I am in the middle of my two-week vacation in Florida!!! I get to skip two weeks of school! I stayed with my grandparents the first week while my parents worked and we went to the Mote aquarium, the beach at the Gulf of Mexico to find shark teeth and so much more! Here are some pictures I took.
This is the airplane we took to Houston, Texas, where we had our layover.
And here is the Gulf of Mexico when we first flew into Houston.
This is Houston at night.
This is Orlando at night.
This is a banyan tree.
Turn your head and this is a banyan tree close up.
These are some palm trees.
Here is the whale fountain at the front of M
ot
e Aquarium!
This is a giant red lobster.
This is one of the many hammerhead sharks.
Here is the undersi
de of a dried out horseshoe crab.
This is one of two of this kind of sea turtle from the rehab center that cannot be returned to the
wild.
This is one of the othe
r kinds of sea turtles.
This is a model of what happens when sea turtles hatch.
This is Hugh the manatee and his best friend, a sea turtle
This is Buffet, Hugh's
brother.
This is one of their tails.
These are Sea Cookies, they are miniature Sand Dollars that are
thicker too.
This is a giant lemon next to my sister's head at my grandparent's church.
These are the 21 shark teeth I found at the Gulf-- a great place to find them, but don't go out too far or you'll be eaten by the roaming sharks!
We discovered armadillo tracks on the driveway!
All that and this is just week one! I don't know what we are doing next week except Sea World, Wild Waves and maybe Disney World, but we did that two years ago. There is one big surprise that my parents are giving us one hint a day to find out. I wonder what that will be, but I am super excited!
Amelia Earhart Quotes
~"The most effective way to do it, is to do it."
~"Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn't be done."
~"No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves."
~"Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do or will not do."
~"Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization."
~"Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price."
~"...decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying..."
Perfect Cauliflower
Even if you HATE cauliflower (like moi) you will love, love, love this! It is one of the only ways to get me to eat my vegetables (other than putting brown sugar on my carrots) and if that's not a miracle, I don't know what is.
"Even if you hate it; even if you detest it; even if you loathe and abhor cauliflower... You're going to love it after this...
You must, must, must try this recipe!
Ingredients:
One head cauliflower
Olive oil
Kosher salt
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2) Cut cauliflower in florets, then cut each floret in
half so each one has a flat side.
3) Rinse thoroughly.
4) Spread one layer deepon a lined baking sheet.
5) Drizzle with olive oil.
6) Sprinkle with kosher salt.
7) Roast for 20 min.
They will come out savory and browned and crunchy and amazing!" Quoted almost exactly from my mom's blog... so thanks mom!
Perfect Banana Bread
Notice the title of this is Perfect Banana Bread, not Almost Perfect Banana Bread. I got this recipe from Better Homes and Gardens, so thanks to them!!!
Materials:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 egg
1 cup mashed bananas (usually about three medium of them works)
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cooking oil
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/8 teaspoon salt
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2) Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a medium size bowl, set aside.
3) In another bowl, combine the egg, bananas, sugar, cooking oil.
4) Add egg mixture to dry mixture all at once.
5) Stir till moistened.
6) Fold in nuts.
7) Taste test.
8) Get out a bread pan and spray with cooking spray.
9) Spoon in batter.
10) Bake for 50-55 minutes.
11) Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes before you enjoy!
Perfect Cookies
You have never tasked anything as good as this stuff! Thank you Better Homes and Gardens peeps.
Ingredients:
1 cup melted butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 12-ounce (2 cups) semisweet chocolate chips
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2) In a large mixing bowl: beat butter, sugar, brown sugar and baking soda.
3) Beat in eggs and vanilla.
4) Beat in flour.
5) Taste test.
6) Drop dough on a cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes.
7) Let cool before you enjoy or you will burn your mouth!
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