A Lump of Cole

Football

2008-11-08T07:22:00.000-08:00

I'M Back

2008-05-04T18:02:00.000-07:00

I am sorry I have not written anything in a long time I have been very busy with school and lots of things.

First I am a full black belt now. I received my final black belt about 3 months ago. I have not been back to Tae Kwon Do since then. My Mom wants me to go back but I don't.

I have been on another R Family cruise. I went with my Mom and Payton and Janee'. My Dad had to stay home. We went to the Mexican Riveria, this is a picture of me in the pool and digging in the sand in Mazatlan.

My sister Fauve had a baby 3 weeks ago I am an Uncle now. This is my Dad with the baby her name is Kyra sounds like Tyra. I babysat her just last night.

Right now I am playing soccer. I like it but I like to play baseball too. I may do that next year. Football starts again in the summer. This summer I am going to space camp with my Grandma. it is in Hutchinson, Kansas. I will write more about it later.

My sister Janee' is now at Savannah College of Art and Design. She is doing really well in school she has lots of cool pictures. I have added some that I like.

This is her self portrait for art class.

I had my first Communion today at Church. It was pretty cool but the wine really tastes bad. My Godfather Bob came and so did his partner Michael. Michael comes 3 days a week to take care of my sister Payton and me while our parents are at work. He helps me with my homework and plays with us.

I will try to right more later this week.

Goodbye

Summer Time

2007-06-12T14:21:00.000-07:00

Sorry it has taken me so long to blog. I had a busy school year.

I am now done with school and will be going to 3rd grade next year.

I have had a lot going on since I last wrote.

In February our family went on the R Family cruise. We had so much fun! I liked the slide on the boat and playing on the beaches the most. This is a picture of the boat from the private island we stopped at. We had football camp on the island.

I also got my deputy black belt. This is a picture of me doing a flying jump side kick over my friend to break the board. This was my first test after my black belt to get a first degree. I am having another test at the end of this month to work on my black belt some more.

Memorial Day weekend we went to see our friends up in WI. Mitch and I played all weekend. It was cold but we had a good time at their cabin.

My sister Janee' graduated from High School a few weeks ago. We had a party last weekend and my friends Chrisanne and Alex came to the party. My new friend Paul came also. He was so much fun he stayed with us all weekend. He does lots of voices and he would bark at our dogs and it sounded just like a real dog. Oh that is right we have 2 dogs now. We have Moo she is a miniature Shih Tzu. She is really cute!!

Bill played catch with me at the party I caught the ball 44 times. He said I had a good arm. I am going to practice football more.

2007

2007-01-05T15:37:00.000-08:00

It is 2007 and I have done so much already this year.

We got 10 inches of snow on one day in December and we haven't had any snow since. This is me playing in the snow with my sister and Gus.

The Intrepid is moved now and is in NJ being worked on and fixed. They moved the submarine that was there and the Concorde also.

I tested for my second degree red/black belt and passed. The next test I take will be for my black belt. That will take awhile I have a lot more to learn first.

We had Christmas and that was so much fun. Santa brought us all lots of presents. This is a picture of my sister and I going to see Santa. He isn't the real Santa he is Santas helper. The real Santa has to stay at the North Pole getting the presents ready.

My favorite gift was from my Great-Grandma the storm-Laucher. My friend Mitch got one too, we took mine to Minnesota and played with them there. My sister Payton's favorite gift was the big barn for all her horses. She has a lot of horses that she plays with every day. She wants a real horse but we don't live on a farm.

We went to my new friends house in Minnesota two times already. I have a good time there. The first time we were there was the weekend before Christmas. Esera gave me lots of cool gifts. He gave me a helmet, his football picture and his book that he signed and he also gave me 3 of his rookie cards. I have put them all up in my room. I like going to visit him, Mitchell and their children they are all a lot of fun. We were there for New Years and on New Years Eve it snowed so we got to do some sledding on New Years but not to much because we didn't have our snow pants. I got soaked!

My next trip is to LA I am going to see my friend Alex. We are going to do lots of fun things but I am really excited Alex said we could go to Disney! I have never been to Disney I am so excited. My Mom and I are going to fly there we will be there 2, 1/2 days and 3 full days. Maybe I will be able to see the Ocean or the Queen Mary. That would be fun to. It will be fun just to see Alex and Chrisanne, Chrisanne and I can talk all about the Titanic. I am going to bring Ghost of the Abyss it is about the Titanic we started to watch it once but Chrisanne was tired and had to go home. She likes the penquins from Madagascar too, we watched their Christmas DVD but ours was scratched.

Today I have to take my dog to training. It is really to train me not Gus.

November 2006

2006-11-13T15:23:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone,

I am sorry that I have not been able to blog lately but I have been very busy with 2nd grade and all the things I am involved with.

I just finished my football season. It was flag football and we had a good season, I was a lineman and once I got to be the quarterback. I liked playing, next year I am going to play tackle football. Our coach gave us a signed picture of Jeff Zgonia from the Dolphins he is a tackle. They played together at Purdue, my coach use to play pro-football too, but I can't tell you who he is so "the freaks can't find us." That is what my Mom says. Freaks are bad people! My Mom and Dad met a new friend his name is Esera Tuaolo, he and his partner were on the same cruise with my Mom and Dad. Esera also played professional football and I am going to meet him, Mitchell and their kids. He was on TV last week with his partner and their children. I can't wait to meet them and have new friends. We may go on a cruise with all of them this summer. I want to do that!

