Riding Lesson Last Wednesday

GIFTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love it. We get to play games. i love it so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Mermaid Tale

This is me reading my story...

The Water Bed

I made a water bed a few minuts ago. I'm still crying right now. I did not pee in the bed I promise. It's a water bed from my tears I promise. My dad Robert isn't home. I miss him so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whales

Whales
By Shelby Bayless

Whales are majestic creatures. Whales are beautiful and intelligent. They all come in different sizes but have similar habitats, diets and life cycles. Read the rest of my report to find out more.

There are two main kinds of whales – baleen and toothed whales. Toothed whales use their teeth to catch their food. They don’t chew their food. Baleen whales don’t have teeth. They have baleen that hangs from their upper jaw. It looks like a wide broom in a whale’s mouth. They use their baleen to separate the fish from the water. They are very different from each other. Their blowholes are even different. Toothed whales have one blowhole and baleen whales have two. Baleen whales are usually bigger than toothed whales.

Whales live in the ocean. They like cool water. Many whales migrate in the winter from Antarctica and the North Pole area to warmer places. In the spring they have their babies and then head home. Some swim 5,100 miles each way! Some of the smaller whales like belugas and orcas can live in aquariums like at Sea World.

All whales eat fish. Toothed whales can eat fish, seals and penguins. One kind of toothed whales eats other whales, the orca. Baleen whales eat small fish, plankton and krill.

All whales are mammals. So, the babies are born alive. They nurse from their mommy’s milk. A baby whale is a calf. Toothed whales can live for 30 years. Baleen whales can live for 70 years. They are warm blooded. They get their oxygen from the air not like fish get it from the water.


Cool Whale Facts

• Whales can’t see well in the dark water so they use echolocation.
• The biggest whale is the blue whale and just its tongue weighs as much as a full grown elephant.
• An orca is called a killer whale because it is the only one that attacks other whales.
• Whales don’t usually attack humans.
• Belugas look albino but they are really supposed to be born white.

A Park In My Aunt's Backyard

My Aunt Cookie has a playground in her backyard.

Shelby's Miracle Of CHRISTMAS!

When I asked Santa on Christmas eve for a sewing machine on Christmas day I got one!!!!!!!!!

I also got from Santa socks and underwear I hate hate hate hate that so badly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Santa also brought me lots of American Girl Doll stuff like a new doll, a horse for the dolls to ride, clothes and shoes for them. I got 3 American Girll Doll movies.

I got the pink guitar that I have had on my list for 3 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There was lots of toys and stuff that Santa left for me!!!!!!!

Shelby Elizabeth Bayless,About Me.

My life has been a good one. I love animals!!!! I love my family.

Girl Scouts FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Girl scouts is FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Because I get to see my best friends!!!!!!!!!
My number for my troop is 4475.I have 3three IT'S NOT THIRTEYTHREE................
I could count to a 100 and still be a GIRL SCOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Whole Day!

Today I lost a tooth. I went to Riley's house. My mommy got me some tutus and books. I went to church. You keep on going to church.123456789 I typed the numbers without looking. I had so much fun at Riley's house. Right now I am eating marshmallows, but if you come here I will probably be done. Mountaineers Rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Water Wars

I'm going to play water warriors with Bub which is my brother.

BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The battle began.

I'm having fun.

I am so, so, so, so, so wet!

Awards Assembly

I only got 2 thing at the awards assmbly for real. I got a certificate and a pencil. My name is Shelby. Thank you for reading this.

Dinosaur World - Cave City, Kentucky

RRROOOAAARRR!!!

Probably some of you were scared. I am at dino world. I am having a lot of fun. Some of you have probably been here and some of you have not been here and some of you have passed it. I did a dino walk and got into a dinosaur head. I dug up bones of dinosaurs. I found a fossilized shark tooth and a piece of a dinosaur bone.

My mom asked me, "Do you want to go the see the first T-Rex bones they ever found?" We are going this summer to see them in Pittsburgh, PA.

