Zombies (Part 6) By Max

The zombies came to the fire city.  Since there was fire, the zombies set on fire.  Then the zombies were all dead.  The End.

Zombies (part 5) By Max

They were in New York then zombies were in the mayor's office.  Then the town was all on fire.  Then someone poured gasoline on the fire.  The whole town was on fire.  The End.  Or is it?

Zombies (part 4) by Max

There were zombies coming out of their houses.  The people killed all the zombies who came out of their houses.  The End (or is it?)

Connor: Weekly blog 1

        I was a robot designed on the planet Arthropodia.  The aliens that invented me were quite skilled in their synthetic reproduction of humanoid lifeforms.  I was called MANDY, Mechanic Automaton Nefariously Designed Yak.  Yak in the language of Arthropodians means Earthling, despite the fact that yaks on earth are fur covered cow like organisms.  I was sent to earth with one goal in mind, the complete annihilation of the planet and its inhabitants.  I was designed to look cute and lull the earthlings into a false sense of security.
         The mission started wonderfully.  I was dropped off in America where I hid in an orphanage two years prior to the deadline.  My adopted family took me in soon afterward and that is when things went awry.  The earthlings attempted to teach me about their planet and culture, but I gathered all that from the secret military computer orbiting the planet.  I found friends at a building the humans called a school, much to my master's delight.  I was sent down on the twenty first of December 2010 and my deadline for destroying the planet was the same day exactly two years later.  Despite posing as a five year old I got to college in a single year.
         Suddenly my database discovered a strange emotion.  A computerized being is not supposed to feel emotion.  The emotion I felt was love for the family that adopted me and for the planet as a whole.  My database was corrupted by the emotion and as such I couldn't finish the mission on time.  My emotion was paralyzing me and caused teardrops to get into my circuitry.  It caused me to become a deranged robot.  As a deranged robot I first destroyed my adopted family and the neighborhood they raised me in.
              The Arthropodian government was furious about the destruction of another planet taking too long.  However, when they saw me destroying the Earth's countries they became delighted.  Their insectoid faces lit up with glee and the wings on their backs were spread.  I did as they desired I was at the beck and call of my masters once more.  They had me do this to several planets, including Arachnidonia.  My appearance never changed, and my wanton destruction quota was always filled.
      I was put on trial by the galactic high council, ruled by the Simianites.  They charged me with crimes against the galaxy.  I would be lying to say I'm not guilty, but they deserved it for stepping on our ambassadors.  I was programed to lie about my nefarious deeds and that of my masters, and so I did.  All I said is "It is against galactic law #54367-2 to put a robot on trial for the deeds of its creators.  Thus you must charge my master for the crimes I have committed."  With that the court sentenced me to deactivation and I was no longer a threat, or so they thought...............

Avery: Weekly Blog

My First Words

By Avery Jones

       One warm, sunny morning I woke up in my bed.  Now, this isn't just a normal bed... it's a crib. Why? Because I'm only 1 year old. I might seem to be a cute and funny little baby girl to all the adults that lay eyes on me. But they have no idea what I had been creating.  I was working on a time travel device that could take me into the future so I could see what my first words would be.  I didn't want them to be some stupid words like "Dada" or "Mommy". Those are everyone's first words. I wanted to show them how smart I was.  I wanted to tell them about how I may seem to enjoy the so called "airplane" that flies into my mouth every time I'm trying to eat my breakfast or lunch. But no. I hate that. Always have, always will. I almost choked on it once. I thought I was going to die because of those fools!

       Back on topic. I was too impatient for Mom to wake up so I screamed into the radio thing she put by my bed.  It took the noise I made and sent it into the other radio thing she put in her room.  It only took seconds for her to get to the room.  She took me out of bed and placed me on the floor with a few toys.  I grabbed Charles (my toy elephant) and pulled on his left leg. It opened up the left wall for 10 seconds; Just enough time for me to run inside. The wall closed and I turned on the lights.  And I laid my eyes on my creation.  It was almost done. I only needed to fix a few things here and there. I pulled out my tools and got to work. It took me 5 minutes to finish up and run back out into my room.  Mama came into my room every now and then to make sure I was okay. 

