Rock Show!

This weekend, I got to perform with my aunt's band cub as part of the Mint Records 20th Anniversary Show at The Waldorf. I dressed up in a bear cub costume and played bongos and percussion. It was a blast! I also threw out three t-shirts to the audience as special prizes. The place was sold out and the audience was awesome. Everyone sang along with us to the songs My Chinchilla, New York City, Your Bed, and Little Star. Afterwards, I watched a crazy band called The Evaporators. The lead singer, Nardwuar The Human Serviette, dove into the crowd and played the organ while everyone held him up. It was loud, sweaty and exciting! Here are some more photos of the show, courtesy of Vancouver photographer Paul Clarke.

Rock on,
Max

Nardwuar The Human Serviette Crowd Surfs At The Waldorf

My Mom Serves "Cubcakes" To The Fans

My Aunt Lisa Singing and Her Friend Anthony Playing in the Ukulele Orchestra

Back in Vancouver and finally a new post!

Hello! I'm back in Vancouver, BC. I just realized that is has almost been three weeks since I did my last blog post. I'm sorry that it has taken me so long to post but we were on the road and the days were packed with all kind of fun things.

Since my last post in the Bahamas I have been to...

*Orlando, Florida where we went to Universal Studios and Nasa (Kennedy Space Center)

*Washington, DC where we saw the White House, many other memorials on Capital Hill and some museums too. My favourite was the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial which just opened.

*New York City, New York, where we saw Grand Central Station, The Statue of Liberty, The Empire State Building (which we went up), FAO Swartz as well as the biggest Toys R Us I have ever seen in Times Square, the 911 Memorial, Central Park, the Brooklyn Bridge which we walked across. My Mom and I also went ice skating at Rockefeller Center. It was awesome!

Now I am back in Vancouver and back in school which has been great. My new teacher, Mr. Lundell, is a really nice man and I am learning a lot. It was great to see all of my friends again and it almost feels like I never left.

I have been thinking about my friends and school back in Florida and the good times I spent there. Maybe one day I could invite my Florida friends to come and hang out with me and my Vancouver friends. I bet we would have a great time.

Thank you everybody who supported me when I was doing this blog in Miami and and I'm planning on continuing to post weekly about my new Vancouver adventures. So stay tuned.

M

Dolphins!

Right now I am in the Bahamas with my family and I am having the most amazing vacation here. Yesterday I went to a place called Dolphin Cay here at our hotel and it was so cool. Here is what happened:

First we signed up for a close up meeting with a dolphin and then we changed into wet suits and headed in for our dolphin orientation. During the orientation we learned a lot about dolphins. Here are some of the main things that I learned about dolphins:

1. Dolphins are mammals.
2. They move their tails up and down, unlike sharks who move their tails side to side.
3. Dolphins can stay underwater for up to 15 minutes but cannot breath underwater.
4. Dolphins cannot go into a full sleep because they need to be conscious to breathe so they only let one half of their brain sleep at a time!
5. The dorsal fin is as unique as a person's face.
6. They swallow fish whole.
7. Dolphins can jump as high as 20 feet out of the water.
8. They can swim up to 25 miles per hour.
9. The average age that they live to in the wild is about 17 years but they can live up to 50 years.
10. Dolphins like to have their chins tickled. I got to do this and the dolphin laughed.

The dolphin that I got to meet was named Kelly. She was 37 years old and had was a mother to 3 babies. She had been rescued after she was let out to sea during Hurricane Katrina. She was brought to the Bahamas with a bunch of other dolphins where she lives now.  Kelly was really good at jumping very high in the air. I got to give her a kiss and hold her in the water which was awesome. I got to rub her belly and tickle her under her chin and when I did when made sounds like she laughing. Kelly could also wave her dorsal fins to say hello.

We are leaving the Bahamas tomorrow to go to Orlando. We are going to Disney World! I will post again when I get back.

M.

Happy Halloween

This is me and my friend Rosa. She used to live in Canada.

I know Halloween was yesterday but we were having so much fun here in the Bahamas yesterday I didn't have any time to write. I did want to tell you about the Halloween dance at my school on Thursday which was also my very last day at Feinberg Fisher School.

My costume was a zombified cowboy! My Dad, as he does every year, helped me get my costume and did my make-up. He loves Halloween as much as I do.

We all got into our costumes after school and headed right to the cafeteria where the dance was being held. There were some great costumes and lots of dancing. It was an awesome dance. At the end of the dance I said goodbye to all of my Miami friends and I felt very sad. I hope that I can come back to Miami and see all the great friends I made again.

Another great thing that happened on Thursday is that my teacher Ms. Llorca brought in some cupcakes as a treat because I was going away. They were delicious!

What did you do for Halloween?

M.