Georgia Aquarium
On Friday my host mom Penny and I flew to Atlanta in Georgia. We are staing with Penny's daughter Tara, her husband and their two children. They also have a huge dog named Reggie.
Atlanta
TGIF with Penny at the airport
Reggie and I
On Saturday we went to the Georgia aquarium. The Georgia aquarium is the biggest aquarium in the whole world. The aquarium has more than 30 million liter water, 100 000 animals and 500 different species of animals. It was a very cool experience :) I got to pet Rays and sea starts. I saw a dolphin show which was very cool.
Turtles
Albino Aligators
Rays
Sea otters
Some sea animal similar to crabs
Baluga Whales
Starfish
Whale sharks
Dolphins
Jelly Fish
The biggest tank with Whale sharks and other creatures
My animals!
This week went by pretty fast. I had a lot of homework and essays. On Wednesday I had a yearbook meeting after school which was very fun and I'm really excited about the yearbook. In PE we did archery which was very fun, and I was actually good at it ;)
On Thursday the Red Cross was in New Holstein High School and students over 16 could donate blood. I wanted to do it but I couldn't, because if a person have lived more than five years in Europe the person can't donate blood in America. It has something to do about that my ancestors might have had the mad cow disease that could have affected my blood now... I don't know... Their explination was vague. Instead of giving blood I could help as a volunteer, so I did.
On Friday after school I went to Veera's house. We watched a Criminal Minds episode, talked and ate a Finish pancake (that Veera made) which tasted great :) Then we went with Nikki, Mitch and Devante to Two Rivers. In Two Rivers the New Holsteins High School's Football Team had their last football game :( They won which was a good end of the season. It was really cold, but thankfully Veera brought a blanket :)
Yesterday I tried to skyped with some of scout friends because they had a scout event, but sadly we couldn't talk so long because their internet connection wasn't great. Maybe because they were in the middle of nowhere... :P
This is how pretty the forest around my house looks. The leaves are turning colorfull and it's just so pretty :) Bob and I sometimes take a ride throught the forest with the four wheeler which I really love!
I also want to present the animals that I live with :)
First we have Bell, the mother. She is very calm and quiet.
Zeek, the father. He is crazy and selfish.
Dolly, the daughter. She is my favorite! ;) She always sneezes and licks my face... Hehe
Roxy, the odd one :P She is Penny's Daughter's dog, but because her daughter got a baby so Bob and Penny take care of Roxy. She likes to cuddle :)
And all the dogs together:
This is Steve. I don't like him because he bites and scratchs me when I don't want to pet him... He lives on the porch.
We also have four more cats but they live in the garage :)
Homecoming dance!
On Friday we had a really short day and then we had the Parade and the Pep Rally. Everyone in the school (except the people in the parade) went on a road and sat down at the side walks. Then the long parade went through some roads in New Holstein. When the end of the parade came we were supposed to walk after the parade, and so we did :)
The homecoming court :) Kelly and Zac (that won) and Veera and Nathan :)
After the Parade we had the Pep Rally. There was some games and competitions and it was so much fun. The juniors won the spirit stick of the homecoming week 2013 just because the seniors got disqualified for a stupid reason... Then after the Pep Rally Heather and I went to my house and I painted her nails :) At 7pm there was the homecoming football game. The guys played against Waupun and they lost by one point (27-26). It was a very emotional game and when we lost almost the whole Footboll team cried :( It was mostly because now the football team won't go to the regionals. After the game Heather, Jessica, Karissa and I went to Heathers house and had a sleep over :) It was a very fun night!
Veera, the other exchange student in New Holstein High Shool :)
On Saturday it was time for the Honecoming Dance. First Heather, Jessica, Karissa, Morgan, Brett, Brandy and I met at Heathers house to take photos of our Homecming group. Then we went to Fond Du Lac to eat dinner at Appelbees. The food was very good and we had a good time together. Then we went back to Heathers house and watched a movie. At 8:30pm we went to the dance at school. It was fun, but not really my thing. The dance ended at midnight and Heather, Jessica, Veera and I went to Jessica's house and had a sleep over. I had a great time and I finally got to taste "Swedish Fish" which is a cherry candy that people claim is swedish?
Heather <3
Karissa and I :)
Before the dance Penny took some photos pf me :)
Homecoming week :)
Last Friday Heather and I went to the football game together. It was so much fun and a really interesting game. We won by 21-20 :D After the half time I helped out with other Ice Fishing Club members with sellig popcorn, pretzels, soda, candy etc to people at the game. It was very fun :) After the game when Heather drove me home a deer ran infront of the car :O
Last Sunday Penny, Bob and I went to Pat's (Bob's sister) house. We watched the packer game and the Packers won. I got to borrow Bob's jersey :) Every Sunday a lot of people here in Wisconsin wear Packer cloths. We went just in and out of Walmart and I saw 13 people wearing a Packer t-shirt/hoodie. Sports are so big here. Almost everyone is intrested in sports here. So different from Sweden and Poland. The whole day I was asking questions about football so I think I got it now :)
This week in school is homecoming week. It is a lot of fun stuff happening in and after school. On Saturday we have the Homecoming Dance :) Every grade has a theme. We are the Sinister Seniors :P
On Monday I went paintballing for the first time in my life :) It was so much fun and I really want to do it again! The team that I was in played four games. We were supposed to get to the middle of the field, take the flag and then take the flag to the other team's base tower. When you got hit you were out of the game. During the first game I was the last one in from my team with the flag. Someone from the other team run behind me and shot me six times from a close distance. So now I have six big bruices on my ribs, side and arm. I really want to play paintball some other time again!
