Rick Riordan at Barnes & Noble

On the 23rd, I went to see Rick Riordan at Barnes & Noble. Rick Riordan is the author of the Percy Jackson series. I really like him and his books. His books are funny and I enjoy reading. In the Percy Jackson series, so far he’s written The Lightning Thief, Sea of Monsters, and Titian’s Curse. At one point, Mr. Riordan asked some questions on Greek mythology. If you got it right you won a T-shirt. I got one from the hardest question: Who tends the hearth on Mount Olympus? The answer was Hestia! If you want to know more about Greek mythology check this out! (It’s a project I did this spring.)

Robin Hood camp at Zach Scott

I finally was able to go to camp at Zach Scott Theater. We did a play about Robin Hood. I played Little John, Strangely, I had the most lines. Everybody would think that Prince John would have the most lines. My favorite line is when I’m disguised as a bunny and say “I kind of like it. I’ve been thinking about growing out my ears!”

We learned our lines and where they are in the show. Another thing we leaned was the songs Stand and Money. We also learned the celebratory dance and did a big fight scene. I was exited about it and I was nervous at the same time.

Here's the video:

We Don't Have A Clue

I went to a rock and roll camp last week. It was at my friend Logan's house. He has been playing drums for a long time and is really good. I brought my keyboard. I left it at his house. Our director was Elliot, who is Logan's drum teacher. Elliot brought two of his guitar students, too.

We messed around and played songs. We also played dodge ball .Friday night we had a concert . Here is the video from it:



I think this is very very very very very very very good!

We play Four songs.

1. (no name )-
- no singing
2. (no name)-
- again, no singing

3. I Want Something To Do (a Ramone's song)-
- singing
4. Bing Bing Cow-------------------------------
Hope you like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I wrote it.)

??What was your favorite song??

Air Raid- Pearl Harbor by Theodore Taylor

I just finished a pretty interesting book about World War II called Air Raid: Pearl Harbor (non-fiction, 1971/1991). Ms. Higgs, the Mills librarian, gave me the book because I helped with library crates all year.

The book is about Pearl Harbor and the Japanese attack there that lead to the USA getting into WW II. The Japanese were really smart about some of the stuff. They sent out spies to live and work on the Hawaiian island so they would know when and where it was good to bomb. They used code words to get the information back to their army. They even used mini subs, but had trouble with those on the day of the attack.

I learned a lot about the attack and how the Japanese planned for it. Lots of people died, mostly American sailors because it was a Sunday and most of the ships were in port. The USS Arizona was sunk and is still in Pearl Harbor as a memorial.

I liked this book because it is one the only book that fascinates me. I really like to learn about the military. It is the only war book that has a movie that I get to see (as soon as my mom rents it). I recommend this book to war historians and other boys who are fascinated by warfare!!!!

-- Brian

Nimitz

This weekend we went to the Nimitz Pacific War Museum in Fredericksburg. Go to http://www.nimitz-museum.org/ to check out their web site.

There were a bunch of cool exhibits! My favorite exhibit was the tour of the real military stuff. You travel three blocks and you go under the shade and a tour guide will greet you. Then you will go to in the big, green building where you will watch a very boring movie. You also see a World War II bomber plane in the same green building. Then you move in to another green building but much, much, much, much smaller. Then you will hear a sound track about a PT boat (patrol torpedo boat ).

After that you go outside to listen to a very, very, very long but very, very interesting soundtrack about storming island beaches. Every so often you hear gun shots. You can even go in an amphibious boat were the American would ride in to land and get off. The amphibious boat would carry 24 people and all their gear and supplies like helmets, pads, food water, machine gun and rifles. In the ground and in the sand were old gun shells

From there you go down the sidewalk and you come to a tank and a rocket launcher of some sort. There is a pill box, or hidden hideout, buried along the way. Then you go in a hospital where if you were in a war you would go if you were hurt. It was green and a dome shaped and you hear another soundtrack about the hospital. Finally you walk to the gate and go to the covered area and go back to the museum.

The museum was also cool and had a lot of stuff. Sean and I were into the weapons. We saw a flame thrower and a bazooka and a bunch of other stuff. There is lots to read to if you are into that (my parents were). There was also a huge, lightup map that did a great job explaining the Pacific Ocean part of World War II.

-- Brian

Virtual fútbol

Cub Scout Resident Camp

Written by Dad: Brian and Sean went to Cub Scout Resident Camp at Camp Tom Wooten with Pablo and Matt. We had a fantastic time, packing to sooooo much stuff into three days and two nights. Among the activities: Land skis, snowball toss, bb guns, nature trail, swimming, archery, Native American lore and geology. We chanted and screamed, saw skits, were chased by penguins, saw an outdoor movie and got rained on. We ate lots and lots, slept little. We painted totem polls, pet rocks and ice cream. And ate more ice cream. We visited the Boy Scout camp and learned more about scouting that we had ever known. It was simply a wonderful, exhausting trip. And the boys can't wait to go back!

Shoes for Austin

(As typed by Dad)

Our family sold lemonade, cookies and Yu-Gi-Oh cards for money. We gave the money to Shoes for Austin. They take the money and then give it to people so kids can have shoes.

Our first lemonade stand was next to our mailbox. A bunch of people came by and bought cookies and lemonade. Some just got their mail. Pablo's grandfather bought a cookie and lemonade. And there was another woman that let us keep the change and she gave us five dollars extra. And also two twins, Ashley and Madison, and their mother came by and Ashley and Madison each got a cookie and a glass of lemonade.

And then our two other times ... one was near another mailbox across the street, and then our third one was at Dick Nichols Park. A kid got two Yu-Gi-Oh cards, and one of them was Red Eyes, Black Dragon. And one man in a wheelchair bought the rest of the cookies we had.

We raised $40 like we did last time. We gave the money to an organization and they gave it to different families so that two kids could get a pair of shoes and socks. The place we dropped it off was El Arroyo, and a radio station, KGSR, helped collect the money.

Our summer world

(As typed by Dad)

This summer was fun !!! I listened to music. My favorite band is Rush. I also went to a couple of concerts in the park. I went to Sea World and went on the Shamu roller coaster. My favorite thing was the Texas Splashdown, a water roller coaster thingy. I also went kayaking on Town Lake with my brother and my dad. I went to Waco for the state swim meet where I swam and came in 14th place in the freestyle relay. While my brother was in his Tae Kwon Do class, I practiced soccer with my dad.

I just finished nature camp on Friday. I loved getting in and swimming in the creeks. They had two creeks one really small and another on the Eco-Detective Trail. This pool of water that leads into a creek and then it leads into another pool of water. Some people said they saw a water snake. Yeah, right!

I also went to wrestling camp where I learned a lot of moves. It was really fantistico! We got to take breaks and my mom and my dad bought me and my brother wrestling shoes.

I also went to a UT soccer camp near the beginnig of the summer. UT coaches and players helps us learn more about soccer, and one of my best friends, Pablo, was there, too. My dad drived me and Pablo there, and Pablo's Dad took me and Pablo home.

That is what I did this summer, pretty much.

I love my mummy

Last week we went to the Witte Museum. There was a mummy there whose name was lost. I also liked the earthquake. I learned not to pollute or waste wawa. NO, WATER.