We won our second flag football game! Check out pictures here and here. Also, the first team we played had flags the same color as their shorts – as a result we didn’t always get the flag:

7-9 year old rating A, Dad rating ? (MIA)

Veronica took me to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.  I liked most of the movie, but the meatball exploding gave me a stomach ache.  Turns out the movie was the third biggest boxoffice in September – ever.  Check out the trailer:

My teacher at Parish gave me a new journal.  Mom and I decorated it this weekend.  Check it out:

7-9 year old rating A, Dad rating B+

Shorts is a movie about a bunch of kids who find a ‘wishing rock’.  Movies based around ‘wishing’ require that the people making wishes are idiots. Why? Because if they were smart the movie wouldn’t be interesting.  The only reason it is interesting is that they wish so poorly. The other thing about this movie is that it isn’t a full movie, but a bunch of shorter movies taped together.

7-9 year old rating B, Dad (Stand-in Dad) rating B

On January 11th I began building the Deathstar.  I am pleased to announce I finally finished.  My mom is also pleased since she gets her dining room table back.  Fortunately Luke Skywalker didn’t have our address allowing me time to complete it in all its destructive glory!  Here are a few pictures for your enjoyment:

I enjoyed Transformers, but my Dad wasn’t too thrilled.  Check out John Campea’s review:

Transformers – 7-9 year old rating A+, Dad rating C

Up – 7-9 year old rating C-, Dad rating (fell asleep)

My friend showed me a website called FreeRice.com.  The site offers questions in a number of subjects including: Art, Chemistry, English, Geography, Language Learning and Math.  For each question you get right the site donates 10 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program.  Take a few minutes to help end hunger while exercising your brain.

According to the UN more than 25,000 people die from hunger or hunger-related causes each day.  While 10 grains of rice may seem like a small amount, it is important to remember that while you are playing, so are thousands of other people at the same time. It is everyone together that makes the difference. FreeRice has generated enough rice to feed millions of people since it started in October 2007.