This article was written by Natalie, Age 9.

Today we went to the Monarch Butterflies in Pismo Beach in a eucalyptus grove.

They have badges, info, books of butterflies, and talks of butterflies. You can get there by train if you want. The workers were very nice to everyone. It was all outdoors but it was still very clean.

The butterflies were the best thing of all (slideshow below)

I learned how to tell apart male from female.

I discovered that they have two pinchers on each of their feet.

Judy was especially nice to us. I recommend you to ask for Judy and if you can hold a butterfly [+]

This article was written by Alina, Age 10.

My family and I went to the National Zoo in Washington DC on June 27, 2009. In front there were plants, light posts, and flowers. There were also letters spelling Z.O.O. in front. A great thing about the zoo is that it is free! My favorite part about the whole zoo was the apes. They were so funny because they just kept staring at us while eating bananas, peels tool, off the ground. They also had barrels to sit on and a play structure made out of wood and rope. Guess what? We were only 2 inches away from them and that is because there is glass! How cool is that! The apes were also funny because they tried to reach through the glass. [+]

This article was written by Alfred, Age 7.

I went rafting with All-Outdoors. It was near Columa, CA on the South Fork of the American River. It was 3 hours from my house. It took 10 mins to get to the river from the rafting place because it was bumpy and we rode a bus. It was burning hot outside.

My family and I went on the Tom Sawyer trip for kids. We had 2 guides. Their names were Anna and I forgot the other name. The guides new my name.

We had two rafts and two inir <inner> tubes and one ciak <kayak>. We had to ware life jakets and shirts and shoes and in the ciak we had to [+]

This article was written by Alina, Age 10.

On July 3 my family and I went to Pocahantas Pancakes and Waffel Shop in Virginia Beach. It is across the street from the Sheraton. Inside there were fake Indians inside. There were also fake ships inside. There were lots of paintings on the wall of Pocahontas. There was also stories about Pocahontas on the tabel. We had to wait a few minutes to be seated. It was a fast few minutes though. We got a good seat in the middle of the restaurant. Our spot was awesome! There were lots of food and drink options. The drinks were not on the menu though. There were no crayons or [+]

This article was written by Alina, Age 10.

My family and I went to Olive Garden on July 8 in Rohnert Park, Ca. They had lots of flowers, rocks, and a big parking lot. There is also a pathway in front. When we walked in a laddie said, “Hi.” She also siad it would be a 5 minute wait. We got kind of a special spot. I never have sat here before. It was kind of secret because it had a small opening and was covered by WINE. They had a lot of food and drink options on the kids menu. Some things are pizza, pasta, grilled chicken, and more. They had a lot of games on the kids [+]