The Little Princess

And hello 300 posts! I remember it was Easter Sunday, 2009 when I wrote my 200th post, and July 27, 2008 when I wrote my first post! Seems like a long time ago while it seems like just yesterday! I think that last year went by so fast! I'm hoping that this year goes just as fast, because THEN I'M GOING TO 9TH GRADE!!! Whoo-Hoo!

Joelle has a blog?!?!?!?!?!?!

It is true. Joelle has a blog. A four year old has a blog. My little sister has a blog. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!?!?!?!?! Well, she asked for one... And just so you know, I DON'T give her what she wants whenever she wants :) So here is the link - and when I told her that I would get my friends to go over to her blog her eyes got big and said, "Will they leave COMMENTS???" :) So she is very excited about comments and blogging. I must say, her blog is very cute :) AND... if you go to her blog and leave her a comment, she would be the happiest girl in the world! Happy blogging Joelle!

Now this is fun

****WARNING: Picture overload!****

I made Joelle a tent this afternoon - she loved it!

Our pulley system :) I roped a string over a branch and tied two short pieces of string to one end, and attached the other end to a handy dandy... (Did I just say handy dandy?)

Tent peg!
Her fire.

Her eye through a hole in the blanket :)

Such a cutie pie!

A robin who flew in on our party!
A cake I baked this afternoon (Joelle wanted the sprinkles :)!

You HAVE to enlarge this pic (Click on it), it's HILARIOUS!

Sweet face!
Birdy pics...

Louie must have been thirsty!
And Morocco! I didn't think he'd like getting his paws all wet!

O.K., well maybe not picture OVERLOAD, but still lots of fun pictures! Enjoy!

My little Monkeys!

Morroco is the adventurous one, Louie is the lap cat, and Joelle is the crazy one!


Louie won't bite you (And when Morroco does, it doesn't hurt) when you pick him up :)





This is how they look right before they pounce!



Louie is so calm :)


Morroco is not :)

Interesting and Funny

Yes I know, a very nice post title, but really, what I'm about to post about is interesting and funny! At least, I think so :) So since 'Interesting' was first in the title, I'll do that first (Technical aren't I?). So now I'll stop blubbering and get to the good stuff :)

The Worlds Deepest Pool

It's VERY deep. Wanna guess how deep?

The large circular pit is 108 ft deep.

As you can see, the Nemo 33 is very spacious and roomy! Not some cramped, long pool.

Of course, the Nemo 33 is only for scuba divers! And here's another interesting fact: the deepest part in the ocean is called the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench and it is 35,840 feet! The Nemo 33 pit is only 108 ft deep, but still!!!

The pool we go to in the summer is only 8 ft deep, so the Nemo 33 is 100 ft deeper than what I'm used to! When I go to touch the bottom of the pool, I find I need air really soon (Duh!), so I push off and try to get air as fast as I can. Now I know these people are professionals and have scuba gear, but just think; touching the bottom of the 108 ft deep pool, and coming back up! I think it's impossible, right?

These pictures are courtesy of this site. Here is an excerpt from the site:

"Nemo 33 is a recreational diving center in Belgium that is home to the world’s deepest swimming pool. The pool has two large areas that are 16 ft and 32 ft deep, and a large circular pit that’s 108 ft deep. Filled with non-chlorinated, spring water maintained at 86°F, it’s also got several man-made underwater caves and some windows that allow outside visitors to watch."

Isn't that weird about the windows? We had one of those in a local pool (I don't know if we still do or not), and it was neat to look through! This next picture has a good look at some of the windows:

It would be kind of freaky, and I don't think I would do that, but these pictures are awesome! I would be afraid something would reach out and grab me in that pit :)

I think one of the coolest things is the caves! That would be so cool!

I think this pool is absolutely amazing! What do you all think?

FUNNY!!!

We don't get the local newspaper, but sometimes Dad brings it home from work. I like to read the comics, and sometimes I read them online. I found two the other day that I loved!!!

