My Riding Lessons

I ride at the Waimea Equestrian Center. My teacher is really nice and trained in Germany!!! It is really cool going there because you learn so much. On my first lesson I learned more than I would have at any other riding place!!! I learned about balance, suppleness, contact and some/most of the aids( seat aids, leg aids etc.)!! She is the best teacher in the whole world. Me and my friend both go to the same school and we get out of school on Wednesday (Day before Thanksgiving) at around 1:15 and right after that we are going straight to her house/riding stables. When we get there we will work hard then get a lesson a couple of her horses. I hope I get to ride Crystal(she is my favorite)! Here is a video of me riding her horse Rocky. See ya guys later,

Merrin

Colonels nu Chick

At the place where I used to ride my riding teachers horse had a baby and her name was Colonels nu Chick(I think that was her name). She is now around two years old and her training has started. There was a Green Cow horse Competition and she competed in it. One of my best friends cousins is a professional horse trainer so he trained her. His name is La'akea Vicar. I watched him and CC (Colonels nu Chick) show and they did great. Every one was surprised that CC did not freak out when La'akeas hat flew off. Anyway here is a video of them I took. I edited it on iMovie because I didn't do a good job filming so thank you editing!!

Horsing around,

Merrin

No More Fly's

Hey, me and my mom were looking around and we found a website that has all these ingrediants and directions to make your own homemade fly spray for your horses. It says some smell good and some make their coat all shiny. It looks like they work very well so check out the site.

Yours Truly,

Merrin

Me+Maka

My dog Maka is a Great and beautiful dog. She is sweet, great with little kids and loves getting attention! One day I decided that i could possibly replica's of horse jumps but make them for my dog. Me and my dad made a sketch of what they would look like and then we got the supplies and made them. We finished them in about one hour and we made them around two months ago. We have been practicing so much after school that she can now jump three whole feet!!!!!!!!! I have been practicing to so now i can jump two feet!! When my gramma came to visit she took a video of Maka jumping 2 feet 9 inches here it is. She is such a great dog!!

See Ya, Merrin

Horses

I am going to write a lot about animals from now on because I love them! I especially love horses!

I love watching people jump on horses. It is soo beatiful. How they sore through the air, it is like they are flying. I love watching Gina Miles and Mckinlaigh. Mckinlaigh is a beatiful Irish

Sport horses. Here is a picture of them jumping.

Gina Miles you are a great rider!!!!!

Addios, Merrin

Egg-Citing Egg-Speriment

Earlier in my school year, in my science class we did an experiment to help us know what to do for our science fair project. It was soo fun I told a parent who is really into arts and crafts about the project. She loved it,the thought of it!

The Materials you need is:

1: one big clear cup

2: one egg

3:vinegar

4:corn syrup

5:water

6: 12 inch piece of string

7: paper and pencil to record observations

Procedures

1: Measure the egg's with, with the string and record

2:Place the egg gently into the cup

3:Fill the cup almost to the top with vinegar and record observations immediately

4: Record what it looks like everyday

5: Wait 36-48 hours then take the egg out and record observations and measure the with again

6: Then put the egg into corn syrup and wait another 36-48 hours

7: Then record observations and take the egg out and measure

8: Wash the cup out with water and fill the cup almost to the top with clean water and put the egg back into the cup

9: After 36-48 hours take the egg out and remeasure it for the last time

10: enjoy the project

Main Vocabulary

1:Diffusion: The movement of molecules from high concentration to low concentration

2: Osmosis: The diffusion of water

3: Concentration: The amount of particles dissolved in liquid

4: Semi-Permeable Membrane: Let's certain things in and rejects others

pilobolus

This is so cool. We want to spend the summer in NYC sometime soon and I hope we can see these guys. The sculptures they make with their bodies is crazy amazing!

See yaaaaaa,

the Good Mochi

Me and my sister and mom are doing these cooking videos. You can find it on my moms website on the Healthy Kids page ( there you can print up our recipe too! just click on the recipe card) This month I showed you guys how to make Mochi. I will put the video here but check out the recipe too!

See yaaaaa,

Guinea Pig Strength

So you know how I told you about my guinea pig Sugar? Well, here is a cute video of her eating grass!

I think my guinea pig has super strength like the guinea pigs in the movie G Force. The other day while she was outside she somehow lifted an upside flower pot and creep ed underneath! We couldn't find her forever! I was so nervous and thought I would never find her again! But then I lifted the pot and there she was. I was so relieved!

