The view from the back seat

New York City

2008-02-24T17:11:00.000-08:00

New York City
-- Tom Morrison

New York City,
Oh what a pity.
A pity that I don’t
live there.
If I was there
it would be so pretty
if I lived
in New York City.
Pity, city, gritty, pretty.
I wish to live
in New York City!

Snow Days

2008-02-24T16:59:00.000-08:00

Snow Days
Tom Morrison

Snow days!
Snow days!
Snow days are
The best!
Snow days!
Snow days!
They have them
In the west!
Snow days! Snow
Days! Snow days
Are so Cool!
Snow days!
Snow days!
On them there’s
No
School!

Elevator

2008-02-24T16:28:00.000-08:00

Elevator
By Tom Morrison

The
Elevator in the
Empire State Building
Goes
Up,
up,
up,
and
_____Down,
__________Down,
_______________Down.
And then It
O___p___e___n___s
And I Walk
______________________________Out.

Bee Stings

2008-02-24T16:19:00.000-08:00

Bee Stings

Tom Morrison

Ouch!
I got stung by
a bee!
That
really hurts.
Especially
for me!
As I ran in
the yard,
I flew really
hard,
but the bee
could
fly faster
than
me.

The Unforgettable Day

2007-12-01T07:30:00.000-08:00

By Tom Morrison
Once, my dad and l had an unforgettable day. It was fall and we were going to do some yard work. I like the fall for many reasons. I like jumping in the leaves in the fall. I like playing with my friends at school, which starts in the fall. People call it fall because it’s the season that the leaves fall down.

At our house, we saw that most of the leaves had fallen. My dad noticed 2 dead tree branches. We went outside and my dad climbed up his ladder and yanked them down. “AWESOME!!!!” l yelled, running towards the fallen branches. I grabbed 2 other sticks and pretended they were swords and I pretended that the bigger branch was a dragon. I attacked with my swords. Once I was done slaying the dragon, (or branch,) l helped my dad cut him up into firewood with a two-person saw. We made 3 piles: Large sticks, medium sticks, and small sticks. When we finished that, I cut up the other dragon. We brought the piles of sticks down to the driveway. We put them there because we have a fireplace built into the stone wall next to our driveway. Those sticks are still in our driveway right next to our fireplace.

Fall also has 2 of my favorite holidays. Halloween and Thanksgiving. They are, at least what I think, very fun.

The end.

Tom's Shadow Puppet School: crab

2007-11-17T17:11:00.000-08:00

Here's how to make a crab or a tarantula, The only difference is how they walk -- crabs walk sideways and tarantulas walk forwards.

Tom's Shadow Puppet School

2007-11-17T17:00:00.000-08:00

My Grammy Vera gave me a shadow puppet book for Halloween. Here's a shadow puppet of a dog. The video is a little dark, but if you watch it a few times, you'll get it:

Tommy's Guide to Disney World!

2007-10-01T17:38:00.000-07:00

I thought Disney World was pretty good. Really, really, really, pretty good. We had ice cream and hot dogs, and I had a sloppy Joe for lunch, which I didn't think tasted that good. I saw Captain Hook there and I scared him with my pirate gear. I can't believe I was actually able to scare Captain Hook. He is the scariest, the coolest pirate in the world.

Here are the rides I went on along with scary scale and the fun scale ratings (1 is not very scary or fun, 10 is very scary or fun).

1. Space Mountain was absolutely terrifying! Here are some tips: scream, close your eyes, or don't go on.
Rating:
10 on the Scary Scale
5 on the Fun Scale

2. Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin was very cool. I got 2,080 points! Dad got 3, 600 points and Aunt Leigh got 12,860 points! Mom beat Dad with 3,800 points.
Rating:
0 on the Scary Scale
10 on the Fun Scale

3. Splash Mountain was wet... no, very wet. We sat in the front seat of the front log. Don't worry, they have little hills first. The big drop is last, it's scary, but fun because you're used to it by then. I closed my eyes.
Rating:
2 on the Scary Scale
10 on the Fun Scale

4. Tom Sawyer’s Island had caves and a tree house and I went on both. The caves were scary, but there was gold in one of them and the tree house was made mostly of barrels. There was also a wobbly floating barrel bridge; water leaked into one of them.
Rating:
4 on the Scary Scale
9 on the Fun Scale

5. The Jungle Safari boat trip had fake animals. We went under a waterfall and our boat driver was hilarious! Tip: if he offers to take a picture, don't give him your camera!
Rating: 1 on the Scary Scale, 9 on the Fun Scale

6. Haunted Mansion was terrifying also. DON'T GO IN!!!
Rating:
10 on the scary scale
2 on the Fun Scale.

7. Indy Speedway was fun but we didn't win either time. There's the girl that we almost beat in the picture.
Rating:
0 on the Scary Scale
10 on the Fun Scale

8. Pirates of the Caribbean was my favorite. One pirate called us beach rats! Here's some advice: you'll want to go again and again. The picture is of Captain Stinky Foot!
Rating:
1 on the Scary Scale
10 on the Fun Scale

9. The Astro-Orbiter had a forever lasting line. The orbiter leaned sideways -- the opposite way we were turning.
Rating:
8 on the Scary Scale
8 on the Fun Scale

10. Walking through the Castle was pretty fun. It was fancy.
Rating:
0 on the Scary Scale
6 on the Fun Scale

11. Fireworks were really cool; there were stars that shot up each side of the castle. Tinkerbell flew down from the castle and the rest of the fireworks were amazing.
Rating:
0 on the Scary Scale
15 on the Fun Scale!

My trip to Nashville and back home to CT

2006-12-01T18:23:00.000-08:00

My family is the road trip family. We are a happy family.
Do you know why we are called the road trip family?
It is because we love to road trip.

This is the George Washinton Bridge in New York City:
This is Mike's tractor in Maryland:

This is the bridge into Delaware:

This is a cow in Tennessee:

These are dinosaurs in Pigeon Forge, TN:

This man has a lot of onions!

This is the golden golf ball Knoxville, TN

These are the Smoky Mountains:

Going into North Carolina:

This is in Pennsylvania: