Theo Chocolate Factory in Fremont

The Bridge School went on a field trip to a local chocolate factory in Seattle.  Mom drove me and Aivlyn & Finley.  The parents had to find street parking and we all met at the factory entrance.

 (I am in the red coat with camo pants.)

 There were dinosaur bushes on the other side of the street.

Once inside, we had to wait for the tour guide.

Everyone on the tour had to wear a hair net.

Even Mom!

Once the tour started, we learn about chocolate trees and where they grow.  We got to taste chocolate.  I could only taste the dark chocolate (dairy allergy), and frankly, I thought it was horrible.  Mom liked it though.

AFter our talk, we got to go into the factory.  Everything was working, The roasting machine, grinding, sugar adding etc......

We ended up in Theo's shop, I didn't want a thing yuck!

My classmates seemed really happy.

Wrapping Up 2014!

December flew by!  But here, are some of my highlights.

 Mom finished my Christmas Eve Vest.  She designed it around Sandra Jaeger's pattern of "Santa with Reindeer".  I described to Mom a quite village, snow, full moon, Santa, Mom did the rest.

 She even put a red nose on Rudolph!

 Karate has been fun!  Andy, Tyler, Elliot and I were waiting for our class.  I have learned a lot being in Black Belt Club.  Sensei told me that my sparring has improved in the last two months!

 On December 18th, I went home with my friends, Sylas & Tazmin.  I got to hold their snake!

 Christmas was quiet, but good.  I got some lego sets (The new Minecraft ones are super cool!), some books, and a tablet.

 It was good!  I am happy!

 Here is Mom's yule log, it was made of wheat.  We had all four grandparents over for dinner.

 We had a second Christmas at Aunt Megan's on the 26th.  That was fun too.  I got to play with Paxton ans Maddox.

2014 has been a really good year.

Snow in November!

 It snowed here, in the Seattle area on Saturday morning!  Mom and I got out (after she had a cup of coffee) to play in it and build a snowman.

There wasn't a lot of snow, just enough to cover the grass.  Mom made some great snow balls bur couldn't get a snowman going.  Oh well.

The dogs came with us.

After about 20 minutes the winds picked up and I was ready to head back inside!

Orange Belt!

I finally tested for my orange belt!  I am so happy!  The black stripe on my belt signifies that I have also joined the Black Belt Club.  

 The belt tests always take between an hour and a half and two hours.  We start with warm ups.

 And then we move into punching and kicking.  Below I am waiting for my turn.

 My friend Andy is showing off his punches.  

All my good friends: Andy, Arun, and Sabrina, got their yellow belts!  I plan to keep up my karate because I really enjoy it.

Orange Belt Test

Halloween 2014

Halloween has come again.  I  enjoy being scary things for Halloween.  This year I wanted to be Slender man.  He's a creepy monster guy that haunts the woods and feeds off children's souls.

 Slender man is missing his face.

I was invited to a Halloween party this year.  Sylas hosted.  Most of the school was there.  I really enjoyed playing with my friends in the dark.

 Sylas was a vampire.

We all went Trick or Treating as a group in Burien.  I got bored after 5 houses and told Mom that I wanted to go back to my neighborhood.  When we got home I decided I was done.  

Fortunately, I got to see Lilly, the girl next door.  We got a couple of pictures.

I decided that I was DONE with Trick or Treating for good.  I find it boring.

Starting to make my own videos