2011-02-14 I Am 4!

Aiysha: My little sister is 4 years old! I am so proud of her, and I love her so much! I organised her party so well, and made sure everyone was in the right place, and made sure the music stopped for the right people in pass the parcel!

I have been selected to do a special maths class in the morning - I am so proud, as I do not think maths is my strongest subject, but it is fun doing it. We have to play games, and I love playing games!

In PE we are also doing a boot camp - in the first boot camp I came first out of all the girls, and 9th overall! I was pretty exhausted.

Joy and Furby arrived from New Zealand and I was so excited. Mummy let Clara and I go with her to the airport, and we met them when they were collecting their bags!

Furby has already started doing jobs round the house, and Grandma has had some nice swims at Iluka and in our pool. It is great having them around!

I have started reading all my High School Musical books, and have finished watching Back To The Future, which I really liked. I can't wait to watch the second Harry Potter, and listen to the third one!

Clara: I am 4 years old! I was so excited, as so many people came to my party! Harry, Nicole, Ella, Will, Olly, Aria, Furby, Joy, Daddy, Mummy, Aiysha. I got some great presents, so thank you everyone!

We started in the pool, and then went to play pass the parcel, where Aria got the last present. We then went outside to do my pinyata, where I cried a little when it finally broke open, then played musical statues with Daddy playing the guitar. I got a little upset again since I didn't win. I was pretty tired though.

I had my first full day at Kindy, and I was soooo tired! I cried a little on my second day too, but I must try and be brave.

C: I managed to get some relief work at Lake Gwelup, which is great! Just a shame it is when Mum and Dad are here, but it may lead to other things, and I get to teach!

S: In the touch finals on both nights - should be fun!

2011-02-07 My First Day At Kindy!

Aiysha: We had a maths competition in class - the seven times table, and I won it! Wahoo! I also got selected to go to CHAMP - don't quite know what it is yet, but can't wait!

I went to Hanna Banana's for a sleep over and her party at Challenge Stadium, and it was so much fun! We had a night swim, and got to bed really late. I was soooo tired when I got home and went to be really early.

I finished watching Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, and I loved it. Wasn't scared that much, which was good.

Mummy took us for an ice cream at Hillary's without Daddy, so daddy was a bit sad. We also went to see Tangled without Daddy, which he was also sad about. Poor Daddy.

We have started playing tennis again, and I love it! Daddy was pretty proud of me, and I can't wait to play again!

I did really well on my skills list for the holiday - we are going to count them up, and we'll see what I get! I hope I get to boss Daddy around!

Clara: I had my first day at Kindy, and I was so excited. Mummy said I looked so grown up, and took loads of pictures of me. I am feeling like I am growing up.

On the second day, a boy tried to push me off the swing, but I would not move, and he got in trouble. He he.

C: Mum and Dad arrive soon! I can't wait! I am so excited!

S: Still working on my gybing! Not doing too well though. I accidentally hit a girl in the face with my mast. Not very impressive.

2011-01-23 Jurien Bay!

Aiysha: I love going away, and we had such fun at Jurien Bay! Here are all the things we did:
- watched Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, a tick bit into my back while Clog and I were running through the sprinklers and I was pretty upset about that, we slept in bunks, played boules on the lawn which was really funny, visited some windy beaches, saw live cuttle fish washed up, went sandboarding down a huge dune on the beach, and ran down it too, visited the pinnacles which were pretty spooky, Mummy and Daddy had cray fish one day for lunch, which they loved! We listened to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets everywhere we went in the car - I love it soooo much!

Hanna Banana cam for a sleepover too! We went to Mullaloo Pizza, spent ages in the pool, went body boarding although she was a bit nervous, and performed a dance show which Mummy videod - we got a few things not quite right, which was funny, but it was great doing it. She is by Bestie!

We started watching Back to the Future - Mummy and Daddy like the film, but it is a little confusing, so Daddy explained it to me, and I do like it.

Gym has started again, and I have started playing tennis again with Daddy - he thinks I am doing much better now, and I am actually enjoying it!

We have started listening to The Killers, which Daddy loves, and I am starting to like it too!
The Harveys came to dinner, and it was crazy times! We had such a funny dinner (chicken wings) after we spent ages in the pool. Grace also came round for a play, which was really nice.

