My Lucky Day

I had a very lucky day on December 16, 2008. Do you want to know why? Because I was the winning bidder on the Advent Calendar that my class made. We made the calendar by putting reindeer, Santa Claus, and snowmen finger prints on the calendar. My snowman finger and thumb prints are on the back of the Advent Calendar. My snowman is on the back in the middle because my teacher put it there because I have a very big thumb.

There are 25 doors on the front and there is a bell on the 25th door. That door has a bell on it because it is Christmas Day. There are scratch off lottery tickets behind each door. Every day you open one door and scratch off the ticket. For instance on Christmas Day, I will take out the last ticket and scratch it off.

So far, I've won three free tickets and one dollar. I still have four more doors to go. Next year, I hope my parents will put candy surprises in each door.

I had a very very lucky day that day and I was so so happy. I thought I wouldn't win it, but I did. In about 15 years, I will have kids and I will put candy in the Advent Calendar for them.

Amazing Pop-Up Picture Atlas

I am reading the Amazing Picture Atlas. The book shows you every continent and the countries in the continent. It has amazing facts about Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, North America, and Antartica. If you go to every page, it shows you every country's flag, what language they speak, all the amazing animals, great sites, natural features, and what is produced. And, it has a little slide out page that shows you all the country's in that continent. If I was reading North America, it would say at the very top in a yellow box with black letters--Countries of North America.

My favorite continent to learn about is Africa. I just learned that Egypt is in the top right corner of Africa. I also know that chameleons live in Africa. And, my second favorite continent is Australia. I know that there is an island off of Australia called Tasmania. I also know that the biggest rock in the world is in Australia called Uluru (Ayers Rock), and it is in the very middle of Australia. My favorite type of animal there is either the koala or kookaburra. Koala's are not actually bears, they just call them bears because they look like a bear. They are actually a cousin to bears. They are really called marsupials.

I love this Amazing Picture Atlas book. I would like you to read it too because it has so many different facts about the countries in our world.

I Scream for Free Icecream!

Guess what my big brother has been learning how to do? You could guess by looking at this picture. He's been learning how to do a rubrik's cube!

One night over the weekend, on Saturday, my family went to Outback Steakhouse to eat dinner. He brought his rubrik's cube with him. It was all mixed up like the rubrik's cube in this picture. The waitress said, "If you solve the rubrik's cube, I'll give you a free dessert." I had a grin on my face, because I knew my brother could solve the rubrik's cube. He had done it before a lot of times. His friend taught him at school how to do it. I was psyched that we were going to get a free ice cream for dessert!

So... by the time she got back with our drinks, it was already finished by my big brother! After dinner, we actually got free ice cream. It came with chocolate syrup and a cherry on top. I thought the waitress was only kidding, but she actually brought it. I don't think she'll make that promise to anyone ever again.

That night was a great night, because I got free ice cream and went to Madagascar Escape 2 Africa.

My First Day of First Grade

Today was my first day of first grade. I had a great time because I have my best friend's mom and his godmother as teachers. They are really nice and they made my first day fun. I made a boomerang and a kangaroo with a joey in the pocket.

I went to an assembly. Bruce and his wife Tass bicycled around the world for 2 years and went to 22 countries! They traveled 14,000 miles on bicycles. I think their legs would be tired and their butts would be sore! They saw rhinos that hear very good and can smell very good, but they are almost blind. They tiptoed up close to get a good picture. Bruce and Tass also saw kangaroos. They camped by the kangaroos and one kangaroo even camped by them! They saw wild parrots and they also saw kookaburras. Kookaburras are a type of wild bird. Can you believe they even saw an albino peacock? They saw a penguin, too. They were about 30 inches tall. I can't believe that a wild monkey jumped on Tass' back to pick bugs out of her hair. Bruce took a picture. I would be super scared if a wild monkey jumped on my back.

Bruce and Tass saw many volcanoes. They hiked up the side of volcanoes. They even saw the biggest rock ever! They hiked in rainforests. In the rainforest there were pretty flowers and many animals.

This was the best day of any of my first days of school. I will have a great year!

The Best Summer Ever

On Monday, I will go back to school. I had a good summer. I went to Baltimore where I went to the Aquarium and went inside a submarine that looks like a three thousand foot shark!

Then, I visited family in Pennsylvania and New York. I climbed a tree with three of my cousins and we did a lot of swimming. This was my favorite part of my summer.

Also, I went to a water water park called Blizzard Beach. And, they made it look like there was a snow storm with fake snow on everything. I loved the part in the little kids section where there was a ice cube bridge crossing and there was a zip line. I really loved the ice cube bridge crossing.

And, guess what... my dad bought a motorcycle called a Harley Davidson Road King. He took me for a ride. I thought it was super cool!

I am looking forward to school because I want to see my friends. I'll let you know how the first day goes.

The Birthday Party

Yesterday, I went to my team mates birthday party. He had it set up like a crime scene. There was yellow police tape wrapped around the trees! There was a real fire truck and police car that I got to sit in. The police man came with his K-9 dog. The K-9 is used to bite bad guys who are running away from the police.

We rode on the firetruck to the fire station. I looked in every room at the fire station. The fire station had a living room, a kitchen, and they teach school in the living room! We rode back to my friends on the fire truck.

My friend has a trampoline and he has a boy and girl motorcycle. We jumped on the trampoline and some kids rode the motorcycles. We had cake and icecream, too.

This was one of my favorite birthday parties.

My Bike

For Christmas, I got a back bicycle seat that is hooked to my dad's bicycle. Me and my dad put it on his bike yesterday. I rode to my grandma's house. I can do tricks on the bicycle. I can do a no hander and a no legger! I love to ride behind my dad and do tricks!

My Webkinz

I collect webkinz because I like to play on the computer a lot. I log onto http://www.webkinz.com/. Then I put my username and password in. Then it gets me on to my webkinz. You can collect money by playing games and you can make your own house. You can buy your own stuff for your house or outside. I have 15 webkinz now that I have adopted on the computer. My favorite webkinz is Specks the Grey Arabian. I have all my webkinz on the side of my blog if you want to take a look. I really like my webkinz and I think you might like to play with a wekinz too.

Firetruck

Today I rode in a firetruck with my friends and my football coach. Do you know why I rode in the firetruck? Because they wanted to make me smile and get out of the house some because I have a PICC line in my right arm. I get it out in two weeks. Riding in a firetruck made me happy. It made me feel a lot better just like they wanted.