Spring Break - Comes & Goes!

On Monday of Spring Break, we took off for a little fun.  We went to Shenaniganz, which was a blast!   While we were there, we bowled....

played the arcade...

ate snacks...

played laser tag, and then played the arcade again...

We went to our favorite snack place lately.   It is called the Yogurt Story.

After snack time, we checked into a hotel for the night and went swimming.

The boys did some hard work in the fitness room.

The next day we went to the theater to see a movie.    Me and Mom went to see "The Lorax".   It was really good.   The boys went to see "John Carter", and Bubba said he loved it!

After the movies, we ate dinner at the Cotton Patch Cafe and then we went to Bubba's basketball clinic.    When he finished there, we went back to the Yogurt Story and who did we find there?     Winky and Poppy!!!   They came to join us because they're kinda hooked on this place too!

In case you don't know about Yogurt Story, it is very awesome!    It is a place that has frozen yogurt of all kinds.   You pick whatever kind of ice cream you want and then put whatever you want on top of it.   Then you put it on the scale to pay for it.    Here are examples of what you can get.

Daddy likes orange ice cream with lots of fruit on top....

I like chocolate ice cream with blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, sour patch kids, and whipped cream on top...

Bubba likes cheesecake ice cream with cheesecake bites and graham cracker crumbs on top...

Momma likes white chocolate mousse ice cream with oreo cookies and caramel on top...

That one looks JUST NASTY to me!      But these are some ideas of things you can get.  And there are LOTS more!

After our yogurt snack, we went back to the hotel to hang out again.

We stayed up late playing Phase 10.    We didn't get to finish because we were too sleepy, but Bubba was taking the lead before we quit.

Then we tucked in for the night!

The next day we went swimming one last time, and then it was time to go home.    

The rest of Spring Break was fun too, even though we were at home.   My friend Beth got to come and spend the night and play for a couple of days.     We always have a blast!

On the weekend, we created a project for my school that was due on Monday.    We had to make a Solar System and we had to use something unusual to make it.    We chose to make cake balls.    We made a cake, then crumbled it up, mixed the icing up with it, and made balls out of it.    The next day we dipped our pops in melted candies after we got just the right color for each planet.   It was a lot of hard work, and it was messy, but we did it!  

Well...Goodbye Spring Break!      Easter break....here we come...

Fort Worth Awesome Stock Show

One weekend in February (I don't remember exactly) we went to the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo.  We stayed in a hotel called Courtyard and it was very AWESOME!    We went to the rodeo first because it was on Friday night.   In the rodeo there was a funny clown named Troy.  Troy was small and a wild child!   In the last event before bull riding, Troy rode a dirtbike.   He had to jump over a truck with a trailer hooked onto it, and a man was laying on top of the trailer.  The second time he went by the trailer, I thought he was going to crash into the side of it.    BUT....he didn't!     Finally, it was time for my favorite event - bull riding!   There was one bull named Super Dude, and he did not like his rider.  He bumped him off in a flash!    On one of the bulls, another clown named Andy had to run into the alley to get the bull out of there.   When he was coming back, he came back with a fake horn hooked into him.   It looked SO real and scared.me.to.death because Troy was saying things like, "Andy, you okay in there?   Andy?   Andy?"       At the very end, they let out a little bull and he went running everywhere.  Troy was in a barrel and the bull came and pushed the barrel over.     Clowns were scattering everywhere!   

The next day, we went to the stock show.   It was boring for the kids, but good for the grandparents.  I petted a white rabbit and it was nice.   

What is he thinking?    Do I look like a dog on a leash?!?

Medical City Playtime

We had to go to Medical City a few times this week because my aunt was in the hospital.   When we were there on Saturday, Mom said she would take us to a play area.  When we got there, Mom thought that Uncle Jason meant that there would be a 3 story tree to play in.  There was a 3 story tree, but it was just something to walk under and see yourself in a midget mirror.   It was very very funny!

After that I saw a caterpillar that you could slide down.   It was very addicting!   Brady climbed on top of the head, and I climbed on its back and slid dooooowwwwwwwnnnnnnnnn....... to the very bottom.  It was fun!

We went back to building D (where Aunt Susie was) and took pictures of us playing.   There was an alligator there.  I tried to close its jaws, but it just wouldn't budge!    Then I tried to close it on Brady while he was sleeping.  He tried to close it on me while I was looking down its throat to see if it had a hook in its throat.  

After a little play time, we decided to hit the road home.    On the way home, we stopped at an ice cream place and made our own little ice cream treats.   Mine had chocolate ice cream with blackberries, strawberries, and Sour Patch Kids (my favorite candy).     We don't have pictures of our treats because it was raining so hard that Mom forgot to take the camera in.     Maybe we can go back there again sometime soon!

Scooter Ride Fun

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Yesterday, me and Poppy went for a scooter ride.   My mom won that scooter at a shopping store drawing when she was in 6th grade.   That was 25 years ago!     WHOA!!!!    Good Grief!   :)    When she was in junior high, she got to ride that scooter all over the place!   She rode back roads and even on main roads, but it was okay then to do things like that because rules were different than they are now.

I like the scooter because if you are very hot you can feel the air on your face. When we were riding we ran into two dogs. The first one was fat and slow and the second one was fast and barky. I told Poppy to "Go, go, go!" and he said, "Hold on" and he cranked it up and we went riding. When we got back at Winky's house mommy asked "What took you so long?".    I told her about how we went around the circle but first we went down this road looking for goats but we couldn't find them so it took us longer.

I can't wait until sometime soon when we can go back again for a little more scooter riding fun!

UIL Day

Yesterday my school went to UIL.  I competed in two events - Storytelling and Spelling.   Try to guess what place I got in Storytelling.    I got 2nd place!!!  I was very very happy!

Me and that Tom Boy - after our Storytelling event

My Spelling Team

Snack Time!

Getting the Results - 2nd Place

Student of the Month

My plaque - after my mom erased my school name and my name from it   ):

This month was the 3rd grade month for the Student of the Month award, and the 3rd grade teachers picked me.   I thought that was very nice of them!    So tonight we went to the school board meeting so that my principal could recognize me.   The high school principal gave the Student of the Month award to the high school football players because they are doing so awesome this year!   That was kinda cool.  

Getting a plaque from the president of the board.

Me and the Team   (:   Good Luck Friday night, guys!

Fall Ball

Well...looks like my fall ball season is over.   We won every single game of the season.     We beat all of the other teams, and when we added up the scores from all of the games, my team had a total of 107 runs.   All of the other teams that we played against scored 8 runs total for the season.

Keeping My Eyes on the Ball

First Base

Rounding Second Base

SCORE!

Happy Fall Ya'll!

On Friday night, we had a fall festival at my school.   You could win all kinds of prizes - like cokes, candy, and cakes.  We got to wear our costumes on Friday if we wanted to.  I decided that I wanted to be a Texas Rangers baseball player, so I was Adrian Beltre.    My best buddy Thomas went back to 2010 and he was Cliff Lee. 

Tonight, we went to Winky's house for our Halloween tradition since we don't go trick-or-treating.     We had chili dogs and popcorn balls.   It was DELICIOUS!      Me and my brother played on the trampoline.    The grownups left to go to the neighbor's house for a few minutes, and when we saw them coming back, we hid on the trampoline so they wouldn't see us playing.   It was a fun night!

A Yummy Halloween (and Christmas Eve) Tradition

How About Those Rangers?!?

Tonight is Game 5 of the World Series.  We are hoping that we win tonight so then we can have a chance to win Game 6, which will be the fourth game that the Rangers win.   That way we can be World Series champions.    How cool would that be?!?  

What do you think about the homeruns tonight with Mitch Moreland and Adrian Beltre?  The score is now 2-2 in the top of the 7th inning - with 2 outs and the bases are loaded.     Thank you, Josh Hamilton!   Now we are up to bat and we better get some hooooooooommmmmmeeeeeruuuuuuuuunnnnnnssss!

Do you think the Rangers can win this game?!?

The Rangers Pumpkin

Tonight we carved a pumpkin while we were watching the Texas Rangers.   We were planning to make a jack-o-lantern, but then we had a better idea!

First we cut the top off and cleaned out the seeds and the gooey stuff...

Washed up from the mess...

Drew our design on it...

Then started cutting...

The first piece that was cut out

Then......tada!

And just in time for the last out!

World Series Baby!!!!!!   GO Rangers!!!!!