Stamford HE meet and a blood moon!

Today I went to my second session of the Stamford HE Meet. George wasn't there, but Amelia and Madeline were. We baked some cupcakes and we each had a turn of putting ingredients in the mixing bowl, stirring it and scooping it into the cake tray. Of course, I failed on my mission as when it was time to break an egg into the bowl, I hit it a bit too hard on the side of the bowl and it broke everywhere! Thankfully it didn't spill on to my lap. It was very sticky though.

There was a separate room which had a box full of games and a cool bar! I wanted it for my own sitting room! I stayed in there for most of the time, playing all the games with the other kids.
It was quite bad weather compared to yesterday, so most of the time we stayed inside. When it was time to decorate our delicious cakes, I went a bit crazy! The cake had sweet, sugary icing with a little flower cake decoration in the middle and some little silver balls around the edges. It was really pretty but even more tasty!



On Sunday night there was a Blood Moon! A blood moon is when the Moon turns red. There was an eclipse when  the Moon, the Sun and the Earth aligned with each other and the Earth made a shadow on the moon. The light from the sun is bent (or refracted) as it enters the Earth's atmosphere. The light bends to the red end of the spectrum, making the Moon appear red! The Moon was also closer to The Earth than normal, making it appear bigger. Unfortunately, I missed it. Mom tried to wake me up but I was in too much of a deep sleep. It was after 3 am though! I guess I'll just have to wait until it happens again. That'll be another 20 or 30 years!

Restaurants!

Every Sunday, me, my mom and my dad are going to go a restaurants in the local area and rate them on service, atmosphere, value for money and food!

The Baskervilles, Baston.
The first resturant we went to last Sunday was quite surprising. When we got in, the proper eating area was being used for a party, so we were sent to the back area! The back area was like a giant, white tent that was the kind that was used for wedding receptions, except there was no wedding! There wasn't much atmosphere at all. The food from the carvery area was quite tasty but it was freezing cold!

For value for money I'd give it 4 stars, for atmosphere I'd give it a 2, service is 2 and if the food had been  hotter I would have given it a 4. Overall score 3 stars out of 5. I'm not going back!



The "wedding" tent

It was Dad's Birthday Meal!

The Griffin, Irnham
The second restaurant that we went to today  wasn't as good as I had hoped it would be. It was in a beautiful village called Irnham. From the outside it was pretty and really well kept, but on the inside it was quite run down and old. The waiters were kind enough but they brought us the wrong food! In the end, the food was okay, but the beef was very tough. We had asked the waiters if they could wrap up some meat for Maisie and they said they could. A few minutes later, they came back but without the meat. We were begining to think that they had forgotten when a waiter came to our table with a beautiful swan made out of foil with out meat inside!

It was very expensive, so for value for money I'd give it 1 star. For atmosphere, it has to be another 2! Service gets 4 stars (it would have been 3 if it wasn't for that lovely swan!) and finally, food gets a 3. Overall, I'd rate it a generous 3!

Grantham Home-Ed group!

Recently, I've tried a new home ed group. I went with my friend George who's 12. When we got there, there was a massive pool table in the middle of a quite small room, which me and George were instantly drawn to! We got to play for a bit, but before we could get to finish the game we were called to join the other kids to learn the "Japanese Abacus".The teacher explained how it worked and how to count on it, but it was a bit difficult to hear her as the other children were screaming in my ear. This is why I prefer to learn at home where I can get some peace and quiet.

Japanese abacus!

After we learnt about the abacus, me and George went outside into the park and played there for a bit before we came back inside to play some more pool! I'm getting really good at it now! I even beat George at it!

We'll be back next week at Stamford to do some Stem (science, technology, maths and engineering), cake decorating and dance!



In other news, I've started a new Futurelearn course called "The Science of Food" So far it's been really interesting and I'll keep you updated on what I learn!
I have tried a new Stables but it wasn't as good fun as Willow farm so I won't be going back there.

Alfie!

Sorry I should have done this post sooner, I've been very busy with my new arrival! Last Thursday my piano teacher asked me to adopt her hamster because she couldn't look after him anymore and it got way too cold for him in the winter. He's a beautiful longhaired golden syrian and he's really tame! I can scoop him up, stroke him and let him run around in his ball every day. He's pretty old, about 2, and hamsters only live until they're about 2 or 3 years old. For an old hamster, he's really active and loves to sprint about much faster than my other hamster, Lincy!
Unfortunately, when I got him he had a very sore eye but me and mom bathed it for a few days and now he's as good as new!

I'll upload a picture of him soon!

Alfie!

Gamlingay!

I went to the first session of Gamlingay of this term and it did not disappoint! The first thing I did was give Tilly her delicious birthday present! It was a platter of sushi made out of all sorts of sweets like liquorish and  marshmallows! I think she liked her present!
I had smelt something really good coming from the play room at Gamlingay, so I went to investigate! What I found was a table with loads of fabrics with patterns on in the shape of a heart, and a massive tub of dried lavender!It smelled really strong. With a bit of help, I sewed my own little lavender pouch! It has a skull pattern with black, white and orange string and a "K" embroidered on the front.It smells brilliant!



It was tricky filling the heart with lavender!

There was something else that caught my eye on another table.. modelling clay! I love clay a lot, so I went straight over and began modelling! This clay was very dusty, and the chair that I was using as a table was covered in loads of white powder by the time I'd finished! I made a cute little mouse/elephant thing!

We also celebrated a birthday at Gaminligay! There was a massive chocolate cake that tasted amazing. We all sang "Happy Birthday" and had a delicious slice of cake.


After we had finished inside, we all ran down to the park! Thankfully, the weather was quite nice so we all had a really good time.
There was a new girl called Lottie who played with me, Tilly, Lavinia and Grace! We all chose our new, warrior names and went explored the forest! Well, it isn't really much of a forest, it's a bit too small. 
Finally, the time had come where Tilly got to try some of her sweet birthday present! It looked really pretty, almost too good to eat! After that, it was time to go home. I had a great time, and I can't wait for the next session!

Pony Club!

At Pony club today, me and Summer walked around the training school and even trotted around without anyone leading us! We're getting great now! After our riding session, we painted some really cute ceramic horse models. I made mine a skewbald (which is brown and grey/white)! It looks really cute. I'll put a  picture on of it soon!

Minevention and Glass Painting!

On Saturday, I went to Minevention with my dad! Minevention is a smaller, cheaper version of Minecon. When we got there, there wasn't much to do. Most of the arena was just packed with 2 hour long ques! At first, me and Dad didn't know what they were for, but after awhile we realised it was for a signature from some not very famous youtubers. I didn't even recognize them!
Thankfully, there was something really entertaining to do.Hunger Games Tournaments! The hunger games is a minecraft game (based on the movies!) where you have to find as much gear as possible to kill people to be the last one standing! I got to the semi-finals 3 times, but I couldn't get any further.

There was also a "gaming bus" which dad qued for about an hour for. It was not worth it! You only got 10 minutes doing an almost impossible minecraft game! It was quite disappointing...

Apart from the hunger games (and the food!), there was nothing to do. I really thought that there would have been more. I did buy a really cute minecraft bat soft toy though!  I don't think I'll be going next year.


On Sunday, me and mom painted some candle holders! They look really cool! I'll put some pictures on when I get them on the laptop!

My candle holder

I decorated a little Fox too!