       I picked up Charles and played with him a little and then threw a few blocks across the room and watched them knock things over.  It was so funny. Every time I threw it something fell onto the floor and it was like an explosion! Coolest. Thing. Ever.  Once Mommy left the room I pulled on Charles' leg and ran into the room.  I put on a special dress that I made in case anything went wrong. I couldn't get sick or hurt or else Mama and Daddy would get worried and take me to the kid repair place where they take kids that are sick or hurt. I hate that place. I stepped into the time machine and went forward in time.  I didn't know how far in time I had to go so I decided two weeks. As I pressed the button I slipped on my dress (it was too long) and it took me forward two years instead!

       I slowly opened the time machine and stepped out. I was in my room and it looked almost exactly the same. Except my crib was gone and I had different toys. I couldn't see myself anywhere, which was a good thing. I looked for Charles. But there were too many toys and I forgot the bring the Charles from my time with me. I was stuck in time. If I was gone too long Mama would get worried and I'd be in trouble. This was not good at all. I jumped into a bin of toys that was just fun to look at. I dug through it looking for Charles. I found him and pulled on all of his legs. But none worked. Suddenly I heard someone walk into the room. I stayed as still as possible. I heard the voice speak.

      "Kimmy! Kimmy! Where are you Kimmy?! Kimmy?!"

      I was trying to figure out who Kimmy was.  I saw a kid that looked like myself as they came closer to the bin I was hiding in. I slowly went deeper into the toys. The child was wearing a dress of pinks and yellows. She had long hair pulled back into pigtails, and dark brown eyes. It was me! It was me when I was 3 years old! I was a little on the chubby side though. Made me upset to see that. I didn't imagine myself to be  anything like a "Megan Fox", but I thought I would at least be a little bit model looking. I was very wrong. I saw my older self reach into the bin and pick up Charles.

       "Kimmy! There you are! I was looking all over for you! You don't wanna be late for the princess tea party now, do you?"

       I named Charles Kimmy? How could I do that? He's not even a girl! I can't believe I called him Kimmy.... ew. Just gross.  The kid ran off and I jumped out of the bin and looked around. There was a big kid bed where my crib was supposed to be and my mobile was gone. I got on the bed and began to jump up and down. It was like I was floating. I would go down and then up just in one swift movement. It was an amazing experience. As I jumped I got more into it and got higher and higher into the sky. I knew that if I jumped high enough I could touch the sun. I suddenly slipped on my dress again and fell onto the floor. It hurt a lot. It was like when I got bit by an ant at the park. That hurt really badly. I tried my best not to cry and ended up quietly whimpering on the floor. My older self walked in on me on the ground. I freaked out and tried to get under the bed but I was not fast enough. My older self grabbed me by the leg and looked at me in the eyes.

       "I don't have long. I've been waiting for you to get here. I can't answer any questions right now. Get under that bed before Mother comes up here! She's looking for me."

       My future self shoved me under the big kid bed where I wasn't visible to tall adults like Mom and Dada. I heard Mom's voice coming from the hall outside the room calling for future me.

       "The bear with the tie", is all Future me said to me and then ran off.

       I stayed under the bed thinking about which bear it would be. There were bears of all sorts and many of them had bow ties on them. There was only one with out the bow tie, but had a gummy worm stuck in it's hair.  It took me a little while, but then I remembered that Auntie June called gummy worms ties. I looked around to make sure I was clear to move and then got out from under the bed. I ran out and grabbed the bear and started pulling all it's limbs. None of them worked. Then I threw it on the ground in frustration and it made the wall open up and there was my time machine! I ran inside and made sure my dress was on all the way and then stepped into the time machine. I pressed the button labeled "Current Time". It took me back and I ran inside of my room. My mom walked in right after the wall closed up and she picked me up. She swung me around trying to be playful. It made me as dizzy as can be.  She then took me downstairs into the kitchen and put me in my little kid chair. I was waiting for my lunch that I eat but instead I got a bowl of these cookies looking things. I was not happy. Not at all. I looked up and looked at Mom and My first words that I said aloud... "No."

