octopus

One time my dad caught an octopus. When he brought it home, I thought "yuck that will be gross." That night my dad made it for dinner. I was so scared to try it but then I did and it was awesome. It was a lot better than I expected it to be.

my dad and the octopus

cleaning the octopus 

bacon ice cream

One time I made bacon ice cream with my dad. It was really fun, but a lot of hard work, too. First we had to candy the bacon. To do that, we put the bacon strips on a cooking sheet and sprinkle them with brown sugar. Then I separated the eggs. We only used the yolks. We mixed the cream and butter in a hot pan. After that we mixed and mixed and mixed the eggs until they had turned a lighter yellow. Then we slowly poured  the eggs in the cream and butter mixture. Eventually we put the mixture in the ice cream maker. And then when it got thicker, we cut the candied bacon in pieces. After that we put it in the ice cream. It was really good. And the awesome thing about it was that it was homemade.

before we put the candied bacon in the oven 

separating the eggs 

after the candied bacon was in the oven 

books

I love to write books. It is so much fun. You get to make them how you want them to be, not how anyone else wants them to be. I'm writing a book called Twin Witches. It is really good. I love to write, and you should too. It is so much fun!