Mia's Edventures: An Awesome Wed & a Trip

Sorry I haven't posted for a few weeks. I wrote the blog entries, but we didn't get around to publishing them.

Blog Entry for Sept 21

Hello again! I am glad to write this particular blog. On Wednesday, I tried this new thing. It is a half school day thing. I go in early, and I really mean early! Then, well, how about I just let you read this report I wrote for this new school topic called HOE - it stands for Hands On Essays. So, here you go!

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BypPK1qIEGuTOW93cldyZFNyeWs

Blog Entry for Sept 28

Hey guys! Since I was visiting my Grandma starting Thursday, we took the whole week off! So I am sorry you didn't get the blog till now but oh well. I can at least tell you about my time visiting my Grandma, and cousins, and aunts and uncles, etc....

We drove 8 hours to my Grandma's rest home. When we got there, we just talked, and finally, we went down to the dining hall, and had dinner. After that, we hung out some more, and then left for “home”. We went to sleep. When I woke up, everyone else was already awake. It was Friday! So that meant we got to meet my Aunt A at the rest home. We talked with Aunt A and Grandma for a while, and then played cards. My aunt did my hair. She was going to do baby's hair too, but baby didn't like it.

Finally, I went over to Aunt A's house for a sleepover. We were the only ones there for the night, besides the dog, so it was girls' night! We got a pizza and two movies. We went down to the basement and ate pizza while we watched Mirror Mirror. Best movie ever! Millions of times, I have been asked the question “what is your favorite movie?” and I have never had an answer. Now I do. And Mirror Mirror is it. Well, once the movie was over, it was hair and make up time! Aunt A wanted me to spike her hair, but I couldn't get the “goo” to work, so I sparkled her hair instead. Then I did her make up semi-normal. Here is a picture of that:

Next, I decided I didn't like normal, so I made it into a peacock. It looked SO cool! Here is a picture:

Then, she did my hair. She calls it an inverse braid. Then she did my make up. Nothing exotic like the peacock. But still pretty cool! I STILL have eyeliner on. Haha. After make up, we were fully awake again, so we watched The Lorax. It wasn't bad, but it certainly wasn't a movie I would watch again. The music in it was entertaining, but it just wasn't worth it. Well, then we went to bed.

The next day, while everyone went on errands and such, I stayed home, baked brownies, and watched Mirror Mirror again. Haha! Right about the second time watching it that day, my cousin Angel and my Aunt P came over. My Aunt P dropped us both off at a market like thing that was going on that day. We went “tent shopping” and looked at a lot of cool nicknacks, and over-priced homemade things, and a really pretty dress booth. Then we went into a candy store and got some candy. After that, we started to walk back home. But, we got lost. So my parents had to pick us up.

After Mass there was going to be a “party” dinner thing at Aunt A's house. So we went over there, and Angel and I decorated the house with fall décor that we found in the garage along with a box of costumes, but more on that later. Soon, people started arriving, along with my cousin J. J, Angel, and I all went outside and tried on costumes. It was very fun. After that, we all ate dinner with everyone. After dinner was over, we went down stairs, along with yet another cousin, N, and we all played Security Guard and the Clay, which is really called Queen and the Statues. Basically, one person is the queen, or in our case, the security guard, and all the others are “statues”. The queen turns around, and whenever her back is towards them, the “statues” can move, but as soon as she turns around, they have to freeze. In our version, the queen got to move the statues in whatever way she wanted. It was very entertaining. We also played twister.

After all the people upstairs had left, and we were the only ones there, we all went upstairs to eat the brownies I had cooked, and to play a game called Left Right Center. If you want to know what Left Right Center is, please email me and I will tell you. Then, we all went home. My dad couldn't sleep, so we ended up leaving for real home, at around 2ish in the morning. Yeah, I know. I slept the entire ride home!

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