From Pickles:

From Pearls Before Swine:

You HAVE to read these, or else my buds from the secret service might have to come down and have a 'talk' with you... :) Anyway, do you get the Pearls Before Swine one? AHAHAHAHA!!! It's hilarious!!! "So if at 'FARCE' I don't suck seed, try dry again?" Hehe :) Translation: "So if at first I don't succeed, try try again"! Whew, *wipes tears away* the Pickles one was great too :)

Last day of VBS, part of me is happy, because it's not easy working with a bunch of pre-k kids. It was fun, but there were some bad parts too. Stuff I won't mention on THE BLOG, but otherwise, VBS was a lot of fun! Joelle's favorite class was crafts, and it was probably my fav. class too :) It kept the kids busy! Yesterday, the kids made lip balm, and it looked, umm, delicious! But of course, you don't say to a 5 year old, "EWWW!!! You put that stuff on your LIPS?!?!". No. You smile and say, "That looks great! You did a wonderful job!" :) I had to do that a couple times :) Tonight is not really a VBS day, but it's the program. My job now is to convince Joelle to go up and sing! For some reason, she doesn't like being up in front of... people. I've tried telling her that Dad is coming to see HER and would be dissapointed if he didn't see her. Nope, nothing will work. What's that you say? Nope, tried that too.

Gilbert. We told her, but she won't believe us. Conversation between Joelle and I:

Me: Joelle, Gilbert is dead.
Joelle: No he's not!
Me: Then where is he?
Joelle: I don't know.
Me: But Dad buried him last night!
Joelle: No he didn't!
Me: Umm, yes he did!
Joelle: Uh-uh.
Me: Uh- HUH! See? He's not in his bowl!
Joelle: So?
Me: If he's not in his bowl, where is he?
Joelle: In a cup.
Me: A cup?
Joelle: Yeah, like the one you use when you clean his bowl!
Me: UGH!!! He's NOT in a cup either!
Joelle: Then where is he?
Me: ARG!!!

That's pretty much how it goes :) I need to go now, so thanks for sticking with me for this fun/wacky/interesting/weird post! Until next time!!!

For Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

***Part of this post was created Monday, but most of it was created on Tuesday :)***

First off,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

My Mom's birthday was June 7th. Sorry I missed blogging about it :( Yesterday was busy.

Second:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNY!!!

TODAY is Jenny's birthday! 17 years old! By the way, today (Tuesday) Jenny made a blog!!! You can visit it here.

Yesterday, we woke up and gave Mom her presents (Sorry I don't have any pictures :( It seems the battery always drains whenever there's a birthday...). We went to church, and then took Mom to the ideal birthday restaurant... Arby's! Kate and Jenny left for graduation (Congrats to all 2009 grads who read my blog :) around 2:00, and Mom, Dad, Joelle and I went to my great-grandma Becky's house. Then, Joelle wanted to go to a water fountain at the local college campus. Aha! NOW we get some pictures!!!



My favorite!!!

"Drink Deep At The Fountain"

Awww!

Red Daylilies.

Yellow Daylilies.


Here is Mom's ice cream cake from DQ. Yum!

I really like this one! What with the light shining through :)

Mom's beautiful floppy hat she got for her birthday :)

One of many Million Gold flowers in the garden.

The zoom on my camera is AMAZING!!! It's 48x :) The one I had before was only 3x.

Louie liked Joelle's 'Little Tot' chair :)

NOW... I need some help deciding upon my favorite flower picture! I took all of these, but I can't decide which one is best! PLEASE comment and tell me which is BEST!!!

1. Clematis

2. Larkspur One

3. Larkspur Two

4. Flower that looks like candy corn :)

Candy Corn flower is personally my FAVORITE flower, but I'm not sure which one is the best PICTURE. So PLEASE help me!!! Thank you to all my faithful followers and daily commenters :)

ALSO... yesterday (Monday) we had a bad thunderstorm, and I was desperately trying to get a lighting pic. Do you know how FRUSTRATING that is??? I was using the 'Snow' setting so I could capture the darkness and the lightning (Which would have worked if I had actually gotten a picture of the lightning :). Instead of using the 'Single' setting (Where it would take one pic at a time) I used the AEB setting (Where it takes lot's of pictures in a row so I have a better shot (Excuse the pun) at getting the pic). Seriously folks, EVERY TIME I turned the AEB off, the BIGGEST streak of lightning would crash and thunder would roll SO LOUD!!! Mom can couch for me, yesterday evening was FRUSTRATING!!! Now that I'm done venting, I can close up this blog post! Thanks to all of you who read all of this :)