Archive for ‘U.S.’

Making a Meal Out of Meal Worms

Making a Meal Out of Meal Worms

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Gus goes to a bug show at the University of Texas and he really gets his teeth into one of the exhibitions, which makes him more than a hands-on learner.

Snow Day, Texas

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

The History of My Baseball

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

I totally love baseball! Our team name is the Astros. I’m number 9 and on my team there are 12 kids. But I used to be bad at batting but now I’m real good at it. Once I even hit a triple! The reason why is because I take classes at the Hill Country Baseball. [...]

gus in uniform

Loving Boy Scouts

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

I am Gus Kendrick Boy Scout, rank scout, age 13. I am a member of Troop 101 located in Dripping Springs, Texas. I have a merit badge in first aid and am I in the cavemen patrol. I would have never thought about joining Boy Scouts till I tried it. I went to one meeting [...]

the tarantula and me

Bugging Out

Friday, October 15th, 2010

“That was amazing!” Gus shouted as we left a performance at a UT auditorium in mid-September. “I loved  it.” He was laughing and whooping as he trotted up the aisle. Let’s see: 13 year old all jazzed up after a performance? You’re thinking it was a rock band or something, right? No, believe it or [...]