Christmas and other things

So I know that is a little early to start thinking of Christmas but is it ever actually early to think of Christmas. I think I am going to get PES 2017 maybe I am still thinking about that. I am also going to get $200 for Christmas to buy what I want. I am thinking to save up the money untill I get my other $100 for my birthday. I also am looking forward to Thanksgiving I am goin to be making some sort of dessert for 7 people. I am still thinking about it, I did pies last year. Maybe I will do Pies again. I also just finished reading the five kingdoms book four. It was called the Death Weavers. It was Written by Brandon Mull. He is a Mormon and he was a roommate with my dad in College. He is a really good writer, he also wrote Fablehaven and Beyonders. Two really good series. So what happens in book four of the Five Kingdoms is that Cole the boy who went with some of his friends into the Outskirts by being kidnapped in someones Basement on Halloween. After the other three books Cole meets his brother Hunter. But he does not remember him because that is how it is in the Five kingdoms if you go in then your family and friends don't remember  you. But now they are in necronum and are trying to find Destiny and Honor. Two of the daughters of the high king. He was good but then he became bad. Then there is this thing called the Echolands. You can go to the echolands and then you become an echo. You don't get tired you can't get hurt that easily and your shaping power is really good there. But Cole's Shaping power was mangled by Morgassa a bad monster. But later in the book he goes into a Slipstream and he gets his power back and then he is able to send Nazeem into a prison that resets itself every millisecond.

Christmas 2016

I can't wait for Christmas.
I am going to get these awesome Nike Free Hypervenom 3.0.
They are basically a running/soccer shoe. So they do have the nike skin on them but they have the running sole. I like the blue color the best. I also live typing I used to play Nitro Type It improved my typing skills tremendously. I am up to 78 WPM. I also love reading I have just finished a history book and started a new one. I also am starting a book called the false prince. It is about a bad man who is trying to get boys who look identical to the current prince because the prince disappeared so the bad man wants power and he could tell the boys what to do and because there the prince they could do it. I don't know what happens next but I can't wait to find out. In the history book I just read about Henry Hudson. An English sea explorer. He had a hard life but in the end they named a bay after him. The Hudson Bay. He started his journey and was trying to find a passage that went through Canada and out to India, China and Japan. But when they couldn't find it the sailors wanted to turn back but Henry wanted to keep on going. So one of the sailors wanted to commit mutiny against Henry. So Henry turned back. But he wouldn't stop there he got enough money and went on a ship again but this time over Russia. He hired some sailors but very stupidly he hired the same sailor that had tried to do mutiny last time. So they set off and soon they found out that they couldn't go through the top of Russia so Henry said Ok We'll go back home. But he didn't go home he wanted to try to get through Canada again. When the Sailors saw that they were not going hop they did the Mutiny. THey forced him into a boat and threw him into the icy coast of Canada with no food. He died and when the Ship made it back home there were only five sailors left.

Soccer games this year

So recently I have been playing with a lot of different soccer teams. I am pretty good at soccer and I play Attacking Midfielder, Defending Midfielder and Center back. I can also playa on the wings and striker but my best positions are the ones above. I really like playing soccer. You make a lot of friends, you learn new skills and you have fun while your playing especially when you score. So the teams that I play with are GPS North Shore, GPS NPL, GPS National Team and  Newburyport Town team. The town team is basically a Seacoast team because all of the kids from the team play for Seacoast. We have one all of our games so far this season with Newburyport town. I play Attacking Midfielder for Newburyport Town. Oh something I forgot to mention is that I play U 14 for GPS North Shore and Newburyport Town. But I play U12 for the other teams. I am eleven so I am playing up for Newburyport Town and GPS North Shore. I play Center Back for Gps NPL and GPS National Team. I play Defensive Midfield and Attacking midfield for GPS North Shore. I really enjoy playing soccer not just because I get a lot of cool uniforms but I feel so excited and happy when I am playing. It's like there can't be a day without soccer. :)

My recent sprinting

So I have been playing soccer a lot and I wanted to just get a little bit faster. So I told my dad that and he said he would research, soon after he told me that I needed to start sprinting downhill on a ten degree angle. He said that when you go downhill your legs are moving faster so when you go to run on a regular surface your legs are used to going downhill so you become faster.
Now obviously this will not happen in a few days but it will start to increase in a month or to but to get really fast you need to do it for a couple years. He also said that you should do it for about 40 meters and you should also run back up the slight downhill so you are now doing uphill sprints and downhill sprints. I have been doing it for a few days now and it is a really good thing to start my morning with. It makes me feel more alive and ready for the rest of my day.
I recommend that you exercise in the morning and you will feel better for the rest of the day.

