2009-01-03 It's 2009!

Aiysha: Thank you everyone for your presents! I had soooo many, and I loved every one of them! We spent the morning opening them, and then tried to go to the beach, but it was so windy that we just stayed for a few seconds, and then went down to Hillary's to play there. In the afternoon, we went in our pool, which was lovely.

We thought there would be no swimming between Christmas and New Year, but I am so lucky we checked, as Kat came over and asked me to do my test for Bronze! It was really difficult, as I had to swim 100m freestyle in lane 6 - Mummy was soooo nervous, but I did it, and all the other skills, and I am now in Silver! It is brilliant, as Lauren and Joseph are both Silvers too! I was so proud of myself, and so excited! I had my first lesson as a Silver this week in 2009, and it was very hard. Daddy said it was the hardest lesson I had ever done, and I looked exhausted, but I kept going, and did my backstroke really well even though I was tired!

I love Cluedo, and I love playing it with Mummy and Daddy every night! I love working things out, and I love being Miss Scarlett! Daddy is Professor Plum, and Mummy is Mrs Peacock.

Just after Christmas, Uncle Dave's friend Johnny P came to visit with his baby Christopher and Layla, and we had a lovely day at home in the pool. Christopher was sooo cute, and we had loads of fun in the pool. Daddy made chicken wings, fried rice, and Mummy made a salad. It was a lovely afternoon, and they are a very nice family! Christopher, Rocker, and I even ended up dancing together at the end of the day!

I had a funny, but tiring sleepover at Tiana's. We didn't go to be until after 10, and we got up around 5. I was asleep on the couch in the afternoon when I got home for ages! Joseph and his Dad Nick came round to have a chat and to pick up Daddy's windsurfing gear. We had loads of fun in the pool, shooting Daddy and being thrown by him.

On New Years Day, we went to Mullaloo, and it was amazing! We did some surfing, and built sandcastles. I love coming to the beach when it is sooo sunny and not so windy. Even though we don't have snow, we have the beach, which is great!

I made a list with Mummy and Daddy about all the things I can get on with in the holidays. I have saved up over 50 smiley faces so far, and they say I can swap that for some money to spend! Wow, I'm going to see if I can get to 100!

Clara: It was so much fun ripping up all that paper, and playing with all the toys. I love everyone being at home...why do I have to go to day care when we have so much fun here! I don't understand?

C: Aiysha is a pleasure to have around during the holidays. She is so helpful, keeps Rocker occupied, hardly complains about stuff we do, and is so happy. Rocker and Aiysha get on so well at the moment, and Rocker understands so much that is going on it is quite frightening. She is a clever, cheeky baby!

S: Met up with an old friend Chris Bruce, who was one of my best friends in school - went to Subiaco, and had a funny time talking about school, people, and what we're doing now. A few drinks, and a Mexican. Lovely.

Tried to go windsurfing with Nick after work, but no wind, so we went on Friday, and I spent the afternoon trying to get on Nick's board that he gave me. Sooo hard, and my hands were cut up, but I managed it, even though the wind was not strong enough to take me anywhere.

I love the Ant Farm I got Aiysha and Rocker! Unfortunately, I mixed ants, so have to start again. Can't wait to get the Worm Farm running!

2008-12-22 Christmas Is Coming...and I've Finished Year 1!

Aiysha: School has finished! I am so happy, as this holiday is going to be excellent! Mummy and Daddy are already planning things for me to do such as learning so many new skills, having outings, doing lots of activities, and maybe one or two games of Uno!

On the last day of school, we all went to see Madagascar 2, which I really enjoyed! I keep singing "I like to move it move it!".

I am so excited about Christmas! We bought our tree last week, and we decorated it straight away! It looks beautiful, and Rara loved putting to boubles on in the same place. Silly sister!

On Friday, Mummy took us to Methams Pools, and it was lovely! I couldn't quite do my snorkelling, but I had lots of fun. Daddy was at work, and he was a little sad when Mummy texted him about it.

On Saturday we had a party at Gym, and we played lots of games and ate lots on unhealthy food. After, we had lunch and went into the pool - it was lovely, even though it was a little cloudy.

