Um, snow days is like -- we find out a snow day is -- Normally, like, they send an email out in the early morning and it's like 5 o' clock and then my mom -- oh, or my dad, comes in and -- like really quietly, and they turn off our alarms. So then we don't have to hear to our alarm when we have to get up and it ended up being a snow day. And another way is they send out an email. Like if they know for sure, like before the morning, they'll send out an email. Like, this one time, there was like a really big storm and it was like there was, are -- it rained and then it s- -- like, it rained for like an hour. And then the temperature dropped to like 15 degrees and then it snowed for like three hours and then it started hailing. And that's how I found out that there was a snow day, was that they sent out an email right away knowing that there was gonna be a snow day.

Today during gym class, um, so -- gym class. We're doing like, championship. There are two teams for kickball: my team and the enemy team. So basically, it was like 2-1 for how many wins we have, and then they won another match. So, it was 2-2. Then we won another match, because -- but in that, that match, they're like, all the ene- -- all the opponents' team were just arguing and we just got an ea- -- free win. Like, there was one kid on the ene- -- the opponents' team, like, pretty much everyone hates him. And like, including the teacher. So, like, so he was always saying, "My grade's A+, a hundred percent, blah blah blah." And I'm like, I asked the teacher, "What grade do you -- what grade does he have?" Then the teacher's like, "I can't tell you, but it's E-cellent." So, yeah, he has an E. He is pretty good at sports, but he called us trash when we won against them, which was funny. Once, they're just arguing, right? So they didn't -- they were just arguing about who gets to throw the ball the next round. So my friend who just kicked just got to hit a home run. It was really funny. Oh, and then the guy who was flexing about his grades just quit. It's probably -- and there were two other kids who quit, but like, they thought they were just fooling around and stuff because they were just acting like worms on the ground crawling around, so they're probably going to get points off too.

One of my big lowlights, I feel like, of the trip was that, when we were kayaking, we kayaked like, from our house to a different beach. And we stopped at some sandbars to go look for sand dollars, you know, and we saw a crab and stuff. It was fun. But when we were coming back, me and my friend -- me and my friend, we were, um, wa- -- she was in the kayak waiting for me, and I was coming, and I cut my foot on this, like -- I don't even know what 'cause the water was darker because I was getting deeper. And I cut my fo- foot on, like, I think we think it was like glass or something 'cause it was a really clean cut. Like, it was just straight through and it was really deep, too. So once I got it, it was bleeding, like a lot. So we had to go -- I had to kayak back until where all my other parents were, 'cause they already went there, because we saw a crab so it took us a long time. And then, once I got there, they were like, I might had to have stitches but luckily I didn't and that was a relief.

The next thing we did is we realized how late it was. So we decided to go to Little Caesars for some pizza because it was already dinner time. We had problems deciding what we wanted, and once we got it, we realized that it was going to be a 45 minute wait, and we thought it was gonna be more like a 10 minute wait or something like that. So we played a bit more Bee Swarm Simulator while we waited. And near the end, I was like, "Am I going to hear the beeping soon?" And as I thought that, a couple minutes later, the timer went off. So I think that was cool.

On my bus ride home, I like to go get onto a stop before my bus stop and try to get to my bus stop before my bus gets to my bus stop. And like, once, I got off at like the first stop -- my bus stop is, like, the fourth stop. It was so funny because I just took a picture of the bus and, like, I flipped it over. I also got off -- I also got off at like, the third -- no, the second stop. And I was able to get to my stop before the bus. Like, the first few times I did it, my bus driver was like, "What are you doing?" And I'm like, "I know my way home." And then now, he's, like, just waving at me every time I do it.

Today, I'm talking about a party we had at our house. First of all, we cleaned up the house for multiple days, it’s because our house is pretty big. And the people -- there was going to be people here, so we wanted the house to look extra nice. We also said the party was going to start at 2, but only one person came and -- but most of them came at 3:30. That's pretty far apart from 2. And also we played a lot of games. Like we played 31, a card game. We also played Mario Kart and raced around for a little bit. We also played on the Atari, playing games like Missile Command and stuff like that. And we also played Super Smash Bros all night long. There were some games outside and a lot of little kids were just like, throwing like bean bags at each other. And I mostly just stayed inside, because I was like "I do not wanna get into that." Like, even if it's fun, I don't want to get into that really. Um, but I just mostly played video games when nobody else was playing inside. And also dinner was pretty yummy. There were hamburgers and hot dogs, chips and vegetables, but I only had a hamburger and a bunch of chips. Because those are what -- a few of my favorite foods. And that mostly wraps up our party that we had at our house. So, yeah. Bye!