Thursday my friend Alex was on Grey's Anatomy! I was so excited to see her on the show, she was on the whole show. She was on two days in a row. They never do that! I am going to go see her next year and we are going to go to Disney Land. I am so excited. I want to go now! Alex is my good friend, I wish she didn't live so far away but now I have somewhere nice to visit.

This year I have also been taking Tap and Hip Hop class, we are already getting ready for a recital and that won't be until school is over. We are learning a lot of dances for the recital. I hope all my friends and family will come, or maybe not that is a lot of people. I may get nervous.

I had a Tae Kwon Do competition this past week. I am a Red/Black belt now and I got 2 third places in form and board breaking. I use to always get first but it is hard now that I am a higher belt.

For Halloween I was Darth Vadar, and my sister was Sleeping beauty, I don't have pictures yet because my Mom and Dad were on a cruise for Halloween, but when we get them I will post them. I went trick or treating with my friend Zack, that was a lot of fun. We always play together and we were on the same football team. We use to do hockey together but this year Zack is doing basketball instead.

I start hockey again tomorrow. Since football is done I needed to do something else with my time. I like hockey, it is fun. It isn't real hockey it is just learning about skating and things.

One last thing my Grandpa found out they are moving the Intrepid. That is the Aircraft Carrier we went on the train to see last summer. They are going to close it for a year and take it to NJ. I want to see it when it is all done.

Well that is about it for now. Sorry I haven't been blogging lately I will try to do it more.

July

2006-07-10T16:57:00.000-07:00

I have been so busy this summer that I have not found time to write.

I have already been in 3 camps. Soccer, Bulls Basketball and Sailing. This week I am in regular basketball camp in the morning and flag football in the afternoon.

I am still doing Tae Kwon Do. I have gotten my red belt now.

My big sister Janee' went to prom. This is a picture of her and Steve her boyfriend.

My Mom is starting her own business. She is doing a lot of work but it makes her crabby at times. She said she has so much to do before September.

I went to see Wicked last week. It was really good I liked it. There were a lot of people at the theater. I am also going to see my friend Alex. She is in Seussical the Musical I am not sure what day I am going yet because my Mom is so busy we may have to go on the weekend.

I have not seen Alex since she was here for the circus so I want to go see her soon! I have seen Chrisanne she comes for dinner after work.

Gus is doing good, he bites a lot because he is a puppy but he is going to go to training tomorrow. Maybe he will be better after he goes to class.

Well today is my Grandpa's birthday he is 73. I am going to go to his house for ice cream cake. I don't like real cake so I bet they got ice cream cake for me.

I will try to write more soon.

Cole

Mid-May

2006-05-18T08:55:00.000-07:00

Lots of stuff has happened during the last month. First I probably will be only updating monthly because I am so busy.

The last US Survivor of the Titanic died this month. Lillian Gertrud Asplund was 5 when the Titanic sank. Her father and 3 brothers died during the sinking of the Titanic and her mother died on the 52 anniversary of the sinking. One of the brothers that died was her twin. They were 3rd class passengers. There are only 2 survivors left they are both in England. One is Barbara Joyce West she was 10 months old when it sank and the other was Elizabeth Gladys Dean she was 9 weeks old when it sank. She was the youngest survivor.

We went to Michigan again to see Steve and Bonnie. Janee' had a fitting for her prom dress but we are not allowed to see it until prom. We took Gus and we flew kites and had fun!

I got my Brown belt and my Mom got her Orange belt at the end of April. Only 3 more belts until black but I have to test Red Black 3 times so it is really 6 more tests. My teacher is going to Korea this summer to get his 10th degree black belt. That is as high as you can go. He does his testing in front of the Tae Kwon Do National Federation. It is very hard, that is why he is a GRAND Master not just a Master.

This is a side kick to break the board.

My Dad got a new used car, my sister got a new used car. My Mom is buying lots of used cars, she says they are a better deal and we have to save money. But my Dad's car is really cool it is a sports car. This is a picture of it, it looks just like this car.

This summer I am doing a lot of sports camps. I have golf once a week all summer, 2 weeks of soccer, 2 weeks of basketball and one of those weeks is Bulls basketball camp. A week of Chicago bears football camp, a week of baseball camp, a week of sailing and a week of dance camp. I may add one more week of sailing in August if I don't have anything else going on,and one more week of dance camp but it depends if I like it or not.

Gus is doing well, he will be 14 weeks today, or 3 1/2 months. He bites a lot because he is a puppy. My little sister never leaves him alone, so she gets lots of bites. I like him to sleep with me but his favorite place is still with my Dad.

My Mom had to add a special thing if you post a comment because I have been getting a lot of junk comments. Spam I guess but I don't understand. They are not my friends.

April Showers

2006-04-10T13:17:00.000-07:00

Sorry it has been awhile since I have written. I have been busy and my Mom has been on vacation. She went on a cruise with Amy and then she went with my Dad and older sister to Mexico. I didn't get to go anywhere. She said she is going to take me on a vacation soon.

My Pappy Mike came to stay with us one week that my Mom was gone. He took me to all my things and he painted my closet and did things around the house. Then Dorothy came to stay with us during spring break. She lives in Columbus, Ohio I may go see her this summer.

