Halloween night.

Last night we went Trick-or-treating with our friend Terry. I was Matt Wieters (O's catcher), Paul was Mike Miller (Miami Heat guard), and Terry was a ninja. Here are some pictures

Paul's jersey is home made. Mine is was a free gift from an O's game

So we started by going down to our dad's old friends' house as we do every year. We didn't do very well (thanks a lot hurricane Sandy!) on our block. But I think the best street we went on was the street behind our house. There was this one house where we waited and then a 14 year old kid answered the door with a bag of Twix. He tried to open it but it didn't open. So he said he would go get his mom. But he couldn't find his mom. And then in the end, he used scissors. Then we continued on. We got back to our street and Paul said "Why don't we stop at our own houses." We stopped at Terry's. It worked but when we got to our house, Mom said "come on in." And that's  how it ended.

Who's on first re-make

Paul and I did the Who's on First? re-make on Wednesday. Here it is

                                          Our video is not like the one I put out earlier this month If you don't get here, follow this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0wAYHTNYJs

Happy August.

This is going to be a great month! For me especially. My birthday is this month =)!

Hilarious video my mom found

Yesterday was the feast of St. James the greater and my mom saw this video where Pope Benedict said  mass on a pilgrimage in 2010 where St. James is buried. Here it is.

                                             
                                                                    Check out the crazy thurible

The Relic display.

Last night, Paul, Dad and I went to this relic display at another church. There were 168 relics. A lot of people were bringing these holy objects, such as rosaries or scapulars, to make into third class relics. But the weird thing was people were bringing pictures to the relics! That was weird. There was one cool thing, I was venerating one of the relics and this other lady was standing next to me was venerating the relic of St. Catherine of Sienna, I said to her "The old associate pastor at my parish loved St. Catherine of Sienna," and she said "St. Catherine of Sienna's feast day is on my birthday." I said "This saint's (the relic I was venerating)  feast day is on my birthday too." Below is a list of the saints' relics

1

Agnes 61 Jane Frances de Chantal 121 Peter Claver

2

Aloysius Gonzaga 62 Januarius 122 Peter, Apostle

3

Alphonsis Liguiori 63 Jean Brébeuf 123 Philip, Apostle

4

André of Montreal, Brother 64 Jean-Théophane Vénard 124 Philomena

5

Andrew, Apostle 65 John Baptist de la Salle 125 Pier Giorgio Frassati (Bl.)

6

Angela Foligno (Bl.) 66 John Berchmans 126 Pius IX (Pope) (Bl.)

7

Anna Maria Taigi (Bl.) 67 John Gabriel Perboyre 127 Pius V (Pope)

8

Anne, Mother of the BVM 68 John Neumann 128 Pius X (Pope)

9

Anthony Padua 69 John of Matha 129 Polycarp

10

Anthony the Abbott 70 John of the Cross 130 Rose of Lima

11

Apollonia 71 John the Baptist 131 Rita of Cascia

12

Athanasius 72 John Vianney (Cure D'ars) 132 Simon the Apostle

13

Augustine 73 John XXIII (Pope) (Bl.) 133 Stanislaus Kostka

14

Benedict 74 John, Apostle 134 Stanislaus Papczyński (Bl.)

15

Bartholomew, Apostle 75 Josaphata Hordashevska (Bl.) 135 Stephen, King of Hungary

16

Bartolo Longo (Bl.) 76 Josemaria Escriva 136 Tarsykia Matskiv (Bl.)

17

Bernadette 77 Joseph Cupertino 137 Teresa of Avila

18

Bernard of Clairvaux 78 Joseph, Spouse of the Virgin Mary 138 Teresa of the Andes

19

Blaise 79 Josephat 139 Teresa of Calcutta, Mother (Bl.)

20

Catherine Labouré 80 Josephine Bakita 140 Thérèse of Lisieux

21

Catherine of Siena 81 Jude, Apostle 141 Thomas a Beckett

22

Cecilia 82 Justin Martyr 142 Thomas Aquinas

23

Charbel Makhlouf 83 Kateri Tekakwitha 143 Thomas More

24

Charles Borromeo 84 Lawrence 144 Thomas, Apostle

25

Charles Garnier 85 Leo the Great (Pope) 145 True Cross, Fragments of the

26

Charles Lwanga 86 Longinus 146 Unknown Bishop and Martyr

27

Clare of Assisi 87 Louis de Montfort 147 Valentin Faustino Berri Ochoa

28

Claude de la Columbière 88 Louis Martin (Bl.) (Father of St. Thérèse) 148 Veronica Giuliani