We also went to Trigg for the first time in a long time - it was a little windy, but we all went in.

We had the worst Australia Day ever! We were late, got absolutely eaten by mosquitoes walking through Mathilda Bay so we didn't get to watch the fireworks, and got stuck in traffic. Not fun at all. Should have stayed in our pool. We did light one sparkly though :-)

Clara: Harry came for a play, and we had so much fun. Each weekend we have been to the beach for ages, and I love being luggage - that is when Daddy lifts me up on my body board, and pushes me onto a wave - I love it!

C: Not Harry Potter in the car again! I love cray fish - why is it so expensive!

S: Gybing - not quite there yet, but I am a better dancer...

2011-01-07 Happy 2011 Everyone!

Aiysha: It is so nice being on holiday! I love this time of year, where we have loads of friends round, sleepovers, and Mummy and Daddy do loads of things with us! I love it!

We couldn’t get to a campsite this year for New Years Eve, so we decided to go and see a film! We picked Daddy up from work, went to McDonalds, and then went to see Gulliver’s Travels – I don’t normally like films, but this was really funny, and I really enjoyed it!

Daddy has given me a skills list, which I am really enjoying doing. I have also chosen my own rewards, which is great!

Lauren came round yesterday – it was so cool. We get on so well. We went swimming, went to Joondalup Arena, and played loads of games. We even tried playing Harry Potter top trumps!

Hanna Banana is coming round today for a sleepover! I just can’t wait!

Clara: Harry came round for a play this week – we are best friends, even though he won’t talk to Daddy on the phone. We did swimming, painting, and laughed a lot! He is so cool! I also had my first go on the big slide at Joondalup Arena, and was soooo upset that I had to stop going on it! I can’t wait to go there again. I was also sad that Badger had to go to Claudia’s, but I hope to see him again at some point.

Daddy has done my first skills list, and I keep adding to it!

C: We had our first Cray fish! It was lovely with butter sauce! What a shame they are so expensive. Nice peaceful new year this year!

S: Sad to say goodbye to my buddie Badger L Just watching the last Harry Potter to remind Claire of why they are not at Hogwarts anymore…*sigh*. Got stung 3 times on my face by jellies – not happy. Result? Beard.

2010-12-29 Christmas!

Aiysha: I was soooo looking forward to Christmas! Since Uncool Dave left we had something else to look forward to, which was fantastic!

On Christmas Eve, Clara and I put all our good work on next to the tree with treats for all the reindeer and Santa, and a pen for them to write things to us. We were so excited! We went to bed pretty late, which was funny. We had dinner on the top terrace, and at the end of dinner, a Wiero landed on Daddy! He just sat on him when he came into the house, and would not go! We called him Badger, and Tracey from down the road lent us a cage for us to keep him in. He’s gonna be with us for Christmas! We also went and looked around Lansdale at the lights - our favourite was the Nativity one, which was really nice!

On Christmas Day, we started with our stockings that Santa brought us. Clara and I got the same number of presents, but some were pretty different. We got lots of crafty things, which were so cool. We then went to the beach, which was amazing! We saw Emma down there, and we did loads of surfing together. She’s funny. We then came back, and started opening our Christmas Tree presents – thank you everyone for your lovely gifts! Clara and I love them all! We spent the afternoon playing games in the pool, which was lovely! We let Badger out of his cage for a fly around - he is slowly getting use to us. Mummy made us a roast, and it was delicious!

On Boxing Day, we did lots of boxing with Daddy. We went down to the beach again, and Emma was there too. We decided to hop to the shops to see what sales were on in the afternoon, so it was quieter. We also got a boost juice, and Clog and I spent our Smiggle vouchers, and we got more bouncy balls for the pool. We had a night swim, which was very funny!

Over the next couple of days, we went to the beach and spent loads of time in our pool. We tried to go snorkelling, but it was too choppy at Waterman’s Pools, and I hurt my foot on a rock. We did some tennis practice too, which was fun.

Just before Christmas Beau and Ben came over with Jill and Michael, and we spend the day by the pool. The boys actually pushed the floor out of the dinghy, and now I can do some gymnastics routines in it without the bottom of the boat! Funny! It was lovely to see them.

