Year: 2015

 

Mom was busy working on some house projects and E and I raided the dress up bins. Our house in quite insane!

 

We will call this “BOYS NIGHT OUT”. We picked up my friend, L, and headed to the Pinellas Park Preforming Arts Center. This year I did not preform but did enter the photo contest. Between acts they played lots of songs I knew and I just couldn’t help but dance.

The blurs are myself and my two friends G & L.

 

 

We had a great time watching all the talented 4H kids. Next year I am thinking of doing a musical skit. I have time to work on it but my mind is already rocking and rolling!

 

We found out about a program supported by the NWF called Butterfly Heros. You pledge to help the monarch population. They send you seeds to play for host and neutering plants.

 

You can find out more about it at the following link:

http://www.nwf.org/Butterfly-Heroes/Pledge.aspx

 

 

 

I picked two more FLVS classes to take before our break. Sixth grade world history and seventh grade science. I only took the first semester in both classes and will make the second semester later this summer. I loved watching the videos and even Emmerson joined in.

The collaborative projects made my head hurt. I am much younger than most of the students in the classes but was amazed how some of them were rude, didn’t understand simple directions and just kept interrupting during the live lessons.

I had lots of projects for both classes. One of my favorites was building a model of the layers of the earth. I worked really hard on the project.

For history I had to make a special purpose of the Inca Empire. I had to do lots of research and then draw, color and label the map.

 

I finished the science class in 3 weeks versus the 18 allotted. I got an A! The history class took 4 weeks and I got an A in that as well. I am really enjoying blasting through these classes in a single focus. I am also learning that tests aren’t that hard if i take good notes and study!

 

 

 

Dad worked to build a bike rack for the new truck so we can take our bikes on out journeys.

The first night at the campground Dad hurt his back and we had to take him to the ER. He wasn’t able to return to the campground with us. He had to stay home in bed and rest. Grandma Susie came down for a night and went on hikes with us.

We met the crew of a sailboat, the Winnie, that is sailing around the world. We talked to them for a bit and then they were off on their next part of their adventure. We are able to track them online at : Winnie Sails

We played at the beach and got covered with sand.

E read while I played and built sandcastles. 

One night Grandma and Grandpa came over and helped us cook dinner. I got a migraine and had to go lay down. I was feeling better by the time s/mores were up!

We stayed up late and danced around the fire pit. Shark Bait OHHH HA HA!

I am the master of the fire!

I figured out how to make pretend light sabers out a flashlight in the smoke of the fire.

We took a trip to Tampa Bay Watch and I learned all about the conservation they do in our area beaches.

They have a sea grass restoration program.

The make oyster pots to help build oyster colonies to clean water and prevent erosion.

We got to pull up their mini habitats. There were shrimp, crabs and other things living on the ropes.

I could name every fish they had in their tanks and that really impressed the lady leading us around.

They even have huge educational tanks below their building.

Back at the campground we just hung out and explored all day.

We took an insanely long bike ride!

I loved all the cool trees we found. This was my favorite.

We went to the beach to look for shells. The shells aren’t as nice as Honeymoon Island but we still found quite a few keepers.

 

We had a great mini vacation. I really wish Daddy could have joined us but he is starting to feel a little better with rest and medication.