Month: October 2013

We came home from Disney to a broken garage door. This lead to Mom and Dad having this great idea to replace a bad piece of drywall in the ceiling before the new door got installed.   

Which lead to the discovery that the entire ceiling needed to come down and the wiring needed updated and new insulation installed… all before the two week scheduled garage door install. Mom and Dad worked non-stop for over a week from the wee morning hours until the sun set. E and I were basically on our own. Told not to kill, mame or injure each other while Mom and Dad worked in the garage inhaling insulation into their lungs. After much hard work they broke down and hired a drywaller to finish the job, JUST IN TIME for the door to be installed.

After the sun went down Mom and Dad tried to have fun with us. We were all tired. We baked cookies in the evening one night. Had dinner at 7 or 8 pm most nights. We enjoyed the no school, total free time but were all glad to get back to a normal schedule full of some routine.

Our owl even visited a few more times.

We had a great time at Marine Quest. I took my time studying and learning about the fish, crabs, shells and whatever else was on my study list for the 4H MEE event coming up in a few weeks. I practiced fishing in a stocked pond.

We held and pet a baby alligator.

After a long day at Marine Quest and the St. Pete Science Expo we opted to go to a pre Halloween outing to Angelus House for their Haunted Halloween celebration.

We went through several haunted houses, a haunted carriage ride and a haunted hike. Everything was zombie themed. It was amazingly scary but we had a lot of fun. Little kids and scared kids could get a glowstick bracelet and that warned people not to scare them TOO bad.

Dad and I hiked the trail and he kept me safe from things that could jump out at me. I waved my glow stick the entire time to let people hiding in the bushes know that I was scared.

We started a new 4-H club this year called Nuts and Bolts. We are learning about building and science through things found in your junk drawer at home.

I am having a lot of fun with the club. We have done all sorts of fun projects so far.

We made forts out of newspaper and masking tape.

We attended an awards ceremony from things we did last year.

The club Mommy was helping with last year won club of the year! I hope we can win that for our club this year!

We went to office installation and training. I am the club president this year.

We learned more about structure.

We play lots of fun games.

We helped out with City of Clearwater National Night Out. We did a helicopter project for the kids and had a lot of fun spreading word about 4-H.

We baked and bought cookies for the library staff and a few fire stations.

We participated in National Youth Science Day and learned about GPS and how planning cities works.

We stopped off and delivered some goodies to another fire station!

  

I have been spending lots of time studying and learning about marine life and coastal plants for the 4H competition in November. I love working with Daddy to learn the fish with the flashcards.  

We took a quick break to take pictures of a baby screech owl that has taken part time residence in our backyard trees.

We visited the Florida Aquarium for homeschool day and did some hands on learning for the 4H contest.

We took a few science classes but my heart was really into the animals.

I honestly could have stood here for HOURS! Someday I will have a pet jellyfish!