ate to much so now I'm riding Hershey. Ozzy ate a lot and ran into trees today so next time Ruth's going to ride Dillon. After dinner Ruth an I roasted some s'mores at Barney's house. I like to roast a marshmallow with the section of chocolate stuck inside of it so the chocolate gets really melted and drippy, but the marshmallow usually droops off. this time I stuck a section of chocolate inside two marshmallows and roasted them at the same time. The marshmallows melted together and closed up on the ends so that it looked like one big marshmallow. When I took the marshmallow-roasting thingy out of the marshmallow the chocolate came out and dripped all over the place. It was a very messy s'more.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Alpine Slide

Today we went to Purgatory Ski Run and, of course, in the summer it's a bike run, but there's also lots of other things to do; like the alpine slide, the bungee jump, the climbing wall, the put-put golf course, and the marmots. The marmots aren't technically an activity; they're little cute animals that look like this:

The alpine slide was my favorite activity. You ride the chair lift up half a mile, you get a sled, and you ride down. The design of the sled is interesting. It has a brake lever that when you push forward lowers the wheels and makes the sled go faster and vice versa. I got a rope burn on my second or third time down because I didn't have both hands on the lever. That was the only time Ruth got to the bottom before me. We think that was because I am heavier. The bungee jump was my second favorite,and almost my favorite. You wear a harness attached to two cords that are hooked on to two poles. You can get really high if you ask. The put-put golf course was kinda fun, especially the levels with tunnels. All in all, a trip to Purgatory in the summer is almost as fun as it is in the winter.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Second Day at Nana and Papas' House

Today is our second day at my grandparents' house. Ruth and I played "That Game", Dad and I rode up past lemon lake on the tandem, and we roasted marshmallows at Barney the bear's house (which is only a deck with a wooden statue of a bear on it).

Friday, June 20, 2008

Riding Bikes to Summerland Beach Café

Today dad and I rode our bikes to Summerland Beach Café. It was a 13-mile round trip and very steep going back. Summerland Beach Café is a good restaurant. I got two over-well fried eggs with their yolk broken, two strips of bacon, and two slices of French toast.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Plum Invasion and Inependent Saxophone lesson

Today is the official LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!! Lots of plums blew off the tree last night, more than we could eat. I have learned many new songs on my saxophone than I could play on my last saxophone entry. here is a video of one of my favorites:
(Under Construction)

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Beach Day

Today we had beach day. It was VERY fun. I boogie boarded almost all the time. There were really good waves. Some of the waves got really tall like a cliff before they come crashing down. Once I made the mistake of trying to catch one that big, and I ended up catching it underwater while I was still holding on to the boogie board. It actually was a pretty good wave. When I wasn't riding the waves, I was digging a big hole and building a wall around it or making sand castles. Ruth started out catching waves, but then she switched to soccer. That was my favorite day at school ever.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

End of School

Today is the last day of school!! Well technically it isn't, but I like to think of it as the last "real" day of school because tomorrow is Beach Day and the day after tomorrow is skateboarding day. My poison oak is FINALLY getting better, and today is the day of the play. My part in the play is really boring, because I'm a sheep and all the sheep have to do is give the Chupacabra some chocolate. The reason I didn't get a good part in the play is because the date of the auditions was 5/26/o8. And in case you haven't read all my entries, on the exact same time that all the kids in my class were auditioning for the play I was looking at the Tator Vine, which, instead of being at César Chávez on Mason St, I was in the Conservatory on Central Park Dr. In case you don't realize the distance between those two points, César Chávez is in California and the Conservatory I was talking about was in Illinois.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Number Devil

Toady I finished reading a book called The Number Devil. It is a really good book, it might even be one of my favorites; and that's saying something. It is about a kid who hates numbers and always has bad dreams. Then one day he starts dreaming about a little red guy with horns that teaces him math. I think it is my favorite book because it teaches you a lot of interesting math in a fun way an it is very funny.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Fangorn

Today Ruth and I played in deeper Fangorn then we ever have been. We like telling storeys about very unfortunate princesses who fall to grave misfortunes.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

lazer-pointer game

Today Ruth and I played a game where Ruth chases the little red dot made by my laser-pointer and if it touches her body she gets to point it.