Pheasant Hunting

Once I went pheasant hunting with my Dad, Grandpa, Eric, Paul, and some other men. We had lots of fun. When we started to go it looked kind of dark because it was really early in the morning. We went out to breakfast to a restaurant and I had french toast. We drove in my Grandpa Holmans truck. It was pretty far away and we stopped at a farm. We went to the three kings and then went to a farm. The three kings are rocks with designs scraped in the rock. We found some other drawings too. I don't know who did them. I just know that people long ago made them.






Here I got to hold a pheasant. It was heavy and a little frozen. I only got to hold a rooster.



Pheasant hunting was fun, we had dogs that helped us find the pheasants so we could shoot them. I didn't get to shoot any. I got to shoot a can, though! It was so fun that I wanted to do it three times. There was a little aiming thing on the gun that helped me hit the can. Once I got to do it myself and was pretty powerful and pushed me back.

Miles hit me

Miles and I were chopping snow outside. We were playing a new game. Then we moved to a different spot. I accidentally hit Miles in the cheek with my shovel. He was hurt, but was really brave. He only cried for a minute, then went inside, then popped out the front door.

Then, we went back to shoveling. We were pretending the snow piles were castles. I was using a shovel and Miles was using a hoe.
Then we went back to chopping and then Miles accidentally chopped me in the head! It hurt a lot! I leaned my head over so the blood would drip in the snow. Mommy called dad on the phone and he said that he could give me stitches when he came home. I went inside and my mom took care of me. She put an ice pack on my head so it could feel better, she wrapped me up in a blanket, and we put on a movie so I could be still and get the bleeding to stop.


When my Dad got home we ate dinner, then he tried to give me shots to make my skin numb, but it hurt too bad! I told him to give me the stitches without the shots.
Here I am getting a shot.

My mom held me on a chair while me Dad gave me three stitches. It hurt a lot, on every stitch. I was watching Peter Pan on the TV to distract me. I was really brave, and my parents were proud of me. It's all better now, there is hardly a scar any more. I won't ever worry about it again.

Diaper head

When my mom and dad were watching the Super Bowl Kayla needed a diaper change, so I took a clean diaper and put it on my head like a helmet. Miles was in the bathroom, so I went and showed him and he laughed! It was funny.

Dad has put on new door knobs in our house. I don't really like the new ones because I don't like the shape. It looks kind of weird, being egg shaped, and the circle ones are easier to open. I also like the gold color better. Mom and Dad decided to change them even though I tried to tell them about perceived obsolescence. Why did they change them?


BEFORE:

AFTER:

Dad and I were playing puzzles and having a good time. I like putting puzzles together because I like the puzzle shapes.

We made costumes at school and we were all penguins because we are learning all about them. I have learned that they live in Antarctic, they eat fish, and my teacher has read a book to us called "Mr. Poppers Penguins".

Can God MAKE you do something?

I asked my Mom if Satan could MAKE you do something. She said, "No, he just tries to influence our decisions." Then I said, "The only person who can MAKE you do something is God, right?"
"Why do you say that?" said my mom.
Here is the story:
A long time ago I was about to sneak something. Then God made me so I didn't do it. He did it by talking to my mind. I'm glad that that happened. I think it was cool.
I also asked my mom how I was supposed to be like Jesus. I got really sad and started to cry. I explained to my mom that I was upset because I was afraid to die on the cross like He did. Now I know that only one man did that. There is one Savior for us all. I can't wait to see what people do in heaven.

Here are some pictures of me writing 10 times, "I will treat Miles kindly"

Volcano!

The other day we made volcanoes. When we made volcanoes, we made them out of playdough. We cooked them, then we put them outside in the backyard to make them hard. We painted them with our paints then put dinosaurs all around the volcanoes. To make them explode, we put a toilet roll in the middle, then spooned some baking soda in the bottom. A few drops of food coloring next to make red lava. Then we got some vinegar and poured it in. It exploded! It worked several times and was really interesting.

Later my dad explained why it exploded. When the acid from the vinegar gets on the soda it makes carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide makes the bubbles, making the volcano explode!

If you want to try it, I would say do it, and you can tell me about it on your blog. (If you have one).




Kayla cried the whole time.

Sledding at Mountain Dell

Saturday I went sledding with my Dad, Miles, Andersons, and Brenda and Trevor. It took a long time to get to Mountain Dell, so we ate lunch on the way and watched "Horton hears a who", that we got for Christmas. When we finally got there I got out and there was this little tiny mountain and I went down it on my sled, and it was okay fun. Then we went to a really really really big mountain. I was able to climb to the top by myself, I even went faster than my dad and Miles. The first time I went down I said, "Weeeeeeeeeee!" and it was a long ride. I met a boy named James when I was climbing up the hill, almost to the top. He said, "Hello, what is your name?" I said, "My name is Tyson. I'm having fun sledding! What is your name?" We went down the mountain and I didn't see him again. After sledding all day Brenda came and told my dad that her car was stuck. We helped her get her car unstuck, then we went back to sledding! My dad and I and Miles went down together. Then he tried to get us boys to flip over. Miles flipped over the second time he tried. I stayed warm because I was wearing my snow pants, jacket, boots, gloves, a Holman Orthodontics hat, and some cool blue goggles my dad bought for me. I love going sledding. On Saturday I'm going snowmobiling!

Christmas activities

A few days ago we decorated the Christmas tree. One of my favorite ornaments is a tree with a picture in the middle of me! My other favorites are ones that play Christmas music. We have some Christmas window stickers. We have two gingerbread men. Me and my brother, Miles, we like to make the gingerbread men talk and go inside the candy house. We have a sticker candy house too. I'm going to tell a joke. What did the gingerbread house say to the gingerbread men? Here is what he said. Why do you have a chimney and I don't? How come? Okay, no reason.


At my school we had a Christmas program for all the parents. We did the poem "I took a lick of my peppermint stick" and many Christmas songs. I liked it when we sang to our principle, Mrs. Anderson. Some kids wore green bow ties and some wore red. Our teacher had made them out of paper and glitter. I like singing because it's fun. In these pictures I'm the one in the blue shirt.