Isaiah’s Blog!

Well, this past Saturday, my Dad and I went to another big model rocket day at Buder Park. We had a lot of fun and the weather was just about perfect. Gideon, Elsie and Mom had a garage sale with my Uncle Mark and Aunt Missy on Saturday while we were busy with the rest of the guys from our Rocket Club. There were also a whole bunch of really cool model airplanes being flown at the park that day, too. We had a good time watching them when we weren’t busy with our own launches.

Dad ended up losing part of one of his cool rockets in a tree, but it was really cool to see. We are going to try and get a replacement for it before our next big launch day. I got to prepare and launch about 10 rockets if you add up all of them. I am really enjoying learning about model rocketry and getting some time to hang out with my Dad by myself, too. Gideon is still too little to be able to go to our Rocket Club events.

I am looking forward to another fun Rocket Adventure on October 6th when Dad and I are driving up to Elsberry, Missouri for another Rocket Club launch day. It’s going to be so.. cool because that is where the guys launch the really big ones! I will be sure to have my Dad take some pictures and maybe a video to post on my blog at our next rocket launch, too.

This past weekend was really fun! It started with Gideon and I getting to spend the night at Rupie’s house on Friday. Saturday morning, Grandma Nanie, brought us donut holes for breakfast, too.

Mom, Dad and Elsie picked us up from Rupie’s house around 11am and then we went home for a little while so that Mom could pack us a picnic lunch. Once she was done packing all the stuff to make sandwiches and some of my favorite chips, too.. we all loaded into to the van and drove down to a neat little park by the Mississippi River to have lunch and play for a little while. We all had a great time at lunch and got to play on the equipment for a few minutes, too. Dad even took Elsie down the twisty slide on his lap! She didn’t cry, but she had a very surprised look on her face.

After lunch we got back in the van and drove over the levee to Alton’s Riverfront Park to tour the LST 325 that was docked in Alton for the weekend. It was really cool and really big! Dad, Mom and I had toured it when I was 4 years old when it was in St. Louis docked by the Arch. I don’t really remember very much about seeing it before and since Mom was pregnant with Gideon the last time we saw the ship, he certainly didn’t remember it either.

As you can see from some of the neat pictures that my Dad took while we toured the LST 325, it is a big boat. I was really impressed by how the technology seemed pretty advanced for way back then. The sleeping compartments were really small. I am glad that I don’t have to sleep in bunks that are that close together. Gideon’s favorite part was seeing the guns. There was a veteran touring the boat right behind us and he talked to my Dad and some other folks about his experience using guns like them when he was in the service.

Mom and Dad bought me a neat “Gator Navy” t-shirt. I wore it to school on Monday and everyone thought that it was really cool.

The story about the LST 325 is really cool. You can learn more about it at http://lstmemorial.org

I had a three day weekend since yesterday was Labor Day and it was packed with lots of fun. Friday night we went to my Cousin Taylor’s 2nd birthday party. It wasn’t a lot of fun for me, cuz Taylor is a girl and she’s 2! But enough said about that. ;)

Saturday we went to the Children’s Library and got some more books. Gideon and I played with the foam building blocks for a little while before we had to get home and eat lunch. After lunch, Dad went to a Postcard Show in Collinsville while we stayed home with Mom and Elsie. Elsie took a long nap and Mom helped Gideon and I get our room more organized. She had been telling everyone that it looked like a tornado hit our room–thanks to her help on Saturday it’s starting to look a lot better now. (yeah right!)

Saturday evening was a lot of fun!! Grandma Joanne came over to our house around 5pm and we all got in our van to go to the big Homecoming Celebration in Bethalto, IL. They have carnival rides and booths with all sorts of stuff there. This was the 4th or 5th year that we’ve gone to the Homecoming with Grandma. My favorite part is getting to do the Bumper Cars with Dad. This year we rode them twice and I got to drive my own car both times. Gideon and I also rode on the kiddie Helicopters, kiddie boats and the Dragon roller coaster(also for kids) together. We all had a lot of fun and the weather was nice and cool, too. Elsie was awake for the whole thing, but was content to ride along in her stroller and take in all the neat colors. After we were done with all our tickets we headed back to the van and decided to go out for dinner at El Mezcal, one of our favorite mexican places.

Yesterday was Labor Day which meant a day off of school for me and a day home from work for Dad. Dad surprised me with a mini-digital camera of my very own when I came downstairs for the day. It is really cool and I have started taking some pictures with it, too. I am hoping to have his help in posting a few of the pictures that I took using my new toy.

At lunchtime we all headed over to my Grandparent’s house for a big Labor Day cookout with my Mom’s side of the family. Dad took care of the grilling for us again this year. We had hamburgers, hotdogs, pork chops and chicken tenders. Everything was really yummy and Mom sent some of the leftover chicken tenders in my lunch today, too. Gideon, Taylor, Uncle Mark and I all went swimming together for the last time this summer at Grandma and Grandpa’s yesterday afternoon. We all had a lot of fun splashing each other. It was more fun once Taylor got out of the pool though because Uncle Mark and I could rough-house a little more.

Gideon started Preschool today and says that it was “really tool”(he means really cool). They got to paint people and they played outside on the playground for a little while, too. Mom took lots of pictures of him this morning so that Dad could see how his first few moments of being a big preschool kid went.