I took baseball class during spring break at my school. I liked it. I hit the ball during practice and a game. I want to play on a baseball team this summer. Right now soccer has started we have had 2 games. We tied one and we lost one. In a few weeks Mom is going to sign me up for flag football. That will start in August right before school starts. I have stopped hockey for a little while until soccer is over.

My older sister plays water polo, she gets hurt all the time the girls are mean when they play. She usually gets a goal in most of the games but right now her shoulder hurts a lot. Her season is over this week so I will be going to a lot of games this week.

This Saturday I am going to be testing for my brown belt. I will have to do my form, a combination kick and my self defense move. Once I get my brown belt I only have 2 more belts until I get my black belt. I may have my black belt before the end of the year.

The most exciting news I have, is for Easter I got a new puppy. His name is Gus and he is a puggle that is half beagle, half pug. Here is a picture of him protecting my Dad while he sleeps.

This weekend my Mom and Dad went to Dallas for a day to see one of their friends. Grandpa came to stay with us. Dallas is in Texas. I sang in church today, it was my last time for awhile. Church choir stops during the summer.

I have to finish my homework now. Saturday was earth day and I have to do things about recycling.

I will write more next weekend after I do my test.

Alex's Show

2006-03-08T18:21:00.000-08:00

Last night I went to see Alex's show with my Mom and my Grandma.

I got my haircut and a new suit for the show, because I think you should look nice for the theater and for your friends. (My friend Amy says that is because I am a renaissance man, I don't know what that means, but Mom says she is right.) My friend Alex thought my suit was blue but it was black with a small strip. My Grandma drove us to the theater and she got lost, but we still got there on time.

Mom told me it was kind of a circus and Alex was also going to sing. When the show started guys came down on ropes right behind me and everyone was kind of running around on stage doing silly things. Alex kept trying to start the show but all the circus people kept interrupting her.

There was a crazy Karate guy, but I don't think that was real karate it was not like my Tae Kwon Do. He jumped through real knifes and set something on fire and jump through them again. There was a girl in blue who was an acrobat. She was very bendy. She worked with a guy who lifted her and threw her in the air.

In between all the circus acts Alex would sing a song and sometimes when she was singing they would perform. Alex sang a cool song with a guy who did beat box and Russ played the piano.

After the show I got to meet Mitchell, he was the funniest guy in the show and a good dancer and he did some circus tricks also. Mitchell says he reads my blog, Hi Mitchell! You were good last night!

Mitchell introduced me to the jugglers and I got their autographs and I got autographs of some of the other people too. I also got to meet Julie she was a worker in the show but really she does circus stuff too. She gave me a shirt, Alex told me she owns the circus in real life. It was really big on me so I used it for a night shirt.

After the show Alex came out and talked to me for awhile and then we went home. Everyone should go see the show Alex is the best!

My Weekend

2006-02-28T20:22:00.000-08:00

This weekend I had a lot to do.

On Friday I went to my church for free play for 2 hours. When I was at church my Mom took her first Tae Kwon Do test to get her yellow belt. She is way behind me. I went to class with her on Presidents day. I was the senior belt in the class. It was just my Mom and me we had a good time with Master Kim.

On Saturday I took my test for my blue belt.

I had to do my purple belt form and break a board. I broke my board with a fly jump side kick.

This is a picture of someone doing that kick. After Tae Kwon Do I went to my hockey class. Then we went to see a house that Mom and Dad might buy it is really big!

Sunday I had a birthday party to go to. It was like Dave and Busters with lots of video games but it was different. We were there early so we were the only kids in the whole place. We got to play for a long time on the games. My favorite game was, Star Wars. I got to pretend I was on a speeder bike and I was a Jedi fighter. After we played games we had hot dogs and cake and then it was time to go home.

We stopped at my Grandparents house and I helped my Mom put something together and then I played with my train for awhile.

We may be moving to a new house so we have been packing and cleaning for the last few days. I put almost all of my toys in boxes because I want to have a clean room so the house will sell.

Two weekends ago Janee' was suppose to jump in the water but it was to cold for her to do it. She is suppose to do it again in March. That same weekend my sister and I got to go to the Enchanted Castle. We met Paul and Boyd there, they brought their nephews and we had fun playing games and indoor miniature golf.

My Mom's birthday is Saturday. She is going to see Alex's show and then next week I get to see it. I am really excited Mom said Alex flies through the air on ropes. That will be funny.

I am tired now. My friend came over and we played today, then I had to do my homework. That is why I am going to bed so late.

More later Cole

Happy Valentines Day

2006-02-14T18:02:00.000-08:00

Today is Valentines Day we had a party at school. This is a short week for us so I don't have a lot of homework so I can write.

This past weekend. My Mom and my sisters and I went to visit Bonnie, Stephen and Kirk. We stayed at Stephen and Kirk's house and had a good time. We were only there for a few days. We took the train to get there and that was fun. It was a 4 hour ride not long like when I went to New York with my Grandpa.

Friday night we got to Michigan and Bonnie picked us up at the train. We didn't do much Friday night because we were going to have a big day on Saturday.

Saturday morning I helped Stephen cook breakfast. We made egg mcmuffins. After breakfast we got ready to go to the Henry Ford Museum.

I had a lot of fun at the museum there were planes, cars and trains all inside. This is a picture of the car that JFK got shot in.

My friend Chrisanne would really like this museum like I did. She is really in to history. Rosa Parks bus was there and so was the limo that Reagan and Ford dove in to when they got shot at. They use to be presidents too!
Here is a truck trailer with my name on it!

