I want to tell you about when my family, and family friends Dennis, Ray, and Lauren went to the Wellsville Balloon Rally in Wellsville, NY. I'll start at our house. We all had to wake up at 4:30 in the morning in order to get there on time! After we got out of the house we headed to Tim Hortons so mom could have her morning coffee. I got a bagel. Our order took a long time. It took us a long time to get there--I mostly read and talked to Mom and Dad. When we got there it was 6:15. My favorite one was black with a checker pattern of many different colors. The first one to lift off was a rainbow checker one. (The first one in the picture.) We found out there was a contest to see which could go closest to river in a ditch.

These are balloons blowing up. They were right behind us.

I loved watching them blow up and fly away.

Here are Dennis,Lauren,and Pallas eating the picnic. While waiting for the balloon rally to start, we had a delicious picnic breakfast with doughnuts, orange juice, quiche, sandwiches, and strawberries. During our picnic we watched the balloons blow up and decided which were our favorites.

After it was over we went to our friends house without telling them and finish our picnic. Sadly they were not there, but we had lots of fun otherwise. We threw frisbees and footballs and we swung on their swing.

Pallas and I ate lots of doughnuts while we were there.

This is a picture of Ray, Trin, Dennis, Pallas, Lauren, Dad, and I in their pool. I really loved our interesting adventure.

Peace and Love,
Rowan :)

I'm worried about the world. This skunk is going to put all his stink all around the world. He goes everywhere. In the garden. In our house. Cross the creek. He is NOT really cute. He looks like a cow. And Sparky the cat. He's stinky. I call him Dave Potter. I think he's going to come over here and into our house. Lock the doors! So he can't come in! Where is the skunk??

Pallasgrean

Having a garden is a big challenge. All the weeding and watering is fun, but my favorite thing about gardening is harvesting! Here I am, harvesting a summer squash.The plant is very delicate so you have to twist it and it will come off. So far I have harvested about 12 summer squash and zucchinis.

Here is Pallas and me in the garden after I harvested. Pallas has a very cute smile, and I have a bright YELLOW smile :D.

After that they had to cut up my YELLOW smile :(. It will taste yummy though. Me and Pallas were messing around but here comes the fun part!

First we need to make the breading.  For the breading you will need a lot of brown rice bread crumbs, a little garlic powder, and a good amount of real parmesan cheese and a pinch of salt.

Use a little bit of olive oil to coat the zucchini slices. Mix together the breading, then take the zucchini slices and push each one in the breading. Make sure you get both sides!

All of us love the summer squash so we all helped out. After you're done breading, put them on a pan (like rowan did) and bake! Mom says about 375 degrees for 25 minutes.

Mmm... don't they look good? They're really soft and sweet on the inside and crisp on the outside. Go ahead and try it at home and we will come up with more zucchini recipes.

Hope it made you have a bright YELLOW smile!

Peace out! Trin :D

One week ago we got two new cats! Their names are Lucy and Uncle Kevin. Lucy was already named. We named the kitten after our Uncle Kevin, who just visited from WashingtonWe had to drive up to Buffalo to get them. We got to meet Uncle Kevin's dad. His name was Dakota and he was huge! I was the first to hold Lucy and Pallas held Uncle Kevin first. On the way home we all got to hold Uncle Kevin. Pallas tucked Uncle Kevin right next to her as you can see. I held him on my lap and when he was with Trin he went into the cupholder next to her. Once we got home we let them relax and after a little bit we went up and played with them. After that we loved and played with them all day long.

This is Uncle Kevin! He is a gray fluff ball of joy. We love to play and snuggle him.To show you how small Uncle Kevin is, we put him by a teacup and he was only a little bit bigger. Uncle Kevin is a maine coon ragdoll. That means he is going to be really big!

This is Lucy! Lucy is a ragdoll. She is white and brown. Lucy loves to explore, be snuggled, and be with Uncle Kevin.

This is Trin snuggling Lucy.

This is me holding Uncle Kevin. I really love our new cats and hope we have them for a long time!
   
