Gabe: Show and Tell

I was dressed up as Steve from Minecraft for Halloween.  It was really fun making Steve.  I made a diamond sword out of foam board and paint, it looked awesome but, it broke.  Then mom printed steets of paper out that had parts of his head on them then she glued them on to a cardboard box and I wore it on my head. Afterwards we burned it.

Avery: Show And Tell

       As you all already know, I have told you about my complete costume.  But sense I didn't have any pics of it here is one:

      My awesome friend Kalli stayed with us for Halloween.  So I will now tell you about her costume that Nana, Kalli, and I came up with in under five minutes.
       Her costume was a cannibal bride.  She eats her husbands!!  She wore a white lace dress, cat crocks, a bow veil, and carried colorful flowers.  Her makeup was fun to do.  She had on normal makeup and we tried to put on colorful fake eyelashes (just because they looked awesome).  We had a difficult time with that because in the middle of putting on her fake eyelashes we lost the bottle of eyelash glue.  So we gave up and she didn't wear them. Later we found out that the eyelash glue was glued to her dress and we just didn't notice it. 

10/29/12- Show and Tell

Show and tell us all about your Halloween costume!

Marney: Weekly Blog Post

Dear Grandma and Grandpa

     I had a a bunch of fun with you two last week and one of my favorite things we did together was going to Sweet Berry Farms.  I loved to do their new things with you guys.  They had trampolines and they had flower picking.  They also had a maze and their hayrides and pumpkin picking.  The first thing we did was flower picking.  We got all kinds of colorful flowers, they were all very pretty.  My favorite flower was a big colorful orange and yellow.  Then we went to the hayrides because they were close to each other.  They had new things on the hayride, like these goats were eating a pumpkin and there was a scarecrow school and stuff.  It was fun.  Then we went to the trampoline and we got ten minutes, but I got very dizzy.  Then we went to the maze and me and Kiki were buddies  and we knew the way to the bell and out and we finished in 1 minute.  Then we had some ice cream and went home.
      One of my other favorite things was when we swam at the the hotel pool.  We had a lot of fun.  I did a bunch of flips and diving.  I also practiced swimming and did a big show for people.  Then when we all wanted a snack Grandma gave us candy and coke.  Then when all had to go home.
      I also loved when we all went to the park and the movies.  First we went to the park and went on a walk to the music.  Then we played on the park then we went to the movies, it was funny and I liked the part where the human came and he acted like a monster.  We had popcorn and coke at the theaters and had a bunch of fun.  I loved hanging out with you guys.

Love Marney

Kiki Weekly Blog 1

Dear Grandma and Grandpa,

I had a lot of fun at the park. My favorite thing was going on a walk down to the tunnel, it was fun.  I also liked throwing the football through the spinning things, that was fun.  I also liked going to see Hotel Transylvania, it was fun.  My favorite part was when Mavis went to the fake town.  Going to the pool was a lot of fun.  I  liked going the hot tub and having a contest.

Love Kiki

Connor: Weekly Blog #1

Dear Grandma & Grandpa.

  I enjoyed spending time with you last week.  I found it quite fun to play card games with you Grandma.  I also loved the idea of going out to eat.  There were a few other things we did last week that I enjoyed.  I think that I had a lot of fun talking to you and playing Crazy eights with you.  I have much more to write about.
   I liked talking to Grandpa because of all the interesting facts he knows.  I enjoyed hanging out with you, Grandma, because it is always challenging to beat you at a card game.  I'm sure we, meaning the kids, all enjoyed swimming at the hotel pool.  I also know for a fact that I am glad you visited, because when you visit it's always a blast.  Grandpa, I liked watching that Colossal Squid documentary with you.  I love when you come to visit.
      You and the kids got to do a lot of cool things.  Of course the swimming part was very cool as well.  Grandma, you are very deft at crazy eights.  Grandpa I loved hearing about the moose you saw, it sounded amazing.  I loved talking to you, playing crazy eights with you, swimming, and talking with you.  I can't wait until we go to your house in May.
Your grandson,
Connor

Avery: Show And Tell

       My favorite thing I did with Grandma and Grandpa was seeing all the old cars at the La Quinta. I think they were doing something for the Marble Falls Homecoming Dance. I'm not too sure about it though. They were all old fashioned cars, which are my favorite. My favorite is the one that is a minty color with a black top. I don't have any pictures of it sadly.

 This one above is my second favorite. I like how it's really rusty and old.

 Here is a picture I took while all the cars were leaving the hotel.

 And another.

And yet another. The white one was Grandma and Gabe's favorite car there.

Gabe: Weekly Blog 1

Dear Grandma and Grandpa,

       I had a lot of fun with you last week. My favorite thing we did was working at the Helping Center Garden.  It was really fun picking peppers. The egg plants were cool too.  I loved the garden.

       I also really liked going to the Bee Cave park. I loved playing four square. Throwing the football was fun too.  Going on the walk was fun. That was a great day.

       I loved going to the hotel and staying the night. It was really fun getting in the hot tub and pool. I also loved playing board games. I loved spending the week with you guys. It was a great week.
Love,
Gabe

Gabe: Show and Tell

        Last week was a great week because Grandma and Grandpa were here.  We did a lot and a lot of stuff, but my favorite was when we went to the Helping Center Garden. We planted, we harvested and we composted.  We planted dill and cilantro, it was really fun.  We harvested egg plants, black eyed peas, jalapeno peppers, bell peppers and okra. We also composted, they had two big compost bins. We had a lot of fun there and I can't wait to go back next month!  I loved their garden!

