Liam's bored

My dad came up with a new rule that I don't like. The new rule is that for every 30 minutes of screen time I get (watching TV, playing video games or doing computer stuff), I have to do 30 minutes of one of the following activities:

1. Reading
2. Art (painting, drawing, sculpting, or photography)
3. Writing (stories, poems, or blog stuff)
4. Playing music (singing songs or playing instruments)

I think my dad is mean.

P.S. The fourth one I really hate.

My brother's new blog

My little brother just started his own blog, Carter's Adventures. He's just getting the hang of this stuff ... I'll give him some pointers.

The Three Little Pigs (Remix)

Once upon a time, there were three pigs. Their names were Liam, CrazyHead and Bill.
They worked as letter carriers in Crazyville, Florida.
One day, they did a very bad job. Their boss, Mr. Carter, fired them. They lost their house, so they decided to camp out in the woods in a tent.
Ten miles from their camp, they found a cave. In the cave was a wolf. The next day, the wolf came to eat them, and they all ran and screamed.
The pigs called the police on their cell phones, and the police came and arrested the wolf.
And then, they lived happily ever after.
The end.

- a story by Liam Ackerbauer

"William and the Magic Seeds," a story by Liam A.

Once upon a time, there was faun named Liam who was sick. Someone came to help. His name was William.

The faun told William he could help him. He gave William instructions.

"Go to a cave and you'll see a sign saying 'DON'T COME IN OR YOU WILL BE EATEN BY A DRAGON!!!'" the faun said. "Sneak past the dragon and you will find a yellow flower that has magic seeds. Bring me four of the seeds."

William went to the dragon's cave, and he sneaked past the dragon, who was asleep. Then he grabbed the flower and left the cave.

He went back to Liam's treehouse. He shook the flower and ten seeds fell out. The faun took four of the seeds and baked them into a pie. Then he ate the pie, and he was cured.

William gave the left-over seeds to the beavers and his other friends, and then he went back to his home.

The end.

Science Fair at Jansen

Last week, we had a Science Fair at Jansen Avenue Elementary. I did a project on "vermiposting," which is composting with worms. Uncle Chris helped get me set up with a batch of 10 red wigglers. Thanks, Uncle Chris!

Boat trip to Lily Lake

We took a boat trip to Lily Lake last weekend. Skippy came with us! The fall colors were out in full force. Here are some pictures from the outing:

Summertime!

Party time!

Graduation!

Our kindergarten graduation was pretty cool. We sang songs and got diplomas!
The kindergarten class was great. Mrs. Veit was a wonderful teacher, and I will miss her next year.
Now I'm ready to go to the next grade.
Scroll down to see a video of our Graduation Song.

"We want to be a part of it -- first grade, first grade!"

Nature hike

Today, Mommy and Daddy took me and Carter on a hike in the woods. We walked to the fish hatchery pond and kept going toward Stewart Lake.
We found a baby frog, a baby salamander and two snails. Carter and I put them in our little cages for awhile, but we set all the critters free before they got motion sickness.

Here are some pictures from our adventure:

Songwriting superduo

Daddy and I like to make up silly songs.

Carter's gallery tour

Daddy took Carter to a gallery today. They took some pictures.

Frosty the Snowman

We're on Christmas vacation!

Today, Mommy helped me make a snowman.









We also worked on spelling words. I typed these:

cat

hat

Liam

Christmas wishes, according to Liam

Happy Birthday to Grace

Here's my family -- Mommy, Daddy, Carter and me -- singing "Happy Birthday" to my cousin Grace, who lives far, far away in Florida. We also sing "Sto Lat," which is a Polish folk song whose words translate to something like this:

"Good luck, good cheer, may you live a hundred years.
Good luck, good cheer, may you live a hundred years.
Good luck, good cheer, may you live a hundred years.
One ... hundred years!"

Fall photos

Arg! We were pirates for Halloween!












Carter's birthday cake, pirate-style, of course ...

Angry Beavers!

A story by Liam:

Once upon a time, there was a river heading to a playground that had all kinds of things to play on. It had a spinning wheel, and pets, and all kinds of things.

One time, a person built a bridge, and a beaver came and made a dam. Then some rescuers came and poked a hole in the dam and the water came through. The beavers were really mad!!!

They made a new dam and then a whole bunch of water came. Then they could swim.

The end.

Kindergarten

Here I am on my first day at kindergarten!

Goose gets in on the act

My little brother, Carter, heard about my blog, and now he wants to get in on the action. He told me and Daddy the following story while we were sitting in the car waiting for Mommy to finish grocery shopping:

Once upon a time, there was big lion swimming in the sea. Then, there was a pirate ship. The lion went sneaking on it, and the police came and took him to jail.

Then, there was a big pile of leaves on the ship, and it flew off because it was windy. They went everywhere!

All the pirates walked the plank.

The end.

My first story

Once upon a time, there was a lion named Lilly. He had five friends, Panda, Monkey, Tiger, Leopard and Giraffe.

One time, Giraffe had a stick. He made a party flag with the stick. He had a piece of paper and he began to draw: "Party Here at Giraffe's House! Be sure you come! Seven o'clock!"

His friends came for the party, and they brought lots of decorations. Panda came to the party, and he was in charge. New animals came to the party that they'd never seen before.

Then hunters came, with swords, and they tore the party up. The animals chased the hunters away and said, "Don't come back here any more."

The animals locked the gates, then they made the party all fancy again.

The end.