One of my favorite places to go is New York City.  I don’t think I would like to live there (no trees for tree forts) but, it is a fun place to visit.  Last time we went it was right before Thanksgiving and everything was decorated for Christmas.  This time we went in January.  A staff member from The Mike and Juliet Show on Fox, saw the clip of me on Ellen and called us to see if I would come and be on their show.  This was right around my Mom’s birthday,and I told her that if it worked out it would be my birthday present to her.  Well, it did work out. We hopped on a plane and, 1 1/2 hours later we were in NYC. (Dad got to fly with us on the same plane this time — here we are playing Sudoku in the airport). We stayed a few days longer than we did in California, because we had lots more to see that we missed the first time we visited.  This time our plan was to eat as many different foods as we could.  My parents say that the best way to find really good food is to ask the people who live there.  We ate at a tiny chinese restaurant, a Thai noodle shop, a Mexican sandwich shop, Italian with homemade pizza and pasta, bagels and cannolies.  We took pictures of some of the places.  My favorites were the Thai noodles and the Mexican corn.  Both of these foods my Mom and I have made since coming home.  The corn was very different.  I think we are going to film a clip of me making it and post it on the site.  Another thing we did on this trip was visit the 9/11 memorial.  It was very sad and quiet.  Nobody talked while we stood and looked at the hole in the ground.  Then we walked over to Trinity Church and enjoyed the last part of the service there.  We spent alot of time that day on the Metro, I really thought it was fun until some guy got on and tried to sell everyone pirated DVDs.  He could even say his little speech in French and Spanish as well as English.

 (that’s me on the bottom)  One of my favorite parts of the trip was going to a Broadway show.  Last trip my parents saw Fiddler on the Roof, but we stayed with a friend who lives in the City. This time Dad, Mom and I went to see Phantom of the Opera.  Mom and Dad had seen it before so they could help me understand what was going on.  I understood most of it.  I really liked the music and the effects. 

Being on the Mike and Juliet show was lots of fun.  Everyone there was really cool and laid back.  I made Nathan’s Crazy Mystery Brownies for them.  After the show we passed them out to the audience and crew.  The food stylist thought they were amazing.  When I left they gave me a bunch of kitchen tools and gadgets to use, not to mention all the left over candy from the brownies.  I took the candy home and shared with my brother and sister and my friend Wyc.

Before we left for home I wanted to visit the Giant Toys R Us and the M&M store.  I found a green girl M&M plate for my sister. We already have the blue and red ones that Mom and Dad brought back from one of their trips. Those are our special plates.  Now my sister has one of her own.   I can’t wait to go back to New York, next time I want to see the Blue Man Group and eat more unique foods!

Wow, what a fun trip to Hollywood.  I had never been to California before.  It was a long flight, but my Mom and I had fun.  There were no more seats available on our plane so my Dad took a different airline. He got to ride first class I bet you are wondering why we were in California? Well, I had the chance to roll Sushi on the Ellen Degeneres Show!  We stayed right near Universal Studios Hollywood.  It was really cool, there was a street called Universal City Walk that had lots of  stores and places to eat. The day we arrived we had dinner at Bubba Gump’s.  I played ping pong on two tables with our server.  After dinner we went to a few stores to get souvenirs for Samuel and Ariel.  I found these great sunglasses.  The next day we went back to the City Walk to have breakfast at a Crepe place.  Crepes are one of my favorite foods.  My Dad makes great crepes. Then we took the Metro ( an underground train) to Hollywood Blvd.  My mom really wanted to see the Chinese Theater and the Walk of Fame.  I saw Big Bird’s star and also the star of a composer I learned about in homeschool name Igor Stravinsky.
  We ate at a Mongolian Noodle shop.  It was very fun. They gave you a bowl and you could fill it with what ever you wanted. (Those are my new sunglasses in the picture.)  It was then time to get ready for my segment on the Ellen Show.  They sent a driver to get us and he was amazed that we took the Metro. He had never driven anyone who had been on the Metro before.  When we arrived at the NBC Studios they took me to my very own dressing room. It was full of yummy things to eat and drink, but my parents didn’t want me to get too hyper so I only had a few things to munch on.  It was freezing in the studio so I wore my coat during the taping.  You can see the clip of my segment on my website. After the taping we went out to dinner with two nice people named Dea and Hank. They took us to a steak house near Warner Brothers Studios that has been there for at least 50 years.  They had the best garlic bread ever!  We decided after dinner to relax a bit in the Jacuzzi at our hotel.  The next morning we had a very early flight.  We had to leave at 6:30 a.m.  Our driver radioed his control center, who told him a “clear” way to go.  As he pulled onto the freeway, we saw that it was already jammed with cars.  Eventually, we were sitting in traffic not moving.  The driver said it was a parking lot. Dad said we would just have to stay with the driver if we missed our planes.  I don’t think the driver wanted us at his house because he quickly got off the freeway and took us the scenic route to the airport.  After two busy days, I slept most of the way home on the plane and I was very happy to see my own bed!

We have been adding a lot of things to the Fun Food Adventures website in the past few weeks. You might have seen some of the cool stuff already. My brother Samuel really likes two of the new games, The Tomato Bounce and Nathan’s Snowboard Challenge. It was fun recording my voice for the snowboard game. We are adding new games all the time to make our site more interesting. We are also working on adding a recipe section. Soon you can submit a recipe of your own and we will put it on the site. Last week we filmed a great holiday treat called Chocolate Bark. I had a great time filming it.