Clara: I loved Christmas! It was so much fun! I was very careful opening all the presents, and sticky tape kept on sticking to my fingers, which Daddy laughed at. We threw lots of paper at each other too once someone opened a present. I love Badger too, and wish I had more pets. Daddy took the stabilisers off my bike, and helped me ride downhill while he held me. It was pretty scary stuff, and quite hard! We spent lots of time in the pool, which was so funny.

C: Had a lovely Christmas time! Girls were so funny, and we have had a lovely time relaxing! Not too happy about the bird, but he is quite cute…

S: I got attacked by huge, man eating jellyfish which stopped me doing my swim to the yellow buoy! The scars on my face do not look good.

2010-12-22 He's Uncool Again!

Aiysha: Uncle Dave was so funny! We had lots of fun in the pool, chatting, playing games and botanical golf! We went for a Cold Rock Ice Cream, and I also judged their photo comp! They were good!

Auntie Lizzie has also started her trip to South America - I hope she has a great time, and Clara and I will miss her so much this year.

Clara: I loved Uncle Dave being around. We played loads of card games, and I beat him loads! We had lots of fun in the pool, and he made me laugh so much!

C: Hmmmm, spent most of the week in Aiysha’s room while the boys were boys at night time. Great seeing Uncle Dave though!

S: It was a great, exhausting holiday! Went down to Dunsborough for 3 days where we swam with a wild group of 12 dolphins on a deserted beach, went crabbing, argued about getting lost, played Assassins Creed on the PS3 and a temporarily bought TV from Coles because the one down there did not work, hiked, did photography, body boarding and did catching on the beaches until our arms gave way! It was so funny. We ate loads, and stuffed ourselves at night time after expending all our energy during the day.

In Perth we went windsurfing 3 times, and only at the end of it did we watch Dave’s DVD which he got last Christmas, and it was awesome! We did loads of games in the pool, played tennis twice which was probably not enough as we were just getting into the swing of it, played GOWIII which was amazing (Aiysha liked it aswell!), and had our photo comp which we drew, but Dave got the winning shot with a photoshopped portrait of Aiysha! What a cheat! Also went to watch Tron, which was funny, a couple of episodes of Peep Show, and we had such a laugh at Botanical Golf, although Dave didn’t trust my counting. We went to watch the Ashes test match at the WACA, which England lost badly.

We were sooo tired by the end of the holiday, and could not believe how much we did in such a short space of time!

2010-12-10 I have FINISHED! Iceberg! Clara's Graduation!

Aiysha: “I do not want to watch Harry Potter!”. Even when I am not suppose to be watching it, I was scared, and we had to leave 1 hour 30 minutes into the latest Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Daddy was really enjoying it too!

We went down to Mandurah for the weekend, and had so much fun! We got down there on Friday night and had a barbecue. We went on a boat trip, went to a water park on the river where me and Daddy had to climb up loads of inflatable toys and jump off them – one of them was a massive ice berg! That was so funny! We also had fish and chips twice, went to feed animals at a farm park – Daddy’s favourite were the pigs, and I loved the joeys! We also played loads of games. I love going away!

I missed my school disco to go to Mandurah, but I am happy because I won the music prize, and I also chose presents for Clara for my indonesian prize!

Daddy played this video of Marina and the Diamonds to me, and I loved it! We downloaded it, and now listen to it all the time!

It is getting close to Christmas now, and I have written cards for everyone!

I was so proud of Clara at her graduation. She looked so grown up!

Clara: I finally had my own graduation from ABC Edgewater! I was so proud of myself, and Aiysha was allowed to come and see me graduate as well as Mummy! We had to sing songs and everything, and we were made to dress up! I was so happy, and was the perfect reward for being brave during Mummy's teaching practice!

I loved feeding the animals at the farm park! I loved the deer and I got to touch a snake!

C: I cannot believe I have finished my teaching practice! I am soo happy now! We finally got our games room floor repaired now! It has only taken 6 months since the storm!

S: State Titles were a little disappointing going out in the semis with a drop off which we could have won if a pass was not forward! Next year, eh? Claire and I had a nice night swim, and the girls found out and came down to talk to us – it was really nice to see them…J