Florida

In march break I went to Florida to visit my grandparents.  I went from Tuesday the 10th to Tuesday the 17th.  When I got off the plane I went with my grandparents to a Chinese food place that we always go to.  My brother and I ate a lot of Chinese food.  I really liked the ice cream there, especially the sherbert.  The next day we played a lot of card games and board games.  My Nana and Poppa taught my brother and I the card game hearts.  We both really liked hearts.  My brother and I really like the board game Clue.  There were three mornings where my brother and I went to the beach.  We would always build villages or castles and play with them.  The third time we went was the most fun.  We always built our villages and castles close enough to the water that the waves would be able to hit it some times.  It was tons of fun.  On the fifth day we went to a botanical gardens.  There were many cool plants there.  There were about 15 different types of cacti.  One time I tried to catch a lizard but I got its tail.  Another time I caught a lizard, I was holding it but it escaped.  On the sixth day we went on a bird walk.  We saw a lot of cool things.  We saw the eyes and nostrils of a crocodile and a whole bunch of pink snail eggs.  We saw snake birds, cardinals, and whole bunch of other types of birds.  On the 7th day we went to a hockey game. It was Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Montreal Canadians.  It was a good game and Tampa won.  The score was 4 – 2.  After the first it was a 2 – 0 Tampa.  After the second It was   3 – 1 Tampa.  Then after the third it was 4 – 2.  Then the next day my brother and I left.

The Zoo

 

 

 

On Tuesday, my family and I went to the Toronto Zoo. The car ride took us an hour and thirty minutes, so we arrived around eleven. We saw lots of spectacular animals and my favourite ones were the gorillas and tortoises. Jace enjoyed the gorillas because they were very active and fun to watch, and I liked watching the tortoises eat their lettuce. Once we got hungry, we went to a restaurant in the zoo. Mom, Jace and I got a blue raspberry slushie. It was delicious. My dad had one slice of pizza that was cut in half and Jace had also had a double bacon cheese burger. Which is really big and he ate the whole thing. After we ate, we saw the pandas and left the zoo. It was an amazing trip!

 

About my leopard gecko

I got my leopard gecko 5 years ago. Leopard geckos can live up to 30 years old in captivity. I named my leopard gecko Leo. My leopard gecko is eight years old. I got my leopard gecko from somebody that didn’t want it any more. I use to hold him until, I was holding him then I moved my hand back and it cut my hand and made it really really bloody. Then I stopped holding him. I have to clean my leopard geckos tank every weekend. I also have to fill up his water bowl every day because it drys up from the light. I love my leopard gecko!

Darian holding Leo