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Look close at this photo for the Spiderwick Chronicles movie. Do you see someone that you know?

YMCA

Today, I went to YMCA. We played games on miniclip. We went outside. I read my book. We ate lunch, and I played fooz ball a lot.

It's a new year

On New Years Eve, we went to my friends house. We ate ice cream, had cookies, watched a little TV, and played. At midnight, we all put on our New Years Eve hat and did the count down until New Years. Then we went outside to see the fireworks.

Happy New Year!

Mom and me

Christmas Questions

I was tagged by Juls

1. Wrapping paper or gift bag? Wrapping paper.
2. Real tree or artificial? Real.
3. When do you put up your tree? Before Christmas
4. When do you take down your tree? Right after New Years
5. Do you like eggnog? Yes.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? iPod
7. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes.
8. Hardest person to buy for? Mom.
9. Easiest person to buy for? Conor
10. Worst Christmas gift you've ever received? Two boogers and a box of rocks.
11. Mail or email Christmas cards? Neither
12. Favorite Christmas movie? This Christmas
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? A little bit before Christmas.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Mashed potatoes with gravy.
16. White or colored lights? Both.
17. Favorite Christmas song? This Christmas
18. Traveling for Christmas or stay home? Staying home.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? No.
20. Angel or Star on top of tree? Star.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Having to buy so many presents.
23. What I love most about Christmas? When Santa Claus comes to town.

My visit with Santa

“Well…have you been good this year?”
“Yes”
“And what do you want for Christmas?”
“I want lots of 49er stuff."
“What did you say?”
“I want a lot of 49er stuff.”
Santa smiled big.
“YOU like the 49ers?” he exclaimed, “Me too. Do you see all of this red?!”
Then Santa asked for a high five.

My Chicago Marathon Experience

I went to Illinois with my Mom, who was going to be running in the Chicago Marathon. We stayed with family and had a fun time in the days before the race. We even went to the race expo with my Mom.

The expo was cool. It had tons of food, and it had sports games that we played, and we got this foam toy that was shaped like a police badge.

The night night before the race my brothers, Dylan and Conor, Tash, my Mom and my cousins, Alex and Jake all got together. We walked on the pier where there was an old Tucker car that had sank underwater years ago. There were people dressed up in costumes. One of them scared a little girl. Then we went for pizza. It was good but I didn't get to finish it because we ordered three pizzas and this guy gave me a gumball.

My Mom spent the night in a hotel that night and we went back to my other cousins (Kelly, Brendan, Kasey, Jess, and Bradey) house. My cousins Cloe and Connor don't live there but they are always there so it seems like they live there too. Also, Sarah and Ryan D were there a lot too.

On race day, my Mom was already running when Dylan, Tash, Cloe, Jess, Conor, and I got on train. The train ride was long because a train got stuck on the tracks and our train had to push it to Chicago.

By the time we got to the race course my Mom was already past where we were going to see her (mile 13). She called us and told us that she wasn't running a fast as she wanted to because it was too hot and there were too many people.

It was so hot out that when we were walking we were sweating a lot. We were thristy too. We went to McDonalds and then to the finish line to wait for my Mom.

Right when we got there they called the race off. They closed the race down half way through. My Mom was already past the half way spot. She called to tell us that she was going to run the rest of the way. We went to the hotel to wait because my Mom told us to because it was so hot.

Before my Mom finished we went to eat in the dining room. We ate a lot of food. My Mom came and she was wearing a medal. We finished our food and saved some for my Mom. She ate it all up.

After that, we went to the train station and went back to Kelly's. Later we got on the plane to come back home.

4th Grade Art

In 4th grade we did this thing where you write your name in cursive on this peice of paper on both sides of a folded piece of paper. When you unfold the paper it makes a neat design.

We also made a cool scarecrow for the Fall festival. Our class scarecrow won the contest. My 1st grade teacher won the drawing for our class scarecrow.

How My Dad Died

One day while I was in bed my Dad had a stroke. We charged down the stairs wondering what happened. I missed it but my Mom saw it. So she took him to the hospital.

Later we found out that he had lunch cancer. It was worse than that. The cancer spread to his brain and a lot of bones. He didn't eat much but oh when he ate those chocolate cookies he went "mmmmmm."

One day he told us something. He told us, "when I die I'll always love you and be close to each other, try and be good friends," he said.

One afternooon when I arrived home my brother Dylan and my Mom met me outside and told me that my Dad died.

I miss him.

Happy Birthday Ryan

I had a birthday on Tuesday. I am now 9 years old.

First, my Mom took the whole family horseback riding. My horse's name was JD. My Mom's horse was named Poncho. Tash was on Taunto. Conor had Chevy, and Dylan rode on a big horse that I cannot remember his name.

It was fun but I kept thinking that I might fall off of the track. And you could die if you fell off of the track. The track pretty much took us in a big circle through trees. I wish that we had a horse for real life. That would be cool. Don't you think?

At my birthday party I invited my friends (who are my neighbors) and my family and my cousins. They all came. My Nanny and Aunts brought food to share. It was all yummy.

All of the kids ran around the house playing games and screaming. It was fun. One of the games we played was hide and go seek. While we counting, me and Jasmine were playing games on our DS. When we were done counting we paused the game.

