My Year

This year I turned 8 and got to go to Scotland with my family and get baptized there. It was really fun and I even got to see the Isle of Skye which is what I am named after.

Everywhere we went I searched for animals and I found some polliwogs  and tadpoles and other creatures.

I am now up to 30 animals with 9 terrariums and aquariums and a hutch my rabbit and guinea pigs and a chicken coop. Our chickens lay eggs every day and they are the yummiest eggs ever with very yellow yolks.

I take care of all my pets and animals and my parents said I could start a Youtube Channel so I did and made my first video of how to make a toad habitat without spending too much money:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh1KDvKzEeHT13sySWbLk9Q

I will make videos of all my animals this year and teach about them.

This year I got really into reading and read almost all the Daisy Meadows Fairy Series books. I think I read more than 80 of those books. I also did acting classes and am doing singing and dancing lessons this summer. I love to be on stage and dance or sing and talk to people.

For math I learned all my addition and subtraction facts and have been practicing on Arcademics and Teach Me 2nd Grade. I also learned about money and have been working to earn money to take care of my pets and to get new ones. Sometimes I catch them, but some I buy from Pet City or PetSmart or Petco and soon I will get a white mouse.

My mom teaches me history and we learned about Leonardo Da Vinci, the Titanic and we also have been watching movies like Much Ado About Nothing and Pride and Prejudice. I don't understand all the words but I like the stories. My mom read with me Heidi this year and it's one of my favorite books ever. We also ready Pollyanna and I like how she always finds reasons to be glad. I also read a lot of Magic Tree House books and learned about a lot of different times and places.

My favorite toys to play are LaLa Loopsies and I like making up stories with my dad.

I made 4 story books this year and I draw all the pictures of the girls. I am pretty good at drawing girls now in different outfits. I am learning to type but I still like writing with pencils for now.

My dad started teaching me piano this year and I learned the song Tender Shepherd which is one of my favorite lullabies.

Now that it's summer I am excited for the blackberries to grow in our garden and for butterflies and dragonflies to come out. I can usually get a dragonfly to land on my finger. I am also going to do gymnastics with my dad in our yard. I got a mat for Christmas which I take outside and I can do cartwheels and lots somersaults already.

Animal Adventure

 The top of the food chain is US the humans but for animals are Lions, Cheetahs, Leopards.  Lions eat Zebras, Gazelles and other herbivores.  The herbivores eat grass who are the producers who are also the bottom of the food chain.  The grass gets energy from the Sun and drinks the water that falls on it from the rain that falls.


There are different kind of termites  Some live in their structures of dirt and some like the ant live underground  There are millions of termites underground. And the insectivores that eat them

Another animal I learned about is the tarantula it is venomous to other insects but not to us humans.

The Story of 9 Girls and the Fairies

Prologue 

This story is about 9 little girls who found a lot of fairies and they met the fairy king and queen.

The excitement of the girls is a lot of excitement.

Let the story begin.

Chapter 1

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In  Washington D.C. in a hotel  9  girls, two sisters and seven friends were working in a pet store.
The two sisters names were Jane and Lily . The friends names were Kirsty, Holly, Skyler, Julie, Saydi, Saren and Emmeline.

Their hiding spot was in a cave until they had a hurricane and the cave broke.

"Oh no" said all nine girls.

"It's Saturday", said Jane.

"Ya", said Lily, "dad's home".

"Yes I love Saturday", said Saydi
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That second a little fairy came in from the window wearing a purple dress and blue leggings

"Look", said Saydi.

"What", said Saren.

"A fairy!"

"Really?, said Saren, "are you telling the truth?"

"Yeah, I am!"

"Let's catch her!"

"No!", said Saren.

"Why" said Saydi

"Because she might do a spell on us"

"Really?", said Saydi.

"Yeah", said Saren.

Saydi licked her lips. "OK"

All of a sudden sparkly purple magic sprinkled on top of both of them.

Sparkles came down.

"Go, go, go, go!", said Saren.

"No, look what's happening", said Saydi.

"Oh fine", said Saren

The sparkles made Saren a beautiful dress.

"Wow!", said Saren.

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The fairy waved her wand to send the girls in two different directions.

It was scary for both of them.

One went to an animal sanctuary

The other went to a sleepover.

When they got there Saydi was wearing a a t-shirt that said princess, a yellow skirt, green pants and blue shoes.

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Saren was wearing a beautiful yellow dress and a golden crown.

They were afraid to be separated suddenly.

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Saren got a hold of the phone. She called Saydi.

"Hi", she said.

"Hi", said Saydi

"What are we going to do about this?"

"I don't know"

"Oh, I have an idea"

"What? What!"

"We could wait."

"Oh, don't you have anything better than that?"

"No. Sorry"

Saren didn't notice, but upon the sign that said sleepover there was a little fairy who was blending in with her red dress. She sprinkled a tiny bit of fairy dust on top of Saren and then flew to do the same thing to Saydi

Then all of a sudden Saydi saw Saren and Saren saw Saydi.

"Yaaa, you were right."

"I was, yay!"

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Then they looked and saw a sheet of paper floating through the air with a flower attached to it with writing on it.

"Whose could that be?", wondered Saren.

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They picked up the paper and read it. It said:

      You two will have two magic wands. 
     Look at the ground and pick them up.

                                  - Fairy Lily

"Yay", shouted Saren.

They looked at the ground and saw two wands. They picked them up, but then all of a sudden they had wings.

"I love it!"

"Ya I do too", said Saren and Saydi.

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They waived their wands in the air and said:

"I wish we could go home"

Then the wind started to blow. It blew faster and faster and then they were home.

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"I am so happy fairies are so sweet"

"Ya they are."

Then they saw Julie, Jane, Lily, Kirsty, Holly, Skyler and Emmeline.

"Hi", said all of the girls.

"I'm so happy to see you."

"We are too"

Then they had a party and had so much fun.

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what brings me joy

I love my chickens so much.  They bring me a lot of joy just watching them every day and getting their eggs. Today they layed 4 eggs and we all ate them fresh and still warm.  Their yoke is dark yellow because they are free ranged and grass fed. They roam around our yard all day long.  I love running in my back yard and finding things that are beautiful.   Just yesterday I saw a beautiful gold finch in my back yard.  He was so pretty light yellow with black on his tummy.  His sound was like the sound of warm weather and summer is here to stay.

sports

my favorite sport is dancing ,  it is beautiful. My favorite dance is jazz , I love the beat , I also like soccer my two brothers play it I used to play it I like to go to their games. I also like ping pong , I play with my brother London and my Mom. I also like tennis , I play it with my family sometimes ( at Perkins park ). I went boogie boarding today with my family at plum island beach, I love it. Today was a great day

Natural Disasters

Today I learned about different natural disasters.

Tsunami - a big wave that comes from an earthquake under the ocean.

Earthquake - is when the ground breaks or cracks and the earth shakes because the tectonic plates slip.

Wildfire - can be caused by people, like when they leave a cigar in the forest, or it can be from lightning hitting trees. Animals lose their homes and the forest is burned. But wildfires leave good soil for plants to grow and animals to come back.

Volcano - is part of the earth that comes out and when it erupts the hot rocks in the earth come out melted as lava and then it hardens and becomes rocks. Volcanoes leave nice soil too.

Hurricane - a lot wind comes and it can cause flooding as it is filled with water.

Floods - are like when a river gets too much rain and the water goes everywhere it used to be dry. Floods leave good soil too.