My Little Cousins Birthday Party

Last Saturday my little cousin had his birthday party. But he's turning 2 this week. 

At his birthday party we went swimming in there Big indoor pool, ate lunch, and played with him. So as I said, first we went swimming. But on Saturday the water was unusually warm. But I went in. Nothing was wrong with the pool, it was just warmer than usual.  While I was in the pool I played with my little cousin a little.

So then I got out of the pool to eat. So I ate a couple of chips then went outside waiting for my uncle to finish grilling. But this made me really mad. He was grilling the chicken first, then the hot dogs, then the hamburgers last. So I waited outside in the sun for so long and then I ate. 

After I ate I went back in the pool and I just had the same experience all over again. So finally my mom forced me to get out of the pool and we left.

 

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2

On Saturday we went to see Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2. I thought it was scary, sad and exciting. It was about Voldamort (Bad guy) trying to kill Harry Potter (Good guy). He wants to kill Harry so bad because he was the only one blocking him from ruling the world. 

So then Voldamort goes to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. To get in to Hogwarts he has to destroy their extremely strong shield. He did, but only because of the Elder Wand. The Elder Wand is the most powerful wand in the universe. You can only use its full potential if you killed its last owner. But even if you didn't, it would still be very powerful. They needed to break open the shield because if you touched it at all from the outside you would automatically die.

After he broke the shield, his army and him raided Hogwarts. The only reason Harry was at the school was because he was looking for the last two Horcruxes, which are items that can make you immortal if at least one is left.

(SPOILER ALERT!)

Now I'm going to skip to the part where Harry fights Voldamort. So harry took Voldamort on a Six Hundred feet fall with him, but they didn't die because Voldamort can turn into gas. So then they started fighting. It was very intense. But Voldamort still had one Horcrux left. Here's the weirdest part. Another character named Nevil destroyed the last Horcrux. So then it was equal. Anyone could win. Then they were both starting to lose strength, but at the last minute Harry won! Everyone was so happy. The only reason Harry won is because Voldamort couldn't use the wands full power. Harry could. 

So after that, Harry's friend Ron asked him what he would do with the wand. All he did was rip the elder wand in half and throw it in to a canyon.

Finally the movie was over.       

The Contrabass Saxophone

A random guy playing the Contrabass Sax 

On my last day of music camp my sax teacher told me about the Contrabass Saxophone. There's one thing you have to know about it. It is HUMONGOUS! It's six feet seven inches tall! When you play it, you have to stand up as tall you can. The thing that helps you play it is that the part that goes on to the mouthpiece curls down. Here's something that will amaze you. A three year old girl can sit inside the opening in the horn!  There's one thing that really amazes me. There are only sixteen Contrabass Saxophones in the World and my music camp teacher has one of them.

The End Of Music Camp

Friday was the end of Music Camp. I also started playing a new song in Camp. It 's called Allegro, by: Mozart.

Then, after my Sax lesson I started thinking about The Concert. The Concert is a big recital they have of some of the songs we've played throughout Music Camp. I was thinking about not doing it even though I signed up for it. I was nervous that I wouldn't be good enough. But then I noticed something. My Sax teacher thought I was the best in the class, and I was having a pretty easy time in Band so I should have nothing to worry about. But I was still nervous for some weird reason.

After my mom came I was so relived to get out. I liked camp, but I still wanted to end it. 

When I got home, all I wanted to do was rest after two long weeks of Music Camp. 

Another Week Of Camp

Today I started my second week of Music Camp. I went to the exact same classes all at the exact same times as before. And of course there were some different people. That made me so mad even though I knew there were going to be different people.

 

So then I went to my First class. My first class is my group Sax lesson. The person who teacher's name is Mr. Sorenson. He plays A TON of instruments. He plays all the saxophones (there are six types: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Barritone, Bass and Contrabass), both types clarinets, the flute, the trumpet, and the trombone. The piece of music were playing is called "Overture".