On Sunday, we tidied up the games room again, and then Daddy took me for a tennis lesson which I really enjoyed. We concentrated on my forehand, and I was hitting some really good shots! I think I am really starting to enjoy tennis now, and me and Daddy had a lot of laughs! We had some lovely sweet corn at lunch, and then we went swimming in our pool again - we did lots of fighting, and Rocker is using the board really well, and swimming a little on her own! We decided to have a BBQ down by the lake while we wait for Santa on his fire engine - we had lovely chips, lamb and salad. We waited and waited, and finally he arrived on his engine. I knew it was not the real Santa, but he still gave out loads of sweets - I collected 31 Chuppa Chups! I met Tiana down at the lake, and we waited together with another girl called Kate from Year 2. We all went for 2 rides in his fire engine too! I made sure I said thank you to Santa, and told Mummy and Daddy it was such a fun day!

My hula hooping is fantastic says Mummy and Daddy - I learnt a new trick where I start the hula hoop on my hand, and hula it over my head and down to my waist! I can also do 2 hoops at a time, and hula from my neck aswell!

Clara: I love jumping in and swimming with my board! I also love kneeling down anywhere and drawing on a piece of paper - it does not matter where I kneel, as long as I can draw on the paper! I also love Hi-5 Holiday - it is just the best!

C: My tooth is finally starting to feel better! I cannot believe how painful it has been! It's the last time I have any wisdom tooth taken out!

S: How many presents for the girls!? This is ridiculous! I'm gonna steal some for myself, tee hee...

2008-12-09 Cheeky Uncle Dave

Aiysha: Uncle Dave arrived when Grandma and Grandad were still here, and that was nice. We had some nice dinners together, and we also went to the beach to play softball and do some surfing!

I played soooo many games of Uno with Uncle Dave. Sometimes I would arrange the cards so that I got all the special cards - Dave would only realise halfway through the game, and by then it was too late!

I had a very strange rash which made my face swell, and I was not very happy about it, but Mummy and Daddy said I was very brave about it. We think it may have been the suncream at day care, but we still don't know.

In the last week of school, Daddy took me to the school disco, and it was so funny. I really enjoyed it!

Clara: Uncle Dave laughed at me lots, especially when I kept on grabbing Daddy's toes, and running to Mummy telling her about it. I did do it a lot though, and it made Dave laugh even more! He was funny to have around, and I loved shouting his name. I also saw pictures of Daddy and kept on shouting 'Dave!'.

C: Great to see Uncle Dave losing to Aiysha at Uno.

S: What an exhausting week! We went a bit crazy with everything!

While Mum and Dad were still here, we managed to go windsurfing twice - once on the Friday, and once on Saturday, which was excellent fun. It was Dave's 40th present, so he couldn't wait to get on the water! We began where we left off - pretty rubbish, but Justin gave us a few crucial tips about foot position, and we were away! A great start!

We went to Mullaloo to do a bit of surfing and a bit of softball - beautiful sunshine, and our lovely beach! Very relaxing!

They watched us play the Maori team at touch, and we slaughtered them! We played a great game, and we ran them off their feet, Dad said that was the best game he'd seen yet!

After we dropped Mum and Dad at the airport (after just managing to get some petrol), we drove straight out to the hills. Dave picked a spot on the map, and we got there in good time. However, when we started hiking, we took a wrong turn, and we carried on walking along the dirt road getting more and more covered in flies! Only once have I seen that many flies, and that was down at Margaret River! It was rediculous! When we finally realised that we had made a wrong turn, we turned back, and by then we had wasted almost 2 hours of our walking time! What a shame! We decided to go back to the car and eat our chicken we picked up on the way at Coles, where we were served by a guy called Trask - need I say more? We set off once again, and this time went the right way, managed to walk for 1.75 hours each way, which was a little more scenic, but we never made it to the hills. Pity, as that would have been amazing.

As we could not go windsurfing, we decided to take the car and head down south to do some snorkelling. Dave said he did loads in the Phillipines, so we got down to Rockingham, and we got some snorkelling gear for him. We parked, climbed down to Peron Point, and set off with our wetsuits - I've never seen so much kelp! It was unbelievable, swaying all over the place! In fact, I feel a bit ill writing this, as soon I was feeling motion sickness! I had to go up, get some air, then I headed back down - oh dear, not good. It was beautiful, but no fish at all! Dave did fine, and we sat for ages on an outcrop for a while so I could recover. But as soon as I started to head back into shore, it came back!

Wednesday was a nighmare for wind surfing! Such a shame after looking forward to it all week! The winds were Westerleys, and soooo blustery! We persevered, and Dave did very well, but I did the walk of shame back up the beach. We both hoped Friday would be better, and it was! We went twice - once in the morning, had Taka's in Shafto Lane, and then went again in the afternoon - the best days surfing ever! We even managed to beach start! It was brilliant, but so tiring. We even contemplated playing touch at lunch, but no way.

