Field Trip to Blandy Farms

Today I went to Blandy Farms. It's the state Arboretum. What I really liked about it was the dissecting a bean and the long trails. Our bus ride there was very long.

This is a picture from when I was on the bus. I got a little bored. I asked my mom for the camera. One of my classmates was turning around, and so I decided to take a picture of his buttocks.








That was on the bus ride when we just left the school. I decided to take a picture of the scenery because I thought it looked nice.








This is a picture of the sky and some power lines. It's like halfway to the arboretum or something.









This is a picture of Donnell, the same person that I got his buttocks. He looks kind of like an emotional lotion commercial model.











That is a picture of my friend Zach while we are at the State Arboretum. I am not really sure what he is supposed to look like, but it looks like he is kind of chillin' out, even though it is chilly outside.








That is a picture of me looking at a bud of a buttercup.









That is a picture of a very red flower that I cannot recognize. My dad calls it a poppy.









That is a class photo when we are just about to leave the State Arboretum.









The sky was beautiful that day, so I took a picture of it. It's just a gorgeous photo.









Here is Reagan sitting across the aisle from my seat. And so, I think she looks kind of like a vampire. Or something.








That is a picture of my friend Nick who I was sitting next to on the way home from the State Arboretum. That is probably one of my best taken photos because it is very hard to get a good picture of Mr. H. over there.

The Rocket

Andrew's Pump It Up Party

My friend Andrew is now nine years old. For his party it went to Pump It Up. My stamp that let me in is still barely there (on my hand). If it's still there, maybe I could sneak in. Here are some photos from the party.

Memories of Sedona

Luke's "What I Did on Spring Break" essay:


The little shop that Luke wrote about was located off the main street, just outside of town, set beautifully against the backdrop of the Sedona hills.

Dogs That I Drew

These are some dogs that I drew. The purple one is supposed to be a dachshund. And the Chihuahua looking one is a Chihuahua. The Labrador Retriever looking one is a Labrador Retriever named Sheba. And the German Shepherd looking one is a German Shepherd named Lomax. These are the pictures that I drew. I hope you enjoy them.

My guitar

This is a video of me playing my guitar. The song is Boulevard of Broken Dreams (part 1) by Green Day.

Have a Farting Holiday

Here is the Christmas gift to Dad. This is the Fartmaster keychain. The fart noises are 'standard', 'nervous', 'power', 'ripper', 'cough-fart', and my favorite, the 'wet'.

Tribe

This is my favorite game on Miniclip.com.

Snowbob Junior

This has got to be the smallest snowman ever. I gave him cranberry eyes and a carrot for a nose. The snowman's name is Snowbob Junior. I tried to get my brother to make one, but he just didn't feel like making one. So it wouldn't be a snowman family, it's just a single snowman.

The Amazing Game of Cribbage

This is my first game of cribbage. We started it yesterday on November 30. Today is December 1st and we were continuing our game of cribbage. My dad was just behind the skunking line when I got 14 points, and I only needed 9 to win this round, and so I won two rounds since I skunked him!

Cribbage is a game where you have to depend on your luck, and you also have to know math to play it. You're always adding up your points to see how many holes you get to go into. You also get points when you can add your cards up to 15 or 31, or if you have a run or a flush or a pair.

In the pictures, I am the white and my dad is the red.

More Slime

Today I made Thermo-chromic slime with Grandpa. Today is the day that Grandpa leaves so I made the slime that looked the best. Thermo-chromic slime is a slime that is heat-sensitive and will change color from dark purple to light red when it gets a little warmer from when it's cold.

Slime Time

Tio Adolfo and Uncle Chuck were here for Thanksgiving and they both gave and my brother our Christmas presents early. I got a pair of socks with a moose on the front; my brother got the same thing except for that it was a bear on the front of the socks.

And then, I got those two slime kits and my brother got Pacman World III for his DS.

Here's a video of the slime that I made. It's called proto-plasmic slime.

My Homework

Yesterday, I had homework where we had to make a map of my bedroom. I waited until nine o'clock to do it because I wanted to do it with my Dad and I had chorister practice at church before we got to do it. So we ended up doing it at nine o'clock. I wanted to do it earlier, like at five o'clock, but we couldn't do it until nine o'clock.