There is a lot more at this museum and a whole outdoor part that I didn't get to see because it was cold. We are going to go back again in the summer.

After the museum we went home for lunch and then we went to Bonnies house. Payton and I went to Bonnies house while Janee', Stephen and Mom went to look for a prom dress for Janee'. That would be boring but the picture of her dress was pretty!

This is the cake I decorated for my Mom.

Kirk made us all spaghetti for dinner it was good!

Sunday morning Kirk made us pancakes from scratch and bacon. I ate a lot of bacon! Then we had to pack and take the train home. It was a short visit. Next time maybe we can go longer.

Mom said my friend Alex is going to have a show in Chicago and we are going to go see it. Mom said it is called a circus but not with animals.

That is all for now this weekend Janee' jumps in the water for the special olympics! I am going to watch her freeze and not go to hockey.

My day off

2006-01-24T17:46:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I did not have school so when Mom said we were having company I wanted to plan the night. We were having our friend Chrisanne come over, for dinner after she got off work. My Mom told me that Chrisanne was having a birthday this week and since Alex is in California I wanted to have kind of a birthday party for her.

Mom went to work for awhile and then she came home and got me. We went to look at some houses because we want a bigger house. That got to be boring. But then we went to Deerfields to get a cake. Alex told Mom that Chrisanne likes chocolate and mousse so I found a cake that had both. It kind of looked like this but it had more chocolate shavings on top and they wrote Happy Birthday Chrisanne in red on a piece of chocolate.

Chrisanne sent a list to Mom on the foods she liked. Mom said she was just being silly but we planned a dinner around what she wrote.

We went to the store to get some iced tea, shrimp and red potatoes to boil. We took the food home and Then I went to Tae Kwon Do practice. When I got home from practice Chrisanne was waiting for us.

We had shrimp to start, then for dinner we had, chicken from Popeyes, green beans from Boston Market, and boiled red potatoes and dessert. My Mom says she doesn't cook she buys. (she did boil the potatoes) After dinner we put candles on the cake and took it out to Chrisanne. We all sang happy birthday.

My little sister had Chrisanne read to her and after dinner we watched the penguins Whacked-Out Holiday DVD. Chrisanne said she liked the penguins from Madagascar and didn't know they had another movie.

Chrisanne goes to work early so she left around 8 last night. We all had fun!

Chrisanne said I should write like a story so I am trying to do that.

Last thing for tonight and probably this week!! I told Janee' I would tell people about her.

My Sister Janee' is going to jump in the lake next month she is doing the Polar Bear Plunge. She and her friend Katie are raising money for special olympics! Please donate money for their team! She is going to be really cold! I am going to go watch, I will take pictures and put them up. It will be February 18. Janee' says thanks! I think she is crazy!

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2006

2006-01-13T05:43:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone!

My Mom told me my friend Alex had asked about my blogging so I thought I better write something. I have been very busy now that I am in 1st grade. I have homework and I can't stay up as late because I have to get up early for school.

I had a good Christmas, Santa brought me lots of toys! Steven and Bonnie got me a Lionel Set I really like it and I asked Santa for more parts and engines.

Santa called me at my Grandparents house because I forgot to send him a letter this year. I also got Star Wars things and lots of other toys.

On Christmas day, my Grandparents came over and we opened presents then for dinner we went to Freddy and Lances house. We had lots of fun and I played with Steve and I built airplanes with Bill. Before we left Freddy played piano and Amy sang Christmas songs. I was the conductor. My sister tried to play piano but she was only pretending, I was really conducting.

This year I started taking hockey skating lessons. I go to hockey with my friend Zack.

I am also now a purple belt. My Mom takes Tae Kwon Do too. But she is just a white belt. I am much better then her!

I have a new room now, it is the biggest bedroom. My older sisters have their own room and my younger sister and I share a room. We got bunk beds this week and some new storage for all our toys. Our room isn't all together yet so Mom says we have to do it this weekend.

I have to get ready for school now. I will try to write at least once a week from now on. I have a spelling test today and I need to practice once more time.

I am back

2005-09-19T19:09:00.000-07:00

I have been gone for awhile because I have been very busy and now I have to go to sleep early because I am in first grade.

Since I went on vacation I have started first grade and did some more things.

First I got my Orange belt a few weeks ago.

Then I was in a competition and I won a gold medal for board breaking.

I have also started soccer I like it but I am not good.

I also started choir at church. I like it sometimes.

My sister and I had our birthdays this week. I turned 7. I had a big party with all my friends from school. It was at Dinorex it was a lot of fun. This is my big sister and little sister on one of the rides.

This is me breaking the pinata. Lots of candy and things fell out.

When we had a family party these were our cakes. I don't like cake so I got an ice cream cake. My sister wanted a purple princess cake so she got one.

I have to go to bed early now so I am not able to write late at night. I will try to write more.

My Week

2005-08-04T18:25:00.000-07:00

This was a fun week for me I had a lot to do all week.

I did my usual 3 days of Tae Kwon Do, then I had 3 days of sailing camp also this week. At sailing camp we went out on capri sailboats and another kind but I don't remember their names. I will have my Mom go look at what the other boats were called. They are small sailboats that are good for small lakes. We learned how to steer the boat, I was able to do it by myself. We didn't learn how to put up the sail only the big kids get to do that. The class was just for 5-7 year olds. I wish it was for more then 3 days. 3 days is not enough time to learn everything.