THE END

Zombies (part three) by Max

There were people in the woods.  They found some food and then went back to their camp.  They had a fire and cooked meat.  But then, zombies started to grow out of the ground.  The people made it back to their house.  The End or is it?

1/14/2013 Weekly Blog Post

For this week's post, I want you to write a story about the following picture.  Your story needs to be written in the first person perspective, which means that it has a single narrator that speaks directly to the reader (i.e., "I couldn't believe what I saw when I woke up that morning.").  Your story also needs to be told from the perspective of the girl in the story.  Your story needs to be written in one of the following genres: mystery, horror or science fiction.  Finally, your story needs to be five paragraphs long.

Gabe: Show and Tell

My gift exchange present I got from Connor this year.  It was a awesome bonsai tree!! It is a juniper tree and about a half foot tall and 3 inches wide.  I learned that when you trim or shape it you can plant those in the ground and they will grow.  Also there are two ways to shape i,t you can cut it with the trimmers or you can wrap copper wire around the branches to shape the tree. I can also make a bonsai at home with a shrub.

Kiki: Show and Tell

This Christmas was great, I got a cake pop maker.  We made over forty cake pops.  First we made cake mix then we put oil on the inside of the cake pop maker.  Then we put the cake batter in it then you cook it for four minutes  then let them cool.  Then dip your sticks in icing put them in the cake pops.  Then you dip the cake pops in icing and you can decorate them with sprinkles and candy.  I loved it and we ate them all in one day so I guess they were very, very good. 

Mason: Show and Tell

On Christmas Gabe was my secret Santa.  What he got me was a keyblade.  He asked Jonah to make it.  I really like it. Thank you Jonah and Gabe, you to are the best.  

Marney: Show and Tell

I got a present from Jack for Christmas, it was a kick board and a swimming bag. I use them all the time now and now I do not have to find a board I like. Then my bag is easier to carry around and it can hold more stuff. I was super happy when I got them, one reason is because I always wanted the black board but it would get taken before I got there and so I got a black board for Christmas and my bag does not have as many slots so I do not have to think of where I put my stuff because it has a big slot and it as like a medium slot to put your other stuff.  

Mason: Weekly Blog Post #1

1 Dad will sell twenty copes of his book

2 Dad will finish his second book

3 I will go scuba diving

4 There will be an earthquake in China

5 The  Houston Texans will win the Superbowl

6 I will fly

7 Gabe will marry Ian

8 Fahrenheit 451 will be real

9 We will have super powers

10 Connor will be an assassin

Connor: Show and tell blog

For Christmas Max gave me a shirt with the raven on it.  I have been wearing the shirt at Joan's and during Ravens games.  I love the shirt and have been showing it off whenever I wear it.  It is a shirt with the poem in the shape of a raven.  It is a gray shirt with black words, a brighter color would be easier to read, but Poe's poetry was a little dark.  All in all I love the shirt and I'm glad Max got it for me.

Connor: Weekly Blog #1

1.  Connor will have a surgery.
2.  A city will be hit by a hurricane.
3.  Japan will continue making video games.
4.  There will be a fifty-first state.
5.  Japan will be hit by an earthquake or tsunami.
6.  Dogs will migrate east for the summer.
7.  Music will continue to become more generic.
8.  Bad puns will take over the world.
9.  Mankind will finally reach that galaxy far, far away!
10.  Pigs will fly.

