Johanna Speaks

I crocheted a jellyfish. Well, it was actually just nothing, so then I realized I guess I could try and make one out of the nothingness, and well, it does look like a jellyfish, so I am happy with it. And Sophie plays with it when she is playing with toys, so that's something! I put a mouth and some eyes, but it just looked creepy and weird with it, so I took it off, and now it looks way better without it.

Here is a picture of it:

Let me know if you like it or not. I still have to put on more tentacles.

 Oh, and also, I have been taking crocheting lessons with my friend Abby. She wants to learn how, so she and I go over to this lady's house that is right next to the lake club, and we go there to learn how to make a coster or something easy to start off with. The lady has a really nice house and is a very good crocheter! I learned how to hold the crocheting hook right and how to hold the yarn with my other hand. It was nice learning how to hold the yarn and hook correctly. I need to buy wool yarn because I have a whole bunch of acrylic that isn't the right type to make some stuff. Acrylic is super soft, so when you try to make a coaster, it will be very wobbly and starts to turn and stuff, but the wool yarn is different, and it works for crocheting a coster or something and holding its shape. Also, when Abby and I went to the lady's house, we learned how to crochet a coaster. Ok, well, my coaster didn't turn out well at all. It was doing all kinds of things, so I turned it into a jellyfish. :) And I did use wool yarn, so it should have worked! I think the problem was that I kept it tight and not loose, so I think the tightness will make it turn and stuff.

Well, I hope you liked the jellyfish! :)

I have always wanted to learn the science behind baking and why cake or cookies rise. I do love to bake! I have watched a video about why baking soda or baking powder makes stuff rise. And other exciting stuff behind baking!

Here is the video!

So last Tuesday, my mom and I went to the gym around 4:30 in the morning like we do every Tuesday and worked out there. My mom showed me more different types of weights, and it felt very nice doing them! And Ezra, my brother, of course, goes every day to the gym with my parents since he's fourteen and doesn't need to have somebody with him in the same room. Well, the last Tuesdays, he hasn't been there because he sleeps in, or my dad sleeps in and doesn't go. But he finally came, and he and I played racket ball! Racketball is so much fun to play there! It is in a huge room and very echoey. I had never tried playing it before, so he showed me how to play! It was easy learning how to play, but I kept hitting the ceiling when I was supposed to be hitting the wall. Now the ceiling is super tall! Way taller than our house ceiling! And our house ceiling is pretty tall so just imagine that ceiling! And Ezra never hits the ceiling! But only once did he do it when we were playing. He actually hit one of the lights on the ceiling, and it really made a big sound, but nothing happened, thankfully! :) After we played, my mom and I had to leave to go to M's house and take care of Mrs.M. Now, if you didn't see my other blog post about how we helped somebody, I will tell you why I say Mrs.M and not their name full name. The reason why is because of their privacy. :) Also, this lady has dementia, and she is in her 70's.

Well, we went over to Mr. and Mrs. Ms's house, and Noelle also wanted to come and help out and see what it was like, so she was also there to help out. She had to leave around 7:50 AM because she had to get to work. But that was totally fine because we got to M's house around 6:30 in the morning, and Mr.M left to go to bible study as usual and comes back around 8:30 in the morning. So Noelle would be there the whole time but missing about fifteen more minutes or so.

I made Mrs.M her breakfast and gave it to her, and she started to eat it and after she ate, we put on her favorite song, " How Great Thou Art," and all began to sing to it! She also sang to it too! It was so sweet! After we sang the song, we put on other songs, and after we played those, my mom said to Mrs.M, " Do you want to dust off some stuff? "She said that because Mrs.M, before she got her dementia, always used to clean a lot around the house and always made it spotless and loved to clean! So Mrs.M said sure. So we got some rags, and my mom and I moved some stuff off that we thought she couldn't hold so she could wipe off all the dust with her wet rag. We could tell she enjoyed it very much! Last Tuesday, we did that, and she kept telling my mom how thankful she was for letting her clean around the house and saying this is so good for me! We were both surprised she said that because you know she has dementia and can't think straight and doesn't really know what she is saying. So it was just so sweet to hear that!

After we cleaned, my mom read her " The Wind in The Willows " book.  Mrs.M listened, but I don't think she was really listening because my mom said to her, " what is the mole looking at? " She answered and said the clouds or something completely different from what the mole was looking at and from the picture. And by the way, the picture was a mole in a sort of swamp where you can't see any clouds or anything, and the mole was, I think, looking at a water rat which is in the picture. Sometimes when we read some of Sophie's little bible stories that we got her, and when we read them to Mrs.M, she would actually listen to them and say, " That is a beautiful picture." Or " Oh no, that lame is lost!". Or something like that when my mom reads to her. We love to take care of her when Mr.M goes to bible study! And after Mr.M got back from bible study, we left and went to Starbucks and started to work on our computers there!

I love to go to Starbucks after the gym and take care of Mrs.M! So I am always looking forward to doing all of these things on Tuesdays!! I got to have the caramel frappuccino at Starbucks! I know it has a lot of sugar in it, so that's why I do like two pumps less of everything.

See you next time!! And thanks for reading my blog post!!

Sophie's birthday was four days ago! She turned seven years old. For lunch, we had a stew and biscuits! And for dessert, we had pie and ice cream!

This is all of what Sophie got for her birthday! She got boots, rain boots, a shirt, cowgirl pants, a notebook, two cool pens, toys, glue sticks, a tracing pad, a bun maker for your hair, and I think that's it. It was a lot of stuff! Some of the things are what I want to try out! :)

She loves all the presents she got!

Here is a video of us saying happy birthday to her! 

Yesterday I went to ballet class! If you saw the other blog post, you would know that I am starting ballet again and that I went there yesterday. I am going to write about how it went!

When we got there, my dad dropped me off while he and Sophie went to park the car. I waited for him inside, and then there were some lockers where you could put your stuff. So I put the bag that I had with me inside there. Then I put on my ballet shoes and headed toward the room where our class was going to start. We were about 5 mins early, so I just waited until it started. And when it did, my dad and Sophie went to our brother's house and stayed there until it was over. The boy's house is about 5 mins away from there.

Here is a picture that my dad took of me putting my stuff in the locker:

So it started, and everybody sat in a circle, and the teacher, Mrs.Teal, asked us what fun thing we did for Christmas. I said we went sledding in the snow. And by the way, there were about ten girls there. Only I think two eleven-year-olds and I were the oldest—the rest were about nine to ten years old. After everybody said what fun thing they did for Christmas, we all got up and did lots of different stretches that Teal showed us. Then, after all of that, we went to the barre and started doing different moves that Teal was showing us. Like we were in the fifth position, we did many different ballet movements. Sorry, but I forgot what each one was called. And even if I did remember, it would be a lot to say since we did many different ballet movements! After we learned a lot of ballet moves, we put them to music. It was a lot of fun! Then for some faster ballet moves, we put in faster music! And sometimes it would be Disney music! :) And already, my body was hurting from all the exercises and the ballet moves we did! :) At the end of the class, Teal put music on, turned a few lights off, and let us dance however we wanted! So we did! And then the class was over. And my dad and Sophie were waiting for me in the lobby area. I got my stuff from the locker, and my dad and Sophie headed home!

I had such a fun time! I can't wait until next Thursday!