Peace and Love,
Rowan :)

No, I don't want to write about Brave. I did NOT like it. I'm not telling you why. I did NOT like the girl. Her had pretty hair. The mom her had pretty hair too. And the horse had pretty hair. That girl was so pretty and helpful. Her so brave cause it was called brave. I liked nothing. Nothing! I did not like the bears. They were scary and mean. The brothers were cute bears, but NOT the mom bear. Her scary. I will never ever see that movie again. I like the drive-in. Good french fries and snuggling. That's it. Naptime.
Pallasgrean

Hi Rowan again. In the past two weeks I went to Allegany State Park twice! The first time I went with Trin and Pallas, Uncle Kevin, Aunt Val, my cousin Kieran (from Washington state), Uncle Mike, Aunt Rosie, and our cousins Sean and Dom. The next time I went with Trin, Pallas,and Mom when we decided to have an adventure. We weren't planning on going to Allegany State Park. We were actually to go to Long Point State Park but when we got there we found out that swimming didn't open till the next day. We were upset but decided to go to Allegany State Park instead. That's how our day all started!

When we got there we had to decide where to sit. We chose a shady tree. I wanted to jump right into the lake but I had to get sunscreen on first. Then I jumped right in. It was cold at first but after a while it felt nice and warm. Trin and I did lots of different things in the water. After a while we got out and had a picnic. There was chicken, cookies, raspberries, nectarines, and lots of other stuff. After that we got right back in and after a while we got back out and painted the scenery. Then we went up to get ice cream. I got a scoop of cake batter and a scoop of chocolate chip cookie dough. Trin got a scoop of mint chocolate chip and a scoop of dutch chocolate. Pallas got a strawberry kiwi slushie. Mom got a scoop of chocolate peanut butter. (In the comments, tell me what you would have chosen!) After that we went to a playground and I accidentally left my favorite soccer ball there.

This is Trin, Pallas, and me. We had lots of fun in the water. Pallas almost drowned when trying to swim to Mom.

The first time I went (with my cousins), I swam for just a little bit and then we built a big sand castle village. The picture you see isn't all we built. We also put in a huge stick and we made a little lake with a dam, or as we called it, a darn. And in the far left corner there is a deep hole that my cousin made and Pallas fell into it so we called it the hole of doom.

We even got to go kayaking with Uncle Kevin. First Trin and Pallas went and then I went. When I went, we tried to find a beaver who lives at Allegany State Park.

This is us having a scrumptious lunch. I will name everybody from left to right. First is Uncle Kevin, then Pallas, me, Trin, Sean, and Kieran. Those two adventures were really fun! I really love going to state park.

Peace and Love, Rowan :)

Kale is one of the healthiest things you can eat. I've never really been a salad person, but once I made kale salad I was interested in what other things you can make with kale. I'm the chief gardener, but I like to take my sisters on tours and let them help. I like to explain how everything works. My little sister (Pallas) comes out to see what I'm doing in the garden and so does the cat. That's Pallas with some swiss chard.

Harvesting is one of the best parts of gardening. Even though it's simple, it's fun too. I love the way kale feels and looks. It's like five leaves layered together. In the salad we put a little mix of every part of the kale--the stems, leaves, and even the flowers. But make sure that you get everything that might be bad for your salad out. Like snails.

Cutting and washing is very important. When you cut it (or tear it) you want to make sure that it is bite size and not too big or too little.The first time I made this was with my aunt Val (that's her in the picture, visiting us from Washington state last week.) She's interested in gardening too. I followed her instructions carefully. Take your time to cut. Sometimes you could miss a leaf. When you wash your kale let it soak in the water so the leaves get softer and the dirt falls off.Then put the kale into a salad spinner or just dry it yourself. Once you dry it, it will be time to make the salad dressing.

It was my first time making salad so I didn't know what salad dressing I liked, but my mom knew I liked malt vinegar so we tried that. We used olive oil, Season All salt, a little pepper, and the vinegar.We mixed it in a bowl and poured it all over the kale and let it set overnight.

So what else can you make with Kale? I love my mom's soup. She likes to put kale in her soups. Yummy! You can also make kale chips. I wonder how they taste? We're going to try them soon.

The next night at dinner I tried the kale salad and fell in love! Everything tasted so good! Kale salad is now one of my favorite foods. Go try it for yourself and grow a garden.

Peace out! Trinity :D