I explained how volcanos work to Mum this morning.

“If the lava is under the volcano, then when the volcano erupts the lava gets less and less. Then the volcano collapses and the rain can fall in and we can use it as a swimming pool.”

Today after dinner I decided to make up some new card games.  The first game I made up was called Citta.  It w as bit like “Snap” except when you win and put your hands down on the cards you have to call out “Citta”.  And every time you get a red card on top of a red card, or a black card on top of a black card you win if you say Citta.  I told Mum and Dad and Felix when it was their turn to play a card and I had to remind Dad when it was his turn to win as he didn’t seem to be paying attention.  I never have that trouble with Mum as she is quite competitive and always trying to win.

I then decided we should try a new version of Citta where you have to twirl your card over and over before putting it down on the table. This allows everyone to see the colour of the card which makes it easier to know when to Citta.  So I decided to change the rules on that too so that only black on red could be Citta, and then red on black as well. We finished by having to do double twirls with one card in each hand at the same time all playing together.  I’m really good at making up rules.  And I’m really good at Citta.

“I am the teacher. Here’s how to do the dance. You put one arm up and one arm down, then turn around and around. Then you have strong muscles, and do a crazy dance.”

My Nana gave me some books full of paper tickets and I have been making a lot of fans for the last few days. To make a fan you just pull out one of the tickets and hold then corner and twist, twist, twist and keep twisting until it makes the shape of a fan blade. I made lots and lots of fans for Mum’s birthday yesterday.

Dad asked me where I got the idea for making the fans. He wondered if somebody showed me how to do it. So I told him. Read the rest »

I helped to fix Mum’s headache last night. Mum has a cold and she had to lie down before dinner becuase her head was sore. So I helped her. I sat behind her and drew a picture of her head so we could look at it and see all the bones. Then we could see what was wrong with her head and make it better.

I drew the picture on Mum’s back using my finger. Then I said “Aha, I see!” I saw what was wrong and told Mum that it was all better. She smiled and said she felt better. I like looking after Mum.

I did a great picture of a machine today. It has glitter on it.

I explained the picture to an adult and she wrote it on the picture for me. Here’s what it says: Read the rest »

I know I get annoyed sometimes. Today I was playing outside with Felix and we were spraying water with the hose. Dad came out and told us that we were making a mess and we should be careful. I said “No! You shouldn’t say that word!” Dad said “What word?” I said “You shouldn’t say I’m making a mess!” and I sprayed Dad with my water bottle.

Dad didn’t like that so he went away. But next time I saw him I said sorry.

“I’m sorry I sprayed you Dad. But I was really annoyed when you told us not to make a mess.”

Today I made a picture of a spider and then I told Mum and Dad all about it. I said that it’s a really big spider with two eyes. And there are lots of windows in the picture so you can look at the spider. Some of the windows are for adults and some are for babies. I spent a long time drawing all the windows.

Mum and Dad have put the picture up on the wall at Playcentre. They must really like spiders.