Kiki Show and Tell

Last week we went to the Helping Center Garden.  The first thing we did was making seed balls. We had to mix clay, soil and flower seeds together and make them into balls.  Then we made teams. I was on Grandma, Mom's, Bella's and Max's team. We had to pick eggplants. We got seven pounds and three ounces.  Then I peeled bananas and put them in the keyhole garden compost.

  

Avery: Weekly Blog

Dear Grandma and Grandpa,
       I had a lot of fun when you guys visited, we did a lot of stuff. But if I had to pick my favorite thing that we did all week, it would have to be when Gabe and I spent the night at  the hotel and we got to see all the cool old fashioned cars.  Which was your favorite?  Mine was the minty green one with the black roof. Or the really rusty looking one.  Where were they going? I can't remember at all.  I thought it was really cool when they were all driving away, it was like a mini car show!
       My next favorite thing we did was when we all went swimming in the La Quinta pool.  I didn't want to go at first, but then once I got there I had a lot of fun.  The water was so cold! Like icy cold water.  I think the people at the La Quinta were messing with us. Maybe they didn't want us swimming in their pool (dun dun duuun).  But that didn't stop us, most of the kids hardly got out of the pool, until candy was offered.
       And my 3rd favorite thing we did was when we went to see Hotel Transylvania.  I heard it was a really bad movie before we saw it, and I believed the reviews.  But when I saw the movie I thought it was a good movie. My favorite character was Dracula. I thought he was a lame character until he started raping at the end of the movie. Just like the cartoons, my jaw dropped.  I was surprised a vampire at his age could rap so well (and without auto-tune!).
       Write back soon,
Love,
Ava!

10/22/12 Weekly Blog Post

It was great having Grandpa and Grandma visit, wasn't it?  For today's blog post, I want you to write a thank you letter to them and tell them the three things you did together that were the most fun.  Your post needs to be at least three paragraphs long.

10/22/12 Show and Tell

Tell us about something you did this last week with Grandma and Grandpa!

Connor: Show And Tell

Last weekend I made a model of an animal cell.  Animal cells are found in all animals, including humans.  I made the cell model out of jello and other assorted snacks.  Some parts of the cell were candy and the nucleus was a plum.  I enjoyed making the cell.  The list of ingredients are as follows: Plum(with pit), Gummy worms (regular), Gummy worms (Sour), Red Hots, Gumdrops, licorice, jelly beans, Jello, raisins.  Each candy represented a different part of the cell.  When the project was done I walked away with an entire cell and a bag of Rough ER.

                                                           

Mason: Show And Tell

Wednesday I did Tae Kwon Do.  I am a blue belt right now, only three belts away for black belt.  My new form is called Tae Guek Oh Jang and it means Wind Substance Without Noise.  It has 20 steps.  I am doing this form to get my red belt.  Here are some pictures of me doing my form.  The three belts I need are: a red belt which I am trying to get, red black tip and red black.

Marney: Show and Tell

For my show and tell I am going to tell you guys about the last day of home school swimming.  On Wednesday we go swimming with all of the other home school people.  But since it is fall and it is getting cold we have to stop and start park day.  So on Wednesday we had our last swim day at the slab.  Not many people came but we still had fun.  Me and Grace talked about Halloween and we went down rapids and found a dead cat.  We had a bunch of fun.  I also played with Graces's cousin, her name was Abigail.  Then they both had to leave and we all tried to play live action mine craft.  Max and Jack had a fight over who gets to play with Bentley   Then Bella figured out that when I am around I am her buddy, but when Ava is around Ava is her buddy.  Here are some pictures of us at the slab.

Mason: Weekly Blog Post #1

My family went 

Camping at McKinney Falls

It was so much fun 

We told ghost stories 

dad's story was really good

we had a big fire

We all went hiking 

we invited two friends to

go camping with us

Marney: Weekly Blog Post 1 (last week)

Dear Mom,

I got in first place and it was so fun.  I got to kill some zombies because they were killing me.  I also got to climb up to the top of a tree.  They never said this, but you also have to swim for a while.  I bet you know how I did on that.  I am so happy that I did not die.  There were tons of guts everywhere.  There were also a few other people that made it back alive but most of all, I am happy I am back.  I do not know why I started this in the first place because everyone knew I was going to get in first so I should not have gone in to the race.   I loved but at the same time hated it,  you should try it some day.

From,
Marney 

Gabe: Blog of the Week (last week)

Dear Mom,
     It is really awesome here. I almost got killed by one of the zombies.  At the beginning we started the race and it was fun, then we got to the zombies.  I ran past about ten zombies and got to a safe zone.  Then I got to an area with a lot of zombies so one almost pulled my health cord but I got away. I looked back and almost everybody had their cords pulled. But, I got to first place
     I got to the last area with 3 other people. There was about 70 zombies in this area.  I got all the way to the middle of the zombies with everyone else. One guy got his cord pulled so now its just me and 2 others.      The next guy fell and got his cord pulled so now its just me and 1 other. We were neck and neck but the last zombie got my cord. I miss you bye.

Love
Gabe

Mason: Weekly Blog Post #1 (last week)

Dear Mom,

I have entered the zombie run as a runner. Here are some of the rules: you are the zombie cannot hurt some one, the obstacle courses are optional, you can not bring weapons, you can not bring animals to the event, if the zombies take all your flags that does not mean that you are automatically a zombie, you cannot chase runners, or pick up flags from the ground, you are a zombie when you cross the finish line with no flags.  There are five hundred runners and I was one of them.  I did some of the obstacle courses and  the zombies took some of my flags when I crossed the finish line.  I had one flag left, I had a lot of fun and I want to do it a gen.

From,
Mason