The Chicago River runs backward. It used to go into Lake Michigan, but using a lock, the flow was reversed! The flow was changed because the dirty river was dirtying the city’s clean drinking water. The Chicago Harbor Lock is important to the people in Chicago. A lock helps boats…
In the Christmas story, Joseph and Mary obeyed, shepherds listened, and wise men followed. We learn from these people how to live in the latter days. Similarly to how Joseph and Mary obeyed the angels, we can obey our righteous leaders. Mary received the visit from Gabriel only shortly before marriage, so…
My inspiration was just that Mom was taking pictures for fun like she was making a stop motion video and I decided to too. I didn’t really have a plan–I just wanted to car to go across the screen. The movie kinda wrote itself, so yes, the plan did change. car…
I watched a video in which the parents were talking about gifts and since they didn’t have a job they couldn’t get very much gifts. But the girl was taking lots of things to her room. The rest of the family followed her and saw the huge mess she made….
How Santa Got His Reindeer Paul Reid If you read Little Santa by Jon Agee, you can know how Santa got one reindeer, but what about the other 10? (Armstrong, Ralph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Rudolph, Donner, and Blitzen) Well, once upon a time, Santa’s first reindeer grew old. He…
Wild Buffalo Buffalo, which are usually wild, eat three-inch long gamma grass. The buffalo’s sharp and pointy horns dig into the ground and the buffalo roll around playfully in the soft Kansas prairie to create buffalo wallows. Birds eat clingy ticks off the wooly beasts. Wild buffalo must look silly….
What and where The imaginary country of Teglepea is an island in the Red Sea off the coast of Suez, Egypt. When It was formed from an underwater volcano on 1/31/1236 A. C. at noon. People Today, the population of Teglepea is 2,584. People who live there are called Teglepeans….
From the 22nd to the 24th I was at Grandma’s house! During that time I made a 53 second stop motion video! cars-on-the-ramp
Whoops! The word paul is spelled paull on the answer sheet
I made two Word Searches! Easy CLAP STILL GNAT THREE TREE FIGHT NIGHT HEIGHT LIGHT SPAGHETTI LEGOS PEOPLE TRUCK answer will be posted on 10/30/2016 at 13:00:00 (1 o’clock) Hard nay words Cup gloves loves Mouse ball fall Paul day play fight bit He bite see bee answer…
The First Airplane The Wright brothers, who were named Orville (1874-1929 in Ohio) and Wilbur (1867 in Indiana to 1912 in Ohio), invented the first airplane. Before they tried flying, they built bicycles and unique kites. The brothers began testing gliders for people in 1900. They successfully flew for the…
The Comanche Indian tribe were Northern riders, fighters, and raiders. They didn’t believe in the foolish traditions of their fathers–that the tree on the ’Hill-of-Peace’ was sacred. One stormy day, a battle raged. A rocky butte in the distance had no grass and the sacred tree sat on a nearby…
Grandma Peggy and Papa Paul came to visit! We celebrated Mary and my birthdays and went for a fall drive. We went to Colonial Cafe for treats, too, before they went home.
200 Dead Buffalo Food for the Indians One morning a long time ago, there was an Indian camp which contained women, children, and hunters. A hill overlooked a pond. One small tree stood lonely among the dust. Then, the buffalo came. The people wanted to kill the buffalo, so they…
The following stories is about a time when The Holy Ghost (or I think) helped my family. I don’t remember why, but once we had a pipe going into the downstairs sink. Sometimes it moved and water spilled out onto the floor. I was playing with Caroline and I decided to…
In a Round Squeeze Handle Disher Portion Scoop, you squeeze the handles so the gear turns on the teeth, and since the gear is connected to the rod, the rod turns and since the rod is connected to the cutter, the cutter turns and pushes the stuff in the ball out! Finally,…
Paul My piano skills are getting better and better! I made a 13-minute video that has recordings of 12 songs I played on the piano! (I can only play hot cross buns four different ways.) https://youtu.be/FLKWkvKzrVE For all of these songs (except LDS songs and songs that I memorized) I used flowkey to…
A couple weeks ago, I was in a play of “Two gentlemen of Verona” by William Shakespeare. Prep was two-week long. The Wednesday in the first week was the day I learned who I was going to be! I am Sir Eglamour. I memorized my lines at home and we practiced…
When you flip a switch, you close the circuit so now the circuit looks like this: Closing the circuit, you connect the wire with the rest of the circuit! But why couldn’t you turn on the light before? Before the circuit looked like this:Looking at this diagram, we can see that not…
In the 3rd millennium, in the 21st century, in the decade of 2010, in the year of 2016, in the eighth month, in the first week of the month, on the second day of the month, I went to Santa’s Village AZoosment Park! The whole amusement park is Christmas themed. (The green rides are rides Mom and…
Today I am doing a book report on 3 Elephant and Piggie books. I am planning to post every book in the series, three books every week. Today I am starting with Order shown Title Author Book number Awards 1. Elephants cannot dance Mo Willems # 9 none 2. We are in…
I think global warming is a problem, but the problem is getting smaller as we do better preventing it. To help we can, *turn off electronics and lights when we’re done *when devices are done charging unplug them *plant more plants *use solar, wind, and water power (use water to…
Recently in history we have been learning about Jamestown and we made a stop motion about it in a app called Clayframes that we use to make stop motion videos. Isn’t it weird that i put two stop motion videos up one right after another?
