Turkey Week

I love holiday weeks at school. We just had two days of class this week. Tuesday was really neat because Mrs. Lobao brought the class in TimBits from Tim Horton's, I won a prize bag for a reading contest and my dad got to come in and read to our class.

We didn't have school on Wednesday so I went to my Grandma's house to help her prepare stuff for Thanksgiving dinner. I peeled potatoes, cut the ends off the green beans and helped set the table. On Thursday we enjoyed a very nice dinner with Turkey and all the other foods you would expect. My little cousins (Shelby and Hunter) didn't eat too much turkey. They mainly ate rolls and waited until dessert for cookies. Taylor just drank her bottle.

I got to spend time today with my other cousins. We had breakfast with my Nana at First Watch. I had a big chocolate chip pancake and bacon. It was yummy. I played with my cousins this afternoon and now am home with my pajamas on watching QVC. Have you ever seen how much food they try to sell you????? My Mommy promised me that as soon as I get my braces off she's ordering some of those Mrs. Prindables chocolate caramel pretzels for me. Yum-O! I can't wait to get my braces off!!!!!!!!!

I'll have plenty to blog about in the next few weeks - a show by the Radio City Rockettes that I will go to with my best friend Rachel and her little sister Jenna, the Nutcracker with my Grandma it will be my 8th year. And a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony with my 4th grade classmates. We'll be singing Christmas carols.

Now, this weeks football picks:

Maryland vs. Boston College - I will pick Boston College
Georgia Tech vs. Georgia - I am pulling for the Dawggies
Florida vs. Florida State - I love my Dad so I will pick Florida
Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State - OU is favored so I will pick them
Notre Dame vs. USC - Not a hard pick here - USC

How was your Thanksgiving? Did you eat lots of turkey? Leave me a comment and let me know

Wagon Trains and Wolverines

Hey Everybody - I took the week off last week so I thought I'd get a new post up before the weekend. It's going to be a busy week here with Michigan coming to town.

Wagon Train
Last week we found out that our next project in 4th grade was going to be a pretend wagon train. My wagon train group is Zach, Dana, Maria, Alex F., J.T. and me. We are pretending we are a family from New York in the late 1700's. We are travelling to Symmes Purchase, Ohio. I am the "wagon master."

Our characters are named Norm, Betty, Marian, James, John and I am playing Lisa. I am the mother of John and Betty and I am married to Norm. Marian is the Grandma. James is a farmer who joined us for the ride.

There's a New Kid in Town
Last week we got a new student in our class. His name is J.T.

Extra Duties
This week has been busy. I got to be a DEAR monitor in Mrs. Fox's class. DEAR stands for "drop everything and read." I also had a student council meeting today. We talked about our next Spirit Day and a food drive that we will have before Christmas. We will give the food we collect to the Mid-Ohio Food Bank.

I also had our second meeting of our lunch time book club. Mrs. Edwards, our librarian, is in charge. We are reading Geek Chic. It's about a girl named Zoey. We haven't read much yet.

Dental Drama
I am excited that on December 15th (less than a month) I will get my palette expander removed. Dr. Marshall says my teeth are coming together nicely.

Pigskin Predictions
After doing pretty good with pro games a few weeks ago, I am back to picking college games this week. The games I am picking this week are:

• Michigan vs. Ohio State
• NC State vs. North Carolina
• Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt
• Michigan State vs. Penn State
• Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma

Michigan stinks this year (sorry Micah). I am going with my home town Buckeyes to win this game.

I think they will be happy in Chapel Hill - North Carolina wins

Vandy sounds dandy.

Dad says Penn State is favored so I am going with them.

Texas Tech and Oklahoma? I don't know who is going to win this one. Dad says there is a "lot on the line." I think I'll go with the home team - Oklahoma in a close one.

I hope everyone who goes to the game this weekend - including my Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Kevin - all stay warm. I'll be in my Buckeye sweatshirt in front of the fireplace.


Go Bucks! BOO Michigan!!!