Thursday was a lazy day. We re-organised the games room for Claire, and then played Touch in the evening against an A grade side, we lost to 9-7 - so close, and we scored some wicked tries! However, they whinged a bit ("forward and late", "no actually backward and early"), but also scored some good tries. We managed to get roped into a game straight after for a B grade side against Robbie's A grade team, and beat them 4-2! Great game, but we were so tired after! Late dinner, and a bit of GOW.

Saturday we had the intension of going shopping, but ended up not doing so at all, and went windsurfing again. It was a nice way to round off our experience, but we never had a race! Sunday was the Zoo day, and we walked around like Zombies - both of us were soooo tired, but we had a good laugh. We met Andrea, and walked around with her family for a bit, then headed back. The snake was out, and it was a very relaxed day.

A short visit for Dave, but seemed to last for ages! Thanks for visiting!

2008-12-01 Grandma Sik and Grandad Brian

Aiysha: It was great having Grandma and Grandad here! They were very funny, and they taught me so much. I spent afternoons with Grandma learning to paint, which was great! I did 3 really nice paintings, and wrote my name in chinese! I can't wait to do more. Grandma left special chinese painting paper for me, with brushes and paint aswell! Thank you Grandma!

Grandad was funny, and we played lots of games of Uno with both of them!

Daddy went on a hike with Grandad, and all of us went to my school to make cakes - I was looking forward to it so much, and I was so glad that Grandma could come to the school and meet my teacher and friends.

Grandma and Daddy went to the market a lot and chose lots of yummy fruit! Grandma also did lots of gardening, planting chilli plants, coriander and spring onions for us. Grandad arranged the garden really well too, and made it look very tidy. Daddy and Mummy never have time to do this because of me and Rocker!

All of us except Grandad went strawberry picking - it was funny, and we picked lots of big red strawberries! We also relaxed a little after, and I was showing everyone how I do my handstands - both Mummy and Grandma were helping me too.

Grandma and Grandad liked their bacon butties and pancakes - in fact, we actually had them every weekend!

I was so happy that they both came to watch me swim! They said that I have improved so much since they were last here, and that I was very strong.

Clara: Grandma made me laugh so much! She kept on tickling me with her nose! Grandad was a bit scary when I first met him, but after a week, I started laughing at him, and that made him laugh too. I eventually let him hold my hand, and that was nice.

C: Our solar heating has broken! Oh no, what will we do when it drops below 30 degrees!? The Lyons will not be happy at all...

S: The hike was fine, but driving in and out of the bush was a little hairy. We had to drive up a river bed a one point, and on the way out, we forgot which dirt road we actually came on! It was a lovely hike though, but got very hot. Dad and I also managed to sneak a little walk on the beach here and there!

2008-11-10 Parties, Halloween and Toodyay!

Aiysha: What a busy 3 weeks we've had!

I was so excited about Halloween that I told all my friends at school that Daddy was taking us round, and that they should come along. Maybe I was a little too excited, as quite a few people don't actually live near us. I did promise Thomas though, and Mummy said that is probably best that he comes along, and everyone else on Ridge Close. I was happy with that. When Daddy came home on Friday, Luke and Thomas were already at our place, and it was really exciting! We decided to go and collect everyone at about 6, so we went to collect Callum, Tristan and Mary, and Ellis who didn't go camping because he wanted to come with us. We started at the bottom of Ridge Close, and worked up the left hand side all the way round, and there were so many more people this year giving out sweets! Even people who were not in left bags for us to share around! We had so many sweets by the end of the night, and it was so much fun!

Last weekend I had 3 parties on Saturday! First, I went to Tristan's party at Dark Light Laser - I came 11th, which was better that last which is what I came last time. I really enjoyed it. After that, Mum drove me to Tikea's party where all the men dressed up like girls. It was funny, and there were lots of kangaroos around. We played a few games, which was nice. I came back from that quite tired. Mummy went out to her work for some drinks, and we stayed at home and watched a bit of TV waiting for the next party to start which was at Wayne's place, Ellis' grandparents. It started at 6pm, and we went there with our bottle of wine, and there were quite a few people there already. I played with Ellis and his friends, and spent some time on the exercise bikes. Mummy came along later, and then took Clogger away for bed. I got to stay for a while, even until after Daddy left and Mummy came back to talk to people. I think I must have stayed up until 9pm! How exciting!

