Cousins

     On Monday, I went to Irvine to see my cousin Nylah who was visiting from Washington, DC. My cousin Sophia lives in Irvine. I used to see her every week when I took a math class there, but I stopped doing the class, so  now I don't see her as often.
     Sophia has a little sister, Sonia and a little brother, Savien.  At my cousins' house, we played a lot of running away games. First we ran away from Savien who was on his tractor. Then we ran away from the camera because my uncle wouldn't stop taking our pictures.
     We ate chocolate cake, which my dad brought from Whole Foods. Then we built a fort upstairs and we used a bucket and string to create a pulley so we could bring stuff upstairs without carrying it.
  Unfortunately, one of my uncle's favorite toys fell out of the bucket and broke, which was very sad. After breaking his toy, we jumped on the trampoline. We played Dead Man.  In the game, one person sits in the middle of the trampoline with their eyes closed and the rest of us jump around. The person in the middle then has to catch one of us.
After that game, my dad said it was time to go because we were going to see Cinderella, a play, in Pasadena and my cousins were going to Chuckee Cheese.

The best part about seeing my cousins was how much fun we have together and how nice everyone is. I love my cousins.

Broad Museum Downtown

Looking at giant plates by Robert Therrien. They are made of fiber glass and have a pole
through them to hold them up.

The Brain

Going up the escalator 

Now I know how Barbie feels

Yesterday, I went to the art the exhibit at the Broad. My favorite piece of art at the exhibit was the GIANT table and chairs. The only thing  that I really do not like about museums is that there is no touching! I like the Science Center more because I like to do more than just look!

WHAT I LIKED: 

I really like looking at the life-size sculptures and at this exhibit THERE WERE A LOT OF THEM!  

   

Shakespeare

Standing in front of lady Macbeth  

Romeo 

Queen Macbeth 

SHAKESPEARE

Yesterday, I went to the Shakespeare ibex at the public library down town.

Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first female doctor in America and one of my heroes. 

She was born on February 3, 1821 in England, 100 years before women got the vote. When she was alive women were considered their father's  property and later they were their husband's property. 

For work, it was only proper for a woman to be a nanny, school teacher or wife. 

It was not actually Elizabeth's idea to become a doctor it was her friend Mary Donaldson's idea. Donaldson said she would much rather be examined by a woman rather than a man when she had to see a doctor. This put the idea into Elizabeth's head that she could help her friend and other women by becoming a doctor.  The idea gnawed at Elizabeth. She thought about it over tea, at sewing circles and she dreamed about it at night. 

But, it wasn't an easy thing to do because there wasn't a single medical school that wanted a woman, even though her dad gave his permission for her to attend. 

She finally received a letter from a school in New York that accepted her and she was able to attend medical school. 

Elizabeth was teased and harassed by the men in her class. They were hoping she would leave, but she didn't. She graduated in 1849, with the highest grades in the whole class. 

She had become the first female doctor in America.