It's Cold...I'm Bored...It's Saturday

We just wrapped up a week of Indian Summer and the weather was perfect. We were able to play outside each day after school and I even wore shorts most of the week. Now the chilly fall weather has arrived and I don't like it.

It has been a busy week and it won't end until tomorrow afternoon with my cousin Taylor's baptism.

This week we had our Parent Teacher conferences and I had to lead the discussion. It was fun but I was kind of nervous. Mrs. Lobao was very helpful and my parents didn't ask me too many questions.

We also did our Indian power point presentations. My teammates were Alayna and Maria. It was about the Mingo Tribe that we have been studying.

I forgot to pick football games last weekend because I was recovering from my awesome trick-or-treat on Halloween. I ended up with 179 pieces of candy. I think my favorite kind is either Whoppers malted milk balls or Kit Kats.

This week I am going to try my picking skills with NFL games. Here goes:

Tennessee vs. Chicago
Seattle vs. Miami
Jacksonville vs. Detroit
Indianapolis vs. Pittsburgh
NY Giants vs. Philadelphia

I really like visiting the city of Chicago but I think the Tennessee Titans will like visiting Chicago too. I am picking the Titans to remain undefeated.

I will pick the favored Miami Dolphins

My dad says Jacksonville has been underachievers this year. They even lost to the winless Bengals last week. This week they play the winless Lions and the Jags will find a way to keep the Lions winless. I pick Jacksonville.

My uncle Jeff really likes Pittsburgh and my neighbor Jackie really likes the Colts. Family trumps neighbors so I will pick the Steelers.

I will go with the defending Super Bowl champion NY Giants to beat the Eagles in Philadelphia.

Okay, so we'll see how good I am at picking NFL games. Be sure to watch the games and then send me your comments on my selections.

Riley

Ryan's Birthday Edition

Greetings Readers,

In honor of my little brother Ryan's birthday (he turns 7 tomorrow), I will be making my football picks in just a second. First, I need to let you know that I scored another goal in last week's game. We won 2-0.

Not much happened in school this week. We did have our first Student Council meeting but it was kind of boring.

I got two of my projects back and scored 100% on both. My "Dear Mr. Henshaw" game was a 50 out of 50 and my Mingo Indian Mound was a 40 out of 40. I almost got 100% in my football picks last week but I missed the Clemson game. Still, 4 out of 5 is pretty good.

Here are the games I am picking this week:

Kentucky vs. Florida
Texas Tech vs. Kansas
Illinois vs. Wisconsin
Georgia vs. LSU
Penn State vs. Ohio State

My mom graduated from Kentucky and I know you all know my Dad went to school at Florida. Sorry Mom but I am going with Dad and his Gators in this one. I still love you though.

My Dad and Uncle Kevin were saying that the Big 12 defenses are pretty lame so I think that Texas Tech will outscore Kansas in a shootout.

Illinois travels to Wisconsin this weekend and will be facing a Badgers team that has lost three in a row. I don;t think they'll lose 4 straight so I will pick Wisconsin.

LSU plays at home after two big road games. (My Dad reminded me that his Gators beat LSU 51-21 two weeks ago). I am tired of hearing about LSU so i will pick the Bulldogs of Georgia.

The big game of the day is right here in Columbus where undefeated, 3rd ranked Penn State will play Ohio State. I just watched Lee Corso on ESPN choose Ohio State and I think he made a good pick. Jim Tressel will have his players dressed and ready to play so I will choose Ohio State.

Next week will be a special Halloween edition of The Riley Register. Please leave me a comment this week and tell me what kind of candy you'll be passing out at your house.

Bye,

Riley

Witchy Weather

It's starting to feel like fall and the leaves sure are falling in our yard. My Dad better get his rake ready.



This was a busy week at school. We had tests in spelling and math. I think I did well on my spelling test and I'm not so sure about math. I did take my time and double-checked my answers and should find out results next week.


I started working on my next project at school which is to create an Indian mound. We are studying the Mingo Tribe. They are from the Ohio area and they lived up by Steubenville. My Dad and I started the project by mixing flour, salt and water to create a clay-like substance which we formed into our mound. It should be dry today so we can paint it, add grass and trees and other decorations to make it look real.


