Kensington Park

My family was at Kensington Metro Park on Friday. My Dad came late. We had to wait 3 hours for him to get there. We like to go to Kensington even though it was raining a little, because we love being outdoors.

This is me and my brother's by the stream. We were looking at brown and black mud and throwing sticks and leaves in the stream to watch them go through the tunnel under the path.

This is Kaden, my brother, he is 4 years old and I love him. He is swinging before our hike.

This is an animal print that we do not know what it is. Personally, I think it is an opossum footprint.

This is another print that we do not know what kind of animal it is from. I think it is a coyote print.

This is Mommy and Lanie. Lanie is on Mommy's back in a carrier. The carrier can also turn into a stroller.

I'm swinging on the swing at the playground.

I am cool aren't I, ha ha.

I want to go to the park again. It was so fun that I want to camp there, but I think the police would kick us out. LOL

Chicken Mummy - Part 2

This is the second step to the mummification process for our Chicken Mummy. You have to scroll down to see the first step in the process.

We begin our second step by getting our Mummy out of the dark, cool basement.

Then we took the chicken out of the bag.

We then had to take out all of the salt, because it was all wet from absorbing all of the moisture from the chicken. I thought that this was pretty yucky.

Daddy is being gross in this picture. Pretending to lick the chicken is really, really, really, really, really nasty.

I am pouring new salt inside the chicken.

We poured salt in the bag and then put the chicken inside the bag over the salt. And then we poured LOTS of salt inside the bag over the chicken. I remember we used 4 or 5 whole containers of salt.

We all got to help pour the salt in the bag!

My Chicken Mummy!

For history, we have been studying ancient Egypt. We learned about pyramids, pharaohs and mummies. I really liked learning about those things!

I think the mummification process is yucky, but I wanted to know more. My mom looked on the computer for a way to make our very own mummy. We needed a chicken from the grocery store, lots and lots of salt, ziploc bags and a lot of patience. It is going to take us 6 weeks before the mummy is done, and so far it's only been 2 weeks.

To make our mummy, first we took the insides out of the chicken and filled the inside with salt. Next, we filled the bag with a little salt too. Then we put the chicken in the bag and covered it all the way up with salt. We used 4 whole salt containers!

Our mummy is in our basement right now and I think it's drying out because of the salt. In a few days we will have to change the bag and put new salt in. I'm afraid it might be a little gross.

We'll see what our mummy looks like after 4 more weeks!

Karate <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Karate is cool. I went there today. My teacher's name is ........ Sensei Nick. Here is his picture:

:)

Today I learned to spar with a partner. Here are some pictures of me in class:

I have been taking karate for one and a half years.

Shooting Stars

photo from morningguyed

Last night we went to Kensignton Metro Park just as it was getting dark to watch shooting stars. We set our blankets and chairs up in a field. Before it was all dark we ran around and tried to catch fireflies. I didn't catch any. We laid down on the blankets to watch the stars. It was fun to watch the stars come out. Papa, Mimi, Daddy and Mommy saw about 9 meteors. I didn't see any. The park police came then and told us the park was closed and we had to leave. I had fun, but I didn't like leaving. The best part was staying up late and having my friend Ethan Joshua there with us.