On Tuesday night I went to Grant Park Movie festival with my Mom. We met Alex and her partner Chrisanne and a bunch of their friends. My Mom and I took the El downtown and then a taxi to the movie. We had a bunch of food and drinks. I played a "I Love Lucy" game. I don't know what the show is, so Alex was my partner, because she knows all about Lucy. Alex had to recite the whole Vitameatavegamin sales talk. She knew it all by heart, my Mom had to read hers.

My Mom said that is because Alex is a freak about Lucy. Like I am a freak about transportation. We did not win the game because we let Alex's friend win. But we had the most cards and money he just rolled the dice better. But we really won. After the game and talking we watched a movie. It was ET. I have never seen it before and I really liked it, but we were close to the screen and it was really loud sometimes. After the movie we had to walk all the way back to the El because there were so many people you couldn't get a taxi. It was a long walk! We didn't get home until after midnight but I had a really good time. Thanks Alex and Chrisanne for inviting me. Chrisanne I hope you didn't get in to much trouble because you ate Alexs cookie. She doesn't like to share cookies.

Tomorrow we are taking the train downtown again. We are going to go to Freddy's house for the weekend. It is Market Days and we are going to do some fun stuff downtown. We also watched Charlie this week, that is Freddy's dog. Charlie is coming back next week because Freddy has to go to Key West to play the piano for Amy. It is like I have a dog some of the time. My younger sister calls Charlie her dog, but she knows it is Freddy's.

I will write about my weekend next week.

My Vacation

2005-07-19T19:30:00.000-07:00

I just got back from a vacation with my Grandpa. We took a train to New York City. It took 2 days to get to New York and we were there for the weekend. I went to get away from my baby sister and to see some ships.

The first ship I went to was the Intrepid Aircraft Carrier. It is a museum now. My Grandpa and I went all over the Intrepid. Next to it was the USS Growler. That is a submarine. My Grandpa couldn't go in the submarine because it has a small hatch and he was to big. I was the right size so I got to go in it by myself. We also got to go in the Concorde. That was right next to the Intrepid also. Here are some pictures of the Intrepid.

In this picture you can see the submarine. But it is an older picture so the Concorde is not there.

When we came home on the train we had a sleeper car. There is a bed like a bunk bed that I got to sleep in. It is on the wall and it has a handle that you pull it down with. Grandpa slept in the chairs because they turn in to a bed. The train ride home was long because the train was late leaving New York. I was suppose to be home at 9:30am this morning and we didn't get home until 2:30pm. By the time we got to my house it was 4:00pm I fell asleep in the car.

My younger sister is here she missed me a lot, but my older sister is at camp in Michigan. She comes home on Friday. She took a train too but her ride was not as long as mine.

Tomorrow I go back to Tae Kwondo, no more vacations for awhile.

My Weekend

2005-06-27T20:32:00.000-07:00

On Saturday I took my test to get my yellow belt. I passed my test and Master Kim said I will have my belt on Wednesday.

After class, I went to the store with my Mom and she bought me a light saber that changes colors. I can be Darth Vadar and Luke Skywalker at the same time.

Saturday night I went to my Grandma and Grandpa's. On Sunday Grandma took me and my sister to see people who had trains in their backyards. It was cool. The 4th house was fantastic they had lots of trains and different things. This is not the garden but it is kind of like what they had.

Summer Trip

2005-06-24T19:22:00.000-07:00

Tonight my Grandpa told me he planned a summer trip for me. We are going to take a train to New York and then we are going to see an aircraft carrier and take a boat around. Maybe I can go see a musical on Broadway. I didn't ask him about that yet. Then we are going to take another train and go to Washington D.C. for a day or two and see things. My friend Paul lives in Washington D.C. maybe I will see him there. After Washington D.C. we will take a train home. We will be gone about a week in July sometime. It will be a lot of fun!!

Tomorrow is my test for my yellow belt so I have to go to bed early.

My Week

2005-06-23T19:49:00.000-07:00

Yesterday in Tae Kwondo I broke a board with my fist. Master Kim held the board and I hit it with a super tight fist. If you make a super tight fist it will break in to five thousand pieces. My board broke in to 3 pieces when I hit it. The other kids boards just broke in to two. On Saturday I will have a test to get a yellow belt. I will have to show my form and maybe break a board again. I won't know until I get there.

Last Sunday my Grandma and Grandpa took me to see Lion King. This was the second time I went to see it. I thought some of it was new from the last time. A lot of it was the same as before. We sat in different chairs on the other aisle so I got to see different animals coming down. At the end I didn't see the big elephant only the little one. My 2 year old sister went with she really liked it. She cried at the intermission because she didn't want it to be over, she cried for more. She kept saying more Lion King more Lion King. We took the EL downtown to go to the theatre. I like to take trains, I liked trains before I liked ships.

This week I am in Vacation Bible School at church. We are going to have a show on Friday. My class is called the MirrorCats. It is suppose to be like a zoo.

Next week I start swimming lessons during the day.

That is it for me.

PS: I wonder when I am going to Great America?

Wednesday

2005-06-15T19:53:00.000-07:00

This week was my first week with out school. I found out that I take my test for my yellow belt on the 25th. I have to practice at home so I do well on the test.

