Geode Rocks

I looooove rocks!!! Right now for science I am studying rocks and the 3 different kinds of rock: Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary rock!  All rocks fall into one of these categories.  Anyway you could call me a rock hound. I am specifically learning about geodes. Geodes are formed by mineral deposits inside volcanic or sedimentary rock "bubbles." My mom got a rock kit for me and in that kit there was a geode rock and I split it open with a hammer and there were crystals in it! I found another rock in my room that looked kind of like the geode I split open, so after lunch today I took it down under the lodge where the floor is cement and I started pounding on it with both sides of the hammer and I only made a bunch of dust from the rock. I had put the rock in a plastic bag so if chips flew up they wouldn't hit me.... I hit the rock so many times that I tore the bag to pieces. Seeing that I wasn't going to break it open I brought the rock down to Dewey. There are lots of tools in the wood shop and so Dewey tried hitting it open with a sledge hammer, rock drill, a sharp wedge and a couple little pieces came out and I could see there was crystal!!!! The drill only made a tiny indent but it had weakened the rock in that area so Dewey hit it with the sledge hammer one more time and the rock split in two!!! The inside is beautiful...it is cloudy blue in the middle and the rock around it is dark purple! Here are some pictures....

Both sides of the geode and the little peices

Beatiful....

Gap were tooth used to be

Bird watching

Valentines Day cake

Saylor "Lost" a Tooth

I have to catch up on a lot that has happened. First of all Saylor has lost her first tooth..... wait I need to reword that, yes Saylor lost a tooth but I actually pulled it for her. She wouldn't let me at first but I finally coaxed her to let me after I said I wouldn't use plyers (hehehehe that would have been fun!) and that she wouldn't have to pay me a dollor. hahahaha I'm evil, mom was the one who said I couldn't charge my little sister for pulling her tooth!! Saylor has another tooth that is really loose. It'll come out any time now. Also Dewy set out some traps and he has now caught 3 martin and he is learning from my dad how to skin them. I meant to post on Valentines day but we were busy that day. So... Happy Late Valentines Day!!lol  The weather right now is bad, its cloudy and raining the water outside the bay is ruff. We went crabbing yesterday and got around 10 crab, when we went crabbing the weather was beautiful and the water was perfect.

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Sea Lions

A couple days ago we got back to the lodge after a 2 week long trip to town. We all had a great time seeing friends and going to swimming and PE. The weather in town while we were there was mostly beautiful, there were only a couple days of complete down pour. Right now at Yes Bay it is beautiful and sunny but still 32 degrees. On our way to town and also on our way back we saw tons of sea lions on a big rock. They stank sooooo bad like nothing I've ever smelled before and when we got closer they started roaring and snorting at us and started scooting over to the edge then jumped in one by one.