INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO BUILD A SMALL LEGO ROBOT

1. First you will have to get two 2x2 with wheel edges on two opposite sides. Put these two 

    pieces side by side (picture 1).

 

 

 

 

2. Put a 2x4 piece on top of the two 2x2 (pictures 2 & 3).

 

 

 

 

3. Put a 2x2 piece in the middle on top of the 2x4 (pictures 4 & 5).

 

 

4. Put a 2x1 piece with the bar in the front, on top of the 2x2 (pictures 6 & 7)

 

 

 

 

5. On top of the piece you have right now, snap a bent arm in the middle of the 2x2 

    (pictures 8 & 9)

 

 

 

 

6. Pop the black camera onto the arm - use your common sense to find where to put it - 

   (pictures 10 & 11)

 

 

 

 

7. Snap the second strait arm on the other side of the bar (pictures 12 & 13)

 

 

 

 

8. Take to teeth and put them on the two opposite sides on the back of the black camera 

    (pictures 14, 15 , 16 & 17). The teeth can face either way.

 

 

 

 

9. Take four small gray wheels and snap them on the wheel edges at the base 

    (pictures 18 & 19)

 

 

 

10. You have a small robot now and have fun with it! (Picture 20)

New Year's Fun

Today was New Year Day and my mom planed to go see my cousins. It was really a lot of fun and here is how my day went.

My cousin's name is Noah and I went to see him at his family vacation home in Vernon NJ. The place is called Black Creek and has many townhouse building's next to each other. We got there and he opened his Christmas presents while I fixed one of his Legos. Then we went outside to play, because the weather was so nice and warm. You can go skiing in Vernon, but there was no snow on the ground, so we were able to play in the backyard. His sisters came outside too. Noah's sisters names are Eva and Alessia. We all played a game: the girls were at the fireplace and Noah and I were at the patio. While we played their dog Kevin was watching us from the windows.

We played for an hour then we all went inside. We all had a snack. My mom made Oreo cookies brownies and there were delicious. My parents and Noah's parents were talking so we went in the bedroom and watched some TV. The girls had balloons and they kept throwing them at us. I had to jump off their bed and get the balloons, because they were going up into the ceiling.

At six o'clock, my family and I left to go home. I really had fun with my cousin.

WHITE HALLOWEEN ANYONE?

My yard before the snowstorm

The weather is really getting strange. We had an earthquake, a hurricane, a tropical storm and a snowstorm in October!

Last Saturday, I came home after the coin drop for my soccer team, and I took a picture of my yard before the snow started to come down.  The yard was green with a lot of leaves that my dad did not have the time to rake. I wanted to chronicle this strange weather.
 

The snow started to fall down.

I could not believe that a snowstorm was coming, but, soon snowflakes were coming down and slowly slowly the yard became all white. I kept on taking pictures throughout the afternoon to see how much snow we were going to get. The snow was quite heavy and would stick everywhere. The handrail on my stairs was covered with snow.
 

The snow kept on coming down.

The morning after, I got a big surprise when I saw how much snow there was on the ground. We got probably 16 inches of heavy wet snow. The bushes in my yard were covered and bended because the snow was really very heavy. It was so heavy that branches broke off and fell on the wires. We even lost power for three days.

Look at the handrails on my stairs!!

 

 We received 16 inches of snow before Halloween. Do you think we are going to get a lot of snow this winter? I sure hope so!

HAPPY 2012!

Wishing you all a wonderful New Year!

THE HARVEST CUP TOURNAMENT

I play travel soccer.  The name of my team is United. On Columbus day weekend, we played the Harvest Cup Tournament.  We played 5 games, won 4, and took 2nd place.

Our team played a total of 5 games in a row. Sean and Dylan were our goalies and they did an amazing job in protecting our net. Liam plays offense and he was the top scorer on our team. He was very tough on the field and was always running as fast as he could to get to the ball. During this tournament, I played offence and ran a lot. We have three girls in our team and they can be really tough and run hard.

 

We won 4 games out of 5. We won a game by scoring 6 goals. Some of the teams we played against were really good and the games were tough. Other teams were not so good, and the games were a little bit easier. There was a team who fought very physically against us and that was really a hard game. I got pushed by one of the other team player, but I fought back because I did not want to lose the ball.

We tried our hardest to win the championship but we didn't. Our opponents in the final had more energy and more stamina than us. They scored 5 times and we scored only 1. We won 2nd place. Our team had a great support group in our parents. There were loud, very loud and they were always cheering us on. The parents organized a tent with food and refreshments of us in between games, and all my teammates loves the cut oranges, especially Catherine: she could not get enough of them!!

 

I felt happy because we all got trophies and I got a picture of myself holding the 2nd place cup of the Harvest Cup Tournament, organized by the Washingtonville Soccer Club. 

Reading is Fun!

His name is Stilton, Geronimo Stilton. He is a mouse and the publisher of "The Rodent's Gazette", the most famous newspaper on Mouse Island. He likes cheese and he likes to write about adventures. However, he hates being in an adventure, cats and flying with planes. His problem is his family and friends. They always convince him to go with them on crazy adventures. His grandfather William is the boss of the newspaper and he is feared by Geronimo. Geronimo has a sister named Thea. She is a special correspondent at The Rodent's Gazette and she loves to drive motocycles. His cousin Trap likes to play tricks on him and he is not a very sophisticated mouse. Benjamin is Geronimo's favourite nephew and he is the youngest of the group. If Benjamin is involved in the adventure, Geronimo is not able to say no to him.

 

This is an example of an adventure that Geronimo Stilton survived.

 

Geronimo went to Japan because his friend Bruce Hyena and his cousin Shorty Tao signed him up in a karate championship. Geronimo did not know anything about karate so he had to be trained by his friend, as the tournament was only a week away. The training was so intense that Geronimo was able to learn and with some luck, he won the tournament. He was able to get in shape without any enhancement pills, like his competitors did. After the event there many celebrations in New Mouse Island. It was such an honour for Geronimo because the mayor of the city was at the celebration.

 

I really liked this book. The story was filled with surprises and suspense. I really hope you will be able to read it . The title is "The Karate Mouse" by Scholastic from the Geronimo Stilton Series.

 

Happy Reading!

An Astronaut who discovers Superpowers!

This is the story about an astronaut who discovers he has superpowers. Once an astronaut named Boo went on a space adventure. Boo knew everything about planet Earth, but he didn't know about himself. For example, he never knew that he was a baby! One day, Boo was working on an engine that broke, when his captain called him to the Command Center. Boo got there and his captain informed him that he had to fly to the International Space Station. A satellite's shield was broken and Boo needed to fix it before a meteor hit it. Boo wanted to go right away but to his disamy the rocket was not ready. Boo had to take different rocket. This different rocket was special, because it would give super powers to anyone who went in it. After eight hours, Boo got to the International Space Station and the meteor was halfway there. He started the repairs on the satellite's shield. He was almost finished when the satellite had a frightning overload so the shield would not work until it would be completely charged. That ment the meteor will hit! Boo was scared. Right when the meteor was about to hit the satellite, Boo moved his hands to the right, in the direction of planet Mars. The meteor missed the satellite and went crashing to Mars. Right then the shield was completely charged and Boo could go back home. Once Boo got back to the Command Center, his captain thanked him and invited everybody to have a feast in the twilight. This is the story of an astronaut who discovers he has superpowers.