Strawberry Picking

Well it is my last week here in Los Angeles. Miss Fung and the boys took me out to a farm to go strawberry and vegetable picking this weekend. It was fun. I liked the strawberries more than the vegetables!

Hand picked strawberries!

Here I am next to one of the strawberries.

We also picked vegetables, but Daniel and

I passed and waited to eat the strawberries instead.

Miss Fung and her friends got to eat little,

yellow flowers. She said they were yummy

and tasted like broccoli!

I even got to ride in a tractor!

Fun day!

She said she would take me to Hollywood before

shipping me back home.

Finally Meeting Mickey Mouse!

The last time I went to Disneyland, I didn't get to meet Mickey. Tonight Bryce and Miss Fung took me to Disneyland again and we went knocking on Mickey's door.

Here is where Pluto sleeps.

Bryce, Mickey, and Me!

The Los Angeles Zoo

It was such a beautiful Spring day that Miss Fung decided to take me and Bryce to the zoo. Her son Daniel wanted to go swimming instead.

In front of the main entrance!

A Komono Dragon...

Zebras!

Mountain goats resting...

These looked like wild pigs...

The zoo just finished a new home for the gorilla.

This was a statue nearby. Bryce made him kiss it!

Dim Sum Sunday!

This morning we went to Dim Sum. Dim Sum is like a Chinese brunch. People walk by with little dishes of food and you choose what you want. It was interesting. Bryce wanted to try dumplings because he had seen it on Ni ho Kai-Lan, the TV show on NickJr.

We sat next to the tank with the live fish.

When people order the fish, they take them out

of the tank and cook them. I think you can choose

the one you want. Here I am in front of the lobsters.

Here are some of the dishes we ordered.

Shrimp dumplings!

Here I am in front of the tank with the shrimps.

Kind of sad if you ask me.

Swimming at the Rose Bowl!

The boys wanted to go swimming today.

There is a nice olympic size pool by the

Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Miss Fung

said that I couldn't jump in, so I watched

from the bleachers. The boys seem to have fun.

Wow, today we got invited to film segments for the PBS show Sid the Science Kid! The students and I got to explore exhibits at the California Science Center (http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/) while cameras were rolling. The show will feature the students and kinder teachers this fall. It was pretty exciting! Unfortunately since I wasn't an official student, they didn't film me. I just got to watch.

Supporting Teachers and Education in CA

This morning I spent with teachers passing out flyers.

In Los Angeles, they are going to lay off many

teachers and 13 of them from the school I am visiting.

Very sad. So I joined them to show my support.

Go teachers!

There is a huge plane outside the school

where Miss Fung teaches.

The teachers that may lose their jobs.

So sad.

Birthday Party Weekend!

Bryce turned 3 on Sunday. He woke up to open presents and then we went to Disneyland!

Here I am watching Bryce open his presents.

He got a lot of learning games.

For his birthday, we went to Goofy's Kitchen

for breakfast. They had a peanut butter and jelly pizza!

I got to meet Goofy!

Then we drove to Disneyland!

Here I am with Bryce's birthday cupcake

in the parking lot of Disneyland.

Daniel took me to meet Pluto.

He is Mickey's dog.

Woody was a really nice guy!

I enjoyed the high school musical show.

We rode back in the monorail because

Bryce was getting tired and was getting sick!

When we got home, he had a fever, so we are

all going to be early tonight. Hope all is well Gautham!

Black History Program

Today we performed in the Black History Program at school. The students in Room 3 were joined by their 4th grade reading buddies and sang the song, "Heal the World." The students talked about the problems in Haiti and how we as a world can help. The kids let me perform with them too!

Waiting for our turn to perform.

Miss Fung and her nice class.

Singing on stage with my friends.

singing...

I think I did a pretty good job!

100th Day of School!

Today was the 100th day of school for Room 3. The boys and girls made projects with 100 items and had 100 snacks too! There was even a visit from Zero the Hero! He comes every 10 days and leaves treats, but on the 100th day... he actually visits! The kids were sooooo excited!

then we walked over to the Natural History Museum to learn about animals now and long ago.

I'm helping Alessandra with her 100 snacks.

Cassandra made 100 out of 100 pretzels!

Eden had 100 coins and Audren made

a rainbow out of 100 jelly beans!

We were so excited that Zero the Hero arrived!

Here are my new friends with their wonderful

student teacher Mrs. Valdavia!

We were off to the museum!

It sprinkled, but we decided to chance it anyway.

Here we are in front of the museum.

I got to touch Vanilla, the tortoise!

Hamza and Junieth let me listen to a shell.

I helped the girls dig for dinosaurs bones!

Those are bugs behind me...

and Adriana showed me the turtle.

Fun day!

Saturday in LA

Today the boys took me to a crazy place called Chuck E. Cheese. It was loud and there were lots of kids running around. I played some basketball and Bryce shared his ice cream sandwich with me. We were going to go somewhere super special yesterday, but it rained, so they promised me that next week we would go for Bryce's birthday.