Monday 1/15/2018

Hi guys! How are you all? I am good. I missed blogging for the past year because I have been very busy. 

Earlier, I did a lot of stretching. I used a big rubber band to pull my legs back into my middle split. It hurt, but I held it for a little bit, and I hope it works. I also did a lot of planning. I am planning a surprise. I cant say what it is because my dad, (aka Mike V. Benz) reads my blogs and I don't want him to know about it. 

I go to dance at Draper Center For Dance Education in Rochester now. I use to go to Neglia Ballet Conservatory. Then I decided to switch to Draper so I could get different types of dance such as Modern, and Jazz. I love it at my new studio. They do Nutcracker, Cinderella, and other shows for there company members. This year they are doing Green Eggs and Ham as a side production. I am super exited to be a Mouse in their Cinderella!

For school today, I learned about Scientific Notation.I also learned about Martin Luther King JRand the "Butterfly Effect". The butterfly effect is when something changes in the past, the future as we know it will change dramatically. We also learned about Alexander the Great, and I got to chose one. I chose a robotics lesson. I learned about different types of robots. I learned that is is harder to navigate an under water robot because of the signal issues. I also learned that in Switzerland, they made a robot based off of a dragonfly, a newt, a fish, a spider, a cricket, and a lot more.

Later, William, Momma, and I will watch a movie probably. Daddy left at 10:00 a.m. this morning. He is heading to Georgia as I type this. I hope that we get to watch a movie, and/or play games with each other.

Tomorrow, I plan on doing a lot of school so I can get done early and have some free time to do what ever I want to do before we leave.

Thanks for reading! I will see you guys next time! (drops mic) Lilly out.

#takingaknee

waving flag

Previous to Flag Day, June 14, 1923 there were no federal or state regulations governing display of the United States Flag. It was on this date that the National Flag Code was adopted by the National Flag Conference which was attended by representatives of the Army and Navy which had evolved their own procedures, and some 66 other national groups. This purpose of providing guidance based on the Army and Navy procedures relating to display and associated questions about the U. S. Flag was adopted by all organizations in attendance.

I used this site for a reference:

http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagcode.htm

Opinion on why the Flag Code was put in:

I personally think that the flag code was put in because I believe they wanted to protect the flag from any disrespect. For example – They wanted to keep the flag protected from what is going on now. I don’t blame the people for doing this. I blame President Donald J. Trump for starting this uprise in disrespect because he insulted the NFL which is why the flag code is being broken. Therefore, I will do #TakingAKnee.

(Plz don’t hate for that)

My Easter

Hello People!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's been awhile! Sorry about that. I was very busy over Easter Break. I had a lot of fun tho! I got a YORK bunny! I love that candy. It is my favorite type of candy! BTW, William is doing his usual story and is posting at 12:10. It will be a good one I believe.

Yesterday, on my way home, it started to rain like there was no tomorrow! It was really heavy. There is a park down the road and the tunnel down to the beach by Micky Rats, it was flooded!!! My mom just showed me the picture. It looked awesome. I wanted to go down there and swim across to the beach!

On Tuesday, I went to the orthodontist, and they took off some brackets and then put them back on! It hurt a lot and it still hurts! Usually, it doesn't hurt at this point, but it still does!!!!!!! I really want them to just take them off and I can just be over with the pain! William started his braces in 5th grade and got them off by the end of the year! I've had mine since 2nd grade! That's 4 years!!! I hate them.

GUESS WHAT? CONNER'S IS OPENING TODAY!!!!! I am so happy! They would already be open but they started doing work on the place and because of the weather, they had to postpone the opening so they can finish.

That's all I have to say for today. Thanks for reading!!!

Tifft Experience

Nature is Calling!

Today William and I went to Tifft. We saw tons of deer and we got to feed the birds! If you want to watch the birds I will link video down below. It was awesome! They landed on my hands and ate from it!!!!! It was awesome.

