An Extra Long Weekend

After my first full week of school (up until now we stayed home on Wednesday so we wouldn't get too exhausted), we get to celebrate by having a long weekend. Not only is it a long weekend, we get to have an extra long weekend - we have no school on Monday OR on Tuesday. Our teachers have to go to school and do some learning but it is a student-free day.

I wonder what adventures we can have on an extra long weekend?
Love AJ Pickle

Surprise!

I had a huge surprise today...Guess who picked me up from school? Nanny and Poppy, and Aunty Sharn too!

I was so excited! I showed them my classroom, introduced them to my teacher Louise and even showed them my artwork!

On the way home, we stopped to have afternoon tea and a play at Bayswater Park. It was so much fun.

Thanks for visiting. See you again soon Nanny and Poppy.
Love AJ Pickle

The Potato People

One of my favourite authors (that is a person who writes books) is Pamella Allen and she has a new book called 'The Potato People.'

It is all about a boy called Jack who visits his grandma every week. They have heaps of fun together and one day they made people out of some potatoes. Something happens, and Jack doesn't visit grandma for ages. Strange things start to happen to the potato people.

I won't tell you any more about the book, you will have to go and read it. Instead, I will show you the potato people we made.


Love AJ Pickle

Arwen's Bike

Today after school, we all walked to Bellair street to have a hot chocolate. Arwen, one of Milla's dancing friends was also at the cafe. She had ridden her bike there and let us have a ride on it.


Arwen's bike is even cooler than my bike, but it is kind of strange too. The bike doesn't have any training wheels, but it doesn't have pedals either and it was made from wood. It was a bit like a sit down, 2 wheeler scooter. Although it was a little difficult to balance on, it was heaps of fun.

I loved riding on Arwen's bike, I wonder if she will share her bike with me again?
Love AJ Pickle

Waving Goodbye

Why is waving goodbye so sad?

We had to wave goodbye twice this afternoon.

Anna and Tino came by to play with us and to show us some photos from their wedding. They have so much to do before they go back to London that we might not get to see them again before they leave. We had to wave goodbye to them not knowing if we will see them soon or if we have to wait another million years.

We also had to wave goodbye to daddy.

Right now daddy is somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. He is on his way to New Zealand for almost a week. Milli and I helped to load the taxi before we waved goodbye. (Luckily Anna and Tino were still visiting when daddy left and they distracted us, otherwise we would have been really sad!)


I hope dad has lots of fun in Auckland, and that he doesn't miss us too much.

We love you daddy, see you later.
Love AJ and Milla (and mum too)

Meet Neko

For ages now I have been asking mum if we could get a pet kitten. Her answer is always the same. "You will have to ask dad!" So when I see dad, I ask him if I can get a pet kitten. He never really answers me, he just starts talking about something else. (I am sure that mum knows that dad doesn't really want to have a cat. )

Anyway, today I asked dad really, really nicely and guess what... I have finally got my own cat.

I have called my cat Neko (that is the Japanese word for cat). He is really cute. He is grey with black whiskers, tail and ears. He doesn't eat much and he never makea a mess. The only problem is that he isn't very cuddly either.

I don't mind if Neko doesn't give me cuddles, I am just so happy to finally have my own pet.

Love Princess George (and Neko too)

Balloons with Anchors

Today at school, we did science experiments with Kay. Today's experiments were all about objects that sink and float.

We collected lots of interesting objects from the art room and from outside. Before we tested to see if an object would sink or float, we had to guess what would happen. As well as testing sticks, stones and leaves we tested pencils, blocks and other toys. We also tested balloons.

Before we started we knew that a balloon would float, especially if it was filled with air. We knew that if a balloon was filled with something heavy, like sand it would sink. We decided to test what would happen if the balloon had some air and some sand in it.

We found that the part of the balloon with the sand in it would sink below the water, but the rest of the balloon would sit on top of the water. We thought that the part of the balloon that was filled with sand was like an anchor!

There are so many amazing things to learn at school.
Love AJ Pickle