We didn't have school on Friday because the teachers had something called COTA day. My little wild cousin Shelby came over to play while her sister Taylor had a doctor's appointment.


I will be going to a Halloween party at my friend Alison's house tonight. I am dressing up this year as a witch and my brother, Ryan, will be dressing up as Beanie Wells. He's a football player at Ohio State. Ryan loves to say "beanie."

Now it's time for my weekly football picks. Last week I finished above .500 getting 3 out of 5 correct. Dad says I should have picked his Gators. He got to see them live in person as they beat LSU 51-21.

This week's games will be:

Ohio State vs. Michigan State
Georgia Tech vs. Clemson
Miami vs. Duke
Missouri vs. Texas
LSU vs. South Carolina

I like Ohio State to beat Michigan State on the road.

Clemson will rally around their new coach and beat visiting Georgia Tech

Wow - Hurricanes vs. The Devils? That's a hard one to predict. I think I will go with Miami because I have heard of Miami but have never heard of Duke.

Texas will protect the #1 ranking and beat the Tigers.

I don't see LSU dropping two night games in a row so I will choose the Tigers.

I'll try to take a picture of my Indian mound when it's done and post it on my blog. Gotta run off to soccer practice.

Riley

Happy Birthday Daddy

Gooooooaaaaaaaaalllllll!

I had a soccer game today. It was very hot and we were in full sun. Only 12 girls showed up. I think I am coming down with my little brothers cold so that made it hard for me to run so much today.

We played a team that had 17 players on it. So unfair! My team only has 13 players on it (if everyone shows up) and today we only had 12 show up - Natalie and her family are in Ireland. 9 girls play at a time so three girls got to sit on the sidelines. It was a lot of running today. At first we thought we were going to lose really bad but we ended tied 3-3. My grandpa said it was a great game and my team should be very proud at how hard we worked cuz we had so fewer players.

Here's the good news....I made a goal! I tied the game at 2-2. I knew I was going to score too. Today is my dad's birthday and I wanted to score a goal for him. I did it! After every goal my friend Mandy & I make we always run to each other and high five each other. One of these games we may try and chest bump each other. (I think my grandma would crack up if she saw that).

The funniest thing to see after I score a goal is my mom. You should see how she jumps out of her chair and cheers. Good grief! She jumps up and down on the sidelines and always gives me a thumbs up! Today, she had to grab her cell phone and call my dad down in Florida to tell him the great news.

My grandma cheers and claps as fast as her hands can. My grandpa cheers and yells, "do it again Ri". They are great fans! They have never missed any of my games .

Because I scored my goal I got to pick out something yummy for dessert tonight. I picked out a pint of Graeter's "Buckeye Blitz" ice-cream. It's mine! All mine! I am going to be a very happy soccer player when I enjoy my dessert tonight.

Hope you had a fun Sunday! I did.

p.s. Happy Birthday Daddy! 41 huh? WOW!

This Weekend's Pigskin Picks

Good morning everyone. Last week I only got one game right so I need to do better this week. Here's the slate of games I will choose from this weekend:

Texas vs. Oklahoma
Purdue vs. Ohio State
Notre Dame vs. North Carolina
Penn State vs. Wisconsin
LSU vs. Florida

In the Red River Rivalry I think The Sooners will protect their #1 ranking and beat the Longhorns

I picked against the Buckeyes last week but I won't do that two weeks in a row. Especially when they get to play at home. OSU wins against Purdue.

North Carolina is having a good season so far so I will choose the Tar Heels. Also, we have to drive through North Carolina on our way to Hilton Head each summer.

I'll go with Penn State because they are undefeated.

My mommy and I are tired of "boy weekends" and seeing as my Dad will be in "The Swamp" on Saturday night, I am picking LSU to win. It will be better if Florida wins so Dad won't be in a bad mood when he comes home.

That's it for this weekend. Be sure to check back next week for an update or send me who you think will win these games. If you guess all five right, I'll put your name in my blog next time.

Riley