Elijah's 11th Lego Celebration

In Branson, Elijah did not have a birthday cake. Here he is with his Lego Birthday Celebration.

Elijah's Castle

Once upon a time in an old castle in England there lived a King, Queen and Prince. They had two brave knights guarding the castle and an archer who sat on the top of the castle. One day the King and Queen were having dinner when the Prince came in and said
“There is an army coming to take over the castle.” So the King ordered the two knights and the archer to be ready. They brought out the catapult as the army was arriving... But they did not know that someone was listening to everything that they said. A King’s servant was listening to their conversation.

As soon as the King and Queen were finished talking, the servant ran over to the enemy army and told the army the plans. But the Knight saw him running out and followed the servant. He knew the servant was a spy and he told the King.
When the servant returned he thought no one had noticed what he had done. So the servant went back to his work. Everyone in the castle however knew the servant was a spy so they threw him in the dungeon.

The enemy army arrived at the castle. The knights and archers were ready and fired their catapults and arrows. The knights ran into battle. By evening they had won and taken all the enemy prisoners and threw them all into the dungeon. From that day forward, no other enemy army would try to take over the castle because they knew they would loose. The End

- by Elijah, age 11

Silver Dollar City

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Spring Break in Branson with Elijah's Birthday

Time For More Story Writing

Elijah made a Lego story at our house today. Who would like to write a story telling us what this is all about. Give the people names and tell us what is going on in the story. There is a lot of green in the story, so maybe there is some connection to St. Patricks Day..... Only you will know as you write your story!
There is a prize. You have 4 1/2 days to create your story. Deadline is March 18 at midnight. You can click on the picture to see everything larger and more clearly. There are nine of you. ..... Start thinking.
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Grover the Grasshopper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEhlnN-PrxY

Sydney and Papa have a bed time story session. They both take turns in the story chair.

Sydney's Turn in the Story Chair -- Crist The Beetle

Papa finishes up with a Beetle crawing up his arm and then Sydney is ready for her turn in the Story Chair. This is the story of Crist the beetle and a porcupine.

Chased by a nameless porcupine.

The End.

How Many Cousins Get Snow in March?

What Do You Know About Eyes?

There is so much to learn. Let's think about our eyes for a few minutes. Our eyes are the 'looking glass' that shows who we are inside -- how we feel -- if we are telling the truth, if we really believe what we are saying....

Our eyes are so important. I would never want to loose my eyes. Here are your eyes ... well, I did add a few of your pets in the mix. Can you identify who is who?

Oh no! I thought I put all nine of you in the picture but there are only eight humans. I will add the other one separately. Tell me who I missed. Let's see how many you get right. http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/eyes.html

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Scharpf Photo Shoot

We Have A Winner for the Panda Riddle/Story

Out of 9 of you, we had 4 entries in our Game/Riddle Story. Papa and I both loved your stories. They are all great. All of you got the picture right, it is a Panda hanging from a branch. I wondered if you would know Panda's are mostly from China. Elijah knew that their main food is bamboo. Did you know that they also eat meat but are too lazy to hunt for their prey. Maybe that is why there are only 1600 left in the entire world. It was funny that MO also eats vines and pansies.
Lily and Rosie had their Panda Pete and Panda Padame in the zoo because that is the only place we would ever see them here in the USA. I wonder how Rosie found her Padame in Iowa.
I loved Lily's rescue plan for Pete ... I bet Pete did not want to go back to the zoo.
How funny that Elijah's Pete Panda needed 5 monkey fire fighters to get him down and it took 8 hours. WOW!
Although she is the youngest entry, Sydney used her vivid imigination to write an interesting story that took little MO the Panda from that tree top, to North Carolina, and then all the way to Hawaii.
All of your stories were wonderful and well written.
Our anonymous judge says 1st place will go to Sydney while the other three run a close 2nd. All four of you will receive a reward for your job well done! Keep your imaginations working. There will be more riddles to come and hopefully all nine of your will participate in the future.

Sydney's Story for the Riddle Game

Panda MO jumped up there because he wanted to climb to his mommy in the jungle. There were lots of vines and food. There were pansies there too, pandas like to chew on them. He saw his daddy there. His papa was in North Carolina and grandma too. He had is own bed there, so he swung over to it in the middle of the night. His mommy and daddy could not find him in the morning, so they ate blueberries and then flew to North Carolina. And they saw baby panda walking with grandma and grandpa with blueberries in his hand and he saved two for his mommy and daddy. Then they all went to Hawaii. THE END.

by Sydney, age 5 years

Elijah's Entry to the Panda Riddle

After a long day of picking and eating
bamboo leaves, PETER, the Panda
decided to take a nap.
When he woke up he found
that he had rolled of
his bamboo bed and on to
a old branch and got
stuck there.
It took 8 hours and
5 monkey fire fighters
to get him down.
After they got him down
Peter Panda said he would get
a new bed, this time on the ground.
I hope you like my story from Elijah. Age almost 11

Lily's Panda Story

PETE the Panda escaped from
the zoo because he got
separated from his mom.
He had two sisters and
one brother.
He went into the forest
and climbed up a
tree and
went to sleep.
then some people went
camping and they
set up their camp right under
Pete the Panda.
The next morning they looked
up at the branch that
Pete the Panda was on.
Then they called the zoo and
Pete the Panda went back home.
THE END .... by Lily Age 9

Rosie's Padame The Panda Story

PADAME, the Panda
Hung from a branch in
the Iowa zoo at eight o'clock am. till
two o'clock pm.
because she was sleeping
then she woke up and
went to play with her
friends.
By Rosie. Age almost 7

Last Day to get your Story Entries in

Remember the picture I posted six days ago for you to write a story about the picture? There is a prizefor all entries . Today is the deadline for your 'entry.' I'll be posting the stories tomorrow and also announcing the winner sometime tomorrow evening after I get off work.

Devin's Thank You Letter

Devin Wrote A Think You Letter for All of the Grandkids.

Remember this Day?

How old do you think you are in the picture. Look Rosie, is that your patch that Kayla is wearing. Who has not been born yet?

Don't forget to enter the Riddle Contest!

I just received my first story entry. It is from Sydney and it is good. Come on grandkids send in your stories. I will publish them as soon as all are in. Perhaps I need to set a deadline. Lets give it five days. That would be February 26th. Two days before Papa's Birthday.

A Guessing Game -- A Riddle

Here is a Riddle/Game. Look at the photo and write a story about the picture. In your story tell the

who

what

when

where

why

and make your story fun.

The winner will win a $10 gift prize and there will be prizes for every entry. Simply put your story in the comment space and sign your name. I will publish the stories for you.