Friday, April 11, 2014

Finished Early!! Spring Break!!!

Hello everyone! Another week's come and gone! This week I worked ahead, so I am currently writing this on Thursday! I get a long weekend and I can't wait till I finish school! Truth be told, I simply got bored today, since I finished school around noon, and wanting to be productive, I started the next day's school, knowing I could quit at anytime. But I just kept working! So now, after this, all I have to do is finish my reading for the week!

This week was pretty average, although I did have science class. Because of all the snow days earlier in the year, we had science on Wednesday, and we will have it again on Monday, and again next Wednesday! This time in lab, we made a lung model. We took a 2 liter soda bottle and cut it in half horizontally. Then, we took a Zip-lock bag and fit it over the larger opening of the bottle and taped it in place. Next, we inserted a balloon into the mouth of the bottle, and wrapped the mouth of the balloon around the bottle's. Now, whenever I squeeze the bag, the balloon gets crushed, and when I let go, it inflates! It was really fun to play with! We also watched a video from the point of view of a camera in a patient's throat, to see the vocal cords in action. I also had my science test today. I hope I did well!

This week I finished my religion book! Another topic done. Complete. Summer!!! I am so excited for summer, and every time I finish a subject, it brings me closer to no school and warm weather!

I started writing my research report on Cats in Ancient Egypt! My first step was the thesis statement. Here it is!

In Ancient times, Egyptians had a great love and respect for cats, 
elevating them to a sacred level, and worshiping cat gods and goddesses.”

Soon I will have the research report done and be ready to share it with all of you! Exciting, isn't it? Well, I had a pretty short week, so that's all I have to write about in this blog. Prepare for some pictures! Until next time, bye!

Eucharistic Procession at Lenten Youth Pilgrimage
Baby made a giraffe!
Baby drew a girl and took a photo of her picture.  :-)
"Mother Mary" playing Mary Memory





Saturday, April 5, 2014

dwindling

Hello again, everyone! It's the end of another week and the start of another blog! I hope everyone had a good week and will have an even better weekend! Wow, it's hard to come up with things to write about with all my school subjects dwindling. I'll start off with writing about last weekend—I went over to my friend A.'s house for her birthday party. There were really cool games that went along with the Warrior Cats theme. We had pizza, cake, and snacks. During the length of the party we listened to music. Then I got to stay for a sleepover after the awesome party. It was a great weekend.

Now that we're caught up, on to this week! Research is getting a lot more intense, but thankfully I picked a topic that I like, so I actually really enjoy composition right now. Right now I'm working on taking notes. I've chosen to share with you one of the many articles which I am using as sources, and a few note cards I've taken on it. Click on the links below to see them.

In science, I am learning about blood and the heart and such. Did you know, the heart is kind of like a house? It has four 'rooms' [chambers], four 'doors' [valves], four 'big hallways' [vessels], and four 'small hallways' [vessels]. Pretty cool, huh? Did you know that there are different components of blood? Plasma, which makes up more than half of the blood and is carefully controlled by the kidneys, red blood cells, which transport oxygen from the lungs to the tissues and give the blood it's red color, white blood cells, which are responsible for protecting the body from agents of disease, and platelets which aid the process of blood clotting. Blood clotting keeps us from bleeding to death when we get cut!

Well, that's pretty much it for this week, but in next week's blog, I can tell you about the Lenten Youth Pilgrimage which I am going to this Saturday! So, until next time, BYE!

A few pics of baby this week: