Here are a few of my favorite photos I snapped today in Washington D.C. with Alexander. I added all of these to my NECC 2009 Flickr Set. This is the first time I’ve seen a Tomahawk cruise missile up close. We were able to not only see but also TOUCH several enormous meteorites today at [...]
Entries from June 2009
A few favorite photos from Washington DC today
June 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Alexander on the Hubble Space Telescope
June 26th, 2009 · No Comments
Alexander shared the following thoughts at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum today in Washington D.C. Technorati Tags: museum, smithsonian, space, video, youtube, hubble, telescope
Tags: brother · science · travel
On the homepage of ISTEconnects
June 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Alexander’s photo reading in bed with his iPod Touch was on the homepage of the ISTEconnects blog today and in this ISTEconnects post. Full disclosure: I wrote the post! Technorati Tags: read, reading, #necc09, isteconnects, iste, ipod, touch, itouch
Tags: books · brother · writing
Build your own Lego characters
June 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Alexander reports from Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City, at our new Lego Store that just opened Thursday.
Tags: Uncategorized
Getting the Black Belt and Becoming a Ninja in Club Penguin
June 16th, 2009 · No Comments
Rachel earned the “black belt” in Club Penguin today, and also earned the ninja mask. She recorded some thoughts about this today and shared them online via AudioBoo. Listen! Technorati Tags: clubpenguin, game, online, club, penguin
Tags: games · littlesister
Rachel is marketing karate!
June 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Rachel is taking a gymnastics and karate class this summer, and was just featured in the gym’s email marketing advertisement for a new karate class. Students in an earlier class are featured on YouTube, breaking boards. Rachel hasn’t done this yet! Technorati Tags: video, youtube, karate
Tags: littlesister
LEGOuniverse
June 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments
LEGOuniverse in a new game that LEGO is coming out with. This game will have ninjas, pirates, dragons, robots and much much more. All the people are going to be lego figures but they be able to bend there legs and arms and even dance, go here and put in the word ‘dance’ in the [...]
Tags: brother · computer-game · games · lego · online
Girlsgogames.com
June 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Girlsgogames.com is a new site that I like to play on. I like it because you can dress up dolls,give dolls makeovers,do there nails,and fix there hair. But before you play the game you have to watch adds. (my dad doesn’t like that part,but you can skip the add after 32 seconds.
Tags: sister · technology · websites
Travian sitting report
June 13th, 2009 · No Comments
My week of “sitting” for Alexander’s Travian account is officially over. These were the results: This was what Alexander asked me to do: Overall his village sustained 9 attacks, and I think on 3 of those occasions the attacker got resources. That was one of the reasons I build up a 2nd cranny to level [...]
A baby frog at Slippery Falls
June 13th, 2009 · No Comments
Last night we visited Slippery Falls Scout Ranch for the closing campfire of Alexander’s first summer scout camp. On the way down to the campfire ring, Rachel spied this small, baby frog which her brother picked up and mommy later held. Rachel didn’t want to hold it! Technorati Tags: oklahoma, frog, camp, scouts
Tags: brother · littlesister · nature · scouts
three dimensional picture
June 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments
I just drew this picture on a smart board.
Tags: sister · technology
Confederate States America $10
June 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
I was at my coin club meeting and they give away a door prize and this time I won.
Tags: brother · coins · collecting
Gymnastics
June 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Today on Tuesday June 2nd I started Gymnastics. I did floor, beam,trampoline,trapize,and zipper(thats what they call the zip line.) I will do bars,rock climbing wall next week. My favorite part was the beam.
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