On Tuesday after school me and Penny went shopping to Green Bay. I found black high heels for the homecoming dance :D
Yesterday was a very fun day. First Veera came home with me after school and Penny colored our hair and we did our "Sinister seniors makup". After that we went to the school. For the last week or two the senior football players have had practices with the senior girls. They have tought us how to play football. Yesterday it was a game between the junior girls and the senior girls. A lot of people came and watched. In the beginning I was a little scared that I would screw up, but I didn't. I played Nose Tackel. Nose tackle is the person who tries to get through the line of offense and get the ball from the quaterback. We didn't play with tackle though. Instead of tackeling the juniors to the ground they had flags on a belt that we were supposed to rip off. I got to play a lot because I have come to all the practices that we had :) One fun thing that happened was when I got a little upset because several times I would run through the line of offense and rip off the flag of the quaterback with the ball, but the refs didn't see it so the play would just continue. After that happened three-four times I got upset and went to the Ref to told him that he should look when I rip off the flags. He blaimed it to be because I'm Swedish so I got more upset and told him that I wasn't. Mr.Neilsen who was commenting the game in a microphone said "And now Aleks, the sweed, is arguing with the Ref" and apperently everybodyin the audience laughted... Hehe... After a hard game the Seniors won (of course) by 12-0 :D After they game everyone rushed out on the field and it was such an amazing moment! I really had a great time yesterday.
Today on Tuesday on PE we played lacross. I have never played lacross and I knew very little about the sport. Basicly what you do is that you run around with a type of stick/tennis racket and tackel people in your way. You get a point by getting the ball in the other team's goal. It's a mixture of hockey, soccer and football. We had to have chest and shoulder protection, gloves and a helmet. The sport to me is very weird and different but it was a new experience.
Today at home a tried deer loaf and it was very good :)
My week
Two Fridays ago Heather and I went to the fotball game together. It was so much fun, but the Huskies lost miserably...
Heather and I
Karissa, Caleb, Heather and I
On the Saturday after Friday Penny, Bob and I went to an airport. There it was a MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) gathering. Me and Penny just look at the planes and then we went to Sheboygan. We were looking for a Homecoming dress, but we didn't find one :(
My hair that day
On Monday last week Penny and I went to Appelton to look for a homecoming dress. I bought a very pretty dress in Macy's. I will post some photos some other day.
On Tuesday Penny, Bob and I went on a motorcycle dinner ride. First we stopped by a goat farm in Pipe and we saw how the farmer milked the goats. They also had Lamas :) Then we went to a restaurant called Capone's. The restaurant was very cool and very American.
During PE on Thursday I got stung by a Wasp. We were playing soccer when I felt pain on my hand. I looked down and saw a wasp sitting on me. I tried to shake it off but it didn't want to stop putting poison in my hand. I hit it and it flew away. I got a small mark anda small area around where it stang me got red and swollen. After the lesson I got some ice from the PE teacher and a cream to ease the pain (it hurt really badly). The next day my hand was even more swollen. On Saturday though my whole hand, fingers and half of my arm swelled and it was not pretty. I couldn't even see my nucles on my hand when I bent it. It also hurt really bad and it was itching all the time. I had some pills and creame to ease the pain/itching. Now (4 days later) only my hand and a little part of my arm is swollen and red. I'm not allergic to wasps but apperently (acording to the internet :P ) 10% of the people have a worse reaction than others and of course I'm one of the 10%.
On Friday after school I went to the first Ice Fishing meeting directly after school. I'm so excited! We are going to be in tournaments and it's going to be so much fun! Then I went to Jill's house with her. We studied some for the AP Biology test (that we have tomorrow, and it's really hard D: ) and then we talked and played Wii. I also ate dinner at her house and I was really tasty.
On Saturday I went to school because I thought that we had Powder Puff practice (american football for girls for Homecoming week) but it turned out it was in a whole different place, so I had to go there instead. Thankfully my host parents could pick me up and drive me there :) well there we had practice and after that I was meeting up with Heather. I asked a girl to drive me back to school to meet Heather there. When I came to school Heather called me and told me she went to Marytown (where my practice was to meet me there... After some confusion we finally met and Heather and I went to a restaurant called South Town. There we met Jill and some other people from school so we ate lunch with them. After that we went to a volleyboll tournament back in school. The Huskies won :D
Yesterday I met a missionary from Paraguay. I got to taste a kind of tea (it was so discusting) from Paraguay. I also got a Candy Bar from Paraguay from the missionary because Sarah, Rachel and I helped him serve the weird tea to people.
My name is Aleks and I'm 17 years old. 
