Yes more Paris and some stories!

Today I am only going to show off day 3 from our trip because I have lots to do today! Tonight we are having my little brother's going away party. He leaves for boot camp on September 8th :( Don't forget to scroll all the way down to the bottom to read the stories! Happy Friday everyone!

This is my favorite picture of us in Paris!

We got lots of pictures of tourists taking pictures.

Yes it seems repetitive but come on I couldn't get enough!

Such a postcard shot!

This one too!

Seen on the metro! Even Parisians don't like captivity!

We went to this very fancy mall that had 8 levels I think and it was amazing! From the roof we could see all of Paris. This is the famous opera house. I am reading a book about Marie Antoinette right now and this opera house is mentioned often. I got to see and be where she was! How exciting!

This is the inside of the mall.

Goodnight day 3!

27 August 2014

The Monkey

The monkey had a problem, his thumb was stuck in a hole in the ground. He sat and cried and cried over his dilemma. How would he ever remove his thumb? As he cried many animals came by to see the monkey and his problem. Some tried to help. Some gave advice. Most laughed at the monkey who looked sad and hopeless with his thumb in a hole in the ground. After many minutes stuck in the ground a sloth sauntered by from his trip on the ground to his home in the tree.

“Monkey, your thumb is stuck in the ground and you are crying? Why are you not trying to solve your problem?” asked the sloth.

“I can't! I am stuck and I will die here!” sobbed the monkey as viewers laughed on.

“It seems your problem is not that bad monkey look here,” sloth slowly walked over to the monkey and dug a nail in the ground around the monkey's thumb, freeing it from the hole in the ground.

“I am free!” yelled the monkey!

“Yes monkey, you are,” said the sloth as he rolled his eyes.

“I will live!”

“Monkey hold your cheer. Today you lived, tomorrow you may be too stupid to keep on. Good luck and stop sticking your thumb in holes in the ground,” and off went the sloth to watch from his tree top as the monkey went on his day preparing to top the Darwin Awards of the animal kingdom.

28 August 2014

Breathless

She sat breathless looking out at the effortlessly green earth. The trees dotted the horizon as if Bob Ross himself painted them for her pleasure. The rolling hills molded into the skyline as the sun sat high in the sky like a king of all the land. She took in the moment high a top her perch watching the earth slowly go by below her. The time had come and everyone was ready, on the count of 3 they would jump. 1...2...3! Her and her diving mate leaped from the steady airplane that carried them thousands of miles above the ground. With a wild scream she let the thrill of falling towards the ground fill her lungs and burst through her entire body. The tiny landscape gradually got bigger and with a slight tug the parachute burst from the pack they were wearing. She felt like a weightless bird swooping towards the grass below and the thrill she felt in her belly turned into complete awe. From far up in the air the world was so small but as she descended she saw the majestic beauty the world held. Birds grouped up and took flight. The hum of cicadas filled the air. The sun made everything glisten with life. She landed on the soft green grass with a slight thud. With her arms wide open and her eyes to the sky she gave a joyful yell of victory for a safe landing. The sky was crystal blue and suddenly she felt like a spec on a map. Again she was breathless but not from how small the world seemed rather how small she seemed in the world.