One time we couldn't find Brendan. We looked all over. After, we found out that he was going poop. Lil' Conor had the best hiding spot. He hid in the car.

I got some cool presents. Al gave everyone each a toy car so everyone got a present. My presents were money, a gift card for Game Stop, clothes, some video games, and my own golf clubs.



I had a really good birthday.

Camp N

We went to a place called N. We drove for about an hour and a half. When we got there BoBo was arguing that he didn't want to be there. But he'd never been there so he didn't know that it was going to be fun.

First, we walked down to see the frogs and the fish. We fed the fish a little bit. Then, we went to look at the horse and we found two dogs. Smoky and Bandit were the dogs names. They were Australian Sheppards and we liked them.

We explored the tree house. I met a boy named David and his Mom, Grandma and sister. He was nice.

Everyone played games on the grass. It was fun. We ate after the games and then went to our groups.

In our groups we made memory things. Mine was a bottle that looked like a potion. I poured colored salt and each color was for a memory of my Dad.

After the group time I went horse back riding. First the horse back riding and then I went on the train. Then I waited to horse back ride again. I liked it.

Vacation

I went to Hawaii to see my Uncle Mike and Aunt Janice.

We shot the bow and arrow. We shot a rifle. We boogie boarded and surfed. We caught lizards, and cameleons. We ate lots of good food that my Aunt Janice made and we went to good places that Uncle Mike took us to.

We also saw my cousin Jake do his Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu.

It was fun.

Camp Kesem

Last week I went to Camp Kesem. Kesem means magic. It is a camp for kids whose parent had cancer and died, or had cancer and stayed alive, or had cancer and is still having cancer right now.

At camp I made new friends. There is this guy named Justin. He wasn't even in my group and I met him. I met him from Conor. Justin was in the group where Conor was leading. I met McKeel too. He lives in Cincinatti, Ohio now. McKeel was in my group and he might be in my group next year. I made tons of new friends - like everyone in my group.

I played Ga-Ga ball. I ate a double-double. That's what I call the sandwich that had double of everything and 4 breads. It was like 2 sandwiches connected together. I tie-dyed my shirt. It came out really nice. We had smores almost everyday. We sang songs every night. I think so.

We slept in cabins. It had doors but it didn't have any drawers. It was plain. The window was plain (1 box).

At the cabin chats we talked about what we did each day, and what we hoped to do tomorrow. I talked about what kind of cancer my Dad had, how many people in my life had cancer and died (2 grandpas, 1 grandma, and my Dad). It is a hard life for me. I still have 2 grandma's left and 1 grandpa and my Mom. We talked about the smell of farts too. It was funny.

There was talant show. I told one joke. Conor was also in the talant show. He beep-boxed and the people with him danced. There was only 2 people in the show doing jokes.

My joke was:
Knock - Knock
Who's there?
Interrupting cow.
Interrupting...
Moo

I missed my Mom but was having a good time. I liked camp. I am going to go back to camp next year.

Barbecue at Cindy's House

I went to a barbecue at Cindy's house. We ate a lot of food. She had corn on the cob, beer can chicken, cake with chocolate ice cream and strawberries, watermelon, and lots of drinks.



We played games too. Conor and I played football, I played with my Nintendo, and then we all did the hula hoop and jump roping. We finally played a game of I Spy. It was a lot of fun.

Thanks to Cindy and Peter.

Soft Cast

I didn't get to pick a color for my cast because it was a "soft cast." It only comes in white. I like it. It is made out of fiberglass but it hardens like rubber.

my new header

Do you like my new header? My Mom made it for me. She said that she made it for me because Runner Susan is going make her a new one for winning the worst morning picture contest. I like it.

dem bones, dem bones, dem broken bones

I fell off of the monkey bars. I was tried skipping bars but the bars were too wide. I was on the 3rd grade playground. I fell and put my hand out. The whole entire body was still in the air. It was pushing on my body and I broke my arm. I was sad because it hurts.

My Mom brought me to the hospital quickly. First I had to wait in the waiting room. Then they called my name. The nurse took my blood pressure, and my temperature. She asked me where it hurt. Next, I went to the x-ray department where I waited some more in the waiting room. I got an x-ray and went back to the first waiting room.

They took me to the exam room #8 where I waited for hours and hours and hours. Then they finally came to the exam room. The doctor just looked at my arm, asked me where it hurted, and had me move it.

After that, we waited for a little while. Then some other people came in to check on me and left to get stuff for the splint. They came back and then left again because they wanted a bigger splint and smaller wrap.

First they wrapped my arm in cotton. Then the girl held the splints. There is one on each side of my arm. The boy wrapped the splints with an ace wrap. Finally, I got a sling to put my arm in. It hurts my neck.

It doesn't hurt anymore except when I move my thumb. It's all sweaty and it itches inside too. I see the bone doctor tomorrow when I will get a cast.

What color cast do you think that I should ask for?

Leonardo (TMNT)

I like The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNTs). Leonardo is the blue guy. He is my new profile picture. I like him because he is the strong teenage mutant ninja turtle and the song goes.."1 2 3 4 teenage mutant ninja turtles..." That's all I remember.