First when we got to the children’s museum, we went downstairs to the theater where I put on a puppet show for my mom. At first I was all quiet but after a while I became very playful and mommy jumped in and started putting on the play with me.

I put on a puppet show for Mom.

Mom joined in the puppet show.

Then we went back upstairs and we pretended that I was earning money as a fire fighter so I could go to the market. Then I needed to get gas on my way to the market. After that we finally got to the market and we shopped around but they were out of eggs so I had to go to the barn to get them. We had just put together a whole story about someone going to the market.

I slid down the fire pole for my fire fighter job.

I had fun shopping at the market.

Next we pretended I was a veterinarian helping a dog. The dog had a unknown disease and we could tell because it wasn’t eating. Someone put a little note and a egg in the vet’s mailbox and I pretended they put a egg there because they wanted us to raise the chick inside.

I helped the dog that wouldn't eat.

After that we pretended that we were fishermen. We caught lots of crabs and lobsters. We sold all of them to the market.

Then we went to the second floor and we played with some toys. The toys included a truck that carries logs, a road with holes around it for logs to stick up in as if they are trees, logs, and a log mill. We pretended that someone was in the truck that drove it to the road, chopped down the trees, put it in the back of the truck, drove it to the log mill, and put them in the log mill.

Next we went down two flights of stairs to an activity where we make homemade peppermint stick ice cream. We put peppermint candy in a bag, put a towel over it, crushed it with a mallet, put eggnog in a machine that freezes it and mixes it, and poured the pepperment in. The lady that was in charge of the activity gave us some of the peppermint ice cream. It was really good.

I enjoyed smashing the peppermint for the peppermint stick ice cream.

The homemade peppermint stick ice cream was yummy.

After that mom had to go put more money in the parking meter so she left me in the place closest to the entrance. It was where it had a bunch of balls and slides for the balls. One of the slides had two buckets spinning around at the bottom and you had to let the ball go at the right time so it lands in one of the buckets. Another one of the things there had two ramps, one that went straight down and the other with hills. You let a ball down at the same time at the top of each ramp and see which one gets to the bottom first. We had a lot of fun there.

Then we went back up two flights of stairs and I climbed a fake tree house a bunch of times because it was so fun to climb. Mom said it didn’t look that fun to climb but I said she couldn’t say that because she never tried it.

Next we went to a snowflake activity where we learned a little bit about them, played memory, and made snowflakes. First the lady in charge told us about snowflakes, like how they always have six arm thingys, and you can tell one snowflake is colder than another by how much more detail it has. Next we played memory with snowflake cards. Then I made a paper snowflake.

I made a very cold snowflake because of all the detail in it.

After that we came home, had baked potatos, and made cookies from a recipe in a baking magazine I just got. We made 3 elephant cookies and 17 star cookies. It was hard frosting them because the white chocolate frosting was getting hard fast.

I'm getting the white chocolate ready to spread on the cookies.

I'm decorating the cookies Mom and I made.

I loved my date with mom.

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I would get a motorboat that is the size of a monster truck. My family and I would fill our backpacks and bring the motorboat to the ocean every now and then and ride for a little bit. Hayley, Jenna, and I would stand in the front and feel the wind blow on our faces while playing, “I spy something.” Sometimes I could sit in the back of the boat and read my book, or listen to my MP3 player. I could smell the fresh breeze and dad would take pictures. Lots of pictures.

We’d take an airplane to China and I would snack and read on the way there. When my family and I got off, we would check out the beautiful sights and eat the food. I could make some friends and I would memorize the language. My friends would help me. Maybe I could even see some Chinese animals. It would also be very exciting and neat to stay in a Chinese hotel. I would like to try a sport only played in China.

Every week my family would go mini golfing, bowling, and to the movie theater. At the theater we could go and grab popcorn to bring to any movie without giving the person in charge a ticket. I would like to watch new movies that just came out.

I’d also like to bring art supplies in the woods and draw the trees and nature. I would give away paintings but sometimes I would keep them to put in my own house. My parents and sisters would each get an autographed painting from me.

That is my paradise plan.

My mom’s co-worker, Jeff, invited everyone from CICU and R9 to a work party. The party took place at his summer house near a lake. Mom took Jenna, Hayley, and I to the work party with her. We had a barbecue and I enjoyed my hot dog. Afterwords, I went down to the lake and played with Stephanie (a girl between Hayley and Jenna’s age). When Jenna and Hayley came down to join us, we all got into Stephanie’s paddle boat. I was in the paddle boat almost the whole time we were there. I kept jumping out of it but I was disappointed when we had to leave. I’m going to have a paddle boat when I grow up.

My mom had brain surgery over the summer. I was sad and happy at the same time. I was sad because I didn’t want her to get hurt and I was happy because I wanted her brain to be healthy. Dad, Hayley, Jenna, and I got to visit mom at the hospital everyday she was there. I sat on the windowsill most of the time reading, listening to my MP3 player, playing 20 questions, or playing sudoku. It’s like I was glued to that spot. Finally, we decided that mom was going to come home. I was so excited! I’m glad the surgery is over.

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