Last year (December 2014) I made a stop motion video about sea anemones. I do not think we ever posted it…. Anyway, here it is! I also made a paragraph about it in the post GIFT Stories: LEGO Class.
Recently in science, we have been learning about the food pyramid and nutrition. An assignment was to pretend you are a dietitian and write a letter to a client. Dear Junk Food Monster, Junk food is not good for you. Junk food has lots of fat and sugary carbohydrates. You are…
June 26th-July 6th we went to Utah! Grandma’s house is in Utah. We had a fun time. In the car there we did surprises again. But we got them all on the way there. We went to Aunt Jenny’s house. At Aunt Jenny’s house we got to play outside in the sun…
We needed a new table, so we went on a drive looking for one! Photos taken along Lake-Cook Road and U.S. Route 14 from Algonquin to Barrington. It kinda looks like the water tower is on the trees! Algonquin, Illinois I love the contrast between the building and the sky! Algonquin, Illinois The […]
For the last part of the year I did a LEGO class at our new co-op, GIFT. I made a LEGO book and on the last day we had a party for LEGO birthday! I can not wait to tell you about it! On my first day, I made Peter, Paula and…
One day, we were eating breakfast, and we looked out the window and saw not one, but two ducks! Throughout their visit, we realized that they were molting, and therefore couldn’t fly. Since Woods Creek, the nearest body of water, is about a quarter-mile away, we were surprised they walked all the way over here! […]
Dad and I went to the Boone Creek Conservation Area. First he taught me about shudder speed and how if I slow it down and take a picture of something moving really fast, the picture is not blurry. Then we went on a walk! To me, the footprint looks like it’s on the moon!
About a week after I got my first camera with changeable exposure, aperture, ect., we went for a drive and I took pictures! Mom felt a little sick, so we had to pull over. I took this picture while we were waiting for her. Huntley, Illinois I took a picture of Caroline, since […]
I was a firefighter for Halloween! Caroline fit right in with me as my Dalmatian!
A few weeks ago I made a stop motion video. I took some pictures of the different parts, and the link at the end of the post goes to my stop motion video called “Pirate Emergency”. The video is 17 seconds long. Here are the pictures and the video. Pirate Emergency!!!!!!!!!
Today we (me and mom) made a wagon! Here are some pictures of the wagon. Click on the pictures to see them better. Here is a video of the wagon traveling the Oregon trail.
I liked this book! (More information in this audio.)
Dr. Reid is going to keep us healthy. Annie is going to sing and dance into the sunset!
I found most of these words in books by Dr. Seuss. Mom helped me think of the others. I am Paul the Rhyming Boy. Since I am a rhyming boy, I can think of rhymes too! I like to rhyme all of the time. give me a dime? -im words…
Once upon a time, a cold country in Europe (called Iceland) floated in the water to South America. South America said, “Where did you come from?” “I came from Europe,” said Iceland. Then Iceland floated back to Europe. The End. (typed by Mom)
Me and my cousin Jessica made kabobs. We played with MarbleWorks too.
Once upon a time, there were three “A”s. Mommy “A” said that Daddy was at work. Then Mommy “A” called Daddy “A.” After Mommy “A” called Daddy “A,” she said, “Baby A, you are going to see Daddy “A” soon.” That night, when all the “A”s were asleep, three…
Paul learned about Pompeii when he read a Magic Tree House book about it. We extended the learning by making a baking soda/vinegar volcano with a friend, Kaleb. Then Paul learned even more about Ancient Rome and Pompeii and he gave a report at Co-op. Source: Two Boys and a…
Colors and shapes!!! This post is not about Colors and shapes!!!! Colors and shapes!!! This post is not about Colors and shapes!!!! If you want to say something about this post, please comment. (YAY!)
I like Mercy Watson to the Rescue beause when the fire department comes, Mr. and Mrs. Watson think Mercy called the fire department! But she did not! Eugenia Lincoln called the fire department instead! Mercy is a pig. In Eugenia’s opinion, pigs belong on a farm. Mercy does not live on…
