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

Busy Week At Windermere!

Sorry it's been a while. It's just been really busy at school. Anyway let me bring you up on life in 4th grade.

On Sunday I had my soccer game. My team played the other Windermere team. We tied 1 - 1.

Monday was my first day of DEAR Monitoring. That means "Drop Everything And Read." Maria Caradonna and I are monitoring in Mr. Voldrich's class. We have to make sure the 2nd graders are reading their books. Sometimes we have to help them with words they don't know.

My little brother and I both have spelling tests on Friday. Lucky Ryan, he has easy words I have tricky 4th grade words. Some of my words are critic, access, eggplant and angle.

My school is trying to Toss Out Diabetes by having the students buy tickets and they can choose any teacher they want to throw a pie at. They then put their raffle ticket into a tub for the specific teacher. Friday we will have everyone go to the cafeteria and then a staff member will pull tickets out of each teachers tub. The student's name that is on the ticket gets to throw a pie in their favorite teachers face.

In class we started to study Ohio Indians. I have to study the Mingo tribe.

Well it's getting late so I better go. Make sure to send me your comments because I really like to hear from my readers.




Riley

School Games and Football Games

Game Time

Hi everyone. It was a busy week for me this past week. We had a project at school and everyone had to create a game of some kind that was about a book we read. The book was called Dear Mr. Henshaw and it was written by Beverly Cleary.

My game was a version of Jeopardy so the players have to answer the questions by using a question. It was fun playing it even though most people didn't answer in the form of a question.

My mom was a big help with my project and she even read the book so she could help me with my game. Mom said she didn't like the ending of the book.

It's the Weekend

I am excited it is the weekend now. We got to go out for pizza last night with my Grandma and Grandpa and then I went to a friends house to watch a movie. Today I have soccer practice and then we have a game tomorrow.

Last week we won our soccer game 7-1 and I scored a goal. I hope I can score again this weekend.

Football Picks

Last week I only got two games right so I'll try to do better this week. Here are the games I will pick winners in:

South Carolina at Mississippi
Auburn at Vanderbilt
Florida State at Miami
Oregon at Southern Cal
Ohio State at Wisconsin

I will pick Mississippi to win. They beat my dad's favorite team last week.

I'm not sure why but I will pick Auburn to win this game.

I choose Miami to beat their rival Florida State.

Southern California is favored to win by 16 points. That is a lot so I will pick the Trojans.

I'll go with Wisconsin to win (even though I am cheering for the Buckeyes).

Bye for now,

Riley