Jacob Van Antwerp 5/27/14
My Blog about Sara's Farm
Mom's friend Sara lives in a farmhouse because Sara lives on a farm. I went there on Memorial Day! I was pretty glad to go there because Sara has animals in her main barn: goats, chickens, roosters, hens (The hens always laid eggs.), and barn kittens! The goats lived in a pen outside the barn with a little hole in the barn wall for them to enter the barn pen. The barn pen has lots and lots of straw. The goats' names are Lola and Zipper. Zipper gave Mom a big kiss at one point! And Lola played with Sierra and Laten, Sara's daughter. The chickens were always outside the barn and by a little pond near the barn. Before we went to see the animals I heard the chickens cluck! I almost always walked on the plank over the water and saw lots of tadpoles! I saw a lot of tadpoles eating algae! The more they could eat, the more they could grow to frogs! And I always heard the roosters crow CONSTANTLY. That REALLY got on my nerves. It really set me off! Now there's a little coop in the barn where Sara keeps the hens. The hens had laid lots of eggs for their babies. When they flapped their wings to reach the floor, they gave me cool air! Sara told me she used to have a cow or more than one cow. But they pooped near a door that was replaced. Now I want to tell you about the barn kittens! There were three barn kittens, and they were very light when Laten, Sierra, Sara, Mom and I picked them up and held them. They were so CUTE! The kittens' names were Fara, Hofi, (it has a short "o" sound in it), and Cooper. They also had a mother and father. Their mother's name was Mini, and their father's name was Sampson. Sampson always went through a cat door in the window in their room. The inside of the barn had kind of a hallway for Sampson to explore. There was a BUNCH or about a BEJILLION dandelions with their seeds formed. That day, Sierra chased a goose that looked just like a girl mallard duck, only bigger, from the pond and it rushed past the seeded dandelions, and many of the seeds blew off the dandelions, floating over the place and landing in the grass. It was a fun day on Sara's farm! When we left, I was so hungry we had to go to Steak n' Shake to get my tired body UN-tired. But anyway, like I said, it was a fun day on Sara's farm!
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Jacob Van Antwerp 5/19/14
My Blog about my Trip and Time to Massachusetts
I never thought I'd say all this to you, but I went to Massachusetts for three days a long time ago! First, Dad took me and Sierra to the General Ford Airport and waited for someone to call to us to head to the gate to our plane. While we were waiting, we saw the screens that showed the flight times and places, and Dad spotted the one that represented ours. When we were told to get on the plane, we did so, and sat in the plane. Someone who worked on the plane was named Katie, and she was very nice to me! Then a few minutes later, the plane was about to take off! Once the plane took off, I looked down from the window and saw that everything outside the plane looked like a miniature set from a VERY HIGH VIEW! I looked down on Lake Michigan, and white dots I saw there turned out to be boats, I was told by Dad. Then almost an hour later, the plane went to a jet way near another airport and landed and stopped at the gate and we exited the plane and we waited there for the next plane. That next plane took us to Massachusetts. While we were waiting at THAT airport, we bought food from the Wendy's area in the airport so we'd have food before going on the plane. When we were called to get on the next plane, there were two rows of seats that stretched from the back of the plane toward the cockpit! Each row had three seats after three seats, so we sat together, and the plane ride took 2 1/2 hours! I wish I saw the inside of the cockpit! I saw everything outside the flying airplane were like a miniature diorama on a table! I wish I had a diorama of the stuff I saw from on the plane! At the end of the ride, the plane landed on the jet way and touched down! We saw our cousins Uncle Thom, Aunt Katherine, Sybille, Alex, and Brom waiting for us to see them! We slept at their house for three nights. During the stay in Massachusetts, one day, Dad was driving somewhere, and by mistake, we ended up in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, but anyway, we thought it was cool and pretty, like an oasis island! One other day, we went to a park in a little city, and it had a playground and an area with water shooting out of the smooth, rocky surface! And during that day we left for New Hampshire, and we swam in the salty, wavy Atlantic Ocean on a beach! Then, on the third day, we all went to a train station and waited for a train to pick us up. It probably took us a half hour for the train to arrive. We walked on the empty train tracks and waited on a bench. Finally, the train came! We rode for a whole hour on that express train, and finally, the final stop was our stop, South Station. A loudspeaker announcer said, "This is the final stop. Thank you for riding!", so we got off, and sure enough, we were in Boston! We explored old places and public urban places in Boston, and we even ate, I think. And we went to a park with such a big fountain! I dipped my feet in, and walked in it, but then I slipped and my pants got all wet! Yuck! Cold! But no need for