The Bean

Last Friday we went on a field trip to the Chicago Art Institute. On the way there I had to read the directions. Thanks to me we didn't get lost. After we parked and walked all the way to the front of the Art Institute we remembered we left our lunch in the car! So we ran and got our lunch and we were still a little early.

The rest of my day in the museum was pretty cool. Well, except when we got lost. It is very easy to get lost, it is a huge place. But in the end we finally found our way out.

Even though we got lost we still had enough time to see The Bean in Millennium Park. This bean was created by Anish Kapoor. It is made from eighteen tons of steel and is twenty feet tall, thirty feet wide and sixty feet long in the shape of a bean. You can go under it and all around it. I liked that when you look into the bean you see yourself and everything around you but it looks different. Like in a fun house mirror. I like the creativity of it.


Besides getting lost, I had a really fun day.

Faith

The Ultimate Gift

Last week Mrs. Kathryn, the children's ministry director of our church, gave me a book to read called The Ultimate Gift by Jim Stovall. I liked this book so much I finished it in a day! I can't wait to go see the movie!!!!!!

This is a book that teaches you about the important things in life. Jason Stevens is the main character. When a rich relative dies, all Jason cares about the money he may inherit. But before his great-uncle died he set up twelve tests to help Jason learn about the important things in life. If Jason doesn't pass the twelve tests, he won't get the ultimate gift. But the rest I can not tell you. Find out if he reaches the ultimate gift by reading the book.

Thanks Mrs. Kathryn!!!

Faith

Bird Nest

Last Saturday it was really nice outside. So, of course my mom was out in the backyard. There were a lot of twigs and straw by our grill. My mom open it up and there inside was a gigantic bird nest!

For the past few weeks my mom and dad have been constantly clearing all the straw and stuff out of the grill. They didn't know that a bird wanted to live there! This last time we just left the nest alone.

My parents told us to not bother the nest.

On Monday my brother and sister went out and opened the lid of the grill. In the nest was a small, blue robin's egg. My mom went on the computer and read about robin eggs. Would you think that a blue jay would eat a robin's egg? Well they do, and crows too. We have seen some suspicious black birds out in the yard but we don't know if they are crows or black birds. We just hope no egg-eating birds get the eggs.

Faith

P.S(I conviced my dad to go take a picture of the egg and he lightly tapped on the grill, just to make sure she wasn't in there, and she flew off squaking! But he did get this picture of the nest.)

Camp

I just can't wait until June!!!!! Because, thanks to my Nana and Papa, I'm going to camp! This is going to be the very first time I've ever gone to a camp. I'm excited that I get to room with my friend Madison. And another of my friends from church, Jenae, is also going. There are a lot of different churches going to this same camp. So I'll get to meet new people from all over. It's going to be super fun. I'll get to swim and hike and learn more about God.

I know my whole family is going to miss me while I'm gone, but especially Jasmine will. She even misses me if we go to the grocery store. She goes through the house trying to find me. I just hope she wont get too sad.

Faith

Last Weekend...

Last weekend was really fun! Since my friend , Sarah, had spring vacation she got to stay for a whole weekend. On Friday, we went to see a movie. We were aiming to see Night At The Museum, but we ended up seeing Happy Feet.

On Saturday morning, Sarah and I got up and made pancakes and eggs. I made the pancakes, and Sarah made the eggs. After that we played with clay. Home made CLAY, not play dough. We made clay dolls. Since people were coming over that night, we had to clean the basement. So, we pretended that we cleaned basements for money. The people who came over had kids and Sarah and I had fun baby-sitting them.

Then on Sunday, Sarah got to go to church with us. That was fun too. All in all I had a pretty good weekend.

Faith

Lemon Velvet Cake

Yesterday was my mom's birthday, and, of course, I wanted to make her a birthday cake. She wanted a lemon velvet cake. So I made her one. It is one of the most delicious cakes I've ever tasted! So here are the ingredients and how I made it.

1 package lemon cake mix
1 package lemon instant pudding
¾ cup salad oil
1 cup of water
3 eggs

First preheat the oven to 350. Then mix all the ingredients together until it looks smooth. Pour the batter into greased 9x11 pan. Cook for 30 minutes.

Icing:
1 ½ cup powdered sugar
1/3 cup lemon juice

Mix these together after the cake is done and warm in the microwave. drizzle over the cake.
Enjoy!

I hope you like the cake as much as I did.
Faith

Pets

The first pet I ever had was a ferret. Yes, a stinky string of fur. Ferrets belong in the category fast, and also weasel. I always had bad allergies while we had Chandler, the ferret. After we got rid of him, we found out I was allergic to him.

My second pet was Justus the dog, he was a boxer. My dad thinks he was the greatest dog in history. Yeah, he was a good dog, but not the greatest dog ever.

Then there came fish. We've had many fish. We've also had a crawdad. For awhile he was fine living in the fish tank. Then, our neon fish started disappearing. Soon, all our fish were disappearing!! We started buying expensive fish, and what do you know those started disappearing too. Then one day we came home and saw half a fish in the crawdads mouth. That was the end of the crawdad.

Then there were the rabbits. My dad and our next door neighbor built a hutch for the bunnies outside between our houses. We shared the bunnies with our friends. There was Thumper, the cutest, Cloe', the hungriest, and last but not least, Duchess, the fastest. The bunnies were so fun. You could pick them up and take them about anywhere. The bad thing about Duchess being fast was that there were woods in our back yard and she was hard to find when she escaped. If you put Thumper down, he would just sit there and wait for you to pick him back up again. Duchess had babies one winter but it was too cold and they didn't survive :( When we left N.C. we had to leave our bunnies with friends. That was sad.


My next pet is still living and she is a boxer too. She is the most spoiled dog in the universe. Her name is Jasmine. In 2004 our dad surprised us when he brought home this cute bundle of fur. Jasmine was the runt of the litter. Today, she is three years old and is only two feet tall. I have to admit, she has the cutest puppy face I've ever seen. Who knows what kind of pet I'll get next time.

Though I'm thinking maybe a duck....

Faith