Monday my Mom and Dad took me to get a new bike. It is a red and silver mountain bike with hand brakes and 7 gears. I will take a picture of it this weekend. It was hard to get use to at first but now I do better riding. I am learning how to change speeds on it. You have to be riding to do it. I took my bike yesterday to Grandma and Grandpas. I road it around their bike path for awhile and then I went on the street and through the puddle but I didn't get wet.

The End

This Week and Weekend

2005-06-12T20:05:00.000-07:00

This was my last week of school. I had 4 days of school this week. The last day was an outdoor picnic with the whole school. I am now going to be in the first grade when I go back to school.

Now I want to talk more about Titanic. Last night I watched Ghost of The Abyss with my friends Alex and Chrisanne. They had never seen it before. We didn't get to watch the whole movie because it was late and Chrisanne was getting sleepy.

I was reading my book tonight on how many people died. On the movie it showed the iron gates that kept the third class people from getting out. These numbers explain how many died and were saved by class.

First Class
Lost 130 Saved 199

Second Class
Lost 166 Saved 119

Third Class
Lost 536 Saved 174

Crew
Lost 685 Saved 214

More people on the crew were saved then in third class. Weren't the crew suppose to help everyone on the boat first before they saved themselves. It seems like only the people who paid a lot of a ticket got saved.

Tae Kwondo is tomorrow I may get a yellow belt this week. This will be the first belt that I go up to.

This weekend

2005-06-05T21:47:00.000-07:00

On Saturday my Grandma and Grandpa took me to the Botanic Gardens to see the trains. They had a diesel engine with smoke coming out of it. That was my favorite train. My cousin and little sister went with me. My sister liked the ladybug train. I don't know what my cousins favorite was. We walked around and saw a baseball field and their was people there to get married. It wasn't a good day for that they should have gone to the Queen Mary to get married because it started raining here when we left the Botanic Garden. I hope they were able to have the wedding inside, but not outside.

Today my Dad got the sprinkler out and I put it under the trampoline so when I jumped I got all wet. It was fun but my sister hurt herself jumping.

We turned on the airconditioner today because it was hot upstairs.

Spring is out and Summer is in. The end!

Going to Great-Grandma's

2005-06-02T20:17:00.000-07:00

I want to write about how I go to my Great-Grandma's for Halloween every year.
For the last 3 or 4 years I have been going to my Great-Grandma's house at Halloween time.

We go to the farm and have breakfast. Then we take a horse drawn wagon out to the pumpkin patch and I get to pick my own pumpkin.

Then I go and play in the hay maze. There is also a horse ride that I like to do by myself not with a wagon and we go in to the big farm to see what new animals have been born. The last time we were there they had baby pigs.

I like to go do this every year it is a lot of fun.

My new pet

2005-05-31T18:02:00.000-07:00

This is Spot

This is Spot's Home

Spot is my new pet he is a Box Turtle, we got him on Saturday. He likes to eat dandelions, apples, vegetables and all types of fruits. We got him some turtle snacks but he likes dandelions better. He is in the aquarium in my room on my video shelves. Sunday when my Grandma and Grandpa were over we let him out on the patio. My friend Anna came to see Spots. Spots spent the whole time under Grandpas feet and then he crawled over to my Mom. He takes a bath for 20 minutes every other day. He had his bath outside yesterday. Spots doesn't like to be upside down, it makes him nervous, he wiggles his hands and feet.

Yesterday my friend Alex was on TV. I didn't watch the whole movie but I watched the parts when she was on.

This weekend my Grandma and Grandpa are going to take me to see the trains at the Botanic gardens. My sister is going, but she doesn't like trains that much.

the end (Cole typed this)

New Site

2005-05-25T19:53:00.000-07:00

This is the Britannic underwater.

I hope you all like my new website. My Mom has learned how to add pictures, so now I will add pictures about the things that I am discussing. I tell her when to change the color of the words.

My friend Alex and her partner Chrisanne are coming to visit when Alex gets back from LA. My Dad said he is going to grill out when they come, he is a good cook. I want him to make me a burger, we will make steaks for everyone else.

Alex is going to work at The Shakespeare Theatre on Navy Pier. She is going to be in "Princess and the Pea" in the mornings for kids. I have seen this already she is a good Queen. Then at night she is in "Comedy of Errors." I have not seen this, it is for adults my Mom and my Grandma will be going with their friends. I think everyone should go see both. Don't forget Alex is going to be on TV Monday the 30th. I will remind you all when it gets closer.

The Queen Mary and others...

2005-05-23T16:50:00.000-07:00

On Saturday I went to the library. I told you I was going to research the The Empress of Britain but there were not a lot of books on it. From what I could find there were at least 3 ships called the Empress of Britain but only one of them wrecked.

My Grandpa told me about a ship that is in California, that use to be an Ocean Liner. It is called the Queen Mary. I found lots of books and videos on this ship so I am going to talk about the Queen Mary. The Queen Mary was a much bigger ship then the Titanic. The Queen Mary was over 1,000 feel long the Titanic was only 882 feet long. The Queen Mary almost weighed twice as much as the Titanic at 81,237 Gross Tons. The Queen Mary's life boats could hold 145 people the titanic could only hold 60. The Queen Mary was also used as a war ship during the war from March 1940 until September 1946. The Queen Mary had 1,001 crossings of the Atlantic until it was docked in Long Beach, CA. The Queen Mary's Rudder weighed 140 tons the titanic was only 101 tons. I am going to read more about the Queen Mary but it sounds like it is a very large boat.

