2008-09-28 Happy Birthday Joy!

2008-09-15 What A Week!

Aiysha: I am so proud of myself! I have had such an amazing week, I can't quite believe it!

Firstly, I was given a Prefect Certificate for giving 100% in the school carnival! I didn't know about it on Friday, and they just said my name! Only 3 certificates got given out, and I was one of them!

I was also told that I would be chosen to run in the Inter-School athletics meet in a couple of week for Division 1 in my year group!

Also, I went to gymnastics, and I have been selected for the National Competitions training, and that means 4 hours a week!

ALSO, when I went swimming, I got my final certificate from Sharks, and I have now moved up to Bronze where I use fins. Mummy bought me my fins already, and I was walking around the house with them. Clogger just looked at me funny!

Mummy and Daddy were very proud of me, and they gave me lots of smiley faces! As a treat, I got to choose what I did at the weekend, as it was my special weekend! I decided that I wanted to go to Wild Kids, but when I phoned Lauren, she preferred to go skating, so I thought it would be nice to do what Lauren wanted, so we went skating. Tiana turned up surprisingly, and we had a nice skate together. I didn't want to rest at all!

On Sunday, I really wanted to go to Arena Joondalup, even though the weather was not very nice. Clogger went on Friday, and didn't go in the water, but this time she even went round the river with Mummy and Daddy! It was so funny! I finally managed to go on the giant slide after the party, while Daddy was making people laugh by lying on the jaccuzzi bubbles, and making his tummy really big with the bubbles.

I even tidied the games room on my own, and I was very proud of that. In the evening, we had roast lamb, and it was amazing! It is definitely one of my favourites.

Clogger: Aiysha has done really well - everyone was so happy for her, even me. I cannot wait to do all the things she has done! I am a proud sister! I am trying my best by practicing my running everywhere I go - one day I will be even faster that Aiya!

I know how to say "NO" - Mummy and Daddy laugh each time, as they say it sounds like a Northern Accent "Naw", whatever that means. I am saying so many things now, and it is amazing how I can use these sounds to communicate.

C: We are so proud of Aiysha. Clara is running everywhere, and tells us exactly when she wants to do something or not. When she says "Naw", she always runs her hands through her hair too, which is very funny!

S: Boo, a little bit of a rainy weekend! Aiysha went round the river all on her own, and was fine! We worked out it has been almost 2 years since we last went, so that is quite a leap! gymnastics will be hard - good job we stopped the cricket. We will continue with tennis, but try and add some hockey and netball - she hasn't had much team sports yet, so she will enjoy these

2008-09-12 Certificate, Carnival and Clogger!

Aiysha: I was sent a letter home saying I was going to receive a certificate in assembly, but had no idea what it was for! Mummy and Daddy said it could be for a number of things - running, reading, writing, but they also had no idea. When it was our assembly, we had to watch Liam's assembly (Liam is my friend in year 7), and then they announced my certficate - 35 laps of the oval! Not many people got that - Tristam got one aswell, and we were so proud. Mummy, Daddy and Clogger were there to cheer!

A week later, we had our school carnival - my blue faction won it last year, and I was so excited! Mummy, Daddy and Clogger were there in the afternoon to cheer me on. My race was at 1pm, and it was after the pre-Primary races. I was racing against Martina and Lauren. I didn't have the best start, but once I got going, I caught Lauren up, which had a great start, and by the end, I was about 5 meters in front of everyone! I was so happy! Daddy filmed it, and everyone in blue faction congratulated me. Liam told everyone about me too! Aimee came second, Martina came 3rd and Lauren came 4th. A few weeks ago Martina asked me to let her win in a race, and I didn't, as it was a bit mean of her to ask. I made sure I ran faster this time! I think she may have learnt from that.

In the Grand Relay, I made up a lot of ground too, and won my part of the race. Blue faction won the Grand Relay, but unfortunately, we did not win the whole carnival - green faction won it. But I got 2 1st ribbons, so I was pretty happy!

Mummy and Daddy were so proud, that we watched my race over and over when we got home. I also got to choose dinner, so we went out to Macdonalds! It was really funny - I had chicken nuggets, clogger had some chips, and Mummy and Daddy had burgers - not as nice as the ones we make at home!

Last weekend we went to a few garage sales. One garage sale, I bought a pendulum and some books for $2, and on the way out, found $3 on the floor! Brilliant! I was so happy, and we all had a laugh about it on way home...we need to go to more sales like that!

Daddy and I started to play some basketball on the veranda, but soon it was too small, as I was getting them in from everywhere, so we had to move it to the pool area, and that was harder, as I was so far away! Daddy was very surprised at how accurate I was, and he was teaching me about how to hold the ball, body position, throw the ball high, and try and give the ball a backspin - it all worked, and it was fun!

I spent all week making Father's Day cards and presents for Daddy - I made him so happy because I made him at least 10 presents! It was such a funny day! We tried to go strawberry picking, but it was closed, so we went to Burns Beach park, and we had a big game of catch with some other kids and Daddy! It was fun!

Clogger: Carnival day is a crazy day! I love it! I'm going to run faster than Aiysha when I am six!

C: Even when we were training, Aiysha was beating me! Not fair!

S: How proud are we?! The best Father's Day present of all!