I finished Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone yesterday. I like when professor Dumbledore accidently ate a ear-wax and vomit Bertie bears every flavor beans. Dumbledore is a teacher at Hogwarts. Hogwarts is a magic school at a magical place that I cannot tell. I also like when Harry was in the Quidditch team to be the seeker who gets the Snitch. At the first time he did it, all he had to do was find the Snitch. He was about to land when the Snitch landed in his mouth! It a really exciting book that I think everyone should read.
I wish I hadn't went to swimming camp on Wednesday. It made me feel sick because the water was so cold that my toes were freezing underwater the whole time! My group (we had groups of people sorted by age) went to three swimming pools. I tested them, and they were all cold. My feet had bumps and lumps and my bumps, too! I also had to eat all kinds of medicine. They were all very very gross. I never want to eat it as long as I have to, but am pretty sure that I will get better soon.
Today I watched a snail crawl from leaf to leaf. It felt super duper tiering since I climbed that little Si mountain. That was already very tiering, but I can't imagine what its like to be a snail, crawling all day. We watched the snail crawling all over the flower pot. the snail climbed the leaf's one by one. I do not recommend babies touch snails because they like to eat he's/hers fingers and snails have a lot of germs on them. Anyways, I think my snail is cool no matter what.
Today I played Ticket to ride. I played pretty well, and I almost crushed Kyle and mummy! Here's how to play. Everyone has to get some cards. Everyone also needs 45 colored trains. The colored parts on the map. You have to make the color on the part of the map the same color as the trains to place down your colored train. Your options are to get 2 cards from the deck, place your colored train on the board, or get 3 ticket cards from the deck. You also get tickets when you start the game. When someone has 1 or 0 colored trains, there is only 1 move for everyone It was close, but I lost. I hope I will win next time!
Today I am looking forward to taking a walk. I have not been outside since morning, so I need some fresh air. Maybe I will also bring a ball with me, because I like to play basketball, soccer, and tennis. Although I don't have a tennis racket, I still like playing tennis a lot. At first thought I was going swimming, but mummy said I am still sick and can't swim. While I do my diary, my brother Kyle is reading a Chinese comic made out of comic strips. After I do my diary, daddy will come home. I am almost done with my diary. That is good, because I need fresh air.
Today I went outside to play and get fresh air. But when I got there, the soccer field already had lots of teenage people playing soccer! All of them were taller than my mom, and some were taller than my dad. We watched them carefully kicking the ball everywhere. Some of them even used their head to bounce the ball, and they all acted so cool! After that we went to Bellevue Aquatics Center to ride scooters. My brother Kyle almost went the wrong way, but we stopped him just in time. When I got home, mom gave us ice cream! It was a good day.
Tonight grandma is going back to china. I will miss her a bunch. She likes to do Taiichi every night at 6:30.She also used to play basketball when she was young, so She is good at playing that to. Also, without grandma I will have to do Chinese homework in front of daddy, who will get angary all the time! But, on the good side my other grandma is coming with a RC car for me, and Kyle will use his police RC car he got on his 4 birthday (but I will probably win every time unless I let him win) to race me and try to win a few times!
This morning daddy made me watch a video about cargo ships, which explained how they get cargo fastened on the ships. So it turns out that cargo ships have an extra empty place under the deck that they use to store more cargo. It was eye opening. After that, daddy made me watch a survival competition of the Artic Circle, where 10 people try to prepare for the winter to survive 100 days. Whoever can do that and proves it will get 1 million dollars as award. Some of them were boys, some were girls. all of them know how to build a house and how to hunt very well. But at the end, I thought eating seaweed was gross. But I still think it is pretty cool!
Today my other grandma and grandpa came home! They brought 2 water guns and 2 RC cars for me and Kyle. After that, me and Kyle went to Aiden's 7 birthday. I won about thirty-six tokens and got a billion-gazillion prizes! The first game I won was knock down the pyramid. You have to knock down the pyramid with only 5 balls you can use. The second one was build a pyramid with cups. You have to build a pyramid with 10 cups. The third one was put the dice on the dice. You have to stack 3 dices on top of each other, and it was my favorite game! I got 6 tokens for that one. After I got tokens, I went to the small farmers market to get a prize. Then, we went to Clyde Hill to play soccer with Ru-Shan, my friend. I was goalie and blocked 5 goals! It was a super good day.
This morning me and grandpa went downstairs to get my RC car. It was super cool! It was blue and had the words 'Mad Racing' on it. then, we went to charge it's battery's until it was ready to go. After that, we went to eat breakfast. It was better than my normal breakfast for some reason. I did yesterday's diary because I forgot to do it yesterday, and it was very good! After that, we went to Riley's birthday. there was a big hot tub! I saw all of my school friends at the hot tub! My best friends, Aiden and Tyler were there, to! I brought a water gun with me and we squirted some parents, to. When it was cake time my friends and I didn't eat cake, because we did water sliding! It was a very very incredible day.
