Daily Girl #52- Avery's Week

Avery's Week
By Avery

We had a lot of fun in the last two weeks! What I really liked is that we got to have a camp out night. Gabe, Marney, Kiki, Mason, and I all did it. The first thing that we did is we set up our sleeping bags. Kiki was sleeping on the couch, so she didn't need a sleeping bag. Also we had to have it in the living room. The first game that we played was Hangman. Gabe was the host of it. So that means he wrote down the alphabet and crossed off letters and wrote down the letters. In the middle of playing Nana came over to visit. So then she got to play Hangman with us. At the end I won. The two words that I had to guess were Polytheistic Ascetic. That means someone that is very nice and believes more than one god. It took a long time to guess it. After playing hang man we cleaned up and Nana left. Also we played Sumo Wrestlers! In the game Gabe and Marney got to fight for three rounds and then Mason and Gabe had to fight for three rounds. It was very funny game. I was the referee for the whole entire game. What I liked about being the referee is that I won't have to fight. Next we got to fight with our nerf guns. One of the guns didn't work that meant that only Gabe and I could play with them. Also Marney fell asleep and Kiki was eating midnight snack while we played. Gabe had almost all of the ammo so he could refill his gun every second. Then after a few minutes I lost and Gabe won. We played DS for 30 minutes. I played Cooking Mama, Gabe played Gardening Mama, and Kiki played a princess game. In cooking Mama all of the recipes were unlocked. After we played the DS we had a pillow fight. In the pillow fight Kiki kept on dropping her pillow on the ground. Gabe was a little bit clumsy when we did it. At the end it was a tie. Some day we will have a rematch. Later when Kiki was asleep Gabe and I had a midnight snack. We ate Thin Wheats and drank water. Gabe ate some goldfish also. When we were about to go to sleep we read a book about all sorts of girlie things to do. Gabe was laughing the whole time I read it. Later we went to sleep but in the middle of the night the power alarm went off because all of the power in our house went off. So I did not get much sleep. I loved having the sleepover and I can't wait until the next one.
On Monday the Weavers came over so that we could do stuff. When they first got here we played hide and go seek. When we did do recorder class the first thing that we did is we made our own thunder storm on the floor. It was all about rythym. Also we got to sing two songs. Five Little Babies and the Beehive. On our recorders we had to play the whole entire page seven. It had some complicated songs on it. Also in recorder class we learned note C. It is a very cool note. After recorder class we did art class. In art class we did pottery. We made clay bowls. To make a clay bowl you need to make clay and then make little balls of it. Next you flatten out the balls on a paper bowl and let the clay dry. When it is dry you do not eat out of it because it is only for decoration. After art class we went to yoga. Our yoga teachers name is Lindsay. She taught us how to do the Cat. The Cat is when you are on your hands and knees and you arch your back up in the air. Then we did the Cow. The Cow is when you put your head and your tail up in the air. We did all sorts of yoga poses. My favorite yoga pose was the warrior pose because it is super awesome. After we did all of the poses we got to relax for a while. When we went home we were all very tired. I loved being with the Weavers and I hope that we will not stop being with them.

Daily Girl #52- Photo Of The Week

Photo Of The Week
By Avery

This picture was taken by me! In this picture our rat Luigi is playing around like he always does. I love our rats!

Daily Girl #52- Question Of The Week

What is your favorite amusement park and what is your favorite ride in it?

Nana- Worlds of Fun... the log ride.

Marney- Six flags because the rides are awesome and the funnest is when I got on the log ride. The second funnest ride was the spinning tea pots.

Christopher- Me and my friend Jen like Tilt-A-World. Also we really like Space Mountain.

Avery- I like Six Flags because it is the only amusement park I have ever been. Also my favorite ride was the log ride because it is super exciting.

Daily Girl #52- Check This Out

Check This Out: Sleepover Plans By Avery

Last week Lily Weaver, Marney, Kiki, and I all planed stuff for a big sleepover that we are going to have on the 20th! We are going to have it at Nana's house because that is where all the candy, coke, and Wii are. We are calling it a wakeover because we are not going to sleep at all! To keep us awake we are going to eat candy, drink coke, and play lots of games. Also it is going to be an all girls night. It is going to be an all girls night because Popo will be out of town on that day. The first thing that we are going to do when we are at Nana's house is we are going to play Hide And Go Seek. In the game we have to pair up and hide. So that means that Marney and Kiki will be a pair and Lily and I will be a pair. So Lily and I will count together and we will have to find Marney and Kiki. Later we are going to make our own pizzas for dinner. Make your own pizzas are the best pizzas ever because you can make it the way you want it. After we eat pizza we are going to cook all sorts of things. We are going to cook cake, little pastries, chocolate strawberries, jell-o, ice cream, and cookies. We really really want to make jello because then we can cut shapes out of them. We also wanted to do Nana's paraffin bath. A paraffin bath is where you dip your hands in wax and then let the wax dry. After the wax dries we have to peel off the wax and feel our smooth hands. We want to do the paraffin bath because it is awesome! When it gets dark we are going to go outside and play Hide And Go Seek with a flash light and Ghost In The Graveyard. We play ghost in the graveyard because it makes us want to tell scary stories. When we tell scary stories we are going to tell them outside in the dark because then it will make them even scarier. After a little while we are going to get our blow up beds out and start setting up for the stuff that we are going to play in the living room. We are going to move the furniture around and put on pajamas. We are all going to sleep on our own blowup beds. Nana is going to sleep in her bed. We will be playing Wii for the rest of the night. At 5:00 in the morning we are going to sleep for a few hours. When we wake up we are going to make some awesome pancakes that have some sugar and vanilla mixed in with them. It is going to be the best sleepover ever!

