Winter Wonderland!

Hi everybody sorry it’s been such a long time! I got a little busy last weekend. Whats really important, is the snow we’re having here in Maryland!!! I woke up this morning, and the snow was up to the tires! Our driveways in my neighborhood go uphill, so its even higher on the actual road! I sorta wanna play in it, but I know I will fall, start laughing, and then realize how cold I am!

Speaking of playing, yesterday when the snow was only half of what it is now, I played with my next door neighbors! Two boys and one girl, which is good when we want to play girls vs boys! They’re home schooled, which I think is really cool. We had a lot of fun yesterday, though, and we played tag, had sled races, and had several snowball fights, even though the snow didn’t stick. Anyway, I wish we could do the same today, but its getting a little too high.

Oh! I just remembered! Sometime last week, my mom got me this really cool amethyst key chain. Its raw amethyst, which means it hasn’t been polished or cut into a specific shape. I don’t have any keys, but its still really cool to look at. If you didn’t know, amethyst is a type of quartz. If you go to my page about gems, you can read more about it! Anyway, that’s it for today! See you guys next week! 🙂

Family Time!

Yesterday me and my family took a three-hour trip to Norfolk, Virginia to see Daddy Joe’s parents. Daddy Joe is my amazing step-dad. We hadn’t seen them in a few months. I had a lot of fun. My grandpa had a stroke a couple years ago, and every time we went to visit, he was laying down. But this time he was walking and actually saying sentences! I was happy to see him feeling better.

We played Scrabble for hours. First, I just played against Daddy Joe (I almost won! Just saying!) And then my aunt and uncle came over, and we played with them. On Daddy Joe’s side, everyone lives very close, and I think that’s pretty cool. Anyway, I put down the word “doge,” and they all said that wasn’t a word (even though I knew it was.) We looked it up and I was right! Everyone was dumbfounded (and very impressed if I do say so myself). Especially because I, the only kid there, knew it and they didn’t. Overall, we had a lot of fun, not to mention I got to eat some of my grandma’s sweet potato pie. Yum!

For those of you gem lovers out there, the mineral for tomorrow is HEMATITE. I’ll have a piece to share in homeroom so be on time, all of you who go to my school! 🙂

 

Guess What I Got!!

DSC_0621Sure it’s January, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t get late Christmas presents! My amazing mom got me this really cool rocks and minerals kit and book. There are fifty types of rocks! Super cool! Can’t wait to read the book!

This kit will totally prepare me to study geology in high school and college, plus get me ready to be a geoscientist! Eek! So excited!

The kit even come with a list of the rocks’ names and hardness degrees. You can get this kit at Amazon. The book, Rocks and Minerals, is written by Chris Pellant. If you guys are interested, I definitely suggest getting this book.

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