Away In A Manger

I finished reading Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen. I loved it. I loved the way the people were portrayed. She did amazing research. The story was of a veterinarian. His parents are killed in a tragic car accident and he accidentally, in his despair, hops a circus train. With no better options, he stays. The man who operates the circus is evil. The man who is in charge of the animals is a nut. He falls for the animal guy's wife, a circus performer. It's a little predictable, but still good. The whole story is told from the vet's point of view as he is an old man in a nursing home and a circus comes to town there causing his to think about this. It goes back and forth between the old guy at the nursing home and his memories of the circus.

I have seen the previews for the movie they made of this book, and I just don't get how they got that movie from that book. Doesn't make sense to me. I guess I will have to watch it and see.

Speaking of books into movies...

I watched the movie P.S. I Love You. I liked the book, but the movie was lame. They made too many changes.

Also, I gave up on A Game of Thrones. I made it half way... I just couldn't get into it. David read the whole series and loved them.

It Is Because We Are Too Boring To Talk About

That is why I have not been writing. Carolynn has not been writing because she is a lazy bum. We have not been too busy. I work all week. The last time I wrote, I had been out to dinner with my friend Angela and we ran into some other people we knew. Anyway, here is a picture of Angela, Iman, and me.

Me, Iman, and Angela at the mall.

Last weekend we went to the Wild Animal Park. It was a very hot day. It was cool and cloudy at our house so we figured it would be okay. Only 20 minutes away, in Escondido, it was blazing hot. Luckily, we get free drinks there so we made use of them several times. The girls are huge animal lovers. That makes the zoo and wild animal park frequent stops for us. This Saturday we went to the circus. I really like the circus and so do the girls. We had a great time. Here are a few pictures.

The kids at the circus. They are down there. Can you find them?


Carolynn the clown.


Catherine and her hat full of cotton candy.

On Sunday, we went to my grandma’s house to give her a hand setting up her new computer. My sister and my cousin were there for a visit. Here is a picture.

Carolynn, Catherine, Alyssa, and Sarah at Grandma's house.

This Sunday, we are planning to go to Disneyland. The girls are very excited. They also start school this week. As of this Thursday, Carolynn will be a fifth grader. That is the last grade before middle school. Catherine will be a second grader. She is so excited. She has clothes picked out for the next two weeks. Well, that is all for today.

Carolynn's Kid News

Sorry I didn’t write any news for a while. I was being a lazy kid on my summer vacation. I have to go back to school on Thursday. Then I will be a fifth grader!!! Last week on Sunday, me, Catherine and David went to get the donuts. I got a bag of donut holes just for me. While we were eating donuts we watched Animanaics. Then we went to the Wild Animal Park. It was really hot. FlipFlop and Rainbow got a sister. Her name is Teacup. David bought her for me at the Wild Animal Park. Don’t you think that Teacup is a weird name?

Teacup

All week we were lazy. Then yesterday we went to the circus. It was awesome! My favorite part was the acrobats. Catherine liked the elephants a lot. I like elephants too. I got a souvenir elephant in a peanut purse. So did Catherine. Today we got up too late for donuts so mom made us pancakes and we watched more Animaniacs. Next week on Sunday we are going to Disneyland. I can’t wait! I want to ride the Tower of Terror again. Mom won’t go on it. I also want to go on Space Mountain. And I want to go on that roller coaster with the Mickey ears and I want to go on the big water ride. And I want to go on the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean and see Captain Jack Sparrow. It’s gonna be super fun.

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Carolynn’s Question Of The Week

Have you ever been to the circus? What was your favorite part?

Mom- Yes, three times and I like acrobats and trapeze artists.
Carolynn- Yes, three times and I like the animal trainer.
Catherine- Yes, two times and I liked the acrobats.
David- Yes, one time and I liked the acrobats.