The truth is revealed

   Since this is my last blog post I thought I would tell Byron about the project. Until now Byron hasn't known about my observations, he thought I was just spending more time with him than usual. There are a lot of things I have learned about him such as why he enjoys video games and playing the PS3. I have also learned that he actually loves listening to music when he is playing. 

   When I first explained it to him he surprised I was doing my project on him because he considered himself boring. Then I said I chose to observe him because he seems to know more about technology than other kids his age. 

   Apparently he enjoys playing video games because he sees me and my older cousin playing. He sees us playing Fifa or call of duty and says he wants to get as good as us. We still let him play with us but we have to take turns because we only have two controls. But when he plays by himself he usually plays other games such as little big planet or some sort of racing game. 

( here we see my brother Byron in his natural habitat)

   When he is playing he enjoys listening to music because he says the music inspires him to play better. I don't know if this is true or not but either he always enjoys playing with music playing in the background. He will usually listen to what is playing on pandora and will start getting excited when one of his favorite songs is playing. He will start singing along and jumping around.

   Other than playing on a game console or a cellphone he also enjoys playing soccer or basketball. Since we have a little basketball hoop in our room hanging from the door he will play if he is bored of games and pretends he is dunking. Whenever we play he says he is Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant and says he is better than me. Off course I usually let him win so he won't get sad but he still gets too cocky. 

   Lately Byron has been showing examples of how interesting he is. He knows how to keep you guessing what he will do next. He either starts bragging about how good he did in a game or how he is getting better. His friends are constantly asking about how he is better than them when It comes to soccer or other sports. 

   I am very satisfied with what I have learned about Byron. He enjoys playing video games but he still knows how to have fun without them.

Wang, Kai-Ping. "Video games and kids." Aboutkids.com. Web. 18 Dec 2014.

Monroe, Bryan. "Why do kids play soccer?" 2points5kids.com. Web. 18Dec 2014.

Byron's behavior

   This has been a pretty normal week for Byron. He has woken up for school on time and has started eating again. He has started cleaning when he is told and has also done his homework before my parents get home. I am not sure if he still feels guilty about what he did last week or if it is something else because his behavior has drastically changed.

  The whole week he was still showing a little resemblance to his old behavior, but on Thursday night he shocked the whole family when he said he wanted to go to school the next day dressed really nice. I was curious as to why he was concerned with his appearance. He usually doesn't care what he wears to school, but when  I asked about it he answered "my friend said to come to school dressed nice". I immediately assumed it was about a girl in his class he was trying to impress. 

   The next day when I went to pick him up after school he was wearing a navy blue cardigan, gray dress shirt, black slacks and black dress shoes. I was really impressed when he told me he had picked out his own clothes. I thought he was going to forget or just wouldn't do it. When we got home he told about how all the other kids were dressed and why they were all dressed up. Turns out one of his friends was moving and that was his last day.

Byron's horrible week

This has been a misfortunate week for Byron.  On monday he woke up late and was late for school. On tuesday when we didn't have school, he was having a good day up until my mom reminded him that he had a dentist appointment. He thought they were going to clean his teeth but the dentist ended up fixing a cavity he had. As soon as we left, Byron started complaining because he wanted to get some chinese food. He got upset because the dentist had told him he couldn't eat anything but soup for the rest of the day. 

On wednesday Byron made a big mistake. He is really into playing games on my mom's phone. Among all of his games, his favorite one is clash of clans. He tries to make his village as good as he can. He upgrades all of his things and saves his gold and other resources to get better. As some of you may know you can use gems to buy more things. Well, Byron told me he had used a hack to get more gems, but when I told him to show me what he had done, he clicked on something that sent him to the App Store to buy more gems. Turns out he bought two hundred dollars worth of gems. I told him that he had paid for them but he kept on insisting that he had used a hack. 

On thursday my mom got a notification on her phone from wells fargonsaying someone had wasted two hundred dollars. When my dad found out he grounded Byron for three weeks and told him he couldn't use anyone's phone until the three weeks had passed. Byron been bothering everyone since then, but at least he has started to eat again. He has also stopped having the same nightmare over and over, so it appears Byron is returning to his old self.

Byron's strange nightmare

   Lately I have noticed that Byron has been acting strange. He sleeps late and wakes up before i do even though he doesn't start school until nine thirty. He has built a strange eating habit of not eating with the rest of the family and then complaining that his head hurts. I thought he was sick or just wasn't hungry, but turns out he has repeatedly had a horrifying dream.

   He says that in his dream he is being chased all around the house by a tall man with red skin, long white hair and devil like horns. When i asked him about his dream he said " the scary guy waits for me every night by the stairs". I don't know if the man from his dream is someone he saw in a TV show or movie, but he has constantly woken up in tears saying he had the dream again. So far he has had the same dream about four times this week.

   I also think this might be a character from one of the YouTube videos he is constantly watching. I think he doesn't want to admit it because my parents might not let him watch anymore videos. I hope his nightmare stops so that the rest of the family can finally get a good night sleep. He has kept me up for the past two days and i hope it doesn't happen again tonight. Hopefully he forgets all about the dream and lets the rest of the family rest.

Mindell, Jodi. " children and bedtime fears and nightmares" sleepfoundation.com, web.18 Dec 2014.

Family Weekend

   This weekend my family and I went to Santa Cruz to visit some of my cousin because it was his birthday.

We left on saturday at five in the morning so that we could go walk on the beach a little but Byron didn't seem to care about the scenery or the fact that we were on able to see the sea lions. We went on the beach but he was complaining that it smelled like rotten fish and the sand was getting in his shoe. After a few minutes he decided take of his shoes and go step in the water. He was okay with getting a little wet but he wasn't prepaired to be pushed onto his face by a couple of waves. The first wave just knocked him onto his knees but he wasn't paying attention to the water behind him and another wave knocked face first into the sand.

   He was really upset because he was wearing his favorite shirt which was now covered in sand and he was cold the whole time we drove back to the hotel so he could take a shower and change. When he finished chaining we went to my cousins house for my cousin's birthday. It was strange seeing Byron without anyone's phone in his hand. He actually talking and playing with the other little kids but the best part would have to be when Byron got on the mechanical bull and started laughing when he fell off. It appears that Byron does know how to have fun without a cellphone or a game console.

My observation

  In my AP english class we have started a project where we observe a person, place, or thing.

  I chose to observe my six year old brother Byron because he is a strange child. He doesn't act like other kids his age. He doesn't like going outside play with the other kids, instead he stays locked up in the room playing playstation or wii. He has a strange eating disorder because usually eats a peanut butter and jelly sandwitch when he gets hone after school. He usually cries when he is told to clean or do his homework.

  He is really talented because he may be six years old but he is already better than me when we play Fifa or almost any other game. I just bever let him know because he will get too cocky and will never stop talking about it. He understands how to play each game and can learn a new game in about an hour. He will play games on almost anything such as playstation, wii, xbox, or on a phone.

  During my observations i hope to find why he loves video games and hates anything related to school or cleaning.