Kaden's France Journal

My oldest baby boy turned 7 on September 21st. He really was overwhelmed this year with attention and gifts from our family and friends. His birthday wishes of Star Wars Legos and super hero paraphernalia were fulfilled several times over. Kaden received a special gift from Matt and I this year-the opportunity to spend a week in the south of France. This was made possible by our dear friends, the Pierce family (friends is almost an understatement, Kaden is convinced we are related and calls their kids our cousins). Kaden diligently documented the trip in a journal given to him in anticipation of this adventure (thank-you Cahoons). Read on if you are interested in what excites a 7-year-old when visiting another continent.

10/2/10

Today is my last day in France. We went to Marineland all day. At Marine land there are different shows. The kind of sea animal shows are sea lions, dolphins and killer whales and we got to see all of them. You can also see sharks, rays and fish at Marineland.

10/1/10

Today was the 5th day in France. We went to a place called Grasse. Grasse is famous because it makes the most perfume in the world. Mom got perfume and I got cologne. I got to test different smells and then I picked my favorite for my first bottle of cologne! Today we also went to some bakeries (in french boulangerie) and tried some french treats. One bakery had very good bread and another had very good cookies. I spent the rest of my day playing with my cousins.

9/31/10

Today is the 4th day in France. The first thing that we did today was go to the beach and it was very, very, fun. There was a castle at this beach and the castle was real. Mom and I took some pictures. When I got to Jenny and Joci's house I missed my family but Jackson the most.

9/30/10

Today is my 3rd day in France. Some of the things that I have noticed about French prople:
1. A lot of people smoke
2. There are a lot of dogs
3. They drive small cars

My favorite thing that we did toady wasgo to a park that had bubbles, ziplines and intertube slides. There were also giant tree houses with slides coming out of them.

9/29/10

Today was our 2nd day in France and I was so tired. Last night I slept 12 hours! We went on an adventure today Italy. The city was San Remo and it was by the beach. We went to an outside market and it was very hot. My favorite part was eating pizza!

9/28/10

When I woke up I was in France. Some of the things I did were:

1. go to the grocery store

2. got to see my cousins' house

3. went to Cannes and rided some rides and ate some Italian ice cream and it was good

9/27/10

Today I woke up in New York City. The first thing that we did was take a subway (not the sandwich) from the airport to Times Square. My favorite part was the 3 story toy store. It had a ferris wheel inside and a ginormous dino (but not real).

Next we went to the Empire State Building. It took 80 floors on an elevator and then we went up 138 stairs. There are a lot of buildings in New York City. I saw the Statue of Liberty, a lake leading to the ocean and cool buildings with gold on top. The last thing we sis was ride my first taxi cab. New York City was fun today.

9/26/10

I got this from the airport (TSA security guard sticker). Here is a picture of mom, me and the security guards (roughly sketched picture). I got some wings that help the airline people fly airplanes (official jet blue junior crew wings).