Austin, TX

December 12

Dictated by Alisa (typed by Mom)

We decided to go to a place for climbing boulders because we have lots of energy. It was called Austin Bouldering Project. It smelled like a gymnastics place. First, we had to get climbing shoes with grippers. Next, we went to a kid section. There was a slide and colorful grippers! There were weird shapes of the grippers. We went to the parent section and I scared Mom because I climbed on top of a boulder. Dad climbed upside down and we clapped for him. We had fun! We went again to another bouldering place a few days later. I liked the first place better!

By Alisa

10-30-22

Right when we walked in we saw a huge gorilla face and a gorilla arm on the ceiling. After that we went into a creepy area with a lot of creepy stuff and Mom just wanted to go out right away but us four kids did not. At the end there was this hypnotizing thing where there were tv’s on one side and mirrors on the other and I kept walking into things. We saw Taylor Swift. She was way taller than I thought and her clothes were not as I thought they were going to be like. There was a snake that was strangling me. I wanted to shoot it with a bow and arrow. The people looked so realistic, they were fake but they looked like the real thing. I would like to go again to a wax museum but I wish I could see Carrie Underwood.

by Alisa

The submarine was really fun two days ago. We could see it from far away. First we rode on the back of a bike on a wagon to get there. On the way there we saw a lot of sea lions. We stopped at Ghirardelli for ice cream and then we went on the submarine. I was on first! I was really excited! The beds were really tiny and the bombs (missiles) were big and shiny. Grown men would sleep on those tiny beds in the submarine. I wouldn’t want to live on a submarine but it does sound cool.