Zoombezi Bay

Today we went to Zoombezi Bay at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. We spent time playing in Baraccuda Bay; I got dumped on by the big bucket. The water was cold.

Today was the coldest day of the summer.

My favorite activity at Zoombezi Bay was the green slide.

A busy week!

Today was the last day of camp for the week. We finished our murals at art camp. At the end of camp, we put on an art show. Dad, mommy, and Grandma Griffith came to my art show. I showed off the mural created in collaboration with the whole camp, my mini-mural that I brought home, and the tree I created for the camp mural.

At Camp COSI we went to the Space exhibit. I played with the table where balls fall in a figure eight pattern. We played with a stop action movie maker. We also watched rats play basketball with their teeth. They weren't very good passers, but they could dunk! These are special rats from Japan.

After Camp, Mommy and I watched a movie about mummies. For a long time nobody could find pharoah mummies, but then somebody found twenty pharoah mummies at once. But, we still don't know the secrets of how to make mummies.Quinn and I also played in the Kid Space. I stayed in the big kid room to make stop action movies and play video games. Quinn played in the water and got wet.

We stopped for dinner at Texas Roadhouse. They had peanuts on every table! Charley the Balloon Guy made me a balloon hat that looks like Brutus Buckeye!

We are going to Utah in a week. I am very excited to visit the Tutoring Toy! I am very excited to see Aunt Diane, Uncle Bill, Cousin Casey, Grandma Jeanne, Grandpa Ray, Ole the dog, Aunt Lisa, Cousin Aidan, Uncle Bob, and Uncle Scott. I am looking forward to hiking the Kirkwood Trail and seeing some bison in Yellowstone.

Quinn is vey excited right now.

First week of summer camps

This week I had camp. I have two camps this week.

I am making a mural in art camp, at the Columbus Museum of Art. On the first day of art camp, we started on our mural. We have visited two murals nearby. We are learning about neighborhoods. We made our own buildings using paper, buttons, and fabric. We are using fabric on the background of our murals. We are using lots of paper too.

Every day I come home covered in paint.

My favorite art in the Columbus Museum of Art is a statue of a hairy man. It looks like a real man! I think he is funny.

We are learning about animals at COSI Go Wild Camp. Sometimes we get to go to exhibits. The first day we went to the Oceans exhibit. The second day we went to the Prairie exhibit. The third day we visited the Lost Egypt exhibit. Today we visited the Life exhibit, and we made snot.

Today we learned: "eyes in the front, like to hunt; eyes on the side, like to hide." We also got to hold animal skulls. I held the skulls of a bald eagle, a deer, a rattlesnake, and a bear. The biggest was the bear, the smallest was the rattlesnake.

I have also held a live bearded dragon this week, and we petted a Honduran Milk ShakeSnake. We also saw a life size whale, but he wasn't real.

At the Lost Egypt exhibit I saw a real mummy! It was a girl. She was about 16 to 18 years old when she died. Her "name" is Annie.

Yesterday, we went to Family night at the Columbus Zoo. We rode a log ride, and I got soaking wet! I sat in the front and protected Bryan from most of the water. The second hill was scary.

Both camps serve snacks. We had cookies, lots of Oreo's, and smiley gummies.

Zoo Pictures:

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

March 2 is Dr. Seuss' birthday. I have lots of Dr. Seuss books. I have Green Eggs and Ham, The Foot Book, The Tooth Book, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, The Sneetches, The Lorax, Cat in the Hat, Cat in the Hate Comes Back, Horton Hatches The Egg, If I Ran the Circus, The Sleep Book, Mr. Brown Can Moo Can You?, Dr. Seuss' ABC Book, There's a Wocket in My Pocket, Ten Apples Up On Top, and Oh The Places You'll Go. My favorite Dr. Seuss book is The Lorax. It is my mommy's favorite too. I like the funny word Truffula Trees.

We celebrated Dr. Suess' birthday by reading a Dr. Seuss book in school. It was One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. It is also Read Across America week. At lunchtime, I had GREEN EGGS AND HAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The eggs were green. The ham wasn't green. The made the eggs green with food coloring.

Every night until Saturday, we are going to read a Dr. Seuss book at bedtime. Tonight we are reading The Lorax.

100

On February 11, 2009, it was the 100th day of school. On February 12, 2009, Olde Sawmill lost electricity. I got to stay home.

Saturday is Valentine's Day. I got my Mom a gift.