I had a sea science book. I had to make a sea box with 7 fish (or a school of fish), 2 whales, 1 sea snake, 1 octopus, 1 shark, 1 turtle and 1 jellyfish. I added 6 seaweed and a submarine. I only had a little bit of help.
Momma said I did a great job!
We are making maple syrup. It is fun!
First you tap some maple trees. We have 8 trees tapped this year. When you one bucket full, you can pour it into big pots over a big fire. We’ve got four buckets already. Then you boil it all day. That is as far as we are going to get today.
Daddy gave me a haircut!
I wanted to go sledding with Momma. We went to Bonneyville Park, to the sledding hills. It was a littler hill than Oxbow Park. Momma said it might be as big, but not as steep. The bigger hill is a lot longer than Oxbow’s big hill. I liked both of them.
I slid with Momma and Megan on the little hill. Momma said Megan couldn’t go on the big one.
I liked them both.
I hope to go back there sometime because I had FUN!
Here is how to make a sledding hill. You need any kind of snow, packing is better. Put some boards up a slope or use your porch steps. Put a lot of snow over the holes. Pack it down and then add more snow. Do it until there is no more holes and it is thick thick. Add more snow at the end of the sledding hill because you don’t want to STOP at the end. You want the end to curve so you keep going, or you will fall face first into the snow and you might get hurt.
Then you test it out. If it doesn’t work, make sure it is better. If it does work, keep playing on it until it gets another hole or you get cold and tired.
Have fun! Click on the pictures to see them better! Please let me know if you try this 🙂
We went walking at the park. Then we went sledding. It was fun.
The snow was soft. When I slid down it would get me in the face. I liked it unless it was on my neck.
I want to go sledding with Momma and Daddy.
No Shadow
Marker
2 Feb 2013
Today is groundhog day. If the groundhog sees his shadow he gets scared and runs back in to his hole, it means 1.5 more months of winter.
Here are some poems we found about Groundhog day. Thanks Wikipedia!
James Morris who lived in Pennsylvania in 1841 wrote:
Last Tuesday, the 2nd, was “Candlemas” day, the day on which, according to the Germans, the Groundhog peeps out of his winter quarters and if he sees his shadow he pops back for another six weeks nap, but if the day be cloudy he remains out, as the weather is to be moderate.
Here is a poem from Scotland;
If Candlemas Day is bright and clear,
There’ll be two winters in the year.
and one from England.
If Candlemas be fair and bright,
Winter has another flight.
If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,
Winter will not come again.
Groundhog Adrian did not see his shadow! It means only a month more of winter at least.
Snuffy and me in 2009!
Snuffy and Me 2013
I met Snuffy in 2009, he is a Corn Snake. He does not eat corn. He eats the mice and rats that eat the corn. Snuffy is a nice snake. I like Snuffy.
I saw him yesterday in a class. (It is Momma’s turn to write 🙂 ) We were learning about reptiles and amphibians. Snuffy is a reptile because he never lives in the water. Amphibians live in the water part of their lives, like frogs and toads and salamanders. They start with gills and grow lungs. Reptiles always have lungs.
I read in a book about a salamander who never loses his gills. He is an Axolotis salamander. I would like to see one. Momma said that when it warms up more, we will go looking to see if we can find some salamanders.
We are tapping maple trees. mark helping me tap maple trees. We think taped 7 maple trees.
I wrote that all by myself. But Momma is going to help now because it is a lot of work to type!
To tap a tree, you have to find Maple Trees. Drill a hole in the Maple tree. Put a hose thingy first in a bucket and then in the tree and hammer it in. Wait for the sap!
Momma said this year, I will be old enough to help Mark more with the firewood for the fire!
We went sledding today. It was fun, but cold.