First real school project

Sydney was assigned her first real school project - to make a family tree. The assignment was sent home before the holiday break.  We had fun gathering the information, collecting pictures, and putting together a design for her tree.  She worked real hard with Daddy to make a beautiful final project.

Half of her grade was the tree poster board, the other half was a presentation to her class.  They drew sticks with names on them to decide who got to choose their presentation spot first.  The presentations span over 8 school days...Sydney's name was drawn first...she chose to go...FIRST!  Oh my silly child (I was the type of kid who would have chosen to go LAST!  Or, at least day 2 so I could have watched how other kids did it...oh well)...we had to cram to prepare for the presentation!  She brought home a cute little reminder for herself:

We practiced, and she did a great job...whew!  Big project number 1 complete!

 

Oh, and...we have a couple of interesting facts to share with you!  Sydney's Great Grandpa Abbott was the world's fastest runner for his time.  The picture we used on the tree is a picture of the actual postage stamp that his picture was on.  He was going to compete in the Olympics, but ended up hurting his knee and couldn't compete.  The stamp was still issued though - very cool!  Also, on Sydney's Great Grandpa Rose's side, his ancestors lived in the Whaley House in Old Town San Diego.  She had some very cool things to share with her class!  She also got to talk about her other side of the family, who lives in Mississippi, and how she likes to go there to visit.