Today I had 2 soccer camps. One was for Titans soccer team, one was a boring summer camp where I was playing with 5 and 6 year old's, which was no fun at all! On the boring soccer camp, the coach had us get as many balls as you can. That was completely no fun at all. The second one was Titans practice. The weather was super hot, so I had to stand in the shades the whole time, which made me get a time-out with Sasha. After a short while, the coach let us back in. On the 1v1s, I did super quick turns to make the defender dizzy, but that's not all. I also got 4 goals in total, which was awesome!!!
Today is a very casual day with grandpa and grandma. It was a normal breakfast, toast and boiled eggs. Then, me and Kyle went to soccer camp the same as yesterday. My daddy upgraded my soccer level at the camp. Before we did anything, it was time for fire in the forest ( it's really just a game!). 3 people are the taggers, and the rest of the people are trying to run away from the taggers. I did pretty good, as I outran as many taggers as I could, except the 12 year old, who tagged me. After that, we went to the groups. I was with the big kids, but I also saw my friend Nathen. We played knock-out, and the coach made us learn new types of passing. After that, I went home. It was a very normal day, just like the others.
This is what I would want in Harry Potter if I could have it. First, I would want a magic wand, and I would want to learn about charms, because I read that they are very powerful in the second book of Harry Potter. Also, then nobody will bully me. Second, I would want a broomstick. Good for playing tag, so nobody can even touch me. I also want a broomstick because then, I will win every race there is. Third, I would want a trained owl to obey me, so I can deliver anything! Lastly, I would want a pair of robes, and I would want to be in Ravenclaw, because it sounds so cool!
This is why I like Muhammad Ali. If you didn't know, he was the best boxer in the would and was the greatest of all time. I like him because first, he is the greatest of all time. Second, he is funny when he has to go on an airplane rides, because he is scared of them! Third, he always wanted to box, and he was doing that for about 30 years, almost which I think is so cool. Lastly, once he also one hit K.O. Sonny Liston which super duper cool, and he said 'GET UP AND FIGHT, SUCKER'! HA HA HA HA HA! Super duper funny! Heh heh heh.
This is my favorite thing from the story of inventions that changed the would forever. I like the invention of electric motor. Without it, we would always be using candles forever. We would be using candles in our cars, houses, for off-roading, we would not have flashlights, and we would not have cell phones, i-pads, and no video games, and we would live in a houses that are totally dark! So, for anybody that invented the electric motor, I really admire his great work that changed the world forever.
Today I went to the library to return our library books. We returned 14 out of 22 library books in total, I think. We returned them by putting them in a special machine that scans the top of the book, that has a 'King county library system' sticker on it. I mostly read history books, but I also like Fiction books. On the way home, I met Gram and his baby brother! It was a very weird day.
I am still sick and I have summer camp all week starting tomorrow! Daddy says that I will get better in the night, but I think there is a 0% chance that it will happen. He says the coach says that everybody needs whistles, (in case someone gets lost) a compass, (I don't know why, maybe the coach will tell us maybe) a hiking hat, (protecting me from the Sun, maybe) a fishing hook, (of course) sunscreen, ( protect my hands and neck from the Sun) and a backpack. Bring snacks and extra clothes, including underpants! Heh heh heh.
Today I went to fishing camp, and it turned out fine. I was pretty good at casting, although I had some kind of trouble learning to real. after I came home, I ate some peaches. After that, I went RC car driving in my backyard and Kyle just couldn't crush it for some reason, and he usually does! Than, daddy made me read a book called 'a history of just about every thing'. I like the discovery of fire because without it, we would still have a lot of hair and no cooking stove! Ha ha ha.
Today I read about the first person on the moon. On my book it says that Neil Armstrong was the first person to step on the moon in 1969. It was an incredibly risky adventure. That was after Russia launched the first satellite into orbit around the earth and sending the first person into earths orbit at the same time. It was also after Russia put the first dog in space named Laika. Laika went in space, but it didn't survive, which is fine because it is only a dog. But if a human went in space and didn't survive, that is very unfortunate.
This is the story of Helen Keller's life. She was born normally, with all five senses. But, when she was 19 months old, she caught a disease that made her blind and deaf. When she was 7, Annie Sullivan came to Helen's house as her teacher. She taught Hellen words, how to read Braille, how to spell words, and how to talk. In her life, she made a movie about herself (movies back then were plays) . Annie died when Hellen was 56. 31 years later, she died at the age 87. I admire her a lot!