29

Conrad of Parzam 89 Lucy 149 Vincent de Paul

30

Contardo Ferrini (Bl.) 90 Luke, Evangelist 150 Vincent Strambi

31

Cosmas 91 Malachy 151 Wenceslas

32

Crib of Our Lord 92 Margaret Mary Alacoque 152 Zélie Guerin (Bl.) (Mother St. Thérèse)

33

Damian 93 Margaret of Cortona 153 Zeno the Tribune

34

Dismas 94 Margaret of Scotland

35

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Dominic 95 Marguerite Bourgeoys The 11 Martyrs of Novogrudok:Dominic Savio 96 Maria Goretti 154 Maria Stella (Bl.)

37

Dymphna 97 Mark, Evangelist 155 Anna Kukulowicz (Bl.)

38

Edith Stein 98 Martha 156 Eleanor Juzwik (Bl.)

39

Elizabeth Ann Seton 99 Martin de Porres 157 Eugenia Mackiewicz (Bl.)

40

Euprasia 100 Martyrs of Gorkum 158 Helena Cierpka (Bl.)

41

Faustina Kowalska 101 Mary Magdalene 159 Jadwiga Zak (Bl.)

42

Francis de Sales 102 Mary of Jesus Crucified 160 Jozefa Chrobot (Bl.)

43

Francis of Assisi 103 Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd (Bl.) 161 Julia Rapieg (Bl.)

44

Francis Xavier 104 Mary, Mother of God (portion of her Veil) 162 Leokadia Matustzewska (Bl.)

45

Francis Xavier Cabrini 105 Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist 163 Paulina Borowik (Bl.)

46

Francis Xavier de Seelos (Bl.) 106 Matthias, Apostle 164 Veronika Narmuntowicz (Bl.)

47

Gabriel Lalement 107 Maurice the Legionary

48

Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother 108 Maximilian Kolbe

49

Gemma Galgani 109 Melchor García Sampedro

50

Gerard Majella 110 Michael J. McGivney (Servant of God)

51

Gertrude the Great 111 Monica

52

Helen (Mother of Constantine) 112 Nicholas of Myra (i.e., Santa Claus)

53

Holy Crown of Thorns, Fragment of the 113 Oliver Plunket

54

Holy Lance, Fragment of the 114 Padre Pio

55

Ignatius Loyola 115 Patrick

56

Ignatius of Antioch 116 Paul Miki

57

Irenaeus 117 Paul of the Cross

58

59

James Kern 118 Paul, Apostle LEGEND:James the Great, Apostle 119 Peregrine Bl. = Blessed (i.e., not yet canonized)

60

When I was venerating the relics, I picked them up and put it on my shoulder and prayed please let my arm get stronger and I think it worked, I went outside threw a dozen Footballs and I got Paul to see how fast it was. 32. When Dad gets home from work I'll ask him to measure it. Look for it right here, Sports Nexus! 

James the Less, Apostle 120 Peter Chrysologus\

Progress on the tree (so far)

                                                                                   

Pretty good so far =). Considering Dad didn't get to work on it
Much on Saturday due to Paul's games .___.

                                                                               

Huge exciting day,

Saturday was a busy day. First off, I woke up at 5:00 A.M. My dad was out side on the front porch, and I went outside and the the first thing I saw was....



WHAT THE HECK?!?!?!?!?!?!?


















THE BIG TREE IN OUR FRONT YARD FELL DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Oh no. Not a happy cat at 12:00.
And it almost hit the house. Check it out!



















Ugh! That doesn't look to good.

















Here's the damage from the side, (top and bottom)



HEY CRAZY TREE!!!! DON'T TRY TO KEEP OUR BASKETBALL THERE!!



Later, Paul had a travel team tounament. I had to go cause I'm the bat/ballboy. We had to get there like one hour early. If you want to see videos click here