I hate fireants!!!!!

I stepped in some fire ants. My mommy said that I would get hurt if I wore my flip flops outside. She wanted me to wear my tennis shoes. Aunt Mandy told me that I would be OK to wear flip flops outside if I would stay out of their hills. They somehow got on me and it hurt really bad. Next time when we go to Grandma's house, I am going to wear tennis shoes outside.

Building with Uncle John and Eli

I am having fun building this. We built it at Uncle John's house. We like our fire trucks.

Decorating Jane's Birthday Cake

I helped make this birthday cake. It was for Jane. She was 15. The cake was strawberry. I made her a birthday present that was a craft that I made all by myself.

Shelby's Fun Safari in Louisiana

My name is Shelby ... I am at a safari. Right now I am feeding a giraffe. I am having a lot of fun.

I am petting a giraffe. It felt soft and a little bit prickly.





I saw a brown llama. It turned its head sideways to eat. It probably tried to get some on the side.

Shelby's Top Ten

I learned lots of things on this trip. Here are 10 of the coolest things I learned.

1. I learned about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
2. I learned that when going from West Virginia to Alabama we traveled south.
3. I learned that Alabama is closer to Mississippi than West Virginia.
4. I learned that fire ants' hills are fat at the bottom.
5. I learned how to spell ALABAMA.
6. I learned that they make the laws at the capitals.
7. I learned that Duncan Hines was from Kentucky and he liked many kinds of food.
8. I learned that Martin Luther King Jr. did lots of marching in Alabama and I saw a picture of him.
9. I learned that tornadoes happen more in the summertime and in flat lands.
10. I learned how to spell MISSISSIPPI and some other words.

The Game

Eli and me went to the game. Daddy and Mommy and Uncle Jamie and Uncle John went to the ballgame too. It was cold and I fell asleep. Daddy had to carry me. Guess who carried Eli on his shoulders. It was Uncle Jamie. I got to see Pat White in his last football game.

The Palm Trees

When I was in Alabama when I was leaving the hotel I saw palm trees. I thought they were pretty. Palm trees grow in the south near the coast and sometimes on an island.

The Fire Ants

When we were at Alabama we saw a lot of hills of dirt and inside was fire ants. If you sit on a hill in the middle of nowhere, it might burn because the fire ants will get you. They are red.

Pat White

My daddy and my mommy and I went to Alabama and we was got to see Uncle Jamie and Eli and Uncle John. We all had adjoining rooms at the hotel. All of us went to a place to meet Pat White. He is my favorite player. I asked him to sign my Pat White jersey with a permanent marker. He did. I asked him, "Do I look like your little sister." He shook his head yes and smiled at me. I met some other players and the cheerleaders for the Washington Redskins. We are going to see a football game tomorrow.

Rosa Parks

We drove through Montgomery, Alabama today. I learned that somebody was leaving work and she was tired. She was on a bus and a white person got on and she had to sit in that seat but the black person didn't get up. The black person went to jail. This started the Montgomery Bus Boycott. That means they didn't ride the buses for a long time. The lady's name was Rosa Parks.

The States

I left school early today because I am going to Alabama. When we left West Virginia we went into Kentucky.

Then after Kentucky came Virginia.

We drove into Tennessee.

We drove through Georgia and I was asleep.

We found a hotel to sleep in and eat in. Tomorrow we are going to drive some more into Alabama.

What did Shelby do today?

What I did was sew a tic-tac-toe bag. It was pretty. I like tic-tac-toe.

My Time Capsule

Today Mommy and I went to Lowe's. I built a time capsule. My friend Brianna was there too. After I built my time capsule, I went to Aunt Tammie's house and played with Brianna.

Shelby's Snowman Melted

One day Shelby went outside and it was snowing. She built a snowman. One night it melted and in the morning it was gone.

Me and Jane

Me and Jane are at the bus stop. We are going to see the Mountaineers.