How To Make Butter ( Easy )

Today, I made butter out of heavy cream. You may think making butter is very hard, but it actually is very easy. It all started when I asked my nanny how to make whipped cream the real way. From here, I am going to tell the story as it happened, like a play.

Act I
Me: Nancy, how do you make real whipped cream?
Nancy: Well, you have to take heavy cream, and then you put it in a bowl and whip it til it's whipped cream. It's very hard to do.
Me: Can I try?
Nancy: Sure. Nancy pours some cream into a bowl and hands me a whisk.
Me: I whip the cream for awhile.


Act II

Enter Dad.
Dad: What are you doing?
Me: Making old fashioned whipped cream!
Dad comes over.
Dad: I have to go to the bank.
Dad: Bet you can't make butter!!!
Me: Bet I can!
Dad leaves.
Me: Nancy, can I make butter?
Nancy: You can try.
I make butter, and collect the buttermilk, which I turn into soup for Lucky.
Dad comes home.
Me: I made butter Dad!

It is a long job to do, to get the cream to the right consistency. But I did it! So haha Dad! Girls can do anything!!!!!

Maddie

The Hancock Hike

Today, I took a short hike through a small town called Hancock with a handful of other local girls. During the hike, we took turns reading excerpts from the book To Build A Fire by Jack London. We hiked from the library in Hancock to the woods behind the school, and there we collected dry wood and birch bark to build our very own fire!

Our group leader, Susie, showed us what types of sticks and bark we needed to build our fire. Once we gathered all the twigs we needed, we cleared a nice patch to build our fire. Once we had our fire going, we roasted marshmallows and made s'mores. Then, we put our fire out by dumping snow on it and stamping on it.

In it all, I made a friend named Aria. Some of the smaller notes of the day included sliding down the hill to the woods on my back, since the snow was thick enough. Everyone slid down, even the adults. I also, before the hike, learned how to ice skate at a rink in a nearby town. My nanny, Nancy, helped me learn by tying milk crates together. I am now a pretty good skater.
Maddie

Evolution Explained

Evolution .... What is it? Well, evolution is the timeline and shows how things progress. For example, we humans evolved from apes. It is not a complicated process. It is not even caused by the creatures. Here is how it works: The apes are all living in one place, and they have good environment and everything is fine. There are only a few apes that are different from the others, they are rare.

Then, one day, a disease comes and wipes out the normal apes, but the rare ones' DNA is different, and they know how to fight it. Suddenly, the other apes are gone, and the rare apes are breeding and reproducing, making them the dominant breed. This kept happening until we got to what we are now.

Now, this is only one example. There was a type of moth called the pepper moth. It was white with black spots. There was a tree that looked like it, and it was safe with it's camouflage. But then, the industrial revolution happened and the coal in the air from factories, the coal dust turned the trees black. This made the moths stand out.

Now, while the white and black moths where getting eaten, there was a breed that had only one white spot. It was harder to see, and it's survivability rate increased compared to the other moths, and it became the dominant breed, and soon this moth evolved into the normal moth. These changes were environmental, not at all because of the creatures.

I hope you understand evolution better.
Maddie

Poetry

Mad

Some people make you mad,

But not because they want to,

They may just want their way first,

And probably so do you,

Arguing is a waste of time,

Over such a tiny crime,

Who really cares who took some cake?

Who cares whose turn it was to rake?
Next time you won't make the mistake,

Of wasting so much time.

Safe

When your small your safe,

From the troubles of the world,

You haven't taken your first step,

You don't know what it's like,

To go outside and be yourself,

To learn to ride a bike,

You only know the happy side, 

But you don't know the bad,

And when you find it out, 

It will make you sad.

Lucky Puppy

Today has been another on-off day for me. I have been allowed to roam in the upper part of the house ( finally ), so I sniffed out food that drops on the floor and down the chairs. When I lick at seemingly nothing, everyone looks at me weird. No one will ever understand what it is like to be a dog ... Every last smell one hundred times better.

I am now back in the office. I am sad, no one is playing with me! I have decided to try to take a nap ... AND IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T HELP TO HAVE LOUD MUSIC BLARING! My owners are always playing loud, obnoxious music, and it drives me up the wall!

Finally, my mistress has gotten up to play with me! How about some tug-o-war? Or wrestling? Or... WAIT A SECOND! I'M OVER HERE! NOOOOOOO! PLAY WITH ME! My mistress isn't playing with me! She's just going into the other room. At least I can try to take a nap ...
Lucky
(Maddie)

Baby School

A couple of days ago, I opened a baby school for Ashleigh to learn at. I have been teaching her writing and math, and her favorite, art. I have taught her how to raise her hand for "attendance", and she enjoys art class and snack time.

In art class, I usually let her draw on plain paper, and I am teaching her how to use glitter glue. She has helped me decorate a donations jar for the "school", which surprisingly turned out well. I am soon going to teach her how to fingerpaint and paint in general.

At snack time, I usually serve a cheese stick for her, and then we go to her little bookshelf and choose out a book for us to read together before she is dismissed from school. I try to do a weekly report on how she progressed.
Maddie

Poems For Puppa Lucky

Puppa is my special name for Lucky. Here are some poems for Lucky.

Puppy Pal

Lucky is my puppy pal,

Who loves to run and play,

He's dug up lots of mice and snakes,

What will he find today?

My puppy pal and I,

We run around the yard,

Trying to catch my puppy,

Is very very hard.

Chomps

My puppa Lucky bit me,

And he was very bad,

My puppa Lucky bit me,

And made me very sad,

I told him he should stop it,

And try to sit and rest,

But puppa Lucky wouldn't,

And bit me at his best.