Busy, Busy, Busy!

Wow!  We have had a great first 6 weeks.  We finished our unit of study "The Community" and Bridget had her first real math test.  She made a 100!  She was so excited.  It was on the 1st chapter in Math Mammoth and included sums to 10 and comparisons.

She has also learned to spell 60 words.  She receives 10 new words on Mondays and takes a spelling test on Friday.

One of our topics included farming.  We took a virtual tour of a dairy farm and egg farm.  Quite interesing.  We also made our own butter, whipped cream, and cheese.  That was fun!!  I'll post pictures soon.  My dad is a crop farmer.  One of his main crops is cotton.  Last year, we took a field trip out to one of the farms and watched the tractors in action.

This is a picture of some of the cotton.

We will be interrupting our little school to go on a Disney Cruise.  Bridget made a paper chain with numbers on it to help us count down.  Every morning she removes one of the paper links.  We will be participating in a Fish Extender Gift Exchange.  This is where a group of people meet on the DISboards and create a list of cabins that want to exchange small gifts.  It sounded like a cool idea.  The FE is suppose to be 8" wide and should have a pocket for each family member.  Here is a picture of ours:

Hopefully, I'll have more time when we return from our trip to give more details on some of the fun activities we have done.

Until then...Ahoy maties!