Today I read about Charles Darwin. He grew up to love collecting bird nests, rocks, and beetles. (or any kind of creatures) He went on a trip around the world, studying a lot of things. He discovered that animals can change over time to adapt in their environments. He also ate a Bombardier beetle and the beetle farted like a skunk! HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Today was the last day for fishing camp, and I know how to cast pretty well, and I can fix some rods. I will teach you how to cast. First, it depends on if the rod is a lever or a normal one. Levers have a little button and if you press it, the line drops like the normal one. You need to press the button but don't let go. Instead, turn to your right and swing! And on the the normal one, there is a hoop kind of thing that makes the weight on the rod drop if you turn it over. But to cast, you need to pinch the line with your right hand fingers, turn yourself to your right, and swing! If you accidentally throw the rod into the water, just remember to bring sandals or flip-flops with you!
Today I read about Ruth Becker, who escaped the RMS Titanic. It started when Ruth and her mom, brother, and Her sister went on the Titanic. It started out fine for the first 5, 6, or 7 days, but on Monday, 12:01, 4 of the ships water tanks (there were probably 6 or 7 of them) began to fill with water . So Ruth, her sister, her brother, and her mom all went to the deck. Thankfully, they all got on lifeboats, but Ruth wasn't on the same life boat as her mom, who was with her sister and her brother. When Ruth's boat got to the ship she began searching for her family. after 4 hours of searching, she found them. It was a risky situation.
Today I went to Puget Sound with Lucas and Vincent and Summer! We first built a dam to make warm water, then we were going to step into it. So, it worked pretty well. I was just throwing mud on the dam when Kyle reported that one part of the dam collapsed just as we finished! So, we moved to a higher spot. I lost interest in that, so I went to the grown-ups. To my surprise, they caught a big crab! I picked it up, then dropped it. It was way to slimy! After that, I went to Kelly's birthday party! It was a good day.
Yesterday I forgot to write about The American Revolution, so I am going to now. This is how it started. Samuel, who is a boy, first saw British solders marching to his cousin's house. Meanwhile, Molly, Samuel's cousin, also saw the solders marching toward her house. At that time, Samuel had followed the solders and saw them shouting at his dad and his cousins dad. Molly then appeared and told Samuel that they should trick the solders! So Molly did, and then they went to their dads and escaped to the countryside. It would be very scary if I was there!
Today I went skateboarding for the second time! First, the coach made everyone introduce themselves. There were probably at least 9 people at the camp, and they all looked liked they were 5,6,and some were 7. So, the first warm-up that the coach made us do was canon balls. You just have to put your feet on the bolts that hold the skateboard's wheels together, and hold the ends of the skateboard. After you do that, the coach will just drag you down the ramp, so hold on tight! At the end, we went to the big ramp. . . . .to slide down! It was a very, very, sliding awesome day!
Today I went to skateboarding camp for the third time in the week! We first did every thing that I did yesterday. Introduce ourselves, do stretch's, and warm-ups. When we did canon balls, on my first time trying I could go with out my hands! On the second try, I bent my knees and stood up! Then, the coach showed us a new trick: how to turn. And I did pretty well, surprisingly! Kyle was also in the camp and he fell, cried a little bit, and went back to skating. I think me and Kyle will be the best skateboarders in the family.
Today while going to skateboarding camp, grandpa accidently shut the door on my finger! I cried very loud because it hurt so much and it was bleeding! Daddy did help me get First-Aid, but I didn't stop crying because it still hurt a lot. I still went to camp because daddy told me to, so I asked the coach if I could still do stuff, and agreed. So, I went in and skated. It helped me get my mind off of the bleed for awhile. After that, I got awarded a treat! But even though my finger is not bleeding, my finger still hurts a lot.
Today I went to skate camp for the last time. The coach told us that we didn't have to do introduce ourselves any more, just stretch's! After that, we did free skate! I chose the huge ramp, because it's ramp is huge and there is so much space! After that was show case, my favorite thing that we did! I did pretty well, I did some tic-tac's, did a canon ball down the ramp, and did a flippy-uppy to end it all! My brother Kyle did some amazing tic-tac's, to! At the end, we celebrated with a pizza party! It was a very incredible day!
Today I went to William's house. Daddy says that William is a swimming team, he has won many piano awards, and he also is on a hockey team, and he is only six years old and I am seven! Daddy also says that William puts in more effort then me, which he says that I need to learn from him. William also has a triangle piano, and I have a electric piano. The triangle piano is different from the electric piano because when you play it, the sound will always be the same. On the triangle piano, it's the exact opposite of the electric piano. And I hope that tomorrow is a better day.
This is what I learned from Chess. First, I learned that you have to practice a lot to get better and you have to put maximum effort when you play it. Second, wining and losing are important sometimes, but not important if you give it a lot of effort. Third, just have fun. It's good to win a lot of games, but remember: it's just a game so it's fine to lose sometimes, but that means that you still need to practice a bunch so that you can get better and win a lot of games, and this applies to everything you do.