Field Trip!!

This past Friday I went to Asheville, North Carolina for a field trip! We know some good friends over there that live in Asheville so for the first day we went and ate dinner with them (After I was through with being car sick- BLECH!) and swam in the pool until 1 in the morning. Our friends have kids ages 13 (Tanner), 5 (Cade), 3 (Harper and Haze- twins hehe)! They left at midnight but we all were supposed to be out of the hotel pool by 10:30 but we are rule breakers XD! After Ella, my mom, and I took a shower it was 1:30 in the morning and we went to eat at the Waffle House because we were hungry hahahaha!
Next Day- We woke up in the morning, got dressed and settled for a 1 hour car drive to a maple syrup farm! We have been recently studying pioneer life such as how the Little House on the Prairie people lived. In the winter, when it was cold enough, people go out to their Sugar Maple trees and tap a metal or plastic (or wood if you are talking about the pioneering time) 5 inch hollowed stick in a Sugar Maple's tree trunk and place a bucket up underneath to gather sap and make maple syrup, maple candy, and maple sugar out of the sap. We went up there and we took a tour. There were over 106 acres of land!! We didn't cover it all but we went up a hill and the tour guide showed us a big, ENORMOUS maple tree which was their main source of maple- but they also had 699 other maple trees to get sap out of! He then took us down to see two donkeys, one which was named Sally and she had a baby donkey named Jack. We got to pet their soft noses! Then what was truly amazing was he took us down to a BIG BIG BIG BIG BIG jar (about 650 gallons) of sap! The sap looks EXACTLY like water!! We got to taste it and it tasted just like water too but the after taste wasn't so great. We then went to the boiling spot! They add NO additional ingredients to make maple syrup- just get sap straight from a tree and boil it. The cool thing about it is that sap has only 1% of sugar in it but when you concentrate it, it turns into 69% of sugar!!




MOVIE TIME!!


The Karate Kid (2010)


Positive Messages: The boy wants to learn how to fight for good.


Violence: Since it is a karate movie, there are some injuries such as black eyes, broken bones and ribs.


Language: a**


Great movie! I think this is better than the original! I highly suggest this to you guys! Enjoy!


-Abby
Hope you enjoyed my story about the field trip!

Busy Wednesdays, Yummy snacks, and acting class!

Notice in the title that snacks and class kind of rhyme haha! Anyway I am always busy on Wednesdays- School, then straight after I have to go to piano lessons, then acting class then super fast today I am going to the church nursery to help out! I went to the library today and I went to look for a book on Malaria because I am writing a book that is set in Africa and there is a disease called Malaria carried by mosquitoes over there. I could not find one book about it!! They were ALL checked out!!!! Does anyone know why? Are you people who are not homeschooled doing projects on Malaria or something? Anyways, I have to put some clothes in the laundry and then I am on my way to acting class! I think I will enjoy it! First I have to tell you about yummy snacks before I go! LOL! Today I ate the most SCRUMPTIOUS caramel apple! Now, I know they can be un healthy for you- but I ate it only for Valentine's Day, I am eating it very slowly. Not only does it have caramel on it but it is COVERED with mini chocolate chips- GOSH IT'S SO GOOD! Also, after piano lessons my teacher gave me some Samoa's (they are from Girl Scouts) With yummy chocolate on it! Well that's all for today... wait! One more thing...


MOVIE RATING TIME!!!


Latest movie: Big Fat Liar
Violence: Only comedy wise such as dying a man's pool blue
Language: He**, Da**
Great and funny movie! I watched it last night! I think it's from Disney actually!!


Signing off,
Abby

Valentine's Day Party!

Today I had a Valentine's Day party for some little girls I know! My friend, Madeline, Ella, and I hosted the party. Gigi (3), Jenny (7), Sarah (6), Olivia (7), Abbey (6 1/2), and also Asher, my 2 year old brother attended the party! ;) We played games and ate cupcakes. We played Twister, Musical Hugs, Silly Face dance, and made crafts and did Valentine card exchanges!! It was very fun and we all had a fun time! Right now, I am at home watching Fly Away Home (It has one curse word h.e double hockey sticks) and it is very good! It is about some baby goslings a little girl finds and she takes care of them. There is some funny scenes!! I highly suggest you watch this movie!
Movie ratings: 5 stars
Violence: Mother dies in a car crash
Language: One mild word, H***


I hope you enjoy! Want more movie ratings? Comment saying what movie you yearn to see!