me to worry, my pants dried in no time! Then when it was time to leave, we went to an underground parking area and, since our cousins lived in Massachusetts, they waved goodbye as we walked past a gate to the parking area. The doors swung up when we payed with the card, and when they did, we waved goodbye back to them, and went to the other side through the exit, waiting for a city bus to come by and take us back to the airport where we were dropped off in Massachusetts three days ago! It drove to us, we got on, and the bus's inside looked COOL because it was a CITY bus! Then it came to the airport, the doors opened, we walked out, and into the airport and waited for our flight to start. The plane took us to Cleveland, Ohio! When we reached Cleveland, we waited for the flight that took us home. We found a payphone, and called Mom, and told her about our trip! She said it was excellent! We talked for a while, and we and Mom hung up, and kept waiting. Finally, our flight was ready! And so the plane took us back home! I saw the sunset out the window, and Mom was waiting out the airport! We went through the gate and hit the exit, and met Mom! It was a fun stay in Massachusetts!
My Blog about my Trip and Time to Massachusetts
I never thought I'd say all this to you, but I went to Massachusetts for three days a long time ago! First, Dad took me and Sierra to the General Ford Airport and waited for someone to call to us to head to the gate to our plane. While we were waiting, we saw the screens that showed the flight times and places, and Dad spotted the one that represented ours. When we were told to get on the plane, we did so, and sat in the plane. Someone who worked on the plane was named Katie, and she was very nice to me! Then a few minutes later, the plane was about to take off! Once the plane took off, I looked down from the window and saw that everything outside the plane looked like a miniature set from a VERY HIGH VIEW! I looked down on Lake Michigan, and white dots I saw there turned out to be boats, I was told by Dad. Then almost an hour later, the plane went to a jet way near another airport and landed and stopped at the gate and we exited the plane and we waited there for the next plane. That next plane took us to Massachusetts. While we were waiting at THAT airport, we bought food from the Wendy's area in the airport so we'd have food before going on the plane. When we were called to get on the next plane, there were two rows of seats that stretched from the back of the plane toward the cockpit! Each row had three seats after three seats, so we sat together, and the plane ride took 2 1/2 hours! I wish I saw the inside of the cockpit! I saw everything outside the flying airplane were like a miniature diorama on a table! I wish I had a diorama of the stuff I saw from on the plane! At the end of the ride, the plane landed on the jet way and touched down! We saw our cousins Uncle Thom, Aunt Katherine, Sybille, Alex, and Brom waiting for us to see them! We slept at their house for three nights. During the stay in Massachusetts, one day, Dad was driving somewhere, and by mistake, we ended up in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, but anyway, we thought it was cool and pretty, like an oasis island! One other day, we went to a park in a little city, and it had a playground and an area with water shooting out of the smooth, rocky surface! And during that day we left for New Hampshire, and we swam in the salty, wavy Atlantic Ocean on a beach! Then, on the third day, we all went to a train station and waited for a train to pick us up. It probably took us a half hour for the train to arrive. We walked on the empty train tracks and waited on a bench. Finally, the train came! We rode for a whole hour on that express train, and finally, the final stop was our stop, South Station. A loudspeaker announcer said, "This is the final stop. Thank you for riding!", so we got off, and sure enough, we were in Boston! We explored old places and public urban places in Boston, and we even ate, I think. And we went to a park with such a big fountain! I dipped my feet in, and walked in it, but then I slipped and my pants got all wet! Yuck! Cold! But no need for me to worry, my pants dried in no time! Then when it was time to leave, we went to an underground parking area and, since our cousins lived in Massachusetts, they waved goodbye as we walked past a gate to the parking area. The doors swung up when we payed with the card, and when they did, we waved goodbye back to them, and went to the other side through the exit, waiting for a city bus to come by and take us back to the airport where we were dropped off in Massachusetts three days ago! It drove to us, we got on, and the bus's inside looked COOL because it was a CITY bus! Then it came to the airport, the doors opened, we walked out, and into the airport and waited for our flight to start. The plane took us to Cleveland, Ohio! When we reached Cleveland, we waited for the flight that took us home. We found a payphone, and called Mom, and told her about our trip! She said it was excellent! We talked for a while, and we and Mom hung up, and kept waiting. Finally, our flight was ready! And so the plane took us back home! I saw the sunset out the window, and Mom was waiting out the airport! We went through the gate and hit the exit, and met Mom! It was a fun stay in Massachusetts!