New blog

I have a new blog, sports neXus http://sports-nexus.blogspot.com/

Long awaited update

Hello everybody. Sorry I've not been posting lately, to busy. Well enough chit-chat let's get down to business here. From May 5th -the last day I posted- I have been altar serving a lot as you can guess, playing Baseball (my team is 1-5), being bat/ballboy for Paul's Baseball teams, going to Orioles games, I will be playing as a sailor in the musical Oh, Jonah! Paul will be the captain and I will post about that. While we are on the subject of homeschooling, our co-op had their annual Dad's day, when the dads come over and we do some cool stuff! Also my uncle turned eighty a couple days ago and we went to his party after Paul's game. The Miami Heat have been pummeling the Indiana Pacers in the playoffs, the final game is tonight on ESPN. Oh, I have also been writing a book, called The Prophecy of Flanagan. It's about a seventeen-year-old named Jack Finnegan who realizes that he's a reborn of the great Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan! And today just as we were starting school we realized Leah had been toutring a bird! Mom didn't want to watched, same here but Paul just watched. Then the chase moved to the front yard, the bird was hiding in Dad's garden, but Leah found him and we thought the bird was dead, and Paul just lost it. He started getting upset! And then he called Dad at work, and asked what he would do. Dad gave him instructions and went outside, and then I heard "YAY! YAY! YAY!" The bird had lived =)! Paul walked back to Leah put her in her crate and I set my watch for 2 hours. Now as I am writing this, Leah has, 1hour 23 minutes and 9 seconds to get out. Stay tuned, your pal

                                                                         -Xav "X-MAN"

Take our children to work day

So first we went to mass (which I will post about soon), had breakfast and then Dad took Paul and me to where he worked, which wasn't very far. When we got there, I put on my building pass that looks like this:

Paul didn't want me to take a pic of his.  When we got there we met Dad's buddys and joined them in their "morning routine", which is when they go downstairs and get ice. Then we go upstairs to my dad's friend's office where he has a water jug (FYI they fill the ice to the brim) and then; THE WATER'S ALL OVER THE PLACE!!! Then  they just see what's on the agenda for that day, and then start talking trash. Then everybody had to leave so it was just moi, Paul and Dad. We got bored, and Dad showed us the flying pig. It was a present from dad to his buddy. Dad turned it on and it started flying. It was just a toy and it was suspended from the ceiling. Then we went to do some work, which was just loading equipment. First we had to load computers and then we faced the most evil computer monitor in the world! It didn't want to go back in it's box, but we suceeded! Then dad introduced us to some of his friends, Dad introduced us to friend, Miss Laura. And she had a desk full of Beanie Babies for any children the stoped by. By the look that was on Dad's face, he was saying in his head O.K Paul and Xav aren't getting any Beanie Babies. then I said "I'll take the blue jay. Paul said he'd take the whale. I know. I know. We're to old, but we just took them to be polite. Here's a pic of my blue jay. I named him Jose, after Toronto Blue jays right-fielder, Jose Bautista.

Paul wanted me to name him J.J after J.J Hardy, Fuhgetabutit . I suppose that's it.

Rainbow.

A lot of posting

I have a lot posting to do today. Prepare your computer!

Take our children to work day.

Hello. As I am writing this, I am in my dad's office for take our children to work day. It's been a great day so far, we've just been loading equipment. Oh, jeez I almost forgot, Paul's here with me too.

Me: Say hi Paul.
Paul: Hi.

Gotta go! We got work to do.

HAPPY MARCH!!

HAPPY MARCH! SPRING AND DAY LIGHT SAVINGS TIME COME SOON =D =D!!!!!!! And this month I'M GOING TO SEE THE ORIOLES IN SPRING TRAINING =D =D!!!!!! So prepare for O's updates. I might post a link to an..... I don't exactly know what it is to see Detroit Tigers and O's recaps. If my friend agrees =)

I DON'T BELIEVE IT =0!

Check out my friends blog. His pet Bearded Dragon can drive =0!

Valentines day party

Our home school group went to a moon bounce arena! Here are some photos

Check out that valentine collecter! It's our friend, Catherine's, valentine collector. She called it "The Cardiosaurus."

She had told us that she and her dad had made it out of paper mache, foam, googly eyes and she had told me that they coated Deer Park water bottles with paper mache
Look at the sign! lol

Here is the side of "The Cardiosaurus".
















My Mom had taken more pictures but she didn't let me put the rest of these pictures in. I don't know why =(.

                                                                                     -X-MAN

Important post!!

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!  If you want to see the breaking news go to my Mom's website. This is a website for breast cancer and abortion. Well guess what? THEY'RE RELATED!!!! Susan G. Komen, decided yesterday not to donate money to Planned Parenthood =)!

Family

This is my bro, Paul

This is my bro, playing video games as you can see the screen right in front of him.

About me

Hi. My name is Xav. I like to play sports, play piano (not really). I like to do a lot of things which you'll read about in this blog. :D. You can also call me "X-MAN".