July 23rd - September 2nd, 2012

Watched
Let's Play videos - Minecraft, Portal, Portal 2, Jelly Escape, Happy Wheels, and Mario ROM hacks - YouTube
Electric Company - Netflix
Jimmy Two Shoes - YouTube
Yogscast - Minecraft Mods - YouTube
Psych - Netflix
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody - Netflix
Mythbusters - Netflix
Various YouTube videos
Cake Boss - Netflix
Sgt. Frog - Netflix
The Garfield Show - Netflix
Warehouse 13 - Netflix
How to Train Your Dragon - Movie - Netflix
A Town Called Panic - Movie - Netflix
The Troop - Netflix
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Movie - Netflix
Jr. Detective Agency - Movie - Netflix
Angel Beats - Netflix
Beakman's World - Netflix
T.U.F.F. Puppy - Netflix
World of Quest - Netflix
Various Community-made short films on Little Big Planet 2 - PS3
Alphas - Netflix
Futurama - Netflix
Shrek Forever After - Movie - Hotel TV
Adventure Time - Hotel TV
Storage Wars - Hotel TV
George Lopez Show - Hotel TV
Jeopardy - Hotel TV
Regular Show - Hotel TV
Level Up - Hotel TV
The Amazing World of Gumball - Hotel TV
Powerpuff Girls - Hotel TV
The Misadventures of Flapjack - Hotel TV
Ninjago - Hotel TV
A.N.T. Farm - Netflix

Artist Trading Card (ATC) E made for Erika Davis-Pitre

Played
Little Big Planet 2 - PS3
LEGO
WarioWare D.I.Y. - 3DS
Castle Keep - tile-based board game
Rory's Story Cubes - dice-based game
Chess w/ James - board game
Foosball w/ James, Laura, & Violet - tabletop game
Doodle Devil - iPad
Hangman w/ William & Michele - iPad
Slice It - iPad
Casey's Contraptions - iPad
DrainWorks - iPad
Make 24 - iPad
Whizzball - iPad
Fruit Ninja - iPad
Paint with Time - iPad
Singing Fingers - iPad
Drums w/ William - iPad
IAAIRAI - flash-based hacking game - Internet
Minecraft - computer
Various Flash games - Internet
Wheels and Zombies - Internet
Elemental Balance - Internet
Let It Glow 2 - Internet
Various games from http://www.physicsgames.com
Invented dice game - dice-based game
Yahtzee - dice-based game
Linkity - card-based board game
Marbles & Marble Run
Hide and Seek
Qwirkle - tile-based logic/strategy game
Bananagrams - tile-based word game
Scribbles! - Internet
Timeline: Inventions - card-based History board game (such a good game)

Rory's Story Cubes

Read
Menus
Minecraft mod instructions
Garfield Minus Garfield
Northeast Unschooling Conference program brochure
NatGeo Kids - magazine
LEGO Club - magazine
Ranger Rick - magazine

Researched/Discussed
Parsecs
Corundum
Krull
Silicone, Plastic, and Rubber
Overbites
Pig Latin
Syllables
The Scale of the Universe (This site is so cool!)
Acronyms and Initialisms
Electromagnets
Genealogy, Family Trees, and Names
Silent Auctions and Bidding
Liquid Nitrogen

E made an electromagnet with William at NEUC

Wrote
Notes
Various lists
Labelled creations

Playing card ATCs E made

Listened
NPR in the car
Ruby, The Doors, Eryka Badu, and others in the car, during road trip
Music created w/ Singing Fingers and Drum iPad apps

Created/Built
Music w/ Singing Fingers and Drum iPad apps
Little Big Planet 2 Characters and Level Designs
Drawings and Schematics for LBP2 levels
Micro video games w/ WarioWare D.I.Y.
Artist Trading Cards (ATCs)
Dice games
Marble runs
Cooked Pasta
Made Sushi
Electromagnets w/ William
Liquid nitrogen ice cream

Marble Run in the Playroom at NEUC

Went/Community
Whole Foods
Coffee Buddha w/ the Gyres
Burger King
Java House
Sushi Tomo
Five Deer Hill (the Gyres' house)
AT&T Wireless Store
Qdoba
Lane Bryant
Taj Mahal
Crowne Plaza, Cherry Hill, NJ
Cherry Hill, NJ
The Pop Shop, Collingswood, NJ
Collingswood, NJ
Haddon, NJ
Sheraton Colonial Hotel & Conference Centre, Wakefield, MA
Wakefield, MA
Northeast Unschooling Conference (NEUC), Wakefield, MA
Dunkin Donuts
Salem Willows Amusement Park, Salem, MA
Salem, MA
Northeast Unschooling Conference Picnic, Salem, MA

E and J playing together at the NEUC Picnic

Northeast Unschooling Conference Activities
Helped Michele set up the Art/Craft Room (sorting & setting out supplies)
Attended Opening Remarks and Welcome Speech
Spent time in the Playroom and Game Room
Attended Dad's Q&A Panel to hear William speak
Participated in Funshops (NEUC Science Museum, ATCs, Media Swap, and Making Sushi)
Participated (and won something) in the Silent Auction
Shopped at the UNtrepreneurial Fair
Attended the NEUC Picnic at Salem Willows
Helped make liquid nitrogen ice cream at the NEUC Picnic
All the pictures taken by Michele from NEUC can be found here. *This post will be updated with a link to the pictures taken by William when his are available.*

Dad's Q&A Panel at NEUC

Health/PE/Safety
Discussed flossing and brushing
Swimming
Walking
Outside play and games

Other
Tested new Minecraft wireless LAN capabilities
Got a hair cut
Managed money and bidding in a silent auction

E gets a fauxhawk hair cut (and has such a sweet smile)