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December 24th, 2012 - January 20th, 2013

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Watched
Netflix- The Garfield Show, Pet Alien, MST3K The Movie (movie), Suite Life on Deck, MythQuest, Suite Life of Zach & Cody, Beakman's World, Psych, Weapon Masters, Eureka, DreamWorks Spooky Stories: 2, Life's Funniest Moments, Gerald McBoing Boing, DC Cupcakes, Ruby Gloom, Torchwood, The Electric Company, Eerie Indiana, Danny Phantom, Video Game High School (movie), Star Trek Enterprise, How Stuff Works, Ghost Hunters International, Alphas, Being Human (US version), Small Soldiers (movie), and Skeleton, Inc.

YouTube- Adventure Time, Game Theory videos, Yogscast, Real Life Minecraft, Minecraft Stop Motion Videos, Minecraft Building Tutorials, Literal Trailers for Movies & Video Games, Music videos, Vi Hart videos, Domino Run videos, Kids/Teens/Adults/YouTubers React to Viral Videos, Your Grammar Sucks, Special Effects videos, Jack's Films, and Did You Know Gaming? videos

Let's Play videos- Pokémon, The Binding of Isaac, Scribblenauts Unlimited, Minecraft, Tori Bash, and Happy Wheels - YouTube

Video Game Reviews by- PeanutButterGamer, Nerd(3), and Yogscast - YouTube

Homestartrunner.com



Played
3DS- The Legendary Starfy, Scribblenauts Unlimited, and WarioWare D.I.Y.
PS3- Little Big Planet 2 (LBP2)
iPad- RoboLogic
Kindle Fire- Bad Piggies
WiiU- Scribblenauts Unlimited
Computer- Minecraft
Online- Grow games, Grow Nano games, and The Life Ark (1, 2, & 3)
Cars w/River
Sword fighting w/Mum

Read
Magazines- Lego Club, Game Informer, Ranger Rick, Ask!, NatGeo Kid's, and RangeFinder

Books- SpongeBob Squarepants Survival Guide and Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Adventure! #1

Notes, Plans, & Schematics

Researched
Diacritical Marks
English to Spanish translations
Rollercoaster schematics
Onomatopoeia

Discussed
How many months, days, and seconds has E been alive?
Our up coming trip to Sandusky, OH for the Unschoolers Waterpark Gathering
E=MC(2)

Wrote
Notes, Plans, & Schematics

Listened
NPR in the car
Music videos - YouTube
Various music via Pandora
Literal Trailers for Movies & Video Games by Tobuscus
RoboLogic, a programming game app for iPad
Created/Built
Level Designs (MiniGolf Course) - LBP2
Microgames - WarioWare D.I.Y.
Sprites (game objects) - Scribblenauts Unlimited
Bomb Diffusion Project - Minecraft

Went/Community
Tokyo Sushi Buffet & Grill (Christmas Dinner)
Citizen's Bank
Game Stop
The Gyres stayed over for New Year's Eve & Day
Half Price Books

Health/PE/Safety
Dancing
Grocery list making & meal planning

Other
Bought a WiiU video gaming system
Shopped for & ordered a new pen on his own for writing Notes & Plans (decided on a ceramic pen)
Rearranged and reorganised notebook for Notes & Plans

Quotable
"I've been home for over a minute. Why am I still wearing pants?!?"
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