My Family Survey

I made a survey for my family to fill out. It included favorite things, and also what they prefer. Things like favorite animal and favorite movie were on there. I got mixed and similar answers. One similar answer is on both sides, none of them prefer white chocolate over dark or milk besides one person. My dad's side, the deRosiers, love card games. I have made two charts to show differences.

The first one shows which item they like more:

And the second shows which color they like more:

I had lots of fun collecting the information and making charts out of it!

Katamino

I have a very fun game called Katamino. It is a game where you have to get Pentaminos (pieces) into the board in Pentas (groups).

It has a 1 player mode where you get the pieces in the board: (No! I almost made it!)

A 2 player strategy mode where the last person to put the piece in wins:

And a 2 player game where you have to fill in your side before the other player: (Left won.)

 I love this game because it is easy to learn, and fast and simple to play. It can also be a one or two player game.

Sunrise Earth Movies

On our trip to the Panama Canal last March, there was a competition called Mini Olympics. I was in second place, so I got this prize: A pack of movies called Sunrise Earth Seaside Collection. They show things like islands, seals, and The Great Barrier Reef. I love them because there are beautiful pictures that you can watch while you are doing something else. Every time they start out with a sunrise around 6:30 A.M. They are all about 45 min. to 60 min. long. They are in a series. The one I have is Seaside Collection. Some others are American, Alaskan, and Greatest Hits.

There is a link to buy them from Amazon here.

Basketry Merit Badge (Large Flat Basket)

To earn the Basketry Merit Badge, a scout needs to make three baskets. I already made 2, and this is my third. To make the basket, place reeds flat and make an over one, under one pattern. Then fold the walls up, and keep going.

In this picture I am about halfway done with the basket.

Making the baskets and stool were very fun, and now I have 8 completed merit badges! This was very difficult and confusing, but still fun. You can see the other two here and here.

Basketry Merit Badge (Camp Stool)

Back when I went to advance camp, a camp for Boy Scouts, I got a partial on the Basketry Merit Badge. That means I did some but not all of the requirements to get the Merit Badge. I still had to make two more things.

In the Basketry Merit Badge, one requirement is to make projects with different weaves. I made a twill weave camp stool. To make the weave, I wrapped reeds around poles, and then did a pattern of 4 rows. The first row is over two, under two, over two, the second over one, under two, over two, the third is under two, over two, under two, and the fourth under one, over two, under two.

Here is the completed stool.

Here I am in the process of making it. I had to soak the reeds in water to make sure they didn't break. I used a cooler.

The stool worked well, and it holds my weight! One more project to go, and then I will earn my Merit Badge!

Barn Quilts

We (my mom and I) made barn quilts yesterday. No, they do not keep the barn warm. They are pretty quilt designs that go on a barn. My mom will share hers in a week.

Here is mine. You can see how I did a rainbow of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple with gray in the center.

In this picture, I am painting the orange squares and my mom has finished hers.

We are hoping Jonna will give us fabric versions of these just like she did with our cursive project quilts. Making these were very fun. Here are the instructions and my mom's quilt.

Trick-or-Treating

On Halloween, I went trick-or-treating with my friend, Devin.

I was a Hershey Bar, and my parents were candy makers!

Here is the bucket of candy we put out for trick-or-treaters while we were gone.

After Devin and I went trick-or-treating, we came back, sorted, and traded candy.

Here is a chart I made about what I got from trick-or-treating.

I traded away my regular Tootsie Rolls, and also the Almond Joy. Devin likes them and gave me the ones he doesn't like.

Trick-or-treating was very fun!

Snap Circuits

Today, I decided to use my Snap Circuits. They are an electronic toy that allows you to make circuits with little pieces.

Here is the first one I made. Turn the switch, and it lights up.

Then align the mirror, and it beeps.

Here are all of the pieces needed. (And yes, I filled every space perfectly.)

Here is the next one. I programmed it to say "Trevor deRosier".

The 3rd one spins and lights up on a beat.

Unfortunately, I did not get pictures of the 4th one I made, but you can see a little of it in the bottom left of the next picture.

Of course, whenever you have something fun, there is always a mess.

I love Snap Circuits. The 4 sets I have, which are not all that there are, are 3D Illumination, Arcade, Light, and Extreme in that order.

My Boy Scout Cooking Competition

On Wednesday, October 25, 2017, we had a great Boy Scout Cook-Off. One patrol made Mexican food, and one made Italian. We got Mexican, so we decided to make nachos. The trick, however, was trying to incorporate the secret ingredient, pickles, into our dish. First, we started with lots of bags, lots of groceries, and lots of scouts.

Ben and I are grating the cheese.

I was in charge of making the salsa. Collin taught me how to cut green onions.

Here is the completed salsa. It was delicious! We put in pickles, tomatoes, cilantro, and green onions.

Here is our completed dish with the salsa on top.

The other patrol made stuffed pickles.

The cooking competition was very fun. The results were close, but the visiting Cub Scouts voted us the winners!

The Great Minifig Mix-Up!

It is time for the Great Minifig Mix-Up! That is where I take 20 minifigs and mix them up! I have broken them into head, body, and legs, and their bodies will stay where they are so it is easy to identify what they used to be. A few will be chosen as "Best of Show".

Here are all of the broken up minifigs:

And here are the mix-ups:

                                  1                             2                                  3                         4

                                5                           6                                      7                         8

                                  9                         10                                   11                      12

                             13                        14                                          15                 16

                                  17                             18                           19                         20

All 20 of them on a white backround:

And the winners:

 OOOO!

Formal Ninja 

"A mop? Where's my staff?"

Poker Face 

Mr. Very Incredible 

Teenager! 

"Catch the bad guys on a skate board!"

Comment which is your favorite using the numbers I have added to the pictures!