by Alex

Hi, my name is Alex, and I am almost ten years old. When I grow up, I want to be a zookeeper. My brother Caleb wants to work in my zoo. I have a pet gecko named Stripe. He eats crickets. My favorite game to play is stratego, and my favorite books to read are Freddy the Pig books, but I read lots of different books. This is the best picture I ever took of my gecko.

March 28, 2009 Dad let me get three dollars out of my bank account. I bought some candy with it and sold it. Then I bought more candy with the money I made from that and at the end of the day I had over $14 so I made $11 just by selling candy.

p.s. I’ll have pictures soon.

April 7, 2008 Today Mom let Caleb and I ride our bikes to Hill n Dale park and we caught a 2 foot long garter snake. It bit me two times, once on the chin and and the other time on my thumb. It’s not poisonous and it didn’t even puncture the skin and its acting like its poisonous. I will catch it again and Mom or Dad can take a picture of me holding the snake.

_______________July 5, 2007 I took all these pictures of my Narnia Stratego and made this slideshow all by myself after Mom uploaded the pictures for me.

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I filmed my gecko outside on the driveway. Mary and Caleb are talking. A car went by. You can hear it.

April 10, 2007
I got a watch and some books for my birthday and we had apple pie instead of cake. I have been wanting a watch for a long time, but I couldn’t have one until I knew how to tell time. I know now. I asked for apple pie.

February 12, 2007
I beat mom in clue ! Mom has been beating me in clue for a long time (master detective)

January 26, 2007
Man O’War was the fastest race horse in the world. He won 20 out of his 21 races. He won $249,465 in prize money. He was foaled on March 29, 1917. His sire was Fair Play. He died in November 1947. Thousands of people went to his funeral. He is buried in the Horse Park in Lexington, KY. Man O’War is one of my favorite horses.

January 22, 2007
Today, I did an activity from my math book. I poured water in a measuring glass until it was 1 liter. Then I poured it into a 1 liter cup. Then I got a pail and a bowl. I guessed how much the pail would hold. 2 liters? No, 3. Then I poured 1 liter of water in the bowl. It was full.

December 21, 2006
I’m so excited. I beat my Dad in Stratego a couple nights ago.

December 12, 2006
Stratego is my favorite game. I beat almost everybody I play (except for Colin, Grampa, and dad.) My dad found a website for stratego. It has strategy on it for playing. I like it. You should see it.

November 24, 2006
Yesterday was Thanksgiving. The Burghers came over. Jonathan, Caleb, and I played fort for a long time. I took a turkey leg. I could not eat it all. It was too big.