My Papa told me that he may take me out to California this summer to see the Queen Mary and stay at it's hotel. To bad my friend Alex will be here this summer, but when she comes back to Chicago maybe she can tell me what I should see while I am in California. I think I want to stay for 2 weeks, I want to go to Disney Land.

Spiders and the library

2005-05-19T19:21:00.000-07:00

Today in school we learned about spiders. I learned that tarantulas are nice but some of them are poisonous. Tarantulas do not spin webs, some spiders go in underground holes.

I also had Tae Kwondo again today. I go three times a week. Today I got to spar at the end of class with a boy who is a black belt. It was no contact which means we just do the kick movements but not hit them. At the end of every class we have to say our home rules. I don't know mine by heart yet but I am practicing. I remember them when I see the sheet but I can't remember when my sheet is at home and I am in class. I am working on memorizing them every night.

Right now when I am telling my Mom what to write I am drawing pictures of ships. My Grandma said she is going to show me a picture of the ship my Great Grandparents went on for their honeymoon. When I find out what ship it was maybe I can research it.

I am going to the library tomorrow after school. I have to return my books and get some new ones. I get new ones and return old ones and get new ones and return old ones, it is like a pattern.

That's it for tonight more about ships this weekend.

Alex on TV

2005-05-18T20:06:00.000-07:00

Today I read my friend Alex' blog. She wrote about me again and that makes me happy she talked about the Home Rules I have to memorize. I keep asking my Mom when Alex is coming back for a visit. Alex told me June, which is next month. Alex will be on TV May 30th. She will be on ABC Family Channel the movie is called Romy and Michele: In the Beginning. I get to watch ABC Family so I will be able to watch the whole movie, I will even TiVo it. When I know what time it will be on I will let you all know.

Today was my second time at Tae Kwondo. Master Kim said I was doing a good job. I always have to say "yes Sir" or "no Sir" that is good manners. I have to also practice these manners at home and say "yes" not "yeah". "Yeah" is not good manners.

Tonight I have been playing with my little sister. When I was practicing Tae Kwondo at home she tried to do it. Now she is in the laundry basket and I am calling it her little boat. I road around the block tonight on my bike and my Mom pushed my sister in her stroller. Now it is time for us both to go upstairs. She will watch her Baby Einstein video and I will watch TV.

This and That

2005-05-16T19:12:00.000-07:00

I am not going to talk about ships today because I need to do some more research before I tell you about them. I am learning right now about the Empress of Britain. It was torpedoed during World War II. I will tell you more about this ship on another day when I have all the facts.

This weekend I learned how to ride my Dad's blue and silver electric motorcycle. I am pretty good at it. I have to wear a helmet and not go to fast. I only ride on the sidewalk. I stop when I go to fast and if I put it on low it doesn't go that fast.

We got our summer pool passes, and I am going to also take sailing lessons this summer. Maybe one day I will be the Captain of a big ship.

On Sunday I went to the store and picked out lots and lots of outfits for the summer. My Mom let me pick out anything I wanted. I am good at matching outfits. I also got a towel and bag that match's my new bathing suit.

Today I took my first Tae Kwondo lesson with Master Kim. It was a lot of fun I am going to go for an hour every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. I have to learn the Children's Home Rules for class. There are 10.

I shall show respect for my parents and family members at all times
I shall greet my parents and relatives when they enter the home and tell them good-bye when they leave
I shall be truthful at all times
I shall maintain a good relationship with my sisters
I shall help my parents with household chores
I shall keep my own room neat and clean
I shall keep my body, hair and teen clean at all times
I shall not interrupt adult conversations
I shall finish my homework and parents errands before playing
I shall show respect for teachers and peers at all times.

My Mom says these are good rules for everyone.

Tae Kwondo means foot, hand and art. Tae Kwondo's philosophy is to learn how to respect others, help others, be honest and always stand by the weak. (That means to help people who can't help themselves.) I will let you know how I am doing, I go back on Wednesday. You start with a white belt and then you move up to yellow green, blue, red and Black I will let you know more when I learn it.

Well I am off to watch a movie but first I have to brush my teeth. I hate to use toothpaste.

Cole

I'm Back

2005-05-12T18:13:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody,

I am sorry I wasn't blogging, cause I wanted to wait for my Mom to come back home. She was in Cancun with her friends and Dad. When they got back I got a shark necklace but it broke, Mom has to fix it tonight. I also got a T-shirt, some shells and a Maraca.

Tonight I want to talk about the Lusitania. The Lusitania sunk on May 7, 1915 it sank in only 18 minutes. There were 1,959 people on board only 764 lived.

There were many rumors about the Lusitania, like that it held gold bars in its hull. This was just recently proven untrue a few years ago by the Bank of England. What was in the hull was compartments stored with coal, which may have had something to do with how fast it sunk. (coal is kind of like my name but it is used to make some engines go and other things) What the passengers probably didn't know was the ship was built for a warship and a passenger liner that is why it had coal in it. Also in 1913 when it was in dry dock they put guns on it that were hidden below deck in case they needed it for war. There is also talk that there were a lot of explosives being shipped but it can not be proven.

The Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine that fired one torpedo. The question is there were two blasts during the sinking. What made the other blast. It was thought that it was caused by the ammunition that the boat may have carried but in 1993 Ballard filmed the wreckage and felt that the second explosion was also caused by the torpedo. The thing I find interesting about this ship is there were a lot of people that tried to salvage this ship but nothing was really found of much value. This may have to do with the Royal navy sending down divers in 1948. They never said what they were doing there. Also captain Turner did not go down with the ship. He got in a lot of trouble later. He should have gone down with the ship like other Captains did.

