Steampunk Day, Updates, and photos

This past Saturday was  Wild West Steampunk Day in Wichita's Old Cow Town! Mom and I went, and had an amazing time! We love steampunk, and have been wanting to attend this event for a while. I had been planning my outfit/costume for a while, but hadn't really done anything to really put it together until the morning of the event! I found a lot of inspiration from the costumes around me, and my costume next year will definitely be much more planned out! :)
Now, on to the pictures!

This was taken in the morning, so my goggles were still on. I have lots to add to my costume for next time!

This was taken in one of the old houses, later in the afternoon. I had given up on going without my glasses!

Someone had brought their pet kangaroo, it was incredibly soft! He was 4 years old and very gentle and friendly! I think that he was softer than a rabbit!

 

The phrenologist was one of my favorite parts! He was fascinating, and had a great sense of humor!

Phrenology is an old study of tiny organs that were supposedly in the brain, the size of which developed different parts of your personality.

The phrenologist in action!

The next shots are mostly of the other attendees:

This gentleman was on a penny farthing!

The woman in red even had extend able wings!

A steampunk Darth Vader!

I thoroughly enjoyed the stables, and was hoping for a stagecoach ride, but the lines were too long.

Well, I think that's about it! I definitely recommend going, and if you don't know much about steampunk, they have a demonstration called, "Steampunk 101" to help!
I believe that I linked the site in a previous post, but in case not, here it is!

Now I just have to get my Rose Tyler costume ready for Smallville Comic Con!

Wild Kingdom

You guys all know just how much I adore all animals, so yesterday was an interesting day for me! I had a few unusual encounters with some animals and I thought that I might share them with you.

Interaction #1: On the way home from Hutchinson, Mom and I  hit a turkey! It was on the other side of the road and it kept taking a few steps foreword, then a few steps back. Suddenly it took off and started flying towards us, it smacked the windshield right in front of me! We're all okay and the car is too, but I don't know about the turkey, it'll probably be eaten by a coyote.

Interaction #2: On our bike ride last night, Mom and I went to see some horses that she had noticed while she was running. They were absolutely stunning! They are pastured East of the Old Mill and the industrial park here in Buhler. It was dusky and hard to get a really good look at them, but they were both pinto coloration with one looking to be an black and white Overo and the other a black and white Tobiano. Mom thinks she knows who they belong to, but she's not quite sure. The horses both loped over when they saw us coming, but wouldn't get up close, so we just stayed and watched them jog about.


Interaction #3: Also on our bike ride last night, Mom and I spotted a cat sitting in the middle of the road. We rode our bikes up and saw that it had something, upon closer inspection we realized that the cat had a bird! We rode our bikes up on either side of the cat, and I chased the cat away while Mom caught the little bird. The bird appeared to be a young starling, it seemed to have adult feathers, but wasn't flying. We don't know if it was injured, too young to fly, or pretending to be hurt to lure the cat away from the nest. Mom put the bird in a nook in a nearby tree, we hope that it will be okay!


Have you had an interesting animal experience? It doesn't have to be a wild animal, my dog does some odd things sometimes. :)

Well, It's finally warm again (It's been around 60 degrees Fahrenheit lately, and is now about 80) so I'm going to go walk my dog! Bye!

Sale Day

Today was Buhler's City-Wide Garage Sale. My mom has decided that she never wants to run a garage sale ever again, though she says that every year! This year we didn't have very much stuff, so we sold it at my Nana's house and helped her run her sale. I am utterly exhausted, I made cookies last night to sell this morning, so I was up until approximately 11:30 last night! I got up really early, set up my table at Nana's house, and started selling cookies. I sold around 150 cookies in under an hour! I made $45.25 from cookies alone! I made the cookies entirely from scratch, boxed them, and sold my cookies for 25 cents apiece!
After my cookie stand sold out, I spent the rest of the day monitoring the kids, and I found out just how much trouble they can get into while you run to get a drink!

Before I forget, I want to share with you a few of my recent creations, I made them here.

I know that it might be a little odd that I like making these, but I enjoy it, and I use them to make characters from books I've read.

This one is a simplified version of the next one.

This one is my personal favorite.

My mom if she were a southern belle.

I call this lady the Majestically Beautiful and Valiant Queen.

 (It started as a joke.)

Well, I really should be going.
Bye! :)

Closing Up School!