What is the closest that you have ever been to a hot air balloon? Um, so in Bay Harbor, this town -- it's kinda -- it's like kinda part of Petoskey. It's really close to Petoskey and sort of close to Charlevoix. Every year they have this hot air balloon festival where all these crazy hot air balloons come and they fly them. So sometimes they have like teddy bears and different types of food, and it's just so crazy to see all the hot air balloons in the air. Um, so the closest that I have ever been to a hot air balloon is most definitely at that festival. Um, so we always go on my uncle's boat and that is where we, that is where we -- that is where I had my closest meeting with a hot air balloon. So probably like directly above me was probably the closest I have ever been. Unless I was like on a plane or something and a hot air balloon went by. Never seen that happen, but you know, it could've happened, so. But I'm pretty sure it was during that festival when I was on my uncle's boat.

"Have you ever been up to a creek without a paddle? What happened?" This is actually a really, really funny and recent experience. Okay. So in some of these past recordings I've talked about like my experience going to the cottage with my entire family -- uh, my related family on my dad's side. And so we were out there paddle boarding, uh, because the place had left us with three paddle boards, two paddles. Um, and, so we were just paddle boarding. So we used all three paddle-, we used all three paddle boards, right? And just on one paddle board, we had the -- we used kayak paddles instead of an oar. Um, but so, so we were all paddling, uh, like two on each, one had three. And my cousin thrust the paddle down into the water to see if it'd come back up and it came right back up, right? And he kept doing it and doing it. And he was on the paddle and he was doing this in the lake. And one time it did not come up, so he jumped into the water and he could not find the paddle. And it wasn't the kayak paddle, it was the oar. And so there were two paddles -- so now there were three paddle boards, only two paddles. And we had like connected our paddle boards, right, but then ours got disconnected. So we were just out there. So then we took it and swam with it to try to get there, um, but it was a long process because we did not have the right tool. Because we needed three paddles, and we only had two, right? Because of that experience. So yeah, in that situation, we were up a creek, literally, without a paddle.

So, I don't know how I still remember the story, but back when I was in, like, kindergarten, there was these pair of school headphones, and they were, like, on the ground. And they were in my hands because I was gonna use them. But then this kid came up to me and he cut the wire off the headphones, and then he told the teacher that I broke them. So then I had to go -- then, so like, back in those days they would give you, like, the report, and I got a frowny face since I did that or whatever. And so that was the only time I've ever gotten in trouble. I think. Yeah. And then me and my mom had to go buy a new pair of headphones. And I got completely thrown under the bus, and I told my mom that 'cause -- and then the teacher found out, like, "Oh, yeah, it was the kid." Because the kid was like a really bad kid, and she knew I was a good kid. So she put two and two together, and yeah. And now she's one of my favorite teachers. Coincidence, huh?

Note: This is a good story, which is why we decided to feature it even though there are some issues with the audio quality. Tell us about a time you fell down, and you got right back up. Okay, so, for this event, I'm not sure if I necessarily got right back up. But -- so I was doing a triathlon with [sister's name], mom, and dad. So my mom and dad were doing the biking portion. [Sister's name] -- it mighta been [sister's name] and my mom or just [sister's name] -- were doing the swimming portion. And then me, my dad, and [sister's name] were doing the running portion. And it's like two miles to a 5K. And so I was running like on rocks. I don't know why we were running on rocks, but I just know that I was. And I tripped on the rocks and I had a big like bloody knee. And I decide, you know, I'm going to keep running/walking. Well actually I got a few -- 'cause I was like I'm not gonna get a bandaid until I get back. So I run/walk. We might've cut a few corners 'cause I was running with my dad. But I didn't give up.