Seeee yaaaaaa,

back to school

On Monday we go back to school. We had orientation last week which was good because I saw all my friends again. I am going into grade 6 so now I am in middle school. It is exciting but I hope there is not too much homework.

see yaaaaa,

WARRIORS new book

I LOVE the Warrior books and have been reading them since grade 2. The new one just came out, Warriors BlueStar's Prophecy, and I just bought it ( with my bday money - thanks everyone!) and I have started reading it. It is long but it will not take me long to read it!

Do any of you read the book?

recipes and kids cooking!

Hola, my mom just made a change on the Healthy Kids page. She added our theme song ( check out the record, click it and it will play the song!) and she also ( or we) added a recipe card. Me and my sister are going into the kitchen to show you what we like to cook! and eat! My mom is filming us ( and we are all editing them) and we will post the recipe. Check it out! My mom says we have to do some healthy stuff but that's OK. Wait till you see what we have done so far! We went into a local recipe and created something really fun and yummy! They are going to come out once a month and I will keep you posted!



I love to make the brownies from the Moosewood cookbook. It is sooooo easy to follow and soooooo yummy to eat. I am trying to convince my mom to do a video of that for you.

asta luego,

baby moose playing in sprinkler

Have you seen this? It is so sweet and funny! It's summer for everyone! Ciao,

Get daily excercise

It's good to get daily exercise. Any type of exercise is exercise, whether it's taking your dog for a walk, walking to school or even horseback riding! During the school year I go to a Dance class on Monday. On Wednesday and Friday I go horseback riding. I want to get into the habit of taking my dog out for a walk/run. I made up a game that involves my dog Maka.We(my sister and I) call the game "Maka's football, tag game" It is really fun to me and my sister.Here's a video we made demonstrating the game.

As ta Lu ego,

Game Place

As you know I love to play games!! Some of my favorite board games are Clue, Apples to Apples, and Sorry-the game of sweet revenge. My Dad taught me how to play Chess and Checkers. Every once in a while we'll pull out my Chess board and play. He will usually beat me but I learn his strategies and use those against my sister(then I win).I am considering doing some games on my blog to keep you entertained. How it will work is that I will put a homemade game or something on and you could either email me at merrin@drheathernd.com or leave a comment. The next time I write a blog I will give the Answer and if someone got it right then I will tell it on my Blog. How does that sound??

See ya later,

My 11th Birthday

On July 6th I had my 11th birthday. On my birthday we finished our stay at the Hapuna with our friends. I had one of those nice, lazy Birthdays. We went to the pool and then Checked out of the hotel and then went back down to the pool to have lunch.

For my birthday I got my own camera, A photography magazine, A $50.00 borders card and $20.00 from my Aunt, Uncle and baby cousin who live in Pennsylvania. I got two cards(so far).

On one of the cards I got a picture of Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, a picture painted by Georges Seurat. Here is the picture. He painted this picture by using only the tip of his paint brush! The original copy is in Chicago at the Art Museum. the original copy is soooo big it takes up an entire wall!!!!! If you look really closely you can see the dots but from a distance you eyes blend the dots together to frame the image. Isn't that cool!!

From,

my guinea pig Sugar

I just recently got a guinea pig named Sugar. We rescued her from the Kona Humane society.
Her favorite snack is a salad with cucumber, carrots, watermelon and any other leafy vegetable that you can think of !! Her best friend Francine loves the same things. They each have their very own castle/house/igloo. Sugars is a light blue and Francince's castle is bright pink and covered with sparkles!!! They like to share castle and their each castle is too small to share so I bought them a humongous dark blue castle with sparkles!!! Sugar is brown and white with little black fur's. Francine is a big black and white guinea pig.Sugar(my guinea pig) instead on biting people she licks people!!

summer's finally here!!!!

Well summer is here and I am happy because my birthday is coming up!!! Another reason why I am happy for Summer is that my family and me an hang out and go to the beach, the movies and other family activities. Yesterday was fathers day and we went to go surfing in Kona at Pine Trees ( great surfing spot). I go surfing with my dad for like half an hour then we come in and of course I fall asleep on the beach and get fried ( I did put on sunscreen but not enough i guess)! If you have never been sun burned you do not want to . It hurts when you take a shower, bend the back of your legs ( you get the point).

My favorite books

I read a lot of books every day. today I read a 132 page book in like 45minutes to n hour.The name of that book was Number the Stars. It took place a long time ago.
One of my favorite books is Warriors by Erin Hunter.
Another one of my favorite books is Maximum Ride by James Patterson.
Some of my other favorites are Flush, Pretty Tough, Scat,Dragon Rider,The Sisterhood of the traveling pants, any books by Donna King, Ida B, Hoot, Dive ,Island.