Been Busy

2005-05-04T14:13:00.000-07:00

My Grandma Bella is typing for me today, she and Pappy Mike came on Daddy's Birthday the 29th. We had cake and sang Happy Birthday. Mommy and Daddy went to the airport on Saturday and went to Cancun for a few days So Bella and Pappy Mike are watching Payton, Janee and me til the 8th and then Grandma Liz will be taking over. We had a surprise visitor, Fauve, she came home, I hope she stays. This is very short I'm, just is too busy to dictate, all my readers will just have to forgive me. Love, Cole

Birthdays and other things

2005-04-28T21:30:00.000-07:00

First I want to say Happy Birthday to my Grandma Paulette it is her birthday today and tomorrow is my Dad's birthday. So happy birthday to both of them.

Today I will start talking about my favorite ship. First did you know that the Captain of the Titanic, E. J. Smith was also the Captain of the Olympic when it crashed in to HMS Hawke. The Olympic did not sink but I think Captain Smith had a problem running in to things. Violet Jessup was a stewardess in first class when the Olympic had it's accident. She was then transferred to the Titanic. When the Titanic was sinking the officers were having problems getting the 3rd class people in to the lifeboats because they didn't speak the same language. One of the officers asked Violet to get in to the boat to show the other women what to do. She did that and was handed a baby by one of the woman when she got in. Violets lifeboat was the last to be rescued by the Carpathia. After the Titanic sank she was transferred to the Britannic and I told you what happened to her on that boat. If I were her I would not get on a boat.

My Grandpa reminded me that I forgot to tell people that I ride my bike with out training wheels now. I never wanted to try and one day I just did it with out practice. I was born to ride. My Mom thinks it is funny when I say that. She said she is going to buy me a shirt with that on it.

Today in school we learned about pediatrician they are doctors that help kids and babies. I go to one but not that often because I don't usually get sick.

Thanks and More

2005-04-27T18:59:00.000-07:00

Thank you to all my friends and family and new friends that made comments on my blog. I really liked hearing my Mom read them.

Before I talk about the Britannic I would like to talk about my day in school. Maddie's Dad came to school to talk to us about "Stranger Danger". He is a policeman and a fireman. He gave Maddie badges in bags to put in our cubbies. He told us if someone we don't know comes up to us and says "I have a dog in my car that is sick and needs to go to the vet will you help" they are bad and we should run away and get another adult. He said if I saw a friend and his Mom I should ask his Mom to help. He told us about what he wears and the different vehicles that policeman and police girls use. They use cars, bikes, motorcycles, helicopters, rollerblades and horses.

About the Britannic: The Britannic was a sister ship to the Titanic and the Olympic. It was built to be like the Titanic but in 1915 she was made in to a hospital ship for the war. When she was on her way to a hospital she was hit with an explosion. They are not sure if it was a torpedo or a mine. She was hit in the same space the Titanic was, but she sank really fast, in 55 minutes. Only 30 people on the Britannic died. They did not drown the were in a life boat, but because it sunk so fast the life boats were sucked in to the propellers. Everyone was all chopped up. That is pretty gross, their brains and everything were chopped up.

What I thought was also interesting was that Violet Jessup made it through the Titanic sinking and she was on the Britannic too. She jumped overboard but was knocked out when a lifeboat hit her head. Someone pulled her up and saved her. She was also on the Olympic when it was in a collision with another ship.

Thank you Uncle Brian for the web site on the Andrea Doria. I will look that boat up when I go to the library this weekend.

Thanks to everyone else for your comments and please let me know if you think there might be something out there that I would like to read, watch or look up.

My First Entry

2005-04-26T18:15:00.000-07:00

Hi I am Cole and I live close to Chicago. I am 6 years old and I am in Kindergarten. I should be in first grade but I have a late birthday so I couldn't go when I turned 5.

My friend Alex told me that I should start my own blog because I write to her all the time. So my Mom and Dad are letting me start one.

http://www.alexandrabillings.com This is my friend Alex. She is actually my Mom's friend but I have seen her in some musicals and on TV. She is really good! She was on the "Doctor Show" this year (ER). I can't watch it because it is bloody, but my Mom let me watch Alex when they showed her. She put a bunch of stuff about Titanic on her website for me. I really like the Titanic and I will try to talk about that and other things that I like.

I am really in a Titanic mood lately and I go the library once a week so I can get new books. I can't read them all but my Mom reads them to me and I can figure most things out from the pictures.

Some other things that I like are Theodore the Tugboat, Airplanes, Jets for the Air Force Trains, any kind of boats, Army Tanks and Boats for the Navy especially aircraft carriers with Jets on them. I also like Submarines.

I was in my first musical this weekend at church we did "100% Chance of Rain". We just sang a few songs and then there was a game fair after the musical. My Mom bought me tickets to play games. I scored a goal in the game basketball and got a whistle my Mom is going to take the whistle away from me if I don't stop blowing it in the middle of the night. Now I can't find it I keep losing it in my room. I also played golf at the fair and I did the moon jumper. I was also able to buy a lollipop and popcorn and I won prizes in a few games.

Well that is it for me for tonight. Tomorrow I will tell you all about the Britannic and how and why they think it sank.

Please let me know what you think about my post.

Cole