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Jacob Van Antwerp 4/15/14
My Blog about an ATV
That's a very, very fast thing that I rode on, an ATV! My dad's friend, Lori, drove me, Sierra, and Lori's kids to their dad Dave's house on Sunday and Lori took us for a ride one at a time, one by one. Then when it was my turn, I had to hold tight to Lori, and she went through trees revealing trails and went SUPER FAST!! So fast that my sleeve was rapidly flapping through the wind! So fast, what an allegro! Lori never made the ATV go adagio, because the ATV speed switch was in the "SUPER FAST/ALLEGRO" position. Unless she stops the ATV and lets someone else ride the ATV. No one under 16+ could drive the ATV, and that includes me, until 2017, and I'll take driving lessons in my OWN car. Man, were my ATV rides fast and furious! Before we left, Lori told me I could go for another ride on the ATV next Sunday, so I could have more fast rides through the trails! I had an idea when I went to Mom's: I figured I could set up a speed control panel, with paper with the words written on them. My idea explained like this: To get to SUPER FAST, Lori and I would have to start at ADAGIO, so we'd have to start by going slow, then we'd move on to MODERATO, so we'd have to make the ATV go a little faster by speeding it up a little, then we'd speed the ATV up to ALLEGRO, so we'd have to go even faster, then finally, we'd reach PRESTO, so when we get to the tree trails, Lori would bring the ATV to full speed ahead!! That means we would go...SUPER FAST!!!! I love when Lori and I go SUPER FAST! It's my favorite speed! And then I had another idea: I would set up three speed buttons, with paper, different colors, with the words written on them, the ALLEGRO, STOP, and ADAGIO buttons, so when Lori touches one, she'd send the ATV into that speed the button has the word on. I'm excited to ride the ATV again!
My Blog about an ATV
That's a very, very fast thing that I rode on, an ATV! My dad's friend, Lori, drove me, Sierra, and Lori's kids to their dad Dave's house on Sunday and Lori took us for a ride one at a time, one by one. Then when it was my turn, I had to hold tight to Lori, and she went through trees revealing trails and went SUPER FAST!! So fast that my sleeve was rapidly flapping through the wind! So fast, what an allegro! Lori never made the ATV go adagio, because the ATV speed switch was in the "SUPER FAST/ALLEGRO" position. Unless she stops the ATV and lets someone else ride the ATV. No one under 16+ could drive the ATV, and that includes me, until 2017, and I'll take driving lessons in my OWN car. Man, were my ATV rides fast and furious! Before we left, Lori told me I could go for another ride on the ATV next Sunday, so I could have more fast rides through the trails! I had an idea when I went to Mom's: I figured I could set up a speed control panel, with paper with the words written on them. My idea explained like this: To get to SUPER FAST, Lori and I would have to start at ADAGIO, so we'd have to start by going slow, then we'd move on to MODERATO, so we'd have to make the ATV go a little faster by speeding it up a little, then we'd speed the ATV up to ALLEGRO, so we'd have to go even faster, then finally, we'd reach PRESTO, so when we get to the tree trails, Lori would bring the ATV to full speed ahead!! That means we would go...SUPER FAST!!!! I love when Lori and I go SUPER FAST! It's my favorite speed! And then I had another idea: I would set up three speed buttons, with paper, different colors, with the words written on them, the ALLEGRO, STOP, and ADAGIO buttons, so when Lori touches one, she'd send the ATV into that speed the button has the word on. I'm excited to ride the ATV again!
