This Past Year

This has been a great year. I turned 10 this year and got into a few new things that I really loved.

I'm still playing club soccer for GPS North Shore and Stefano Franciosa is my coach. He is really good and I keep working to get better. This year I got 198 juggles, just 2 away from 200. This summer I am going to get to 200.

I also started playing tennis which I really like. I have been watching it too and I think Djokavic is my favorite player.

My grandpa just built us a ping pong table in our yard so now I am playing that too and I have a really good forehand. I can beat my dad and my grandpa, but my mom is still the best.

Our family went to Europe this year and I got to see England where I was born which was great. I really liked Scotland and France though.  While there we traveled a lot so I read a lot of my book Harry Potter. Now I am on book 6 The Half Blood Prince. JK Rowling is a really good author.

My other favorite author is Brandon Mull. He is writing the Five Kingdoms series and I read the first three. He is also working on a sequel for Fablehaven which I can't wait to read next year.

I memorized the periodic table this year and my brother has been teaching me some chemistry. I also did a lot of cooking and baking this year trying different recipes.

I am pretty good at math and finished 6th grade math and got most of the way through 7th grade math on Khan Academy this year. Once I understand how something works I can solve it pretty fast.

I also got really into Origami this year and spent three months learning and practicing folding. I even made a whole Origami Castle with dragons and pigs and bunnies and flowers and trees. I entered the castle in the Newburyport Art Association Kids Show and I won $25. I think I was the youngest kid who won. I have some of my Origami on my DIY portfolio here: diy.org/sandman7

Other that than I still really like the Middle Ages and both learning about knights and castles and also playing stories with my toys. I got a real trebuchet and crossbow at a castle in France and now I am reading a book on how to make different catapults and trebuchets and things which is cool.

I am still playing the piano and I discovered the band Pentatonix. I really like A Capella music and think it's amazing how people can do those things with their voices. I learned Mary did You Know on the piano recently and Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel with appregios.

Now that it's summer I am learning to Boogie Board. The waves aren't as big as the ones in Australia but it's still a lot of fun.