Sunday, April 24, 2011

DI Tournament

This month I had a DI tournament. DI stands for Destination Imagination.
DI is about coming up with creative solutions for creative problems.
I'm on a team with five other kids - Karson, Hunter, Erika, Polo & Aidan.
Oh, and me, of course.
At the DI tournament we played a lot of tag and did our main challenge, which was an improv skit about Iceland and the mythical creature called the Gryla.
We also did an instant challenge, but we aren't allowed to talk about it until June. There are teams going to global finals in May so all of the instant challenges have to be kept a secret in case one of the teams gets the same instant challenge.

We got 2nd place out of 8 teams.
Our coaches were very proud of us.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Happy Birthday to Me!

That's right, I had a birthday. I am 11 years old now.
I had a lot of fun on my birthday. On my birthday I got an air soft gun set from my parents and a beef jerky stick with some candy.


The day after my birthday my Grandma and Bob came to our house and took us out to dinner. We had Chinese food and it was delicious. They bought me a new camera for my birthday and a mancala game. Here are some pictures I took with the new camera.

Me and my grandma.

Grandma and Bob.
Grandma and Bob with my little brother, Oscar.

A few days after my birthday I had a sleepover party with my friends. We had an air soft war and had a bunch of pizza. For my birthday my friends got me a nerf gun and the game Clue.

The next day my other grandparents came over. They got me a My Sims 3 DS game. They also got me an iTunes gift card (I have my own iPod touch that I bought with my own money in January). Also on that day my uncle and aunt came over and dropped off some presents. They got me some nature print paper, cool frisbees with faces on them, some mentos gum, and a new shirt that I really like. It has a stereo on it.

Bye, people :-)

P.S. I dont know how to play Clue, but I'm kind of making stuff up as I go so it's fun.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Gingerbread Day

Hello people who are viewing this. If you do not like gingerbread houses, please click the X in the corner. Let me begin...
Last week my little brother had a friend over and my middle brother got to build a gingerbread house at school. So, it was my idea to make them while my little brother's friend was here. I took a lot of pride in my work. So did my brothers and my little brother's friend. I had a LOT of fun. Okay, so let's start looking at pictures.
Here is a picture of my finished gingerbread house.
Here are some pictures of me working on my gingerbread house.



I hope you enjoyed this post.
The End.
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Sunday, December 12, 2010

The Ecco Board

Introducing the Ecco Board!
This is a board that I made out of fire wood and the wheels from my skateboard.
This is what the bottom looks like.
This is me trying to ride it. It's pretty fun, but it's kind of hard. I need practice.
This is what the front looks like. You put one foot on each of the big boards.
I'm going to get get two bars and attach them to the front so it will be like a segway and it will be easier to ride.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving!



I'm sorry I haven't posted anything in a long time. I just haven't had a lot of time. I've been busy with cleaning my room, doing my chores, and I'm exhausted from waking up at 7:00 in the morning every single day in the week just to go to band.
Oh, and I play the clarinet.
Today is Thanksgiving and we're having my grandparents and my uncle and aunt over.
My mom said I should tell what I am thankful for. I am thankful for the giant turkey that we have, our cats, getting to play the clarinet, having a whole bunch of books, and finally, last but not least the new computer that my mom got so that I can spend more time on the laptop.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Saturday, September 18, 2010

School

Last week was the first day of school. I am in 5th grade now. I like my teacher and I have two friends so far in my class. One was in my class last year and the year before and one is new here. I have lunch and recess with my younger brother now. I like recess. I play butterfinger, wall ball, and four corners. Yesterday my family came over for a school BBQ. My dad was really good at wall ball and now he's going to teach me how to be good at it. Since this is a new year I am going to try and not lose any of my reading logs. Reading logs are a piece of paper and when you're done with a book you write down the title of it, the author, how many pages it was, the date, and then have your parents sign it. Then, at the end of the month you turn it in to the library. And then about 2 weeks later they give you an envelope filled with 2 or 3 prizes. Here's a list of things you can get in the envelopes: free fries or drinks at Burger King, things for Dairy Queen, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Applebee's, Red Robin and Cold Stone.
We are going on a field trip this month to the Oregon Gardens with my class and I am excited to go because this will be my first time going there.
Oh yeah, our cats have grown a lot! Tater is only 5 months old and he's already as big as pumpkin who is over a year old. They keep leaving dead mice for us around the house. Well, outside the house, not inside. Speaking of growing, I have grown too. I am 4 feet and 11 1/2 inches tall.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

How to make your own tortilla chips.

My aunt and uncle were over the other ay for dinner and we had some tacos.
I had an idea to make my own chips.
So, I asked my aunt how to make them and she said that first cut up a flour tortilla, put all the little pieces on the cookie sheet, then put butter or oil on them very gently.
Then you put them in the oven at about 300 degrees. Make sure it's on bake.
Then keep checking the oven to see if the sides are curling up on the tortillas.
Once they start to curl up they should be done.
And that is how you make tortilla chips.
Everyone thought mine were delicious. (here is a picture of the ones I made.)