Bubble blowing

Today I was washing some dishes and started to blow bubbles. I was blowing bubbles when my brother came over and started trying to blow some also. And then Mom came over to take pictures and that is how this post came to be.

To blow bubbles

1. Make an O with your hand

2. Dip your hand in soapy water

3. Blow GENTLY

4. There is your bubble

Nikki!

This is Nikki because she is so cute!

She has a lot of nicknames that we call her. Some of them are Nick, Nicks, Nicksie, Nicker, Doodly, Kitten, Putesy, Doddles, Nikkin, Tootsy, Poopsy, Piddles, Piddlepopper (when she has an accident in the house), Dog, Noodle, Noodly or almost anything that end in the "E" sound. Sometimes my family calls her Tubby, but I hate that name for her.

Nikki likes to sleep with us at night under the covers and lay on a body pillow. My mom doesn't really like to sleep with her because Nikki wants to lay on my mom, not just by her. I tell my mom it is because she loves her but my mom says that aren't that good of friends that they would lay on each other to sleep. Nikki begs to differ.

Nikki also loves treats. She has an incredible nose. When we eat something she wants to come up and smell our mouth to see what it was we ate. She also has incredible ears. If she is sleeping and we put a little snack in her bowl, her ears fly up, her head follows and she runs to her bowl even if we have put it in ever so quietly. We put it in quietly just to test if she hears it or not.

Tree frog on my window

When it was warmer this summer, we had a lot of rain and bugs, there
was a tree frog that would sit at the top of our slider door. It came each night for a week or so and we could see it getting bigger. He was an bright, emerald green color and as long as my pinkie finger. He was always in highest corner of the sliding door, so you had to stand on a chair to take a picture. This is really cool because I really, really like frogs. I've caught toads in our yard but not frogs so this was really cool. This is the belly of the frog.



This is the back of the frog.

My first blog award

I was given this award and I need to tell you seven things about myself.

1. My favorite painting is Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

2. I love the Phantom of the Opera movie.

3. I don't wear braces anymore after two years.

4. I can do the right splits.

5. I love guacamole.

6. I am allergic to yellow and red food coloring.

7. I have a goat named Eeyore.

Dance recital

Sunday was my year end dance recital. This is me and mom after the first show, there were two shows.

My Grandma came and gave me the flowers in the picture. The flowers are pink carnations and white daises. They are very beautiful and smell so good. I have them sitting right next to the computer so I can enjoy them.

My dance team, the Stars, danced to three songs and the finale. The three songs were American Pie (jazz), Sugar Cane (lyrical), and Bazooka Bubble Gum (tap). The finale, which the whole studio danced to do was Sweet Child of Mine. The theme for our studio this year was "The Sweet Life of Dance" and all the songs were about something sweet.

Next year I am going to take a tap class and not be in a show line. Tap is my favorite kind of dance, I just love to tap dance.

Underwater Adventures

When we went to Underwater Adventures I saw a awesomely big turtle. It was an Alligator turtle, here is a picture of it.

This I think is a red ear slider turtle, the tank with them in it is on the

left when you start walking through.

After that you go into this tunnel that is under water and get to see a whole bunch of things sharks, mantras, lots of different kinds of fish, and a couple sea turtles.

Then there is a room of Jelly fish. They are in tall tanks with neon lights that change color so you can see them. Then you come out in a gift shop and there is a touch pool with star fish and horse shoe crabs and some sea anemones. There is also a octopus in a tank with a information thing that said they are as smart as a four year old.

Parks

Lately, now that it is warmer, we have been going into town to a tennis court to play tennis. There is also a baseball field and a play ground. It has swings, a slide, tractor tires, a climbing thing, and this wonderful thing! Isn't it cool?! Thats me and my brother, he is in the middle, I'm on the left.