Finally, a Donkey (and an Emu)!

Hurray. I finally got to meet my favourite animal - a donkey. Mum has a friend who owns a property just outside Darwin with hundreds of cattle, two dogs, a donkey and an emu. We called in on the way back from Lake Bennett where we spent the last four days.

I am still on school holidays so dad took the week off and we all went away on a mini break. I had a brilliant time playing golf (with dad), mini golf, riding my bike, swimming in the lake, canoeing, walking and playing games with mum and dad. Dad's going back to work tomorrow for a well deserved rest.

Also my friends Tayla and Jayden from Adelaide arrived in Darwin and came down to Lake Bennett.

But the best bit was the Donkey!

Cyclones and Christmas

I have had a brilliant Christmas. It's a wonder that Santa didn't break our balcony when he landed on it with all the weight of my pressies. I got so many presents including a skateboard, football, magic set, games for the pool, books, games, cricket set, remote control cars, transformers and the Wonkey Donkey book and CD. Plus we had so much food. My favourite was the sticky date pudding mum made. Mum and Dad agreed and it's all gone. I am still trying to master the sketeboard and dad took lots of photos and videos of my many attempts. Dad reckons I'm pretty good but I still need to do some work before I can go to the Skateboard Park.

Mum and dad had a great time too. Although I am not sure what dad was doing running running around so much on Christmas Eve, He said it was something to do with the cyclone. He should have listened to me as there was no way that Santa would have allowed a cyclone to hit us. I was right and Cyclone Grant was a complete fizzer as far as we were concerned. Now Dad's grumpy as he has to undo his cyclone clean up and empty the shed again. Meanwhile I'll stay out of his way and practice my skateboarding

Bigger Holiday

We all went to Canberra. I had bucket loads of fun over the four days we were there. We did not stop. We arrived on Friday night in the pouring and cold rain for a wedding the next day. Meredith who made my a crown collage for my christening got married to Paul. Fortunately the rain stopped and they were able to get married on their property just outside Canberra. Paul growns wine grapes so it was a perfect place to have a merry time. The best bit of the wedding was catching yabbies in the dams.
The next day we caught up with my aunites (Lyn and Judy) and cousins (Kirsty and Mitch) plus lots of my family who I hadn't see for ages. We had a great time in the hotel swimming pool although it took half an hour before dad got in - said it was too cold - wooss. We then went back out to the property where the wedding was and caught more yabbies.
On Monday, dad and I went to Questacon which is a science museum. It was brilliant. We saw the lightling machine, stood in the earthquake house and did all sorts of experiments. I even got to drive a space rocket. The best bit was the roller-coaster simulator which we went on twice. Dad said the scariest bit was the guilotile simulator - I didn't go on that one.
We also caught up with Marianne, Dan and Luke that night and I played hide and seek in the cupboards.
On Tuesday we went and bought christmas decorations from a barn outside Canberra. It was brilliant. Mum thought so too as she won't tell dad how much she spent. We then caught up with even more friends - Mark and Jennifer and Noah and Riley, who I used to play with when I was a kid.
Anyway, we're back home now and I am off to school today. Mum and dad don't want to go back to work but they need to make money so we can have holidays more often.

Mini Holiday

I've been on school holidays this week. Dad took some time off as well and we all went down to Lake Bennett for a couple of days. We hired a cabin on the lake which was brilliant. It even had canoes which mum, dad and I went in for a paddle around the lake. Dad said he was tired after the fourth go but that's because no-one else was paddling. On Saturday, Greg and Sandy came down. We all went for a swim in the lake. I was the furthest out as dad said I would make good croc bait, whatever that is. Sandy and mum looked after me while Greg and dad put plastic chairs in the lake so they could sit and drink beer at the same time. Dad said he should patent the idea.

Centre Stage

Tonight was my school concert. My Transition class did Rockin' Robin and I was right at the very front and right in the middle. I was certainly in the spotlight and centre stage! Mum and dad said that I was a real star from go to woe! Unlike at last years Christmas concert where I impersonated a statue, I really put everything into this performance and sang and danced my little heart out. Mum and dad are so proud of me! For reference I am just to the left of the shoulder of the lady standing up and blocking everyones view. Dad's reached 50 and is at the stage where he doesn't give a .. .. what people think so told her to sit down. Dad even got thanked from other parents and says it's great being 50 and being perfectly happy about being a grumpy B#$%#!

Dad's work

A few weeks ago we all went to dad's work which had a family fun day. Mum and dad did abseiling and I put out some fires.

Sleep, spiders and teddys

Dad took some really aweful photos of me sleeping last night. I think it's my right to sleep how I want and wear what I want to bed without being ridiculed. If I want to sleep on the floor with a pink superhero mask on, that's my prerogative!!

Today was also the day of the Teddy Bear's picnic. Mum and I spent ages lining up to get a spider drawn on my face. I think it looks cool, but mum was not impressed about lining up for 20 minutes.