How to Make a Starship Romulian

1/9/08

• First you take a piece of model magic roll it up into a ball and squish it into a circle.
• Then take a little piece of model magic and roll it up into a small ball and put it on top of the circle in the middle.
• Then take a piece of model magic and roll it up until it looks like a fat worm that is small and put it on the underside of the saucer with the bump on top of it.
• Make that piece that’s on the bottom a little longer with another piece of model magic and then squish it together.
• Roll another piece like a fat short worm and squish it and try to shape it into a rectangle by folding the ends in and straightening out the sides.
• Shape it into a “u” and put it on the top of the worm that is holding the saucer with the bump on top of it.
• Take a piece of model magic and make another fat worm and make the ends sharp. Make one end round with a little pointy thing sticking out. This is a sensor.
• With the spiky part facing the saucer, put it onto top of one end of the “u”.
• Take another piece and do the same thing to that. Make sure they are both the same length. Try to make the saucer and the “u” stay up. You can use extra pieces of model magic to make them stay up.
• If you want, you can add details.

And it might just end up like this!

Oh, by the way, there’s a starship called Enterprise. And to tell you the truth, there’s a starship model of the Enterprise that looks exactly like this in Las Vegas where I went on my way to Death Valley. It’s a model that you can go in. Las Vegas copies everything, like the city of New York and Egypt!

How to Have a Great 8th Birthday

March 23, 2008

First, invite the people that you want to invite and make it a sleepover. Make sure the kids bring sleeping bags and a pillow.

Second, put a jumpy on your lawn that has punching bags and a fence. Make sure it has a slide.

Third, turn it on and take the first kids out onto the jumpy and tell them the rules so the kids are safe.

• Rule one: don’t hurt each other
• Rule two: have fun
• Rule three: be nice to other kids

Have the kids put on finger lights if you go out into the jumpy at night. When I did these things, I had a really good time and no one got hurt. We couldn’t see who was who, but we could see where the people were. Make sure they go down the slide safely. The time I did it I went down the slide and fell off and got a scratch on my face. It’s still there, I think.

Fourth, when you guys are done outside, take some ice cream and some pound cake and put some whipped cream on top and a strawberry. Put the candles on the cake – put how many candles you’re turning and put one extra candle for good luck. If you happen to have an ice cream maker, put big chocolate chunks into the ice cream, which would be vanilla. Make sure the cake is good and sweet, and you might find a tunnel inside your cake.

Fifth, if you have a hot tub, tell the kids to bring bathing suits. Make sure the hot tub is not too hot and let the kids go in.

Sixth, tell the kids to put out their sleeping bags and let the kids watch a movie. I would suggest The Thief Lord. Even though the trailer is scary, the movie is really good. At the end of the movie it’s time to go to bed. Make sure that they don’t have their finger lights so they don’t stay up all night.

The last thing is to open the presents in the morning and let the kids play or watch a little bit of a movie to perk them up. Make sure the kids don’t wake each other up too early. To make sure, wake up early and go into the room and wait to see if they wake up early. If they do, jump out and yell “You’re so bad!” and then they’ll say, “Sorry”. And then you’ll be perked up. (Let the parents do that part.) Give the kids goody bags that you think the kids will like.

Good social skills would be telling them goodbye, I had a good time, and I’ll miss you.

That’s how you have a fun party.

Catskills and Cousins

Andes, Delaware County, NY
August 11, 2008



Cousin Alexander and I discovered three dogs: one called Cisco, one called Luna, and... I forgot the other one's name - it was midnight black. They were really nice. Luna was especially nice. Cisco looks like part wolf. He's bristle-y. Luna is a golden Labrador. We think she might be a mother. She keeps going under the porch so she can have some alone time.

Cisco is sitting on my foot right now.

When we first got here we didn't know which house was ours. Our cousins weren't here yet. Then they arrived. Alexander gave me handcuffs. Now I'll have three pairs.

Cisco's greasy. I bet from Cisco's point of view, he's getting so much attention. Good Cisco, good boy. Cisco looks like a wolf right now - he's worried about something and he's pricking up his ears. He's following something...charge!

A pheasant-like bird suddenly flutters, flushed from out of the underbrush.

Hear how hard my heart is pumping!

One day we decided to walk to the reservoir. We walked through a dark tunnel. I lost one of my toys I got in a cereal box. It's in the water somewhere.



After we came out of the tunnel, we followed the creek for a long time. At the end of the creek, we came to the reservoir. We kind of got scared of some bears, but nothing came of that.

We're not allowed to swim in the reservoir, but my dad and cousin did. It was bending the rules. We traveled a bit around the reservoir and found an old road. Then we came out on civilized ground. Daddy started kissing the concrete. We were worried about never getting out of the forest. At least I was. The others thought we would get out in a moment. They were not quite right. It took three moments.

Cisco is sitting on my foot again. I've noticed that Cisco has green gums.

August 12

We went to town for Andes Day and had a great time. I got a rock candy and Mommy got a bracelet. We was a lot of things, really cool things. A kitten sitting on a shelf. It was alive, but it looked fake. Alexander claimed that the kitten was his friend. There was a pet and baby contest, but Cousin Larry Ann didn't want Twinkle to be in it because she didn't have her special clothes. Twinkle is a miniature poodle, blind and deaf, but still fashion-conscious.
Alexander objected and said, "But she does have her weird hair-do."

How to Hit a Splitter

February 21, 2008

First: Take a baseball bat.

Next: Have someone throw a ball to you.

By the way, make the person throw a splitter if they know how to.

Make sure you’re holding the bat so the fat end faces the sky and points diagonally backwards. Hold your bat where the handle stops and over where the handle has a circle at the end.

Look over your shoulder towards the pitcher. When he or she throws the ball at you, swing the bat to make the bat make a “u” in the air. Then you might hit it.

Try again, ‘cause there’s a saying, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

But, “three strikes and you’re out!”

The end.

PS: A splitter is a kind of way you throw a ball. I don’t know how you throw the ball that way, but I’m guessing you put your arm straight with a curve at the bottom. You’re supposed to expect a ball coming straight towards you and then go down towards the base. That’s why it’s called a splitter.

And that’s the real end.