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Jacob Van Antwerp 3/31/14
My Blog about April Fool's Day
"April Fool's!!" That what you say when playing tricks on people that day! It comes April 1st, once every new April beginning! It comes once a year, and it comes tomorrow! I learned what Mrs. Woodworth told me before I wrote this blog: You and I and EVERYONE should ONLY PLAY GOOD AND FRIENDLY TRICKS, NEVER BAD AND EVIL TRICKS, EVEN IF YOU'RE TRYING TO PRETEND! Or someone will play evil tricks on you back and will guffaw at you! Besides, nobody should get hurt. Well, sometimes, you and other people can play tricks with about 64% of Scientific Discovery, 96% of Adventure, and, of course...1% of Evil. That means nothing gross in tricks. That's a very important protocol of April 1st. Plus, no mean tricks either. Here are some examples of good tricks you can play on people: If someone has lace less shoes and you say, "Hey, your shoes are untied!", say, "April Fool's!! You don't have laces on your shoes!" If you tell someone else to look behind, you say, "April Fool's!! Made you look!" And I would trick someone, like teachers, like Mrs. Buckner, or helping teachers, such as Mrs. Woodworth, into thinking that I didn't do all my work or had such a terrible time in class when I did my work and had a great time in class, and I say, "April Fool's!! It's the opposite of what I did in class!" Our tricks we play on people on April Fool's Day should always have some Scientific Discovery, more Adventure, and VERY, VERY less Evil. We will have very good tricks planned BEFORE April Fool's. People, even kids, probably play tricks on others on April Fool's day and night, maybe without stop until it's over, not even if tricked people say "pretty please, knock it off?!"! It does sound pretty fun, but it'd somewhat be kind of confusing.
My Blog about April Fool's Day
"April Fool's!!" That what you say when playing tricks on people that day! It comes April 1st, once every new April beginning! It comes once a year, and it comes tomorrow! I learned what Mrs. Woodworth told me before I wrote this blog: You and I and EVERYONE should ONLY PLAY GOOD AND FRIENDLY TRICKS, NEVER BAD AND EVIL TRICKS, EVEN IF YOU'RE TRYING TO PRETEND! Or someone will play evil tricks on you back and will guffaw at you! Besides, nobody should get hurt. Well, sometimes, you and other people can play tricks with about 64% of Scientific Discovery, 96% of Adventure, and, of course...1% of Evil. That means nothing gross in tricks. That's a very important protocol of April 1st. Plus, no mean tricks either. Here are some examples of good tricks you can play on people: If someone has lace less shoes and you say, "Hey, your shoes are untied!", say, "April Fool's!! You don't have laces on your shoes!" If you tell someone else to look behind, you say, "April Fool's!! Made you look!" And I would trick someone, like teachers, like Mrs. Buckner, or helping teachers, such as Mrs. Woodworth, into thinking that I didn't do all my work or had such a terrible time in class when I did my work and had a great time in class, and I say, "April Fool's!! It's the opposite of what I did in class!" Our tricks we play on people on April Fool's Day should always have some Scientific Discovery, more Adventure, and VERY, VERY less Evil. We will have very good tricks planned BEFORE April Fool's. People, even kids, probably play tricks on others on April Fool's day and night, maybe without stop until it's over, not even if tricked people say "pretty please, knock it off?!"! It does sound pretty fun, but it'd somewhat be kind of confusing.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Jacob Van Antwerp 3/4/14
My Blog about my Contact Lenses
