- Make pottery from the wheel
- Silk Screening
- The giant swing
- Candle Making
- The campfire
- Playing with the small animals
- Playing with the little kids
- Watching and participating in the untalent show
- Play at the swimming hole
- Make blackberry jam
Totally Terrific Totality
It’s bright. Brighter than I’ve ever seen the sun before. So bright that you can’t look at the sun without protective glasses.
And then all of a sudden a bite is taken out of the sun. It’s a small bite, as if a young child is taking a bite out of the sun. Although it can’t have been made by teeth because soon the bite is making the sun look more and more like a crescent moon. Our glasses make it so all we can see is the sun and black surrounding it. Gazing up is the world around me, all looking at the same thing. The moon eating the sun.
It is now just sliver of the sun left to see. And then everything goes dark. We are now in total totality. The birds are all quiet. You can see a star in the sky, it’s that dark. We all take off our glasses and stare at the beauty of space and the universe around us. There is no sun visible. No moon. Just a blue sky and Venus.
After jumping up and down about a thousand times, the sun starts to creep back to its place and we one by one go inside, having seen a full solar eclipse.
Neat sweets and treats
Through out this trip I’ve had many treats. But only some of them made the top chart.(If any of them are tied, they will have the same number.)
- Raspberry macaroon
- Carmel chocolate macaroon
- Salted caramel
- Croissant
3. Ice Cream
Just finished Stanford soccer camp.
From Friday to Tuesday I went to a Stanford soccer camp. There were a range of kids from nine to fifteen. The team names were based on countries, and I was in Mexico. We lost the first game, tied the second, and we won the last two. After the four games, Mexico got there’s place in the tournament, (there were a lot of teams. Like ten or something.) On Monday, we did a skit night with all of the teams including the older girls teams. Over all I had a great soccer camp.
Hamley’s
There’s one awesome toy store in Piccadilly, which is where in staying, called Hamley’s. Hamley’s is a six story building. Every floor is different, and there is something there for every one. They also let you play with the toys as you go. The people who work there are really funny and demonstrate and then let you try. The three toys I wanted to get most there were a hover soccer ball, a bubble gun, and a plastic blow up bubble kit. In the end I got the blow up bubbles. (See below.)
Overall I want to go back every day and wish that we had one of these stores at home.
Warner Brothers Studio Tour.
Today I had the time of my life at the Warner Brothers Studio tour. I got to see allot of the actual sets they used for the films and a bunch of the masks mask up and more. It was so amazing. Here are some pictures that are my favourites.
The Pros and Cons of letting your parents talk you into walking the dish.
Pro: You could have a very good time running up and down the hills with your sister.
Con: Then you might get a cramp in your side and a pain in your left knee.
Pro: You get to spend time with your family.
Con: However you have to do that while swating away bugs and wasps.
Pro: When you sprint down and up three hills you’re parents are very proud of you and may even suggest that you try out for cross country.
Con: That statement doesn’t make you feel as good as it seems when you don’t want to do cross country and just ran because you were being bombarded by bugs. (Have I mentioned that the bugs there particularly like me.)
Pro: You feel very good if you get a mile ahead of your parents.
Con: But then you don’t get so hyped if they catch up.
Pro: You may discover a secret shortcut.
Con: You may also find that it’s covered in pricks and that your sister doesn’t want to go, so you are forced not to discover the unknown.
Pro: You get to see many animals such as deer and wild turkeys.
Con: Have I mentioned that Mama turkeys don’t like people too mess with their babies.
Pro: You can share this experience with your friends.
Con: Well there really is no con for that.
Lots of pictures.
Today I trecked through an endless dessert full of taking about one thousand pictures out of books just so we wouldn’t have to carry the copies of the paperback ones. The rest of the day i just relaxed and played on my phone.
Picking out backpacks.
After trying on almost too many backpacks I came up with a writing piece of how I spent most of my day.
“Come on Anika, the store opens in thirty minutes,” I hear my mom call.
“Okay, I’m coming,” I assure her. After sitting down on the scorching hot seat, I think otherwise. But my mom was already backing out of the drive way, so I had no choice.
Ten minutes later, we’re pulling up in front of REI. Without hesitation, I slip out of the car, and sprint to the front doors. In one motion, I pull open the front doors – or I imagine to at least. In reality, I just keep pulling, and pulling until I finally surrender and ask my mom, “What time is it?”
“10:45,” she replies. I groan, and wait in the 104 degree heat for fifteen more minutes. At 11:00 I push open the double doors I am overcome by relief. Cool air conditioning blows into my face, and I stroll right up to the air vent and stick my face in front of it.
A minute or two pass, and a kind man brings my mom and I to the back packs.
After trying on, looking through, and weighing down what seemed like a hundred back packs I finally decided on a big teal one. I ran it up and down the stairs, fit it to my back, and finally put it down. My back aching like crazy, I non regretfully put the backpack back in the cart. With an assortment of toiletry kits, money pouches, and other trinkets laying alongside my back pack, I leave the store, not planing to come back any time soon.
Hello world!
Welcome to Anika Around The World!