Today was the last day of school for the Buhler Schools District! (USD 313)
It was my last day of 7th grade, and it was somewhat bittersweet. We dismissed at 1:40 instead of 3:40 and had 20 minute classes, which made the day go by remarkably fast! I'm going to love summer, but I'm also going to miss my friends. I made "calling cards" to hand out to some friends, stating my name, email, mailing address, phone number, and the address for this blog. It was an idea that I would recommend, and I'll most definitely do it again next year! It made goodbyes simpler, and helped me keep track of what to give people.
I'm going to attempt to be modest about the fact that my summer break is double as long as usual, 4 whole months: May, June, July, and August!
Well, I hope that my blog posts will be a smidgen more exciting now that I'm on break and actually have time to do stuff! :)
Also, my camera's memory is finally full, so I might share some more recent photos in the next two days.
Well, my mom has to have her entire classroom empty by tomorrow morning, so I'm going to go help pack! She has been working so hard, spending a lot of evenings back at work, and moving tons of stuff.  The room is mostly packed, she just has to roll up posters and move them into boxes. The walls are decoration free, the desks are packed up, the shelves have been removed, and the closet is empty. It looks so different, but it will be an entirely new room come September, they're knocking down walls, ceilings, and floors to turn 4 classrooms into 3!

Bye!

Summer Goals

This is going to be a relatively short post, but I wanted to ask you guys something. Does anyone else have this problem? I start the summer break with all sorts of goals, then I accomplish about half of them!

 Last summer, my mom and I made a giant poster which listed all of our goals, however insignificant. We accomplished way more than we did previously. Our summers aren't crazy busy, most of our goals are things like baking a new recipe for cake or trying a new craft.

This summer I plan on painting my room, riding horses, lots of swimming, sewing some dresses, and doing lots of arts and crafts.

 What are your summer goals? If you don't have any, I challenge you to make some. It doesn't have to be anything big, it can be simple, like going for a walk if you find it hard to get outdoors.
Also, please, remember to get off of the electronics, get outdoors, spend time with family and friends, and do something that you enjoy. I know it can be hard to find time in a busy work schedule.
 I'm terribly blessed that my mom is a teacher and therefore on the same schedule as me.

Well, I think that's about it for today, I'm helping my mom pack up her classroom. We only have 3 more school days left!

Photos I unearthed of Mom and I in Linsbourg last summer. We were standing with the blue telephone box. I was in my future companion (Doctor Who) shirt.

Easter Updates

This past week and the previous weekend were absolutely crazy! In a good way though, mostly ;) My cousins came to town last Friday and left on Tuesday! It was fun to spend so much time with them, and I almost felt as though I had siblings! The oldest girl cousin came to my Sunday school class on Easter! We dyed eggs and made dinner together every night.

These are my Easter eggs:


 All of them:

Red with traditional designs:

 The colors aren't really done justice here: the orange is beautiful, and the green is super springy!

 This one is nearly TARDIS blue and says Bad Wolf:

 The next one is probably my favorite, even over the orange! It fades from lavender to daffodill yellow:

 The patterns on this one were totally accidental and showed up on their own!:

 They weren't there until it dried! It turned out to be a beautiful accident!

 Here's a better shot of the red traditional one:

Here I am examining them to check the drying process:

Also, this happened:

 We gave my littlest cousins their Easter presents, Ella recieved a play hairdresser set and Mason recieved toy tools. Ella decided to do my hair, crown included.

 Mason loved riding the mower with my dad:

They are both getting so big! Ella proudly commanded everyone to come look at my hair when she was done. (sorry, no after photos, there wasn't really a visible difference anyway.)

One of Dad's birthday presents (his birthday was Wednesday) was this small gnome that looks like Si from Duck Dynasty:

This past week was our last full week of school for the year! It's gone really fast, I can't believe that I'm almost an eighth grader! We did the math state common core tests, and my science teacher gave us lots of fun projects. Mostly finalizing assignments and projects. School gets out next Wednesday and we have four whole months! We usually only have two!
Also, yesterday my friend gave my a new pair of shoes. She outgrew them and I have tiny feet, so she gave them to me! They are teal Converse and I love them. I offered to pay her. After all, she was giving me practically new Converse All-Stars! But she refused anything in return! (sorry, no shoe pictures yet, I'll have them next time!)



Well, I gotta go finish my writing project. See ya 'round!