Well that's most of them. Tell me some of YOUR favorite books and I'll make sure to check them out!

Clue

For Christmas I got the board game Clue.My family plays Clue at least once per week and I never win. My mom always wins because she has been playing Clue since she was a kid. Finally ,today(Sunday,June7 2009) I won CLUE. The Person was Peacock with the rope in the Observatory( if you own Clue or have played it you know what I mean)!!! Clue is a really fun family game. My favorite players are Mustard, Green, and Scarlet.

Merrin's Profile

Since birth, Merrin has been exposed to herbal and nutritional supplements (you could catch her drinking cod liver oil straight form the bottle when she was 3!), homeopathy, whole foods and hydrotherapy. Now at age 10, she now instinctively and proactively takes control of her health.

Merrin is an avid horseback rider, loves to play and explore and really loves her school (especially reading).

The Merrin's blog and Ask Merrin section are designed to help other kids with health issues - from one kid to another.

Merrin and her younger sister, Pearl, will be doing some video pod-casting to help kids make healthier food choices and give them tools to help fight off colds.

ART at Parker School

I interviewed these high school kids at my school. They did an art project using recyclable materials. It was very cool and creative!!

asta luego,

Kahua ranch Windmills and Solar energy

When I was still in School we went on a field trip to Kahua Ranch. On one part of the tour they took us to their energy place where they have windmills and two types of solar panels.

aloha!

my neighbor Kepa Police Hula Hooping

Hi,

This video is Kepa hula hooping for his school's talent show. My mom showed me the video and I was amazed! He was just on Ellen Degeneras show as a talent. It was fun to see him on tv. I am friends with his sister.

eathquakes

Today there was an earthquake while we were at school. They say it was a 4.0 but some people think it was bigger! This site is cool and has all the official earthquake information from around the world. No one was really scared in my class but we did have to evacuate just in case of an after shock.

New Maze

Well my mom (Dr. Manley) is making a workbook for the Human Body Detectives:(our new adventure) Battle of the Bugs. So me and my sister get to test the workbook pages out. One of the pages is a REALLY hard maze it took me FOREVER until I finished!! Here is a clue : start from the bottom and work to the top. Rather than that it is all easy and even the maze is fun!!

My Trip to Los Angelos

Hi,

Tomorrow we are going to Los Angelos. We are going to record my mom's next story on the immune system.It is going to be SSSSSOOOOOO cool. Were going to be in L.A. for valentines and for my moms birthday. My family got Skype so we are taking our laptop and were going to skype my dad.

In my moms second book ( audio book) we ride a Macrophage like the one in this picture:




Cool!

Honolulu Zoo

Here is a video of giraffes, zebras at the zoo in Honolulu. I took the video with my moms camera. The zoo was fantastic! The elephants are getting a new home which is good because right now they have a small area. When I grow up I want to work with animals. Maybe I will help design better environments for the animals in the zoos!

sunday morning with DAD

Almost every Sunday morning my dad makes crepes for all of us ( and sometimes our neighbors!). We fill the crepes with blueberries, bananas, strawberries, chocolate and peanut butter chips. If you want our recipe send me an email to ASK MERRIN?

YUMMY COOKIES!

Hello again!

Sometimes after school my mom and sister and I make these DELICIOUS COOKIES !

Yummy Granola Cookies

• 1 ½ cup of any type of granola
• 1 cup of spelt (or any type of flour)
• ½ cup of maple syrup1/3 cup of softened butter)
• 1 tsp of vanilla
• optional: 1/3 cup of a type of nut, chocolate chips, apples, pears, cranberries, raisins, coconut or even seeds

1. Preheat oven to 350F
2. Combine granola and flour in a bowl
3. In another bowl mix together maple syrup, butter and vanilla
4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix well. Stir in the optional treats.
5. The dough maybe a little sticky, but form as best you can on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
6. Bake for 15 minutes, but be sure to check because everyone’s stove is slightly different.


The recipe is so easy and they are really good but they are best when eaten right away!

Hiking Diamndhead

Hey
During winter break my mom ,sister and me climbed Diamondhead !!! My mom and sister were like turtles they were so slow.
here is a side picture of Diamond head.

bye, Merrin

Cousins

hi
During winter break this year my cousins came. My cousins names are Owen(3) and Max ( 11 months). We met each other in Honolulu. They were sick half the time but the other half we were hanging out at the beach. In Honolulu we watched the Honolulu Marathon. We also did alot of Christmas shopping. Me and my dad went to look at boats in the the boat harbors. Some boats were fishing boats, some were sailboats but it was nice looking at the boats.
Our cousins left a couple days ago. I miss them.
BYE