Daily Girl #52- Recipe Of The Week

Ham and Cheese Roll-Ups

Ingredients
4 slices whole wheat bread
4 teaspoons honey mustard
4 slices deli ham
4 slices swiss or American cheese
4 dill pickles

Directions
1- Cut the crusts off of bread with a serrated knife.
2- With a rolling pin, roll out each slice of bread until it is flat.
3- Spread 1 teaspoon honey mustard on each slice of bread.
4- Layer a slice of ham, a slice of cheese, and a pickle on top of the honey mustard.
5- Roll it up and secure with toothpicks.
6- Cut into slices.
5- Eat and enjoy.

Daily Girl #52- Joke Of The Week

Why did the man throw his watch out the window?

He wanted to see time fly!

Daily Girl #52- Craft Corner

Sewing A Purse
By Marney

1. Pick out fabric.
2. Fold in in half.
3. Cut out the shape.
4. Sew up each side. Leave the top open.
5. Cut a strip of fabric for the handle.
6. Sew the ends of the handle onto the sides of the purse.
7. Then you have a purse.

Daily Girl #52- Special Announcements

Special Announcements
By Avery

Happy 86th birthday to my neighbor LD! Also good luck to my Aunt Melinda because she is having knee surgery.

Daily Girl #52- Fun Stuff

The Hole Digger
By Marney

My black puppy was digging a deep hole in my backyard. He found a rectangle shaped box of gold. The dog came in barking excited for his owner to come out and see the gold. The owner screamed loud because she didn't know there was gold in her backyard. She used the gold to buy a silver van. She went on a vacation with her dog to Mexico.

Daily Girl #52- The Zoo

The Zoo: Coyotes
By Mason

HABITAT-
Coyotes live in North America and Central America. Coyotes adapt well. And can live in tropical places, mountains, forests, deserts, plains and even in cities. Coyotes can curl up in a ball to sleep and can live without shelter. Coyotes can take other dens from other animals.
DIET-
Coyotes have strong jaws and strong senses for hunting. They are carnivores. They eat birds, deer, sheep, young calves and other small animals. They also eat fruits and grass. Near humans they eat rats and mice, trash and even pets.
LIFE-
Coyotes are mostly night hunters. They are social in small groups and a pair or family, not in packs. Male and female coyotes stay together for many years. The female coyote has 1 to 19 pups one time per year. The coyote can live 10 years in the wild and 18 years in captivity.
FUN FACT-
Coyotes are the best runners of the canine family. They can run up to 65 km per hour. They can also jump horizontally up to 4 meters.

Daily Girl #52- How The Garden Grows

How The Garden Grows: Composting
By Gabe

It is important to compost. Composting saves the Earth. When you compost you put scraps of food in it so you are not wasting food. The compost makes dirt for our gardens and plants. We use to have it in a garbage can. Now we have it in an open bin and we water it. We also worm compost. The worm's poop is the dirt. The first step in composting is to make a bin. We used wood to make ours. Then you put food scraps in it. Then you put grass and leaves in it. Water it every day. Don't put meat or dairy in it. When it turns to dirt use it for gardening.

Daily Girl #52- Breaking News

Breaking News: Genetically Modified Foods
By Connor

Genetically modified food is food with properties different from what it would regularly have. A very long time ago yeast was the first food that was modified to be able to rise when it was heated. Scientifically genetically modified food was invented in the 1920s in Iowa. American scientists started by moving DNA from one plant to another. They do this so the plant will gain the ability to repel pests and weeds. Some people don't like the idea because it could harm the Monarch Butterfly or the birds or even worse the environment. People also don't like genetically modified plants because they have a risk of being poisonous to humans.
There are a lot of genetically modified foods today. Corn is one of the main crops that have been modified. They have made maize that has been genetically modified to give more corn and keep pests away from it. They have also modified soybeans to keep weeds and bugs away from it. Modified Soybeans were judged okay to eat by the US government. What could be the next vegetable that we modify? It could be any thing from carrots to potatoes.
In the future we will also be eating modified meats. In-vitro meat is going to be created sometime soon. In-vitro meat is going to be much healthier than regular meat. In-vitro meat will stop illnesses like Mad Cow Disease and the Swine Flu. In-vitro meat will be made of different meats like chicken, turkey, beef and pork. The in-vitro meat might taste exactly like regular meat if not better. In-vitro meat will be made in a lab in the same way cloning works. The scientists will only clone the part of the animal that we eat. Technology has come a very long way over the years in modifying food.