This weekend, Mummy booked us to go away to Toodyay! It was such a funny trip! Even though we only went away for one night, it felt like a lot longer. We set off after my gymnastics, and I ate my lunch in the car. We stopped off to taste some beautiful fresh orange juice, and had an ice cream too right next to the place we went camping "Peace Be Still"! We stayed on a 44-acre farm with Roger and Margaret, and we had a beautiful view of the countryside! We could see cows and alpaca on the hillside. Once we unpacked and a had a drink, Roger took us to feed the cows, which was really funny - they ran to their food. Mishka was their cat, and we also fed the crows too! We went for a walk before dinner to the river, and we found loads of crystals, the biggest ant we have ever seen (Daddy said over 1 inch long!), and a rams head in a tree! We had a lovely barbecue for dinner, and played Uno. Rocker was so excited that I had to stay in bed with her, and pat her until she slept. I also fell asleep in the bottom bunk, and I really wanted to sleep on the top bunk! Mummy and Daddy stayed up talking to Roger, and to play Scrabble. Daddy kept on telling me on Sunday not to remind Mummy that she lost by over 100 points, as he said she gets really upset. I kept on telling Daddy that Mummy could hear him, and she was getting upset.

On Sunday, Mummy and Daddy were so tired because they said Clogger was up until 4.30am. Daddy was really tired, and kept on going to sleep when I asked him questions! Naughty Daddy! When everyone finally got up, we had some cereal, juice, and some toast. Roger made us a cooked breakfast with eggs, which was nice. We went for a walk to a different part of the river where we could paddle. That was fun. We also tried to look for gold. We then gave Roger a lift to his friends, and we left to find some lunch near Toodyay. We stopped for a snack in Toodyay, and went to Ye Olde Sweet Shop, which was ok, but didn't have many nice sweets. The dinosaur place we wanted to go to for lunch was closed, so Mummy found a winery, and it was lovely! We had potatoes and lovely steak! Me and Rocker ran around inside, which sounded like a storm. It was called Hot Rocks, and all our food came on really hot slabs of rocks!

We left there, and started to head home. We sort of got lost, and Mummy spotted a reservoir that we could go and swim in. We found it, and it was brilliant! I swam out to the platform with Daddy, using my backstroke and crawl, and Clogger stayed by the shore. I dived off the platform loads, and it was very funny. Clogger loved the beach, and wanted to go deeper. Mummy had to rescue her once with Daddy when she was too deep, but otherwise it was excellent fun! She was really brave when that happened, and didn't cry at all and wanted to play more!

After that, we got some ice creams, and coffee. We then set off home at about 4.30, and got home at 5.45 for some dinner and TV. We all got to be early, and we were all sooo tired. I was a little scared when Daddy began to drive up the river, but Mummy knows more about why we did that...

Clara: I must remember to stay within my depth. It was such an exciting trip, I just wanted to stay awake the whole time! I loved the cows, I kept on calling for the cat, saying 'Meow", and was so smiley! I even stayed up to watch a little Wallace and Grommit, a film Aiya was scared of! I was not scared of it.

C: What a tiring trip! Clogger was awful on Saturday night, but other than that, we had a really fun trip! On the way home, we went up a road called Mayo Road, which I thought was a shortcut to the highway, but it ended up driving up what looked like a river - it had lots of big rocks, and rivulets. I said we should have turned round, and Aiysha was scared, but Daddy just kept going, and after some hairy moments, we eventually made it to the road, and I was so relieved. Maybe we need a 4-wheel drive in future?

S: I had some fun driving up the river! Well done Mummy! Lovely time away, and very disappointing having to come home so early. Seemed to last a long time!

2008-10-28 Daddy's Birthday, and so much more!

Aiysha: I was so excited about Daddy's birthday! His birthday was on a
Friday, and he went to work, but we did so much before he home! We
blew up balloons, got all his presents out, and made sure that his cake
was ready. We got Daddy's cake from Sugar and Spice in Joondalup, and it
was amazing! It had so much chocolate on it, and it was so yummy! We
then opened all his presents, and Cloggy helped too. All of them were
pretty funny, and the cards made him laugh, especially Auntie Lizzies!

We went to the Discovery Centre Aquarium, and it was really interesting!
Even Clogger loved it - she ran around looking at all the different fish
- she said fish so many times it was funny! Afterwards, we went to have
some lunch on some grass at Hillary's, and Daddy and I did hand stands,
and we also looked for crabs in the rocks - we saw one huge crab! On
Saturday night, we went to Leapfrog to play mini-golf and have some
pizzas! I chose to do that instead of going to the Royal Show. Mummy
said I could choose, and it didn't matter which one we did, but we could
not do both because of Clogger. I understood, and was so excited about
going to Leapfrog. I didn't win the golf, as I kept hitting it too hard,
and I loved the pizzas! They were the best!

