The Balloon Experiment

I did a balloon experiment. Here's how you can do it too:

1. Rinse an empty plastic bottle;
2. Put 3 teaspoons of baking soda into the bottle;
3. Pour in 1/2 cup of white vinegar; and
   
4. Quickly put a balloon over the top of the bottle.

The balloon will inflate because the carbon dioxide that is produced rises and is trapped in the balloon.

Medieval Times

Medieval Times was a great dinner experience!

There were four courses to our meal (soup, roasted chicken, garlic bread and dessert). We had to eat everything with our hands!

The show was quite spectacular. There were jousting horses, prancing horses and the Knights of the Realm who made it all happen. It was a very exciting show. So exciting that it was hard to eat! My eyes were glued to the show. I didn't want to miss a thing.

The whole show was set in Medieval England. My favourite part was the Knights' Challenge Competition. The Red Knight was victorious!

Toyota Manufacturing Plant Tour

The tour of the Toyota plant was great!

We wore "shop coats", goggles and headsets. We toured around the plant in a trolley. We saw lots of cars - they manufacture the Corolla and the Lexus in this plant. While we were touring, we saw thousands of cars being made by thousands of people and robots. There were lots of memories, including the memories of seeing cars being tested as they came off of the assembly line. The Toyota plant was fantastic!!

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Joseph Schneider Haus

The Joseph Schneider Haus is an important historic site. It is the oldest, surviving dwelling in Kitchener, Ontario. Joseph Schneider was a Pennsylvania-German Mennonite. He built this house in 1816. Everybody in the community that he lived in, helped him to build this house in ONE day! The architectural style is: Georgian frame farmhouse.

Ice Floe on the Ottawa River

This amazing picture of a gigantic, island-sized, ice floe is very neat. This ice floe had broken off from a sheet of ice on the Ottawa River. The ice floe breaks into two pieces and will eventually become liquid water when the summer heat comes and melts it.

Montreal, Quebec

Montreal is a major seaport within the continent of North America. The port is connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence River and to other ports in the Great Lakes.

My trip to Montreal was great. It has a lot of historic buildings and lots of restaurants and cafes. I found an interesting old building that I liked very much. It was right beside a hotel/restaurant. It looked like an old store. It was four stories high and it was abandoned. My trip to Montreal was very good. I ate in a restaurant that used to be a horse stable. I spoke French while I was there.

I went to the Biodome that Montreal is known for. The Biodome had lots of animals in it. I even saw some very odd looking ones. There was a dark cave section where there were lots of bats. I got to a section where there were snakes.

My visit to Montreal was great.

Sir John A. MacDonald

He was born on January 11th, 1815 in Glasgow, Scotland. Sir John A. MacDonald, our first Prime Minister, has always been considered to be one of our greatest political leaders.

I like Sir John A. MacDonald because he played a large role in Canada's history. He is one of the Fathers of Confederation. I visited his summer house last year and visited his gravesite this year. Both are in Kingston, Ontario.

For Sir John A. MacDonald's grave he asked for a simple stone cross (as you can see in the picture on the right-hand side). The Canadian government added a fence, a Canadian flag and a monumental plaque.

Sir John A. MacDonald was a very great Prime Minister. All Canadians be grateful for the country we live in and for the man who made it happen.