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.