Landon's Letter-Thanksgiving Week

             My Thanksgiving weekend was 5 days long! The only reason it was one extra day, Was because of the HUGE blizzard! Scientists agree it will be the BIGGEST blizzard in five years! So I went to bed with like five sweaters. When I woke up, I went downstairs and put on some snow clothes and jumped out the door, prepared for an avalanche of snow.

            “I landed on the cement, how odd.” I thought. When I looked up I saw nothing. Not even ONE drop of snow. However, I did find only about an inch of snow. It was devastating because it was only an inch of snow, when I expected FIVE FEET of it.  

      Okay, now the reason I stayed home from school, my mom thought the same as me, when I hoped for five or six feet of snow on the ground. She told us that since it was a half-day anyway, school would probably be canceled.

            The next day at about three in the afternoon, we were going to go to a Thanksgiving party. The party was held at my uncle’s house. The thing I like most of his house, was that he has a tennis court, trampoline, pool table, ping-pong table and fuse ball!

            We left, and arrived at about four o’ clock. I ran right past everyone and played ping-pong until the feast. Finally, the feast came. The varieties of food included corn, rolls, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and turkey. After we ate, everyone went downstairs. I came too, and everyone was all crowded by a table. I went to see what all he hubbub was.

            It turns out it was a ping-pong tournament! I was so excited I signed up. My dad played, and he was first on the loser list. I was scared, because my dad is WAY better at me at ping-pong than me. Finally, they called my name and my competitor. I got lucky, because it was just some girl.

            You’ll never believe me, but guess what? I won 21 to 8! I cheered for myself, and strutted to the name matcher for my next DOOMED competitor in the tournament.

            I looked and blinked three times, hoping it was a dream, but alas, it was real. It was my cousin, Ryan, who beat my dad, and was the best player. In about two games it was just my cousin, Ryan and I to a match. The whole game I drowned in my own sweat hoping for the best. The score was Ryan, 21, me, 19. I was SSSSSOOOOO close!!! I NEVER EVER, EVER thought I would even get that close. My hypothesis was about 19 points off. I shook hands with Ryan, and left. I think that if we stayed, Ryan definitely won. I played and goofed off for two more days, and went to school, and here I am now.

            Sincerely,

                        Landon 

Landon's Letter- November 8th

Thursday, in Scouts, I got awarded my Bear, and I am now a Weblos. I am really excited, because my next award will be my Weblos award, and after that I will become a Boy Scout! Man, the boy scouts get to do all the good stuff. For an example, just a while ago, the boy scouts hiked up Mount Timpanoges! And they are always camping out in the woods. It’s just no fair that they do so many dangerous things outdoors, while we, the Cub Scouts get stuck with learning how to steer a wheel on a dune buggy.

            On the lighter side, I ran into someone who goes to scouts with me Mitchel. Not the Mitchel in our class, another one. My family happened to be at Butterfield Park playing Frisbee. Then I saw a face. It was a very familiar face, and then it hit me. Not the Frisbee, of course, it was my friend Mitchel from scouts! He was with his two Huskies, Lucky and Pepper. My dog, Ruger played with them in a baseball cage for about an hour. The most fun part was when Mitchel got the idea to come into the baseball cage with them. It was probably the best idea in the world! We watched them play and sniff each other’s butts like a crowd in the zoo. Then I got the idea to have a race with the dogs. It was I and Mitchel vs. Ruger, Lucky, and Pepper. The results were me winning 1^st, Ruger 2^nd, and Lucky 3^rd. We said good-bye to Mitchel, and went home. I went to bed, woke up, went to school, and here I am now!

            Sincerely,

                        Landon

No Longer a Tiny Dancer

I can't believe how this "little girl" of 

mine has turned into such a young lady. 

She's so amazingly talented and beautiful. 

Landon's Letter-November 1st

*Mom's Note: Some have asked me if I edit Landon's letter or if I help him write it. The only thing I do is copy from Word and paste it into this blog. These are his words, and his alone. I love how expressive, descriptive, and dramatic he is. He makes me laugh, which is why I like posting these for others to see. Yes, he is a 10 year old in a 15 year old's brain. This boy amazes me every day. We love him so much!

...and now....Landon's latest letter. (End of Mom's note)

OUR DOG RAN AWAY!!!!!!!!!

Now that I have you’re attention, yes my dog has ran away. It’s really sad since I’ve had him for only 6 months. Not just that, but he’s been gone for 3 whole hours and it’s getting dark. I even remember the first day I got him:

It was a sunny April day, the trees were green, and all the snow had been melted. Then all of a sudden, my mom said to get in the car. I asked why, and she said it was for a surprise. So we went in the car and drove to Sandy where my cousin Daniel lived. And he had a dog named Ruger. I automatically knew that we were getting a new dog. I knew that because my mom was talking about getting a new dog for a long time, and what other good reason for a surprise that’s in Sandy? Anyway, of course we pulled up at Daniel’s house. We all talked about getting Ruger. In about 45 minutes later we were driving home with our new dog named Ruger. (Man, just telling this story makes me sadder and sadder.) We were keeping him in the trunk, but that didn’t last. He jumped three feet high just to get to where we were sitting.

We went home and played with him for the rest of the day. We have kept him warm and safe for 6 months, and he’s gone. I better get used to feeling this way if he gets home and runs away again, or if he’s gone for good.

