International Blogging Challenge!

I joined an international blogging challenge and it is called Challenge Yourself to Blog.

Our first challenge was to write some reasons about why students and classes should visit my blog, and what they might learn on it.




Here are six reasons my blog is the place to be!

1. You can listen to me playing piano songs including Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Old McDonald!


2. I have exciting action shots of me playing my favorite sport, hockey!


3. I have a bunch of book reviews and comparisons in case you wanted to try one of the books out!


4. I have books I wrote myself with lessons that are important in life!

There is even a sequel!


5. I blog about my trips to many fun places!

6. I post about my adorable pets, Zoey and Lizzy.

How did you like the links?
I'd love to hear some comments about what you liked and what I could improve?

Playing Piano! Version Two (All Classic)

I love playing piano as I said in my first post about piano!

Since I didn't add these songs in my other post here are two I missed.

The first on is the Can Can by Jacques Offenbach.

Another song is the Minuet In G by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Do you play the piano?

What was your favorite song?

Playing Piano!

I play the piano, and it is made by Yamaha. Early January was the month I started taking lessons, and it is amazingly fun.

Here is me playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

Another song I like to play is Old MacDonald.

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My favorite song I like to play is called the Bridal Chorus by Richard Wagner.

What song did you like the most?

Do you play the piano?

How long have you been playing it?

Bruins Beat the Panthers 2-1 (I wanted the panthers). :(

During winter break my family and I embarked on a cross country trip to Delray Beach, Florida.


We flew at 10:00 P.M. on Christmas Day.


The most exciting thing we did was go to a Florida Panthers hockey game. It was at Bank Atlantic Center.

Up above is a picture of the outside of the Bank Atlantic Center.
Also, since we were in my grandma's Lexus car we got free parking because the Florida Panthers are sponsored by Lexus.

Before the game we got Papa John's pizza and we ate it in a little family section of the arena.

It was very exciting see one of my very favorite goalies, Tim Thomas. Even though he was on the other team ( The Boston Bruins), it was very fun to see him . It was cool to watch him stretch and play.

My Camera can zoom in a lot so I was able to see the face offs. Face offs are for deciding who will get the puck.

At the beginning everybody was happy because the Panthers took an early lead.

Sadly, the Bruins ended up winning 2-1. The Panthers were so close to scoring at the end.


That was very unexpected so I do not have a picture of that.


Have you ever been to a hockey game when the L.A Kings weren't playing? 
Which teams were playing?

The Small and Greedy Mouse Becomes A Nice Guy

Dear Reader,

As you know it is time for the telling of the second and last story about "The Small and Greedy Mouse." It is called" The Small and Greedy Mouse Becomes a Nice Guy."

To read the first book click here.

Please enjoy,
Ben

One beautiful summer morning Fred, known as the Small and Greedy Mouse, was packing his bags to leave for the Bad Habit Breaking Academy. He was nervous about leaving home for seven months. Fred regretted being such a greedy and spoiled mouse, but he knew he lost the contest to "Billy Bob" so he had no choice. After he finished packing he went outside and started waiting for the bus. As the big yellow and green bus pulled over, Fred kissed his mother and took one more step closer to the bus. Sadly he entered the enormous vehicle to see many older and bigger animals. He knew that this was going to be a long seven months. The bus made thirteen more stops and then drove another three hours and a half to get to the academy.

The academy looked so welcoming, but Fred knew what bad things must lie ahead. As he walked to the front gate he noticed that there were real diamonds on the hard steel. He was welcomed by a big but nice looking tiger with a gold name tag that read Yollie {"yoll-e"}. She waited for everyone to get right in front of her before she called out, "Do you know why you are all here?" Nobody answered, and everybody looked very frightened. Yollie continued, "Because our staff have caught you being greedy or mean to other animals on our planet, you will have to stay here for seven months of learning. Just in case you weren't captured by our best staff member here, I would like you to meet...Billy Bob." Fred gasped and whispered to himself, "How can I last seven months with that crazy bird?" Fred followed a couple other mice to the mouse dormitory. He couldn't sleep that dark and starless night. Bad thoughts kept popping into Fred's head of things the academy might make him do. Fred was more scared than he had ever been in his life, but he knew it was his fault.

The next day Fred woke up and was led to a big room for breakfast. The crispy bacon was very tasty, but not even the extremely delicious flavor could make him stop wondering.

At the end of the day when he finished his first friend making class, Fred headed for his dormitory. The day wasn't as bad as Fred had thought. He was very astounded because he thought it was going to be much worse.

For six months it was all the same, and Fred kept getting more and more suspicious. The food stayed the same, mouthwatering bacon for breakfast, grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch, and juicy steak for dinner.

The next day in the Great Hall Billy Bob came and announced that they would be having exams in one week. Fred was so happy because exams meant that the seven months were almost over. However, when he found out the test was to be in front of a professor and had to be perfect, he thought he would be coming back for another seven months. Fred didn't want to come back even though it was a nice and peaceful place, so he studied more than he had ever done in his life. Every night he would read as much as he could before he drifted off to sleep.

It was the last day before the exams started. Fred studied all night, and since he didn't have his first exam till 1:oo he slept all morning until 11:30. When it was time for the exam, he knew practically all the answers. At his first exam for making friends he got an A+. He was so happy that he had no more pressure on him for the rest of the day.

He ended up passing every class except stopping greediness. Fred didn't mind because all he had to do to finish the class was have a tutor come to his house for two months. Fred was so happy that he was leaving the academy the next day.


The bus ride home was much better than the one to the academy because instead of everybody panicking they were all bragging about graduating.


When Fred got home his mom was waiting for him at the big stairs. Fred ran to her and hugged her for about two minutes.

After, they sat by the fire place and heard a knock on the door. Outside was another bus waiting, and Fred's dad jumped out the door. Fred's dad worked for the town hospital, and he was their top doctor. The mouse military had asked him to do some medical checks on some of the new recruits.

They all hugged and sat by the fire drinking hot cocoa, and they all lived happily ever after.

How did you like the story?

If you write your own story, and you have a blog send me a link in a comment.

My Road to the NHL!

I am a hockey player, and I want to make the NHL when I grow up. The NHL stands for the National Hockey League. I'm in a class where you use a stick and gear. Once I pass I'll be ready to try out for the rink team or go to another kids hockey league.

At first, I looked like this.

Now, I look like this, and I am doing all sorts of fun drills.(The kids in the back of are members of the rink team that I will hopefully play for).

I'm been thinking about the long road I have to reach my goal, but I'm sure it's worth it.


Do you play hockey?
Roller or ice hockey?
Do you enjoy playing?

A Series of Unfortunate Events (Compared to the Harry Potter Books)

I recently finished the second "A Series of Unfortunate Events" books. It is called"The Reptile Room,"and is very similar to Harry Potter.For example, both of the books have very clever children of all ages, and they all go through some extremely tough experiences.

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Also both of the main characters have someone who wants a possession of their's, but for different reasons.

But there is one difference. One book is realistic fiction and the other is just fiction. That's because all the things that happen in "A Series of Unfortunate Events"can be done in real life. But Harry Potter is fiction because you can't walk through walls or do magic with a stick called a wand.

Were you afraid or scared of the pictures?

Do you think you might read one of the books?

Have you read any of these books?

Can you think of any other differences or similarities I missed?