Boy's Day Out!

The Grand Prix is in Melbourne again so you know what that means... hanging out with dad and his friends watching the race from an apartment overlooking the track!

My favourite part of the day was the fly-by.  The formation flying was awesome.

Then when the jumbo went by, it was so close you could almost touch it!

Ah, life sure is tough!

Love AJ Pickle

Race Time

So as Milla is at home 'resting' so she can go out tonight, I am out enjoying the noise of the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix and it is awesome!  I love car races but I have never been to see the Formula 1 before.  A few years ago I did watch the V8s race at Bathurst with Nan and Pop but Formula 1 racing was completely different.

When I went to Bathurst we went camping and wandered around the track area, we even checked out the pits.  Watching the Formula 1 cars race was completely different.  Instead of being down on track level we were in luxury, hanging out on the balcony of a friend's place that overlooked the entire track!

Now this is the best way to watch the F1 Grand Prix!

How cool is it to be able to see and hear the entire race without being smooshed by all the other people wanting to watch the race!  Even better, we had the perfect view for the flyovers.

I really can't decide if I like Formula 1 or V8s best.  Perhaps I had better go back to Bathurst again to help me decide!
Love AJ Pickle

I survived camp :-)

Well I am exhausted from a weekend at camp.   It was good to know that AJ was there but even better to knowing that he had his own friends and that they would be too busy doing heaps of cool things that they wouldn't annoy me!

I had a ball playing on the beach, hanging out with friends, making new friends and sleeping in a tent.  I had so much fun that I want to know when the next camp is.  I think that mum wanted to get photos of me after camp but I was too tired and filthy.  I tried to have a shower but I don't really like cold water showers.  I would love to write more about the fun of camp but mum promised that if I have a rest this afternoon she will take me out for a surprise tonight so I am off to bed!

Love Princess George

My First Cub Camping Trip

Friday afternoon is normally the time that I get to hang out with my friends and run about the neighbourhood playing but not this afternoon.  Instead I was busily checking off the items on my packing list and filling a giant backpack with everything I would need for a weekend camping with my cub pack.

I am only going camping for 2 nights but I am pretty sure that it is going to rain all weekend so I packed more clothes than the list suggested.  I figure that even if I don't get wet and muddy, I am pretty sure I will get changed more than I need to!

I am a little nervous about going camping without my family but I know I will have fun.

Excited and just a little bit nervous!

I am sure that AJ will look after me if I get a little bit sad or lonely when I am on camp.  Even though I won't tell anyone at camp, I am glad that he will be there with me.

All packed and ready to go.

Let's go!
Love Princess George

Riding

It seemed like a good idea to go for a ride on the bmx track.

It also seemed like a good idea to wear my favourite top.  

Clearly I didn’t think about the track being muddy!

Oh well, time for a shower and to throw my clothes into the wash!

Love Princess George

To Believe It Or Not?

AJ and I have been talking and we have decided that we don't think that Easter Bunny, Santa or the Tooth Fairy are real.  There have been a lot of little clues that would suggest that it is really mum and dad and all the other grown-ups pretending that they are them.

Take the Santa charade for instance.  Why is it that Santa only knows what you want for Christmas if you write a letter to him and post it.  Oh and why do the letters that were 'posted' to Santa turn up stashed in the back of the bookcase?  Now we know that if Santa was really magical like everyone says he is, we wouldn't have to write down what we want in the first place, he would just know.  They say that he is magical enough to know who was naughty or nice so surely he would also remember what things we really wanted!  And why do kids who are naughty all the time, other kids not us, still get Christmas presents?

Also, why do we do a big toy clean-out every year before Christmas to donate toys to kids who might not get any presents.  If Santa really was real, he would give presents to everyone, especially the kids whose families weren't rich enough to buy them heaps of toys, right?  Surely the kids who don't have heaps of toys deserve more presents from Santa than kids that have heaps of stuff.

So there you have it, a few of the reasons why we don't think that Santa is real and if Santa isn't real then why would any of the others, the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy be real either?  The thing is, we might just keep pretending for a while longer because it sometimes pretending is fun, besides it is Easter soon and we really love chocolate.
Love AJ and Milla

Party Time!

It seems that mum isn’t the only one feeling guilty that I didn’t get to celebrate my 10th birthday with my whole family.  Nan and pop must have been feeling guilty too because I had a small party there with my Yarrawonga friends, then when I went home we had another cake day and of course more presents at our place on my actual birthday! 

(if I can find any pics from pop I will put them here!)

Now that mum is back from India, I get to have a birthday party with my friends too.  We headed down to Adventure Park in Geelong

I think that a water park is the best place to hang out with friends for a birthday!

Oh and of course there was more cake.

Now that I have finished ALL my birthday celebrations, I must officially be ten!

Love AJ Pickle