My Lucky Day

I had a very lucky day on December 16, 2008. Do you want to know why? Because I was the winning bidder on the Advent Calendar that my class made. We made the calendar by putting reindeer, Santa Claus, and snowmen finger prints on the calendar. My snowman finger and thumb prints are on the back of the Advent Calendar. My snowman is on the back in the middle because my teacher put it there because I have a very big thumb.

There are 25 doors on the front and there is a bell on the 25th door. That door has a bell on it because it is Christmas Day. There are scratch off lottery tickets behind each door. Every day you open one door and scratch off the ticket. For instance on Christmas Day, I will take out the last ticket and scratch it off.

So far, I've won three free tickets and one dollar. I still have four more doors to go. Next year, I hope my parents will put candy surprises in each door.

I had a very very lucky day that day and I was so so happy. I thought I wouldn't win it, but I did. In about 15 years, I will have kids and I will put candy in the Advent Calendar for them.

Amazing Pop-Up Picture Atlas

I am reading the Amazing Picture Atlas. The book shows you every continent and the countries in the continent. It has amazing facts about Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, North America, and Antartica. If you go to every page, it shows you every country's flag, what language they speak, all the amazing animals, great sites, natural features, and what is produced. And, it has a little slide out page that shows you all the country's in that continent. If I was reading North America, it would say at the very top in a yellow box with black letters--Countries of North America.

My favorite continent to learn about is Africa. I just learned that Egypt is in the top right corner of Africa. I also know that chameleons live in Africa. And, my second favorite continent is Australia. I know that there is an island off of Australia called Tasmania. I also know that the biggest rock in the world is in Australia called Uluru (Ayers Rock), and it is in the very middle of Australia. My favorite type of animal there is either the koala or kookaburra. Koala's are not actually bears, they just call them bears because they look like a bear. They are actually a cousin to bears. They are really called marsupials.

I love this Amazing Picture Atlas book. I would like you to read it too because it has so many different facts about the countries in our world.