Sincerely,

Landon

P.S. He just came back now!!!

Preschool Parade

Halloween Costumes

Introducing the 2010 Palmer Kid Halloween Costumes:

Olivia The Beautiful Butterfly

Emma the Hip Hop Skeleton

And Landon as
Death.

Love these three little characters!

Happy Halloween!

Annual Family Halloween Party

Jeremy's family hosts an amazing Halloween party for the kids every year.
They go ALL OUT and the kids absolutely love it!

The food: Complete with brains, guts, fingers and mummies.

The Kids

The Pinata

After several attempts, Landon just ended up using his mad karate skills.

Landon lucks out every year that he can celebrate his birthday at this party. 

It's safe to say we all end up in a sugar coma.

Halloween BINGO

And of course carving pumpkins

(Nerd Humor)

Twins!

Jeremy, his Grandpa and his Brother Max.

Landon and his newest cousin

Such a fun night!
I'm so thankful for this family who does so much work for our kids!

Landon's Letter- Oct 26th

October 26, 2010

Today was my first day as a Weblos scout. It was so fun to know I was the oldest in all the Cub scouts. (With an exception of four other people.) Today we learned about being a “grease monkey”. Despite it’s mediocre name, it is actually a very hard job to do.

First, you have to learn everything about a car, and how it works. Driving a car is easy, but to be a grease monkey, not so much. The #1 thing you have to learn is to memorize everything beneath the hood. Under the hood, you will find things like windshield wiper fluids or oil. What keeps in the oil is a thing called a dipstick. Pull the dipstick out and hey! You got oil.

During that same second I saw that the so-called “oil” was actually Carmel brown. I asked the Weblos leader why it was not black. She said that oil, at first was black, but when it is filtered it is a Carmel shade of brown.

We also learned how to change a car tire. At the end, I found it was almost easier than changing a bike tire. I also learned how to check the air pressure in a tire. The tool to use was always what I thought to be a pen. There is this tube-thingy on the top that you put on some screw. A really small ruler popped out of the pen, and you check the PSI, and if the really small ruler is the same as the number of PSI, it’s perfect.

At the end of our time, the leader let us ride a dune buggy. At first I thought she was kidding me, so I decided to have some fun before she said no. But while I was doing it, I noticed she wasn’t yelling at me or chasing me. She just nodded in approval. At the very end, my mom drove me home to do this letter, and here I am now.

Scare-a-Crow Festival

We went to the Scare-a-Crow Festival at ThanksGiving Pointe. It was fun, but not worth going a second time. Here are some pictures of the kids enjoying the festivities. Enjoy.

Landon's Letter- Oct 19th

October 19, 2010

As you should know, we got two extra days off of school. Thursday and Friday, all I did was wait for my birthday on Saturday. My waiting options were, ride my NEW skateboard, play chess, or watch TV. Out of those 48 hours I learned how to do a 360, (on my skateboard.) I got so good at chess I could beat my dad, and I probably spent 5 of those 48 hours watching TV.

Before I knew it, it was my birthday. In the morning, my parents broke out the presents. I got a rocking Frisbee, two video games, a Snuggie, and a Bop It. Man, I played that thing for hours on my birthday. It was addictive, but my mom and dad HATED it. They thought it was so annoying I had to leave at home for the car ride to CornBelly’s. If you’re wondering about CornBelly’s, my mom let me have a choice to go to either a restaurant called Pirate Island with an All-You-Can-Eat Pizza Buffet, with an arcade, or an amusement park called CornBelly’s.

When we came home, my parents gave me a birthday cake with ten candles. I blew them out, knowing, I would never see single digits again.

Landon's Double Digit Day

Landon is 10!!

Since most of the Grandparents are several miles away, the kids get a lot of mail on their birthdays. It's nice actually, because sometimes they end of getting a present every day for a week. 

A gift card from Grandma & Grandpa James

A shirt and good 'ol cash from Grandma Palmer

 And then on his actual birthday- gifts from his family.

He was literally covered in gifts.

Including this skate board that Emma bought with her own money. 

Such a sweet sister!

And we can't forget the Ice Cream Cake.

Yum.

What can I say about my only son? 

There just aren't enough words. 

He is smart, handsome, generous, funny, and a good friend.

I love his eyes, his curly hair, and his genuine smile.

I love how creative and thoughtful he is.

I just adore everything about him!

Happy Birthday Lo Lo!

Maybe it's just me who is backwards?

Backwards shirt day at school. 

Why?

Crying Wolf!

Landon earned his Wolf tonight at Scouts. They had the military come and do a flag ceremony so the boys can see how it's really done. It was fun to watch how precise they were and how much respect they show for our country.

I'm so proud of Landon and how hard he works at Scouts. He's such an amazing young man!

Pinewood Derby Take Two

This was our second year of the Pinewood Derby. Last year we took last place on the track, but 1st place in looks. That's like telling a chick that she's fat, but she has a pretty face. Not cool. This year, I really wanted Landon's car to at least make it past the first round. I still had no clue about how to make a car, so I solicited some help from my secret weapon. The end result was a basic blue car that had wheels that actually worked.

 

Oh...and it was super fast.

He won first place!

 

He's such a stud.