Florida Day 5

I went to Sea World. I saw a dolphin and whale show. The dolphins and the whales jumped so high that their whole body was out of the water. Also at this show were people dressed in costumes and on bungee cords pretending to fly. After the show my Dad fed the dolphins and I tried to pet them. A trainer came over and helped get the dolphin over with a special whistle so I could pet it.

Then we saw a killer whale swimming around right up by the glass. Next we saw the Shamu show. The trainers had to train the whales to do all the cool stuff that the whales can do now. The killer whales jumped all the way out of the water. It was really fun because they got their body all the way up. There was a baby whale.

Before I went on the Whale Express roller coaster I got to climb on the nets. I could get up the nets all by myself this year. Then we went on the Whale Express roller coaster. It was really slow. It was fun because it was so slow. While I was climbing the nets my Grandma and Grandpa bought me a t-shirt with a killer whale on it. I like it.

Then we saw the penguins. Then we saw puffins with people in the tank cleaning it. Then we saw really big sea turtles. They were sleeping. Then we saw pearl divers. Last, we went home. It was a really good day.

Florida Day 4

I went to the beach today. This beach was on the Atlantic Ocean and was called Jetty Park at Cape Canaveral. I saw two sea turtles and I saw two dolphins. I tried to build a sandcastle but it washed away because of the waves. My Dad and I ran into the ocean and had races and pretended that my Dad was a lifeguard and he came out and saved me. We drove to the beach in Grandma and Grandpa's new RV and we took Brandie. Brandie is a dog that belongs to Grandma and Grandpa's friends Richard and Vera and Grandma and Grandpa are taking care of her while their friends are gone. We ate lunch in the RV by the beach. We saw three big boats come into the port.

Camp Shady Brook Trip

I went to Camp Shady Brook with both second grade crews (Miss Hanni’s and Miss Sarah’s crew), and my Dad did too. In my group there was Elena, Sarah, Grace, Anna, Sophia, Megan and me. My leader was Miss Tricia. We were supposed to sleep in tents but it was going to be too cold outside so we had to sleep in cabins. We got to the camp around 12:00 pm, then we had lunch. After lunch we put our stuff in the cabins and then we went on a hike. The hike that we went on was pretty hard because there were really steep hills. We ate dinner in the dining hall – they made the dinner for us. One of the boys in Miss Sarah’s class had a birthday so he got to kiss the moose. We had a campfire in the lodge and we sang some silly songs. Then we went to bed.

On the second day we got up, had breakfast, then we went on a challenge hike. The weather was kind of weird because it snowed, hailed, rained and was sunny on the challenge hike. In the afternoon of the second day we did rock climbing, a low ropes course, and we had solitude and reflection time. We helped the camp by picking up some wood chips because they were doing some construction there. We tried to help out the camp because the camp had been so nice to us. After we ate dinner we went back to our cabins to get on our warm gear and go to the campfire outside. We sang some more silly songs. One of my favorite songs was Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, and another of my favorite’s was Rock the Boat. Then we went back to our cabins to sleep.

On the third day we went to breakfast, we had a little hike, and then we packed up and went back to school. When we got back to school we had lunch, then we went out for recess, and then did solitude and reflection.