Mini- Maker Faire

I had a fun time at the Mini-Maker Faire this weekend. I loved playing with the Urban Conga building things.

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We had a huge group working together to make a dragon airplane.

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I saw some cool 3D printers.

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But was drawn back to the building toy.

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I didn’t want to go home but I was secretly plotting tinkering when I got home!

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Sure enough, I went right to work with my project buckets.  

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Verticle Ventures

Today we went to a neat place called Vertical Ventures in Tampa. It was a giant indoor rock climbing place. I had to wear a harness and special climbing shoes. After I took a class I was off and climbing. I started with some bouldering on the low rock.

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I made it up and down without help. There were kids older than me that needed parental help!

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I even helped Emmer get up the wall.

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I climbed a few times with the harness but was a bit nervous. Then Mommy hooked me to a clip further out from the wall. When I got to the highest point I was comfortable climbing I am supposed to let Mommy know, as she was belaying (holding the ropes) for me. When I gave her the sign and pushed off i swung away from the wall. It was AWESOME! There is no way I would have done it if I knew what was going to happen in advance. I LOVED feeling like I was flying!!! I climbed and pushed off several more times and giggled the entire time!

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Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt

Mommy organized a HUGE Easter egg hunt at our local neighborhood park. We had about 40 kids come out. Everyone brought 24 filled eggs and the parents hid them in a huge field. There were also golden eggs hidden as well. Everyone went in groups (by age) and found 24 eggs and a golden egg. The golden egg was then exchanged for a prize from the table. I had so much fun! Mommy, sadly, didn’t get any photos of the night because she was too busy organizing everything. Next year we hope to make it even BIGGER! I love starting new traditions! IMG_6386.jpg

The next day, after the hunt was over, we went back to the park in the daylight and found about 20 eggs that were missed! How cool!

Weedon Island

Today we took a class on invertebrates at Weedon Island. There were only 3 kids in the class and we were two of them.

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I offered many many great examples. Everyone was really impressed with my knowledge of sea life!

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We created our own sea creatures.

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This is Cepholox!

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After the awesome class we hiked the nature trails in the rain. We saw several green anoles and even an armadillo!

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What a fun trip to the park!

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