8th Birthday!

Sunday was my 8th Birthday and I celebrated by having another party at the Tag Zone!  Most of my friends were from karate.  Mom made all vegan, wheat free treats, so that I could eat anything. (I am tired of going to other people's parties and not being able to eat anything!)  My friend Vaugn is having food allergies too, so it was just as well.

 Before the party, Mom and I drove to Kent to pick up Xavier & Jada, so that they could attend my party.  (Their Mom owns a restaurant and could not get away.)  It was hot today too!

 I got my favorite room again!  It's the army room with the sand bags.

 I had an equal number of boys and girls this year, and four dads decided to play.  We had a really fun time.

 We had a short break.  No cake this year.  I do not like cake, so I did not want it at my party.  We had brownies and rice crispie treats.  Mom had brought lots of water and gatorade.

 The little girls at my party, camped out behind some sand bags.

 Dad, Arun, & Andy are out.  Waiting for a new game to start.

 I had a really good party although I was crying at the very end.  (Elliot shot me in the neck, TWICE!)  it hurts.

 Me with Xander and Elliot.

Me at the end of the day.  I had a great party!  and then a cold shower!  My friends all donated money towards my summer Lego Project.  Mom is going to take me to the Lego Shop on June 12th.  I can't wait.

This was the BEST CARD ever, from my neighbor, Lillian.  It says: "May all your dreams come true.....(especially the weird ones!)  Happy Birthday, Lillian"  I told Mom to keep it.

Last Day at the Bridge School

June 4th was the last day of school and it was at Seahurst Park (the beach).  It was a beautiful morning.

We played some games, had a race with a backpack...

 I played mainly with Andy (he is one of my best friends-there is also Vaugn & Sabrina)  Andy and I will be moving on to Kent Mountain View Academy this fall.  I am glad that I will not be going alone.

 I got Mom to stay at the beach with me all morning.  She brought the dogs and her knitting.  (She's wearing the black sweatshirt.)

 Andy and I went on a rock hunt.

In the evening, we had a Moving On Ceremony at the Bridge School.  Our teachers had something nice to say about each of us.

I am going to miss the Bridge School but I am looking forward to 3rd Grade at Kent Mountain View.

Charlotte's Birthday

Charlotte is my next door neighbor.  I am friends with her older sister, Lillian.  Charlotte recently turned 3, and I got invited to her party.  He party was at the Jungle Gym, in Burien.  It's small, but a lot of fun.

 I went for the climbing wall. There are the two neighbor sisters below.

 The time at the gym is structured, but I like that.  We played with this parachute for a little while.

 I got to get it!

 Back on the wall!

 If you can see, I am on the zip line.  This is fun!  Unfortunately, we only got to go twice.  Over all, it was a fun party and I was the oldest kid there!

Geocaching

I finally started geo caching with my parents this weekend.  My Dad downloaded the app so that we can now start finding all the caches in our area, and in new places we go.  I got introduced to geo caching by Andrea, Andy & Elliot on our school trip to Leavenworth and have decided to pick it up as a hobby this summer.  Geo caching is like treasure hunting, except the treasure is a water tight box or container that holds a piece of paper, and possibly other stuff.  

 Our first location today was in a park just west of Highline Community College.  We are checking Dad's phone for the coordinates of the cache.

 I think we should walk this way.....

 It's pretty here, but a little wild.  The plants are trying to take the paths back.

 Huh...we are close.

 Dad found this one.  It was hard because it was small.  This plastic tube contains the paper that you write your names on.

 I wrote down all three of us, plus the date.

I found another one in a parking lot down at South Center, how funny.   Geo caching is fun.  It gets us all out of the house searching for something.

Mock Trial at the Burien Courthouse

During the month of May, our school has been learning about the government (remember the Capitol?)  Today, our whole school did a mock trial of The Three Bears vs Goldilocks.  Goldilocks was on trial for bad behavior!  But first, we had to walk to the courthouse.

 We had to go through a metal detector.  The Mom's took longer than the kids.

 The defendants. (Left to Right) Goldilock's mother, Goldilocks, and their attorney.

(Left to Right) Momma Bear, Poppa Bear, Baby Bear, and me, their attorney.

                                                 

 Malia is the judge and she actually has the robe!

 The Plantiffs and Defendants, ready for action!

 The Coho Room sat in the jury.

 I opened the questioning staring with Momma Bear.  She is on the witness stand.

  Then I had Poppa Bear and Baby Bear.

 Goldilocks got sworn in.  After all the questions were asked the jury retired to another room to deliberate.  They finally came back in.

 Goldilocks was found to be innocent of bad behavior!!!!!  I was surprised.

This was a lot of fun and it was neat that we got to use a real courtroom!

Baby Bear on the witness stand!

Rowan is the Bear Family's attorney. Baby Bear (Andy) is on the witness stand to testify against Goldilocks eating his porridge, breaking his chair, and sleeping in his bed.