Yesterday I went to my favorite eye doctor place, Grand Rapids Ophthalmology, where I was in a contact class and my helper was Katie, a great contact lens specialist. Dad took me there Dr. Peipo (I don't know how to spell her name anyway.) was my favorite eye doctor I've ever seen! I saw her before I left. First, Katie taught me how to put the lenses IN. First, I washed my hands before handling the contacts, then I tried to put the contacts on my eyes, but the contact wouldn't go in my eyes because they were flipping inside out and falling off my finger. But then, after a few times, the contacts suctioned to my eyes! YAY! Then, Katie taught me how to take the contacts OUT. It was much easier taking the contacts OUT than putting them IN my eyelids. After my appointment was over, I decided to put them back on. And they were a perfect fit, and everything looked clear. I told Dad I looked very smart in my contact lenses! That evening I got a new haircut, and I finally got my new look I've been waiting for! I'd like to say that for over a decade I wore my glasses. From now on, I'll treat my contacts with care, and use my saline if I need to use it. I really like my contacts!
My Blog about my Contact Lenses
Yesterday I went to my favorite eye doctor place, Grand Rapids Ophthalmology, where I was in a contact class and my helper was Katie, a great contact lens specialist. Dad took me there Dr. Peipo (I don't know how to spell her name anyway.) was my favorite eye doctor I've ever seen! I saw her before I left. First, Katie taught me how to put the lenses IN. First, I washed my hands before handling the contacts, then I tried to put the contacts on my eyes, but the contact wouldn't go in my eyes because they were flipping inside out and falling off my finger. But then, after a few times, the contacts suctioned to my eyes! YAY! Then, Katie taught me how to take the contacts OUT. It was much easier taking the contacts OUT than putting them IN my eyelids. After my appointment was over, I decided to put them back on. And they were a perfect fit, and everything looked clear. I told Dad I looked very smart in my contact lenses! That evening I got a new haircut, and I finally got my new look I've been waiting for! I'd like to say that for over a decade I wore my glasses. From now on, I'll treat my contacts with care, and use my saline if I need to use it. I really like my contacts!
Monday, February 24, 2014
2/20/2014 Activist-Helen Adams Keller
Activist-Helen Adams Keller
I went to the IMC and found several sources that taught me about Helen's life on the Internet. I used Google to look for some sources about her life. I used Google to also look for pictures that show me what she looked like. I took many notes about her in my "Activist Research Note Guide" packet. I wrote down the URL sources that I used to find information about Helen Keller. I took lots of notes and wrote summaries in my packet about her. The other day, I guess I finished my Glog of Helen Keller. Helen was an activist, and I looked up information about her from Wikipedia, Perkins, Quotes Page, and Biography, my Internet sources that had information about Helen. On my first Glog, I accidentally deleted it all, and now I had to start over a whole new Glog! Boy, was it boring and frustrating! But I bounced back and finished up that Glog about Helen Keller!
In 1886, tutor Anne Sullivan came into Helen's life and was involved for 49 years. Helen spent many years in schools for blind. She was elected to the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1965. She graduated from Radcliff College in 1904 at the age of 24; she was the first deaf and blind person the graduate from any college.
I went to the IMC and found several sources that taught me about Helen's life on the Internet. I used Google to look for some sources about her life. I used Google to also look for pictures that show me what she looked like. I took many notes about her in my "Activist Research Note Guide" packet. I wrote down the URL sources that I used to find information about Helen Keller. I took lots of notes and wrote summaries in my packet about her. The other day, I guess I finished my Glog of Helen Keller. Helen was an activist, and I looked up information about her from Wikipedia, Perkins, Quotes Page, and Biography, my Internet sources that had information about Helen. On my first Glog, I accidentally deleted it all, and now I had to start over a whole new Glog! Boy, was it boring and frustrating! But I bounced back and finished up that Glog about Helen Keller!
