Memorial Parade
On Memorial Day I marched in the Memorial Day Parade.
I walked with the Cub Scouts.
I walked 1 mile.
My sister walked this year also, because she joined Daisy’s.
It was a beautiful day.
My baseball team walked, too.
After walking I went swimming.
Yesterday’s Science Class
Yesterday I went to Brookhaven Labratory for a homeschool science class on soil with my friend.
Soil is made out of gravel, sand, silt, and clay.
Gravel is the biggest part of soil.
Clay is the smallest.
A tool called the sieve separates the gravel,sand, silt, and clay.
My first experiment was putting rocks into groups (not Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic.).
I came up with, dots, plain color, and stripes.
My second experiment was was with 2 rocks. My tools were a magnet and a piece of paper with some thing on it.
The clear rock on one side could make things bigger! The other rock was magnetic!
My third experiment was weighing, measuring the volume, and drawing samples of dirt.
After that, I went home.
Happy Easter
Happy Easter everyone!
This Easter I went to my Aunt’s apartment in New York City.
We took the car instead of the train.
I went with Mom, Dad, Grandma, and Christine.
I saw my Uncle, Aunt, and Cousin.
There was nothing to do when I got there.
After a long time, I had dinner and then I opened up the Easter baskets my Aunt bought us.
I played a board game of Pokemon and then left.
My Thoughts On Dissection
Dissecting is when you cut something dead open.
For example, you could dissect a frog. You can dissect anything living or dead.
You can look at its brains, heart, and organs.
My Mom made write this even though I don’t want to because all I can think of is throwing up and I can’t stand the gross smell it makes.
When you dissect you should put some Vick’s Vaporub on your nose and you will be fine.
So there is NO WAY I will be a surgeon.
I was in science class the first time I dissected something and heard “dye” and I was completely surprised. I hardly touched it at all. I was dissecting squid, so there was no bad smell.
And this week at science class I am dissecting crabs (Ugh!).
Pranks and Tricks
I love to play tricks on people, especially my dad.
My favorite is the Hand-In-Hot-Water trick.
Here’s a classic trick:
Here’s a joke kit I got for Christmas:
Toilet Paper Roll Prank:
I just did the toilet roll one!
My Trip to Florida
The car trip took about 22hrs.
It was me, dad, and Christine.
Altogether dad drove 1,316 miles!
I read lots of books, and I mean a lot!
We got a library card at the Naples library.
I stopped at my dad’s friend’s house in Orlando and my aunt’s house in Bradenton.
When we got to our condo we rented, we unpacked and went straight to the pool.
On Friday we picked up Mom at McDonald’s and saw my friend’s basketball game.
After about 5 days Mom left.
Our house was really nice, it had 3 bedrooms, 1 kitchen, 3 bathrooms, one living room, and a view of an artificial lake.
Did I forget to mention I went to Legoland?
I went on three roller coasters (all ones Christine could go on, there was only one parent).
There was USA Miniland with buttons that you press and the figures do something.
I went to driving school and the Water Stunt Show.
And the Big Test show, too.
A week after Mom left she came back.
And at a restaurant I lost my third tooth.
We went to the beach several times too.
I went to a waterpark once.
On the way back mom came we went to Legoland, again!
This time I went on almost everything!
The trip took 4 days.
And I just lost my 4th tooth!
The Gold Rush
Yesterday I did a report on the Gold Rush.
Every month we do a report on a different topic in American history.
We forgot to bring my dad’s gold coin though!
It’s weighs 1/2 ounce and is worth $800 – $900.
My Favorite Year – 2011
My Favorite Year: 2011!
Today is New Year’s Eve, and I am really sad that 2011 is over. This was my favorite year, 2011. We did all sorts of fun things. I learned about new games, learned new sites, and went to many places.
I got a YouTube account. I won four trophies: Soccer, Baseball, Chess, and Pinewood Derby for Cub scouts. I got my biggest Lego set, Lego Mindstorms, my most powerful Pokémon – Zoroak.
Here are all the places I went: Kalahari (Ohio) for a homeschooling conference, Naples, Florida, Universal Studios, many visits to Nana’s and Southampton, we visited Cohasset, where we used to live. I went to Wildwood, NJ, York, Maine (for my cousin’s wedding).
I lost my first tooth. I got glasses.
I started to learn Spanish, I got much better at Chess this year.
I went to three camps this year: Chess, Cub Scouts and Summer Center. I made lots of new friends, through camps, cub scouts and homeschooling groups.
My new neighbors finally moved in. But I didn’t meet them yet.
I read all the 39 Clues Books, I had a Pokémon Birthday party. I still love Lego’s, playing Chess on the computer. I got 10,000 hits on my blog!
I am sad that 2011 is over, but we are going to a friend’s house to celebrate tonight. And tomorrow we will list all the great things we are going to do in 2012.
Christmas 2011
Christmas was 6 days ago.
I got Mighty Beanz 6 Pack, LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0, Wheel of Fortune, Monopoly Deal, a cap, a rock tumbler,
Set, LEGO minifigures, Rory’s Story Cubes, books, and there are so many I can’t remember the rest.
My favorite was LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 because you can build and program a robot.
I built a ShooterBot that shoots balls!
You can make sounds and make it sense things to!
It can move!
It can feel!
It can sense colors and light!
It can see!
ChessKid.Com
This is ChessKid.com.
Chesskid.com is like Chess.com.
You learn and play chess.
But there are fewer things. They do not have Chess Mentor and the daily puzzle.
My 30 minute rating is 694.
My name is OldKid.
My club is Challenger Chess Club.
Now you can join and play me if you dare!
