Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Kayla, another story by Jayden


Kayla
By Jayden



Chapter 1
Kayla rescues her sister

Kayla was a beautiful speckled grey unicorn.  She had a marking shaped like a teardrop barely showing under the bangs of her scarlet mane.
“Ouch! What was that for?” Kayla asked her little sister Mangetalia.
“He He!” Mangetalia said, “Yow got pinchied!”
Yeah, thanks for the information, thought Kayla as she went outside.
She stomped all the way out to the fort she had made out of six hollow logs and unpoison ivy.
Suddenly, red sparks flew up, directly from Wintergreen River.  Kayla rushed over.  It was Charlette, the bully that was always shoving other unicorns around.
“Ohhh, Kayla, Badger got your tongue?" Charlette taunted, pointing at a little magenta unicorn drifting down the river.
“You didn't!” snarled Kalya. 
Charlette answered, “Oooh, no. That's the Mangetalia brat. She's too stupid.”
“You!” spat Kayla.  She tried to knock Charlette out of the way.
“No use, brat!” cackled Charlette.
“Oof!”  Kayla reared up with her hind legs and finally knocking Charlette away, Kayla raced upstream, only stopping once to catch her breath.
Kayla found her sister.  Gripping Mangetalia's tail very tightly, Kayla pulled with all her might.
Splash!
Mangetalia and Kayla tumbled backwards out of the water.
“Whoopee!” shouted Mangetalia gleefully. 
“Our adventure's not over yet,” said Kayla, and they both fell over into a fit of giggles.


Chapter 2
The First Annual Race of the Unicorns

“No, Ka-Ka, I beet you dare!” chanted Mangetalia.
Their Mother was a Wizard's race unicorn, and Kayla was in the race with her Mother.  Their Mom's name was Luna.
“Excited, my little champion?” asked their Mom.
“Yup!!!” said Mangetalia.
“She meant me,” snapped Kayla.
“Oh poo!” answered Mangetalia, turning a brilliant shade of red.
“Welcome to the unicorn races!” yelled the squat wizard. 
The wizards went wild.  “Yeah!”

“Whahoo!” they screamed.
“Number one, Misty!” More cheers.
“Number two, Luna!”  Kayla joined the cheering for her Mom.
“Coming up in the third lane is Sunny!”  Boos and more cheering.
“Four, Charlette!”
“Five, brat Ka-Ka” whispered Charlette to Kayla.  Oh no, thought Kayla.  We will see who wins.
“Number five, a new racer here with her Mom, Kayla!”  The whole crowd seemed to cheer her on.
“Last, Raspberry!”  Even more cheering.
“Now, on your marks, get set, GOOOO!” screamed the announcer.
“And, Kayla comes up, she's in the lead!”  Kayla had just noticed.  Yes!
“Luna at second place.  Charlette brings up the rear!” 
Double yay! She thought, speeding up happily.
“Whoa! Kayla speeds up and goes fifteen yards ahead, rounds a corner, and then she's almost to the finish line...”


Chapter 3
Finishing the Argument

“…Kayla won the first annual unicorn Race!!!” screamed the squat wizard.
“The Arguments over,” panted Charlette. “I'll never bother you again.” 
“Hem,” said Kayla impatiently.
“Or Mangetalia.”
“Hem!” said Kayla a little louder.  “All right, I promise!” shouted Charlette, so loud that many unicorns turned to see who had shouted.
Later that evening, Kayla went home with a gold medal around her neck.  Then their Mom trotted in wearing a bronze medal.  Second place, thought Kayla (in unicorn races, bronze was second place).
“Nice one, Mum!” exclaimed Kayla.  “This calls for a celebration!” she added.
“I s'pose,” said their Mom.
“I'll got the cake!” said Mangetalia.
“Mmmm!” said Kayla.  “This is delicious cake!” she added, seeing the sharp look she got from her Mom.

The End

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Dec. trip to Bandon, OR


West Coast Game Park Safari
Bandon, OR.
12/26/11
6 week old baby lions
We got to hold and play with the babies.  5 lions, and then the 2 leopards.  
They were so sweet!  
4 week old baby black leopards


This one tried to sharpen his claws on Jayden's leg.  It made her laugh.
Lots of other beautiful cats, and many other animals at the West Coast Game Park, 
some of which you get to pet and feed.
But the best part was definitely holding the baby cats.

While we were at the coast we also spent a morning on the beach.  
It was a beautiful day for December.

Macy even enjoyed the beach with us. 

We dressed warm and expected rain, but the weather was great.
What a fun trip!

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Momma's taking us to the Zoo tomorrow...

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Or are we always at the Zoo?  Life in our household is always a little zoo-like.  Animals everywhere.  Random toys, kids, and pets all through the house and yard.  I call it "organized chaos."  But it's always fun.















On Sunday, we took the girls up to the Oregon Zoo, in Portland.  We thought the hippos were statues at first, they were so still.  It was almost creepy!
The girls had a great time with their 5 cousins!  Aren't they a good looking crew?



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But, taking your kids to see the animals only makes it more obvious how parenting is a lot like being at the Zoo....  Let me explain.



If you're not hanging upside down, your kids are.
















There are always mountains to climb.  The question is, are you climbing up, or down?




















Often we wonder why the proverbial horse gets us nowhere.  No one said parenting is easy.  Yet, it can be extremely rewarding...

















Daily, we struggle with removing spots.  It is NOT, however, productive to try and remove those spots with your tongue.  It's always best to choose your battles.
















We try to remember, and teach our kids, that it's not the stripes that matter.
















There's a chinese proverb that says, "You can not prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building a nest in your hair."  I take this to mean that sometimes you have to do the hard things NOW, to prevent things from being even harder down the road.




















And lastly, there is nothing better than seeing wonder, amazement and joy on the face of a child. Nothing.


"Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a
habit."  ~ Peter Ustinov


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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Lions, Tigers and Bears! Oh my!

We took the girls to Wildlife Safari today.  What a blast!
The wild animals got to see a lot of wild animals...



















Sierra got SO excited when she saw the kids riding the camels, that we just couldn't say no when Jayden decided she wanted to ride also.  It was so fun to watch them giggling through the whole bouncy ride!



















It was a beautiful day and the animals were all out for us to enjoy.  Sierra talked to all of them and told them how pretty they were.  It was great!  She is such an animal lover...


Jayden helped Madre' drive and, of course, panicked every time the ostriches came near the van while we had the windows down.  She said her favorite animal was "well, I actually had 4 favorites...  the lion, the elk, the cheetah and the elephants." Oh, to be five again!