Card Tricks

So recently I have been doing a lot of card tricks. I also do origami so I am pretty good with my hands. I have learned to do the Riffle Shuffle with the bridge, the false cut and the false shuffle. I know some tricks I don't really know which one is my favorite but I like the Final three card trick. It is when the spectator chooses three random cards. He has to memorize the card really well for the upcoming trick. But while he is memorizing his cards you need to be counting out four decks. The first one to the left is going to be 10 cards. the second 15 cards the third also has 15 cards, but the last one has nine.
Ok so now when they have memorized their cards then the put one of the cards on top of the first pile, then put some of the cards from the second pile into the first pile then do the same with the next pile but on the last one you put the whole pile on top and the put that pile on top of the second on and then on top of the first. Ok so now you tell the spectator to say "Stop" if they see one of their cards. So put the first card face up and then the second one face down and then repeat untill you are done with the deck they will not see any of their cards if you are doing it right. Ok now take the pile with the face down cards and do the same thing, first face up and then face down untill you are done with that deck too. Now you tell the spectators that It looks as if they are not seeing any of their cards when you put it face up first, so now this time take the cards that are face down and now put a face down card first and then a face up card and keep on going untill that is done then do this one more time but first put it face up and then face down and then the final three cards should be (If you did it right) their card.
I am also going to get a new deck of cards today.

Learning This Year

This has been a fun year learning about lots of different things.

Hobbies

I got even more into origami this year and learned some very complicated 3D folding with big paper. I also did a lot of baking and made all the pies and pastries for Thanksgiving from scratch which everyone loved. Just recently I learned how to make homemade butter and ice cream. I also can make hair gel out of Chia seeds which is pretty cool. 

Reading & History

I did mostly medieval history this year which is still my favorite and I read the Ranger's Apprentice series all the way through which was a lot of fun. Lately I am reading Narnia. I had read some of these earlier, but never finished the series so I am excited to read them all the way through. 

As a family we did a whole bunch of reading and listening to classics together this year almost 40 total.

- Wizard of Oz

- The Time Machine

- Animal Farm

- Black Beauty

- Shakespeare for kids

- A dog of Flanders

- Understood Betsy

- Beatrice Potter Books

- Cheaper by the Dozen

- Little Women

- Little Men

- The Man who Counted

- The Declaration of Independence

- What would The Founding Fathers Think

- The Alchemist

- Pinocchio

- Mr. Popper's Penguins

- My Friend Flicka

- King Arther and His Knights

- The Moffits

- The Little Prince

- Chitti Chitti Bang Bang

- Peter Pan

- Mathematicians are People Too

- Five Children and It

- The Jungle Book

- Riki Tiki Tavi

- Just So Stories

- The Prince and the Pauper

- The Scarlet Pimpernell

Math

This year I finished 7th grade math on Khan Academy and am starting through 8th grade and some pre-algebra. I did a lot of math with money this year too as I had to earn money for my soccer cleats and gear.

Music

I discovered the song Lady of Shallot this year which comes from a poem by Tennyson. I learned to play the song on the piano and am working at memorizing the whole poem this summer. I also learned Solfeggieto which is a fast song by Bach.

Science

This year I spent a lot of time in nature observing animals and plants. I also did some fun science experiments like a candle out of an orange and I learned about chain reactions through dominoes and weaving popsicle stick bombs that go all around.

Sports

I still love playing soccer the most and have made a whole practice skill goals for the summer to get better. This year I played with a Club team where most of the kids were 1 or 2 years older than me. I also got selected for a Regional National Team which will travel to New Jersey later this month for a tournament. I'm working a lot on my touch, but also starting to try and get faster with and without the ball.

Achievements

I did some typing practice this year and my record is 75 WPM which is even faster than my dad. 

I beat my old soccer juggling record this year and got 554 juggles without dropping it. I was getting a little tired by the end.

I also did a lot of photography with my mom this year and I took one photo that I entered into a gallery show and it sold which I was really excited about. 

Science Experiment

So I think Science Experiments are fun. I have been watching a few of the them. One of my favorites is this. So what you need is

1 A straw with the wrapper still on.

2 Water.

So what you do first is take your straw and rip the two ends of the wrapper off. Then squeeze the two sides into the middle until they are very crinkly and can move no more. then slide the wrapper off one side of the straw but be careful to not let it get undone. Then set it on the table and get a bowl of water. Take a little in your hand, then let it drip onto the wrapper, TA-DA! Isn't that awesome it looks like it is growing, almost like a worm. And if you put a lot together they look like a lot of worms moving together.