I almost got to touch a deer! I got so close! Did you know that Tifft was a land fill? They use to dump trash (maybe it was your great grandparents trash???)
But then a man named Tifft saved the land and made it into a nature preserve! 








Here is the video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjLSOa8qCq8

Sorry for the noise at the end but it was awesome!!!!!

I have nothing else to say. 

Thanks for reading this blog!

Lilly benz :-)

MY CONCERT

Today I am writing about my concert at Montante Cultural Center... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yps7uefiSQ

It was a fun concert to do, but I was a little nervous. Okay... REALLY nervous. I don't know why I was so nervous. It was such a small audience. There weren't that many people there! It was a really small audience.

I think that I did really good. My brother Bradley played the guitar with my singing. I think that it sounded awesome!(the link will be listed down below) 

(My puppy baxter is sitting next to me... He is so cute.)

 Back to my concert. It was fun to though. I sang Moon River. That song is from Breakfast at Tiffany's.

The thing is that I forgot to bow because I was so nervous. It was a really easy song. I think that I nailed it. I bet that my teacher is going to say something about the bows... I am relieved that it is over now.

THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY FOLKS!!!!!!!!!

SEE YOU NEXT TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GO CHECK OUT MY BROTHERS BLOG...

http://wcbenz.blogspot.com/2016/10/my-sisters-preformance-1032016.html

9/11

Editor: It's funny. Lilly hasn't really learned about this at school. How sad is that? There was no commemoration. None. No mention. This is one of the most horrendous things to happen on our soil. I don't get it. I would appreciate comments from parents of school-aged children. Please let us know if other schools touched on this subject. Thanks.

Hey, guys. Today's blog is not going to be a happy blog. I will be writing about 9/11.

9/11 was a horrible event. Two terrorists took planes and crashed into the twin towers. It was a devastating event. My mom made me watch a clip on what happened. It made want to cry it was so bad. I was crying on the inside. Thousands of people died in this event. People that were on the top floor knew that they were going to die so the just jumped off the building and died. I don't want to talk about this anymore.

                                       

                                 Signing off,

                                                Lilly Benz

The longest blog in the world

Bable: 

Hello there word!!!!! How are you??? I'm good. Did you know that I have yoga laptop??????? That means that it can go from a laptop to stand mode to tent mode then tablet mode!!! 

Ballet:

At ballet today, we are going to work on the end of the year dance. It is soooooo cool. I  really like it. It is slow in the beginning and then fast in the middle and end. I wish that my cousin Tara and her family could come. Same with my aunt Donna. The reason they can't come is because they live in Utica. Also, Tara has baby Andy. He would cry throughout the whole thing.

School:

In school, we are learning about Apollo 13. There second oxygen tank blew up and they had to abort the mission to the moon. The one guy Jim, was extremely sad. The same with the other guys. I felt bad for the men that wanted to go to the moon then had to abort their mission. 

Baxter:

If you didn't know, I have a dog named Baxter. He is a brown lab with another  breed that we don't know. He has a white chest and is the cutest thing in the entire universe!!!! My brother Brad is Baxter's favorite then there is me then mom. 

This weekend:

This weekend, my brother William and my older sister Megan are doing the autism walk tomorrow. Today, after class, I have to slip on a dress and rum. The reason is because I have to help out at a concert that my music school is having at 7 o'clock. I will be in a big rush today.

My Day:

Today, I am going to write this blog and then get ready for a lesson at 2 o'clock at ballet. My dance studio is in buffalo. That is why I an getting ready so early. We have to leave at 1 o'clock. I have a very busy schedule. You should see it. It is so packed. Mainly with dance. I love to dance.  It is my favorite thing to do. After that is to sing. That is my second most favorite thing to do.

Yesterday:

I had a concert at an old folk home. I wrote this in my diary yesterday as well. I think that i did very well. It was my first one that I did. I was very nervous. Some of the people sang along with me. It was fun. I was the only singer. There were two violinists, a piano player and me. (I was the singer). I had a lot of fun. I got to talk to a girl who sister use to go to my studio.