Zombies (part two) by Max

Some zombies came out of the ground.  Then there were people standing right next to where the zombies came out of the ground.  Somebody got bitten.  The giant zombies appeared with armor and weapons.  So then the people fought them with giant machine guns.  The zombies won the battle.  The End

Avery: Show and Tell

For my Christmas gift exchange present this year Kiki got me the game: Zumba Fitness for the Xbox 360 Kinect. She chose to give me a present and 5 minutes later she knew exactly what to get for me! I love the game so much! At first I thought I would be a master at it and show off some, so I didn't take the tutorials. But when I started playing I had to quit less than 5 minutes in because I had no idea how to do the choreography. But then I took the first few tutorials and I'm getting better at it. I haven't finished all the tutorials yet though. They. Are. Hard. I get super exhausted just after 3 tutorials. I don't have any photos of it right now, sorry.
Thank you, Kiki, so much for getting me Zumba Fitness!

Avery: Weekly Blog Post

Realistic predictions!
1- They finally finish and start selling the invisible cloaks.

2- Taylor Swift dates 10 more people (one being Justin Beiber, I can see that happening).

3- Josh Hutcherson becomes a more famous actor, meaning he's in more movies (score one for Ava!).

4- Marney finally confesses her love for someone!

5- Kalli and I have the best Summer ever and get a lot of stuff off our bucket lists.

Funny predictions!
6- I get the pet unicorn I've been waiting for.

7- Dad wins the lottery.

8- Kiki gets a gun license (she's tired of keeping a hammer under her pillow).

9- Adele and Taylor swift start dating, break up, and then have a GIANT explosion of angry songs!

10- They have a real Hunger Games

Marney: Weakly Blog post

1 .We will see flying cars on the street.

2 .Taylor swift will break up 24 more times this year.

3 .We will have a clone universe.

4 The drought will stop.

5. They will find the first robot bug on an animal.

6. The Leaning Tower of Pisa will be destroy by a bomb on June 9.

7. Wendy's will close down.

8. They will make a tallest rollorcoaster.  

9. We will make up a new letter.

10. They will make up robots that can have virus's.

Gabe: Blog Post

1- An hurricane will hit California and destroy 550 houses.
2- 2 animals will go extinct this year.
3- The new Xbox will be released.
4- More dumb people will go on a vacation to outer space.
5-  We will discover 1 more type of dinosaur this year.
6- It will rain apples and kill 10 people in japan.
7- We will win 600 million dollars in the lottery.
8- Dad will earn enough by selling his book that he will quit his job.
9- Ava and  Fisher will get married .
10- I will post this blog.

The Zombies by Max

The people went into the forest.  They found a dead zombie.  They went home to see if their house was filled with zombies.  It was.  Then they killed all the zombies in their house.  But then, the nightfall comes.  More and more zombies came up from the ground.  Then the people killed all the new zombies but the giant zombies were not kill.  The End

Weekly Blog Post by Kiki

1-the first unicorn will be found on March 27th close to the Amazon
2-the Eiffel Tower will fall in October
3-people will make robots that do everything for you
4-they will finish making the Marble Falls bridge on December 8th
5-people will make medicine to make pigs turn into any extinct animal
6-hens will become giant and be six feet big
7-dog will become smarter than humans on July 14th  
8-ducks will give birth to hens on November 9th
9-Atlantis will be found
10-people will make robot animals  

The Bears by Max

The bears went into the forest.  They found some food.  Then they found a river.  So then they went for a little swim.  The End

1/7/13 Weekly Blog Post

It's 2013 and that means it's time for us to show the world how psychic the Jones children are. What do I mean? At the start of every year, people like to make predictions for things that they think will happen during the year. Sometimes important things (a major city will get hit by an earthquake) and sometimes not important things (Lindsay Lohan will get arrested again).

For this week's blog post, I want you to post up ten predictions that you think will come true this year.  Make half of them funny predictions and half of them serious predictions. And they don't have to be about famous things- if you want to make a prediction about how many books the Norns' Quest sells, that's okay too.  At the end of the year, we'll look back and see how many came true.

1/7/13 Show and Tell

Tell us all about the Christmas gift you got this year from your brother or sister.  Give lots of details and make sure to share some pictures too!

Happy 10th Birthday Marney!