In 1886, tutor Anne Sullivan came into Helen's life and was involved for 49 years. Helen spent many years in schools for blind. She was elected to the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1965. She graduated from Radcliff College in 1904 at the age of 24; she was the first deaf and blind person the graduate from any college.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Jacob Van Antwerp 2/12/14
My Blog about my Chalk
This is a great thing for a blog! On warm days, I use my sticks of chalk to draw anything! I can use sidewalks, brick walls, cement, and concrete to use my great chalk! Those surfaces are my canvases! I can draw ANYTHING I feel! I can draw stuff that makes me happy! I wish the WHOLE world was my canvas for my chalk! I can draw pictures, illustrations, and words, and games and EVERYTHING, even things that make me happy! They can light up my life! A chalk "paradise!" Well, there's a lot more to it than just happy little drawings. You know what I mean? Artists draw ALL of their feelings. Not just happy feelings. Have you ever been frustrated? Sad? Or how about angry? It's OK to be angry sometimes. Angry is a "sometimes" feeling. When I draw something and it rains, the drops wipe the slate clean! Then, when it dries, I can draw new things! Rain or buckets full of water can drench the chalk and wash it away, and water can always erase it! But on chalkboards, I use an ERASER. I love using my chalk!
My Blog about my Chalk
This is a great thing for a blog! On warm days, I use my sticks of chalk to draw anything! I can use sidewalks, brick walls, cement, and concrete to use my great chalk! Those surfaces are my canvases! I can draw ANYTHING I feel! I can draw stuff that makes me happy! I wish the WHOLE world was my canvas for my chalk! I can draw pictures, illustrations, and words, and games and EVERYTHING, even things that make me happy! They can light up my life! A chalk "paradise!" Well, there's a lot more to it than just happy little drawings. You know what I mean? Artists draw ALL of their feelings. Not just happy feelings. Have you ever been frustrated? Sad? Or how about angry? It's OK to be angry sometimes. Angry is a "sometimes" feeling. When I draw something and it rains, the drops wipe the slate clean! Then, when it dries, I can draw new things! Rain or buckets full of water can drench the chalk and wash it away, and water can always erase it! But on chalkboards, I use an ERASER. I love using my chalk!
Friday, January 31, 2014
Jacob Van Antwerp 1/30/14
My Blog about what I did on my Three Snow Days
On Monday, my first snow day, I remembered how the weather was that day after hearing Sierra say that that morning. At first, Sierra said we had school, but then she heard Dad say that school was cancelled, then she said that we had no school, and then I went back to bed a bit longer, then when I woke up, we did "nothing" for the day! It was so AWESOME! We also played board games, which was one of my specialties! I bet my brain was thinking: "Maybe I think 42192R940006.1-7B is the code of days school is cancelled just thinking about it!" So I think 42192R940006.1-7B is the code of days school is cancelled just thinking about it also! (I also knew Dad was with us on our snow days!) On Tuesday, my second snow day, Dad beat me three times in a row playing Trouble, and his pops on the Pop-o-Matic bubble were deadly to beat me! I was pretty mad, and I was not very happy at all. But luckily, we played one last game of Trouble, and Dad's last blue peg was approaching the FINISH, just one last space to move, and my last green peg had 4 more spaces to move into the FINISH, and this one pop I watched the die, and it showed 4, and I won! Boy, was I satisfied! Then, that night, Dad and I went to Richmond Hill by the frozen, slushy-iced pond, and I went sledding and had the snow hill all to myself, Dad said. I went sledding down the hill, and feeling the cold air rush past my cold red face. It was just cold. After my first trip down the hill, Dad said we could walk on the pond! I found a clear spot of snow, and I made a snow angel on top of the ice! That was very cute! We stayed at the hill for 30 minutes, and I had a little headache, because I was yelling and shouting excitedly while taking my trips down the hill. Dad couldn't come outside because it was so cold outside for him, and Sierra couldn't come because she wanted to stay home while Dad and I were away. But I had lots of fun sledding! On Wednesday, my third snow day, we went back to the hill with Sierra, and Dad's friend Lori's kids, Austin and Madison, to go sledding again!! After a couple trips down the hill, I saw a big jump someone made out of snow and turned as stiff as the snow on the hill, then I decided to try it! I went off the jump the first time and I fell off the sled, but I wasn't injured, I went off the jump the second time, and I stayed on the sled, but my finger got pinched by the handle on the sled, and I can't believe I'm saying this, but I went off the jump the third time, and I went pretty high, and tried to know it was the end, but I landed pretty hard on the ground and ached my back, but after a while it was gonna try to stop aching! In fact I thought about going to the doctor on Friday, because when I jump or sit down with my rear end pounding a chair, I feel it ache more. I thought it'd get worse, but if I go to the doctor as long as they don't drive a needle in my back, then everything would be alright! I wished I had Friday off from school to have a one-school-day week, which would be AWESOME!!
