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September 23, 2015

    Today we had safety class. They told us 

how we octopi need to defend ourselves if 

someone is trying to make us their prey when 

their isn’t an adult around.

 1.Blend into the surrounding area.

 2.Try to squeeze into a small hole or bottle.

 3.Barricade ourselves into hole or cave with 

rocks.

 4.And finally, ink the attacker in the face.

    But, they told us not to ink our family, 

which is pretty hard to do when they sneak up 

on you.

September 24, 2015

    Today at school we found out that we are 

having health class for the next two days. I was 

not looking forward to it. AT ALL. There was 

an… incident… last year… uh… yeah… Anyways… 

Today in health class they told us about what 

we have to eat to stay healthy. The nurse shark 

said that we should be eating shrimp, fish, 

snails, crabs, and scallops everyday to stay 

healthy. They also said that sometimes we can 

eat smaller octopi, too. My brother was not 

impressed AT ALL, and neither were 

mom and dad.

September 25, 2015

    It was our last day of school before the weekend 

today, and it was also the last day of health class 

(YAY), where the nurse shark taught us about our 

life cycle. So she told us that first our moms lay 

eggs, over a thousand at a time, and hangs them in 

ceiling strands. Next, in a couple of weeks up to a 

couple of months, we hatch and start to float up to 

the surface and float with plankton. After a while, we 

fall back down to the ocean floor and begin our lives 

as baby octopuses and grow to adults and mate. 

The cycle then begins again for the newborn.

   After that, we got to draw our life cycles! Not to 

brag, but mine was AWESOME!!!!!

September 26, 2015

    So today, Sandy the starfish came 

over. She said she was going to be here 

in five minutes, she got here in five 

HOURS! I wasted five hours of my life 

waiting for her, which is important, 

because we have a very short life. We 

only live for one to two years in the wild. 

    When she got here, we played my 

favorite game. Although, I can’t say the 

same for Sandy.

September 27, 2015

    Today I had to go to the doctor, because I was 

playing fit into the bottle, and I got stuck. I LOST.

    They weighed and measured me. I am 14 

inches long and 6.6 pounds, which he said was good 

because the average height and weight of an 

octopus is 12 to 36 inches long and 6.6 to 22 

pounds.

    When we were leaving I saw this new 

crayfish named Carly. I tried to eat her, and 

Sandy came and said she could be our friend 

and not to eat her. So I spit her out, and we 

became friends. Then she tried to eat me for 

the fun of it, which didn’t work out very well. 

Back to the doctor for me!

September 28, 2015

    I saw a nurse shark outside of my house 

today. I overheard her talking to another nurse 

shark.

    They started talking about a presentation they 

did for another school, about octopi.

    They were talking about our arms, our eyes, 

our mantles, our beaks, our funnels, and our 

suction cups. I asked them about it and they 

said that they would answer my questions at our 

schools presentation, TOMORROW!

    I drew a picture to try to understand better.

    Afterwards, I went to Carly’s house, and we 

played ink the crayfish. Poor Carly!

September 29, 2015

    Today at school, we had our presentation just 

like the nurse sharks had said. They wanted us 

to learn about our bodies.

    Apparently it was an extra day for health 

class.

    After school, I went straight to my home, a 

little den. Then I went to my neighbors house, a 

small space under some rocks, and my other 

neighbors house, a crevice on the seafloor. We 

played ink tag. It wasn’t very fun for my brother, 

but it was for us.

September 30, 2015

    So all science period our science teacher, Mr. 

Oliver, was calling us cephalopods. I think it is 

another name or group for octopi! But, it got 

really annoying!

    Tomorrow is an unofficial Halloween! Sandy 

won’t tell me what her costume is, which kind 

of worries me. She likes surprising me, though. 

I can’t wait! I hope we get lots of scallops, 

shrimp, and snails, although Sandy is hoping 

for oysters and maybe krill. We are complete 

opposites!

October 1, 2015

    UGH! So, Sandy's costume? AN OCTOPUS! 

SHE LOOKED JUST LIKE ME!!!

    I forgave her after she saw my costume:)!

We got back from trick or treating around 9:00 

p.m.. I was so tired. When I woke up, a mean 

shark came after me. When i was trying to get 

away he caught up to me and one of my limbs 

broke off, but my mom said it would regenerate 

soon. It all ready started. PRAISE!

    Sandy said that her limbs break off, too, but 

her broken limbs grow back to another starfish, 

a baby. I wish mine did that!

October 2, 2015

    Yesterday we had a day off for unofficial 

Halloween, but now it really IS the weekend.

    Sandy had dance. I don’t really know what 

Carly was doing yet. I have to ask her at school. 

Anyways, Sandy didn’t like her ballet lesson 

because she couldn’t turn. AT ALL. It took her 

forever just to do one. I guess starfish don’t 

learn as easily as octopi do. I would be able to 

learn it like that! 

   When she got home we chatted on Underwater 

Kik for a while, but my hands kept sticking to 

the screen...

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