It's Been Too Long...

Hey all...Remember me? My name is Sam, and I am a horrible person, because it has been almost a month since I posted...yeah...I am very sorry about that. This summer has been super busy! Let me tell you about some of the things that have been going on...

Well, on June 22th, the Movie Brave came out in the theater. I was very excited to see it. So, on the 21st, two of my cousins came over to spend the night, then, the next day, we went to see the movie.

I really enjoyed it! The movie is about sixteen year old Princess named Merida. She is full of spunk, and adventure. But the problem begins when Elinor, Merida's mom, wants her to get married. Merida has no interest in marriage, so she decides to find another way. That leads her to a witches cottage, when she gets a spell to change her mother. Unfortunately, the change is not what she expects. I would defiantly recommend this movie to Disney lovers. In fact, I loved it so much, I saw it two more times. :) 




It has also been super hot this summer! You'd think Michigan would be cold all the time, but sadly, that's not the case. It has been in the high 90's for the past month! Right now, it is 99 degrees. But I guess it is suppose to be cooler this week, so that's good. Because of the heat, we have been spending most of the time in the basement. We don't have air, so it is super hot the whole upstairs...:p I hate summer. :/


But I think the thing that has kept me off here the most, is 4-H. Yes, it is that time of year. The county fair is in less than 2 weeks, and I have been working non-stop on 4-H projects. I don't enter any animals, but I do a lot of crafts, like painting, sewing, woodworking, drawing, and other things like that. The most recent thing I did was this morning, I made a reusable bag out of one of my t-shirts. It actually turned out pretty good. I cut the sleeves, collar, and the bottom part of the shirt off, then I cut the bottom part into strips. I put pony beads on the strips, and then tied them in a knot. I am putting this under Recyclable Art. It was made from a used shirt, and it can help the environment, by not using plastic bags. I doubt I am ever going to use it, but it fit in the category, and maybe get me a blue ribbon. (I got the idea from an American Girl Magazine. It was from the Sept/Oct 2011 issue)


And Finally, I have some news...On July 28th...(11 days from now...) My blog is going to be 3 years old!! It is hard to believe that I was 13 when I started this blog. And who knows? Maybe I will still have this blog when I am an adult. That would be kinda weird...lol


So, I am going to try to do something on here as a celebration. I'm not sure what yet, maybe a giveaway, or something, but I'll figure it out! 


Anyway, thanks for reading! Hope you have a great summer!

Haircut on the iPod

So, I just got the blogger app on my iPod. This feels different typing a blog post on here. I won't be using this to often because it takes a lot more time to type on such a small keyboard, but it is useful when writing short posts.

Like this one.

I just thought I would share with you something I did over the weekend. Our neighbors were out of town this past week, and they were very generous in letting us use their pool. I spent most the week in it because it was so very hot.

Anyway, the chlorine in the pool didn't like my hair very much, and by Thursday night, my hair looked really bad. It was all frizzy at the bottom. So, the next day, I went to get a haircut. I have never had short hair, so I had no idea how it was going to look. But, I think it turned out pretty good. Here are some pictures...

So as you can see...it is a change, but I like it. Anyway, just thought I'd share. Bye!!

Summer School

So, when coming to write this post, I noticed that my blog has had exactly 22,000 views since I started in July 2009. Thank you all for your support! I really appreciate it! :)

Anyway, yesterday was a very fun day. We went to Banner Oak School in Temprence Michigan. It is a one room schoolhouse that was built in 1871. And we got to play school! My family, and about 12 other families in our homeschool group came. We all dressed up in pioneer styled outfits, and brought lunch that a school kid back in the 1870's would eat. I brought an apple, a small loaf of bread, cheese, carrots, water, (yes, it was in a bottle) and a piece of apple pie. (Yum!)

Anyway, it was a lot of fun! A woman in our homeschool group was the teacher. She read us stories about bravery and telling the truth, and we all memorized a passage about perseverance. She asked us simple questions about history, geography, spelling, and grammar.

Each of us got a slate and chalk, and had to use a primer and write a passage of our choice on the slate. Mine was about enjoying God's gift of nature. (I can't believe that was used in public schools!)

At recess, we played several games, such as Leap Frog, Fox and Geese, and the Farmer in the Dell. We also played with wooden stilts.

My favorite part was towards the end. In the schoolhouse, their was an old piano, very much out of tune. I asked the "teacher" if I could play it. (Most of the kids were outside) And she said yes. So, right when I started playing, about 7 girls came in. I was playing I see the Light from Tangled, and all the girls started singing along. It was so much fun!!

Afterwards, my friend Abby and I went to Diary Queen. (Still in our outfits) People were looking at us funny. We made a point to talk about "getting money from the buggy" and "making sure the horses had enough water" in front of people.

My mom took several pictures yesterday. Here are some of them.

Group of kids that came. (I'm sitting on the step on the far left)

Lining up for class! (Girls first, or course)

Ready for class!

The Teacher

Some fellow school mates. :)

Reading some "old school books" (Not really. It was a sketch book)

Lined up to start the game!

The Boys

The Farmer in the Dell (I was the cheese that stood alone)

The stilts were a lot of fun!

It was a very fun day! I hope that we go again! I really learned a lot! Have you ever been to a One Room Schoolhouse? What was your experience? I'd love to read!! Please comment!

Thank you!!!

~Sam

5,000 Page Summer

If you are a follower on my other blog, Sammy's Reviews, you might know that I am working on a goal for the summer. That goal, is to read 5,000 pages of books. That is quite a lot for me. I was so busy this past school year, I think I read a total of 6 books since school started last fall. And that really needs to change.

Now that I am done with school, (Actually, I already started next year's school, but I won't get into that) I will have plenty of time to read. And like I said, my goal is 5,000 pages. So far, I have only finished one book. That book is "Nancy Drew Girl Detective-Secret Identity. It was really good, but pretty short. It only had 163 pages in the book. So I still have 4,837 pages left. I am in the middle of a few other books, so I really have less than that, but I won't count the pages, until I finish the books.

Other news, we are going on another trip in 6 days. This one is going to be a lot quicker than Chicago. We are going to Cincinnati Ohio to see the Reds play Baseball. It is only about 4 hours away, so it isn't that long of a drive. We were just going to make it a day trip, leave really early, then come back late afternoon. But then, they changed the time of the game from an afternoon game, to a night game. So, if we decided to come back that night, we wouldn't get back until really late. So, we decided to stay the night.

We are going with some family friends. They have 3 kids, but they are all very young. The oldest is 8, and then there is a 6 year old, and a 1 year old. My brother and the 8 year old are really good friends, so Evan is excited. I don't really mind, but it would be nice to have one of my friends come. But, I don't think that is going to happen this time.

I am happy though that there is a Disney Store in the area. So, yay!! That is like, the best place even. In fact, I think that we are going to a Disney Store tomorrow. I think I am going to get the Disney Animator's Merida doll. She is so cute. :)




Anyway, talk to you guys later!
~Sam