My Blog about what I did on my Three Snow Days
On Monday, my first snow day, I remembered how the weather was that day after hearing Sierra say that that morning. At first, Sierra said we had school, but then she heard Dad say that school was cancelled, then she said that we had no school, and then I went back to bed a bit longer, then when I woke up, we did "nothing" for the day! It was so AWESOME! We also played board games, which was one of my specialties! I bet my brain was thinking: "Maybe I think 42192R940006.1-7B is the code of days school is cancelled just thinking about it!" So I think 42192R940006.1-7B is the code of days school is cancelled just thinking about it also! (I also knew Dad was with us on our snow days!) On Tuesday, my second snow day, Dad beat me three times in a row playing Trouble, and his pops on the Pop-o-Matic bubble were deadly to beat me! I was pretty mad, and I was not very happy at all. But luckily, we played one last game of Trouble, and Dad's last blue peg was approaching the FINISH, just one last space to move, and my last green peg had 4 more spaces to move into the FINISH, and this one pop I watched the die, and it showed 4, and I won! Boy, was I satisfied! Then, that night, Dad and I went to Richmond Hill by the frozen, slushy-iced pond, and I went sledding and had the snow hill all to myself, Dad said. I went sledding down the hill, and feeling the cold air rush past my cold red face. It was just cold. After my first trip down the hill, Dad said we could walk on the pond! I found a clear spot of snow, and I made a snow angel on top of the ice! That was very cute! We stayed at the hill for 30 minutes, and I had a little headache, because I was yelling and shouting excitedly while taking my trips down the hill. Dad couldn't come outside because it was so cold outside for him, and Sierra couldn't come because she wanted to stay home while Dad and I were away. But I had lots of fun sledding! On Wednesday, my third snow day, we went back to the hill with Sierra, and Dad's friend Lori's kids, Austin and Madison, to go sledding again!! After a couple trips down the hill, I saw a big jump someone made out of snow and turned as stiff as the snow on the hill, then I decided to try it! I went off the jump the first time and I fell off the sled, but I wasn't injured, I went off the jump the second time, and I stayed on the sled, but my finger got pinched by the handle on the sled, and I can't believe I'm saying this, but I went off the jump the third time, and I went pretty high, and tried to know it was the end, but I landed pretty hard on the ground and ached my back, but after a while it was gonna try to stop aching! In fact I thought about going to the doctor on Friday, because when I jump or sit down with my rear end pounding a chair, I feel it ache more. I thought it'd get worse, but if I go to the doctor as long as they don't drive a needle in my back, then everything would be alright! I wished I had Friday off from school to have a one-school-day week, which would be AWESOME!!
