All about Emmett

Hello.  My name is Emmett Michael Patrick Erickson and I am eight years old.  I am in third grade. I have been sailing since I was one year old.  I like sailing because I get to do lots of fun stuff.  I like playing on the beach because I always find new creatures in the water.  I also like skipping rocks and driving the dinghy.  I can also go skim-boarding. 

My bedroom is small on Uliad.  But I still like it because it feels like home with all my stuff in it. 

This is a picture of me and Dad hiking on St. Eustatius.  We hiked to the top of an extinct volcano!  At the top of the volcano we could hike down into a giant rainforest inside the crater.  There were lots of hermit crabs along the trail.  This was one of the biggest ones! 

My favorite things to do:

 I like to go snorkeling.  I can now dive down about 10 feet underwater!  I like to read a lot and I just finished the last of the Harry Potter series and I've almost finsished the last of the Lemony Snicket series, so now I have to find something else to read!  I like to play on the computer or my gameboy or PSP. 

• Hot Wheels.com     I found this site after looking at the back of my hot wheels car boxes
• Candystand.com    My friend Ben taught me all about this website
• UBFunkeys.com      I love this game, but it only works with a fast internet connection, so I don't get to play it much!

School

Lately I've been writing in cursive and practicing adding and subtracting three digit numbers.  My favorite subjects are art, science and math.

What I've been up to lately: 

 Recently I decided to make a web page devoted to the interesting animals that I keep finding as we travel.  You can see my "Creature of the Month" page here.

Man Overboard

Yes, it was me.  I fell overboard just two weeks into our trip.  My mom was glad I hit my chin instead of my head.  I could have gotten knocked out and drowned!!!   All I remember seeing was Mom screaming.  I jumped for the swim platform and hitting my chin.  Then in a whirl I was swept under the water.  Luckily, my Dad jumped in and we floated back to the boat with the gas tank.

Can you believe I lived to tell the tale?