it's sunday. mom has something planned for us. first i'm going to eat some breakfast and hang out with dad.
did some hanging out. mom made me get dressed. what are we doing? i just want to watch tv.
mom chased me and dad out of the house and down the stairs to the car. mom drove us and drove us. i fell asleep. this car ride is so boring. woke up to mom poking me: wake up, wake up. what? where am i? we're going to stomp around the woods doing old timey educational history stuff. oh man.
mom dragged us out to something called the ocali country days at the silver river museum. i have to admit it was pretty good. i got to make a candle. that was fun. mom insisted on helping. that was annoying. to make a candle you dip a string in cold water and hot wax, over and over and over again. there was lots of dipping. i made a nice looking candle.
we walked around the woods. there were all kinds of displays set up. i saw a big owl in a cage. i touched some bugs. the UF Bug guys were there with a bunch of different creatures. i touched a hissing cockroach and a big black millipede. i saw some civil war guys and native indians. the spinning lady was there with her rabbit. i stopped and watched a lady making pots out of clay. that was interesting. i looked around an old school house.
mom and dad got snacks. i had some potato chips and a few sips of soda. doing educational stuff isn't so bad when i get to have a junkfood lunch. dad got us all fresh squeezed lemonade. oh man, i love that stuff. i had to share mine with mom. we also got some pumpkin fry bread. nom nom nom.
after snacks we walked around some more. i saw some trappers and they showed us how to make fire. i learned a little bit about sugar cane, it looks kind of like bamboo. the old time farmers stripped the cane, then they cut the cane. they were selling chunks of cane but mom wouldn't buy me one. she was all- it's nothing but pure sugar, no way. boooo, but it's educational. no. after the cane was cut they toss it in a big pot and boil it. i watched the cane cook for a bit. they were selling cane syrup but mom wouldn't buy that either. NO SUGAR!
walked around the old time farm and saw the livestock. mom tried to get me to touch a cow and a horse, no freaken way. i didn't want to get anywhere near them. we looked at goats and chickens too. the chickens were funny. i watched them scratch in the dirt looking for bugs to eat.
we saw everything there was to see. after some discussion between mom and dad it was decided i could have a snowcone. I LOVE SNOWCONES! so i got a blue raspberry flavored snowcone and sat down with mom and dad to eat it and listen to some banjo country style music. the snowcone was great. it turned my lips blue.
before we left mom and dad decided we should do the tram tour. so we went and bought our tickets. it was only a short wait until the tram came. it wasn't a tram tram it was a truck pulling a open bed trailer behind it. we clamoured up into the trailer with a bunch of other people. there were seats. while the tram moved through the woods the guide told stories about the trees, wildlife and history of the area. in the middle of the woods the tram stopped and we all had to get off, what the heck? mom assured me it was fine. we followed everyone through the woods on this wooden path. the path ended at a river. the water was so clear i could see fish and turtles swimming around. dad and i looked for gators but we didn't see any. after a nice relaxing time looking at the water we all left and went back to the tram stop. the tram came and got us and that was that. we ended up back where we started.
i walked back to the car with mom and dad. mom drove us back to gainesville. i just sat and looked out the window. i entertained myself by making noises. mom was not entertained. she and dad talked about stuff. mom said she thought i had too much energy even after spending 4hrs stomping around the woods. she drove us to the park instead of straight home. whoo-hoo. i love the park.
at the park mom made me run around. she chased me around a baseball field. have you ever seen a baseball field? they're huge and i had to run all the way around the outside fence. i made the mistake of telling mom i wasn't tired so she had me run all over the playground.. i went up and down slides, i climbed the rock wall. i ran and ran. we were there for a good hour. i had a great time.
and that was how i spent my sunday. i'm going to relax on the couch with dad for a bit now.