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Jacob Van Antwerp 1/21/14
My Blog about Spring
Spring is my favorite warm season! Because there's lots of flowers and trees and the birds, animals, plants and water all come out and have a fun spring time! I always love to play outside in spring! At my mom's new neighborhood, when spring comes, she, my sister, Sierra, and I will be able to play tennis! Guess what else? We'll be able to play tennis in spring, summer and fall! And there's a little playground by the tennis courts! We can play tennis and on the playground all day long in the spring, summer and fall! The birdies would be singing, the wormies would be squirming, and guess what? We'd help the flowers grow! Hey, if we plant seeds all over the whole yard, the yard would be a yard full of flowers--as long as nobody steps on them! That'd be COOL! Spring dresses the world in flowers and rainbows, so it'd make the world look gorgeous!!
My Blog about Spring
Spring is my favorite warm season! Because there's lots of flowers and trees and the birds, animals, plants and water all come out and have a fun spring time! I always love to play outside in spring! At my mom's new neighborhood, when spring comes, she, my sister, Sierra, and I will be able to play tennis! Guess what else? We'll be able to play tennis in spring, summer and fall! And there's a little playground by the tennis courts! We can play tennis and on the playground all day long in the spring, summer and fall! The birdies would be singing, the wormies would be squirming, and guess what? We'd help the flowers grow! Hey, if we plant seeds all over the whole yard, the yard would be a yard full of flowers--as long as nobody steps on them! That'd be COOL! Spring dresses the world in flowers and rainbows, so it'd make the world look gorgeous!!
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Jacob Van Antwerp 1/8/14
My Blog about Chuck E. Cheese's
My last time I went to Chuck E. Cheese's, I got lots of tickets! I remember that after winning a game by following the instructions and using the right controls and actions at the right time, I get that number of tickets! At the end of the visit, I insert all my tickets into the Ticket Muncher to get cool surprise prizes! All I do is that when I insert tickets, each ticket represents 1 ticket on the little number display. In other words, inserting tickets always lets me punch them, then the machine will crunch the tickets by shredding them up with spinning cylinders. The cylinders shred up all the tickets, and the strips' numbers of tickets count up the number on the display. I hope in the Ticket Blaster I grab the Magic Ticket! The Magic Ticket is worth 1,000 tickets!! For my reserved birthday party, I might grab it! That visit I went there with my dad! Anyway, the Ticket Muncher crunches up all my tickets. When all my tickets are gone, I'll press the big red button to print the receipt, and my receipt always shows me the total number of tickets, and I have a choice to make: I can spend my tickets and cash them in to get AWESOME prizes! Or I can save them, and save them for more tickets to get bigger prizes, maybe one(s) I haven't gotten before! But whatever it is, I always get prizes! Maybe prizes that can be BIG or small, but prizes I get are things I never played with for eternity! I love Chuck E. Cheese's!
My Blog about Chuck E. Cheese's
My last time I went to Chuck E. Cheese's, I got lots of tickets! I remember that after winning a game by following the instructions and using the right controls and actions at the right time, I get that number of tickets! At the end of the visit, I insert all my tickets into the Ticket Muncher to get cool surprise prizes! All I do is that when I insert tickets, each ticket represents 1 ticket on the little number display. In other words, inserting tickets always lets me punch them, then the machine will crunch the tickets by shredding them up with spinning cylinders. The cylinders shred up all the tickets, and the strips' numbers of tickets count up the number on the display. I hope in the Ticket Blaster I grab the Magic Ticket! The Magic Ticket is worth 1,000 tickets!! For my reserved birthday party, I might grab it! That visit I went there with my dad! Anyway, the Ticket Muncher crunches up all my tickets. When all my tickets are gone, I'll press the big red button to print the receipt, and my receipt always shows me the total number of tickets, and I have a choice to make: I can spend my tickets and cash them in to get AWESOME prizes! Or I can save them, and save them for more tickets to get bigger prizes, maybe one(s) I haven't gotten before! But whatever it is, I always get prizes! Maybe prizes that can be BIG or small, but prizes I get are things I never played with for eternity! I love Chuck E. Cheese's!
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