A top secret game is coming in the next few weeks, I can’t wait for you all to see it. It is going to be such a blast. What are your favorite parts of the Fun Food Adventures website? Do you have a favorite video clip? I look forward to hearing from you all.

Be Adventurous,
Nathan

Hello Everybody,

I mentioned a few days ago about the Sushi party we had at my house.  This is not the first time we have done this.  Our whole family really likes sushi. At a Sushi party, we have several “stations” set up with all the tools you need to make sushi. Then there are different ingredients at each station.  My Dad and I show everyone how to make a sushi roll by demonstrating the process. Then each person can try to make one themselves.  By the way sushi is NOT raw fish. Sushi actually means “sweet and sour seasoned rice”. It is the rice, not the other ingredients that make sushi what it is.  A lot of my friends were at the party, but only my friend Wyc ate the sushi.  All my other friends just ate the ingredients.   My favorite kind of sushi is smoked salmon with cream cheese, cucumber and avocado. Tasty!! Do you like trying new foods? What is a unusual food that you might eat with your family? My Dad new someone who liked to dip tangerines in Tabasco sauce. My Mom tried it and said she did not care for it.  I’m looking forward to hearing everyone’s comments.

Be adventurous,

Nathan Godsey

I wanted to tell you about some of my favorite bands. Hawk Nelson is Christian Rock band that, I think, is from Atlanta. Their music is like bouncy — keep it flowing kind of rock. Another band I like is Decyfer Down. They are a hard rock band with great lyrics. Grits is a rap band that do fun, upbeat songs. I have one of their music videos on my Angel Wars DVD and I like to watch it with my friends. I also like country music and some classical music. I sometimes listen to Yanni and Josh Groban because my Mimi and my Mom listen to them, but I think they are pretty cool as well. I sometimes tease my Dad about him not liking that kind of music. My parents want me to listen to music that has a positive message and good concepts in it. That is cool by me, because I know that they love me and I trust them to help me know what is best for me.

Let me know about some of your favorite music and why you like it.

See you next time,

Nathan

Sometimes people ask me, “What is homeschooling like?” I usually tell them that on a good day we work for 4-5 hours then I have the rest of the day to do what I like.  This year we started working with a new program called Classical Conversations.  There is a lot of memorization. Most of it is fun. There are timeline cards with great pictures or art that have to do with a certain event in history. For example, Creation is the first card and it has a part of the painting from the Sistine Chapel on the card.  In history we are also studying the History of The United States.  We started with Columbus and we are now at George Washington becoming our first president.  I think George Washington was really cool. I am also learning, human anatomy, grammer, latin, math tables, and drawing. My dad teaches us drawing.  I meet once a week with 3 other families. We do science and history projects, drawing class, and learn our memory work for the next week.  It is pretty intense but I am learning a bunch. What is your school day like? I love to hear about other people’s experiences. Do you like learning other languages or do you like science and history? Tell me about your school day.

See you later,

Nathan

I have been spending a lot of time on the new JumpSport trampoline that we are going to use in our next episode. It came with lots of balls and special bungee cords for playing cool games. Some of these games have a need for speed. They are timed, and require balance and strength. I beat my Mom and Dad on one game called the Hole in the Wall, where you jump in between two bungee cords without touching them.

I also had my first newspaper interviews for Fun Food Adventures. One was over the phone and she asked me about homeschooling and my favorite food, Sushi. In fact we are having a sushi making party on Friday to celebrate the airing of Fun Food Adventures. I’ll tell you how it goes later.

I love hearing from people so feel free to leave you comments.

See you later,

Nathan

This is my very first blog entry. Very fun! I went to Japan Fest in Stone Mountain, GA this weekend to film an episode for Fun Food Adventures. For my homeschool co-op presentation I did a report explaining all about the different activities at Japan Fest. It was a great educational field trip. There were traditional Japanese activities like the Gummi-bear challenge and lantern painting. I also made an origami sumu wrestler and a Japanese mask. Samuel liked watching the sumo wrestlers and I really enjoyed the swordmanship demonstrations. The archery was very cool as well. The Japanese candy maker was very neat. He could skulpt animals out of candy blindfolded!

We were blessed with great weather both days of filming. It rained a bit on Sunday morning but, the major storms held off until exactly 5pm when the festival ended. God’s timing is perfect!

After each day of filming we headed back to the hotel to cool off and swim in the pool before dinner. A great restaurant right near our hotel was called the Metro Diner. They had only been open 4 months. It was owned and run by a Greek family. They had the biggest menu I have ever seen with dishes from all corners of the globe (German, Greek, Mexican, Italian, etc.). The cakes were the tallest I have ever seen in my life. They were 6 layers high! We all really loved their Greek Lemon Chicken Soup and Samuel especially liked the Matzoh ball soup. When it was time for dessert, it was hard to choose between the Snickers cake, Chocolate Chocolate Chip, or Seven-Up cake. There was also the Giant Chocolate Mouse with a Chocolate Moose Lollipop on the top. There were 9 of us at dinner and we ordered 3 desserts and we couldn’t even finish one of them! If you are ever in Atlanta,GA try to stop by the Metro-Diner it is on Hwy78 Exit 9. One exit passed Stone Mountain going West.