Next I went on to Band. The pieces I'm playing in Band are "Another One Bites The Dust", "Linus And Lucy", "Fun, Fun, Fun", "I Want To Hold Your Hand", "Eye Of The Tiger", and "Tequila". The teacher's name is Mr. Ceremula.

After all that my mom picked me up and dropped my brother off for his Camp there. Later today I'm going to see how he likes Camp.    
            

A Week With My Mom

First of all, I'm sorry I didn't make any posts this week. There was really nothing to talk about.

Anyway, my brother has Boy Scout Camp this week. The only thing I 'm totally sure he does there is swim.  Of course since it's Boy Scout Camp, he has to swim in a lake. To get his swimming merit badge he also has to turn his clothes into a flotation device. That's all I know about his swimming merit badge.  

 

This week I also went to the morning class at Tae Kwon Doe. At the morning class, all belts can come. No, White, Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue, Purple, Red, Brown (which I am), Junior Black, Junior Black Yellow Stripe, Junior Black Green Stripe, and finally, Junior Black Blue Stripe. It turned out I was the highest belt rank there, and the only Brown Belt.

After Tae Kwon Doe, my mom and I went to "The Super Stop and Shop". Since we had time, my mom let me use the Scan-It again! That made me really happy. So then we finished our shopping and went home. That was really fun!   

A Nice Barbecue

This afternoon my family had a barbecue at our house. We had soft and hard taco shells and we had foods to either go in a taco, or just be on the side. I was kind of excited because I thought we were having burgers, but it turned out we were having tacos instead. That made me a little sad, but it didn't ruin the day at all.

So then we finally got to eat. In my taco I had just cheese. But since I only had cheese in my taco, my mom made me have steak. It wasn't that bad, but I didn't like it. I also had a Sprite to drink. So finally after my I finished eating, my mom let me have dessert. I had an OREO Cakester. An OREO Cakester is an OREO, except with chocolate cake instead of chocolate cookie.

 

Uncle Kurt & Uncle Tom

My baby cousin and my grandma

My bored brother

Aunt Karen and her friend Robert

After that, my parents made me play my Alto Saxophone. Some of the songs I played were Air, Winter, The Entertainer, and In The Hall of The Mountain King. I was having a somewhat hard time because I haven't practiced these songs very recently. When that was over my brother started practicing his Clarinet. After all that was over, most people left, and I came up to do this Post. 

  

A Kind Of Awkward Saturday

Today, as you know from the title, is Saturday. Even if you might not know this, today is in the Fourth of July weekend.

This morning I snook out of bed quietly to go play games on the computer. The game I wanted to play was a game creator where you could either make your own game, or play another person's game. So after I made my first game, I of course tried making another game. I had to think about what to make it like, so I did that. To publish your game and put it on the internet, You have to beat it. So when it came, I beat my game. But then something really really bad happened. It said "Sorry, your data didn't process. "That made me so mad! I had to start all over! So then I did that 2 more times and it happened each time! So then I finally stopped. But soon later, I had to go to Tae Kwon Doe.
         
For my Tae Kwon Doe you have to do two classes a week. It turns out I only one class so far this week. Since I'm a Brown Belt, I can go to classes on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Since it's the Fourth of July weekend, Tae Kwon Doe was closed today. Since it was closed I had to go food shopping with my mom.

Since we had a lot of time my mom let me use the Scan-It at the Stop And Shop! I was so happy! She's never let me use the Scan-It before. So than we went off to get the fruits and vegetables we needed for our barbecue. When we tried getting our first item, the Scan-It wouldn't scan the label. So then it got to the point where we needed to ask an employee for help. He said that we had to weigh the item, enter our quantity, and then take our label and scan it. So then we finally got to scan our first item. But there was still some more things to get such as meat and dairy. 

Finally we got all the products we needed so we needed to check out and pay, but we didn't know how. They had a sign that told you how to check out with the Scan-It. It said to go to the check out counter and scan a sign. So after all that commotion, we got to pay, check out, and leave. That was unexpected, but it was exciting!