On Sunday, Mummy was not too well, so Daddy took me and Clogger out to
Trigg. It was really funny. We went to the park for a while and played
tig with the ball - loads of other kids joined in, and one girl just
kept on throwing it really hard at Daddy. Clogger, Daddy and I then went
to the grass where we did some running races ready for my Interschool
Carnival. It was quite hard, and Daddy let me choose what races we did.
It was funny, as Clogger tried to race too, but she just isn't as fast
as me! We then walked up to get an ice cream, but the shop was shut, so
Daddy asked me if we should go to Karrinyup, or Hillarys - of course I
said Hillary's, silly boy. We went to the shop near the slides, and I
got a lolly, Cloggy got a tub which she ate herself, and Daddy had a
coffee. We then went on the beach, and played on the swings, and the
climbing frame.

I had my Interschool Carnival, and it was really exciting. Mummy, Daddy
and Clogger all came to watch me run. I was one of the first races. It
was a really close race, and I came second. I was a little disappointed,
but I know for next year I can run a lot faster. Mummy and Daddy were so
proud of me though, and we all said next year we will try even harder.
It was a fun day though, and I'm so glad that I took part. Martina also
came second in her race.

Joseph had his 7th birthday party and it was at Leapfrog! Wow, only a
couple of weeks after we went for Daddy's birthday! Nick came and picked
me up with Joseph, and we all went together. I had such a great time,
and we got back after dark, so that was exciting! I was the only girl
who went - I was so proud to have a friend like Joseph. He's a really
nice boy.

On Sunday, Lauren invited me to Joondalup Arena. It was so much fun. We
went round the river so many times, but it was pretty crowded on the
slide, and we only went on it a couple of times. I'm so lucky having a
friend like Lauren.

Mummy and Daddy bought a new pool cover, so that means our pool will be
even warmer! They are talking about getting a roller, as the new cover
is much heavier than the old one. I wonder what they will do? Oooooh,
exciting stuff!

My third tooth fell out this week, only a couple of weeks after my
second! It is from my bottom row at the front, and Mummy pulled it just
like the second. The tooth fairy floated my coins in a new vase - it
looked so nice I took it to news! The night before, Daddy almost lost it
by washing up the cup it was in! Luckily he found it in the sink - I was
a little upset, even though he said sorry a lot.

Edgewater Primary celebrated its 25th Anniversary on Friday, and it
rained so much! It seemed to clear up a little after the morning, but it
could have been a lot better if it was sunny. I did my assembly which
was fun, and we did special activities all day. When Daddy came home,
Mummy told him that Joseph was going to come with us when we went back
to the school in the evening, which was fine! We went straight away,
even though it was raining a little, and picked Joseph up. He is a funny
boy, and we had lots of fun. We looked in the classrooms which had
displays, we went to the assembly hall where there was a band, and we
went to the games room where we played computer games. Daddy took us to
the oval to eat our pizzas in the dark, which was so much fun, and we
also got some lolly bags too! It was really good fun, and we got back so
late!

Hannah came round to our house, and Mummy gave her the choice of what
she wanted to do, so she chose Hillary's. I didn't mind, even though I
really really wanted to go to Beaty Park. We had a nice time, but Hannah
did complain about a few things, and could not climb up the rope tower.
I tried to help Mummy a lot, as she struggled with looking after us and
carrying all our things. Hannah did not carry very much, and did not say
thank you when we dropped her off. I was a little sad for Mummy about
this. Mummy and Daddy asked me about how I felt, which I appreciated.
They let me make up my own mind about things, which makes me feel
special.

Clara: I love "TV" and watching Bob the Builder with my sister! It is my
favourite thing at the moment, and I get so upset when I cannot watch
it. I am learning to say so many words at the moment. Aiya is reading to
me so much, and has taught me to say lots of things! I am also sprinting
so fast now, and Aiya and I have races in the house. She is such a
lovely sister, and we laugh so much. She cheers me up in the morning
when I get up, and we are so cheeky before bed time, and when we play
Mummy Dog. I find I can walk down stairs pretty well now, and I also can
climb on the sofas so much easier now. I love watching Tom arrive and
cut our lawn, and he waves to me - he's a funny man.

C: Hmmmm, lovely pool cover! What a luxury!

S: Joseph really made me laugh at the 25th Anniversary - he and Aiysha
are great together, and are sooo considerate! He's a great friend! Touch
rugger has started!

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!