Mum's Birthday

It was Mum's birthday and there were pancakes on the table. I love pancakes. They are my favourite breakfast. I hurried in to Mum's room to say hallo before breakfast. Mum was just about to open a present from Dad. It was a Tablet. When I saw it I thought of my present for Mum and smiled. I just love giving people presents.

When I had done all my jobs I started to make the dinner in the crock pot. While I did it Mum and Imogen played on the Tablet. After making dinner and morning tea Mum opened the presents that her sisters had sent. She was not going to open our presents till dinner time. Mum was very surprised when they turned out to be just what she needed. In one present there were pajamas and bed socks and in the other there was a running top and pants.

Mum went out to meet Nanna at the cafe at two and we all stayed home and watched a new movie that Duncan had bought. It was the new Tintin. We all enjoyed it almost as much as the clinkers that Duncan had bought to go with it.

When Mum got home she showed us the present that Nanna had given her. It was a lovely photo album full of photos of Mum as a girl. Mum had never had many photos of herself as a girl so it was a wonderful present. I think Mum was a very pretty girl. In one photo she looks just like Gemma-Rose.

Dad was home from work just before dinner.  At dinner we all told him all that had happened in the day. We did not tell him or Mum much about Tintin because we were going to watch it again after presents and cake. We had presents at the dinner table. It was fun to see Mum open the presents and see what they were. I gave her a bar of goat's milk soap.

After a yummy slice of Imogen's banana and chocolate cake we sat down in the family room to watch Tintin.
I got just as exited as I had the first time when Tintin found Captain Haddock in the cabin  and when Captain Haddock fell into a dress. I think that Captain Haddock is one of the best people in the movie.

Now Gemma-Rose and I are watching the old TV series. I think that they are really funny.

Birthday Bears

We all have birthday teddies that we got on the day that we were born. Thomas has a lot of birthday teddies.

My birthday teddy is named Honey. I love her a lot. She sleeps on the end of my bed. She is very patient. Once when it was very noisy and I was trying to get to sleep I put her on my head and when I woke up I was lying on top of her.

Gemma-Rose has a bear named Elizabeth. She is very pretty.

Charlotte did not get her bear on the day she was born but she got it on one of her birthdays. She did get a teddy on the day she was born. In fact she got two teddies on the day she was born but they were not big like everyone else’s teddies. Her big teddy’s name is Bernadette.

Imogen’s teddy’s name is Barney Bear. Once when she let me play with it I got tomato sauce on him. It took a long to get it out of his fur.

Thomas gets a teddy every birthday and every Christmas for presents and Mum puts them in her room. He died the day after he was born so he can’t play with them.

I do not know the names of Felicity’s teddy or Duncan’s teddy or Callum’s teddy. All I know is that Felicity and Duncan gave their bears to me and Gemma-Rose.

Mum has also written a post about Thomas’s Teddies at Sue Elvis Writes.

Going to Camp

This week we went to a homeschoolers' camp. I like going to the camp because I get to see all my friends. The campsite is in the bush. It is nice, peaceful and quiet. I like walking through the bush.

On Tuesday we had a bishop come to the camp. He talked to us about his vestments, why he has a staff, and how they elect popes. He has a staff because he is like the good shepherd. A shepherd needs a crook to pull sheep out of holes and mud.

On Wednesday we had an athletics carnival. I was in a relay race. We came second. We had sprints too, and a cross country race. In the cross country I raced against the other girls my age and I won! I went in the long jump too, and the high jump. In the high jump we had ink on our fingers and had to see how high we could put the ink.

One of my friends had a birthday that day. We brought a big chocolate cake for her. We sang happy birthday and then ate the cake. It was yummy.

On Thursday we were consecrated to Our Lady. We said a prayer that was written by St Maxamilian Kolbe. In this prayer we promised to be obedient to Mary and do what she wanted us to do. Then we were given big miraculous medals to wear. I wore mine all day. We brought some home for the rest of the family too.

I really enjoyed the camp because there were lots of people to play with and I made some new friends. I like making new friends.