This is the map of my bedroom. I used the map key down below the picture. The fan was very hard to draw.

My Favorite Weird Al Songs

It all started when Weird Al was in the paper, which was when my Dad showed me White and Nerdy on the computer. He bought me four CDs with Weird Al's music on it. I like the music because Weird Al is loco--L O C O. Eddie says that life has never been the same.

The first video is White and Nerdy.


This is White and Nerdy in LEGO version!


The third one is You're Pitiful. PS. This song is really sung by James Blunt. And he jumps four stories in this video. For real.


The fourth one is I Love Rocky Road.


This last one is Another One Rides the Bus, by Weird Al. It is hilarious!


Of all these videos, the third one, You're Pitiful, is my favorite.

"You're pitiful. You're pitiful, it's true. You smell repulsive too. You're half undressed, eatin' chips off your chest, while you're playin' Halo-2. La la la. La la la. La la la Looooser."

Our Trip to Wisconsin

Here is a picture of our pontoon boat that I made with dominoes. I wasn't able to make it so it was actually standing up, so I just made it so it was flat almost.

And then here is a picture of me standing up in the little floaty thing we pulled behind the pontoon boat.

Then here's a picture of our pontoon boat.

And then, here's a little cardboard box RV my brother and me made. It has a little bug compartment in the top, drinks in the top, me in the top, and a little bed in the top. In the bottom we have a bed, granola bars, peanuts, and a few drinks. And our Webkinz.

That's it.

Luke's Schoolwork

Scott's note: I'm cross posting this for Luke's blog. This is such a nice collection of his work.

Here is a collection of a year's worth of Luke's writing that came home from school. There are some real "Luke" gems in some of his writing. ("My [pet rats] are very pretty. But my dog isn't to pretty.")

The pages in here aren't arranged chronologically, yet it's pretty easy to tell which stuff came from the first of the year, and which stuff was later in the year. He didn't enjoy writing at the first of the year, and would only write short declarative sentences, but by the end of the year, well, he was on a roll!

The other interesting thing about his writing is that it pretty well serves as his autobiography for his seventh year!

The Three Days of Fun

The Three Days of Fun are the three days that are two days before the end of school, and we do on Wednesday we read and wear our pajamas to school. On Thursday, we play board games all day that we bring to school. On Friday, it's movie day--we just watch movies all day long. And I am bringing The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again.

The City of Taboo

The thing I thought was neat about the City of Taboo was that it was a pretty small island with a lot of buildings on it. I thought the more we stacked the buildings on top of each other, the more buildings we could fit. Although most of the buildings were pretty small.

The dock that you see is kinda blackish with the little speedboat on it was a dock that I built. The guy sitting on the end of the dock was the night watcher. He watched all the boats to make sure none of them got stolen in the night.

Eddie started the thing, but I asked if I could help build it, and he said "Yes" and pretty much all we were doing was waiting for Eddie's friend to come over and play, but she didn't come. So we built this thing without Eddie's friend. And Eddie and I are still going to add more.

Field Trip to Great Country Farms

On Friday, I went to Great Country Farms for my field trip. At Great Country Farms, we got to feed animals like goats, sheep, and horses. We saw a great big ostrich sticking his head out of a gate at us, and he said, "Where's my corn, I want some!" There was also a big slide called the double barrel slide and there were these big sewer pipes, they were like about at least 30 yards long. I went down it backwards, head first, upside down. We also got to go on the big moon bounce things that was actually a whole bunch of pillows with plastic on it. It was a gigantic pillow, at least 20 yards long!

And the strawberries we picked were from a great big field. We saw some that had a perfectly good one, but the big nose was the only problem. And Ben was taking pictures away with his mom's camera and his mom was yelling at him because he was taking too many pictures because it was a disposable camera. Oh, and there was also big duck race where on one end there were these pumps that pumped out water, and you tried to push a duckie across with the water. Whenever somebody finished their race, the water that they pumped would go into our bucket. Whenever we finished a race, the water would go into their bucket. The only colors for the ducks were blue and yellow.

Fred and Luke