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This morning, well... I brought my bathers because we had swimming! But they made us get in our tiny swimmers.... Before the long information session in a big cold basketball court! Well the water wasn't too cold though. I'm getting really close with all my new mates, and the builders are still jackhammering the yard and it's really load! And dad's car broke down on the way home, and we had to go to a service station. Anyway, I've really settled in to this new school. And I'm pretty happy here, and this concludes the LOOOOONG Journal. Gee, A lot has happened since I started it in October. Next time I do one of these Journals will be for the winter holidays!!! YAY! Anyway, Farewell, from Archie Whiteley.

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This morning, (last day of holidays) Gigi went to a party, at Dan's Deli, dad brought me out to get a snack, them Gigi got back and dad made me a pizza! We had a swim one last time, (before the men come rip up our yard for the renovation tomorrow. I released a book, and had sausages for dinner.

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Today I was really excited because I had a meetup at the park with all my new St Micheals mates. Mum brought bags of chips and brownies and fudge and more, I did hang out with Angus and his older friends, but mainly stuck around with Aidan, Cooper and Sam, but Sam constantly tried to kill us, lol. I ate so much party food I felt sick, and btw all the girls are INSANE! They scream if you don't go fast enough on the big spinning tire. After, at home, we watched the tennis, and Ash Barty won the championship!!!! It was really awesome and to top it off Kokainakas and Kyrios won the doubles as well, so big night for Tennis Australia!

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Me and Gigi picked tonight for the sleepover. So in the morning, me and dad went out and got school shoes for me, and some new sneakers as well and we did this at Malvern Central. And after we went to Woolworths to collect our shopping, and what do ya know, cousin Sam and Uncle Jez were there! When we got back, hairdresser Willy was doing mum's hair, and we had a lot of fun. And just after Willy left, we got in the pool, and then me and Gigi watched 'Encanto' and we got out chips. Then Gigi went up for stories in my room. I'd moved the bed all myself, and was very happy with my work. Meanwhile I watched the Simpsons, but then came back up to our room. Gigi and I chatted until 9:00 and then went to bed, but the problem was, Gigi was scared of Bruno from the movie we watched, and there was a storm, and at 2:00 in the morning, Gigi went back to her own bed, scared. But she lasted a long time, and I'm very proud of her.

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Today, I started my LEGO haunted house, we're talking 18 bags of LEGO! This is the dopest biggest LEGO I've gotten ever! So I made a start on it, and that night I finished my new book in the AGJ series. Plus, we had a swim. And me and Gigi have been thinking of having a sleepover in the next few days.

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Ok, so early in the morning we packed, Tony left, and then we left in the car. I went with dad again. And we met up with mum and Gigi for lunch at McDonalds. when we got back, we had a swim, I unpacked, and finally got a good start on my new book and thought about starting the build of my haunted house tomorrow. What else.... Yeah that's it.

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This morning, since we'd decided to stick around another day, me and my family went to the beach, early, before it. got too outrageously hot. And I'm getting totally pro at body surfing, and maybe one day I'll move up to proper surfing! We got snacks on the way back, I got hot fries and Gigi got an ice cream. And, when we got home, dad made me a delicious omlette, and also after lunch, when we all went to see the cows, Tony took everyone on the truck, but me, no. I ran along with the truck, all the way there, no breaks! I was exhausted! And the cows were all good, we had another BBQ for dinner and I had another choc-ball ice cream thingy, again, super delicious! And that night, my family and I + Lizzy Parker went to see the wallabies. And late that night, the Parkers left. And Ash Barty was destroying her opponet she was playing that night.

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Well stuff happened... Worked on LEGO. I'll type more later just in a rush

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In the morning after Gigi got up dad made us pancakes, I finished my pirate ship LEGO set I'd been working on for a while, it looked awesome! And Gigi had some new children, but they weren't dolls, they were balloons with faces! And later Aunt Karin dropped by with some glasses, and she parked in our driveway. But then Junior starting walking out, Karin said: "Hi Junior!" And I, quickly and stupidly, closed the gate so he didn't get out, but I locked US out! Luckily, dad was to the rescue. And concerning Phillip Island Trampoline we might end up getting STEB's old one. So that's it. -Oh and we had sausage rolls and stuff for dinner.

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This morning, we packed to get ready to leave. Tony left, and we did too, got McDonalds on the way but this time I FINALLY GOT BACON IN MY BURGER! Now let's see.. Er.. When we got back I unpacked, did some AGJ stuff, and some other books and we had Spaghetti for dinner.

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Tess wasn't any better yesterday. She stayed in her room till the afternoon. Anyway, that morning, because Kevin is a priest, he actually held a Sunday Mass at the dining table! Emma had to leave though, she left early, and then after Kevin, Derry and Anna left too, Jezz, Eliza, Sam and I chased them with the mule! Later, while we were watching the office, Jezz came in asking if we wanted to come with him to the ancorage to get petrol and soft drinks. Of course that was a yes, from me and Sam. I got a Pepsi Max and Sam got some kind of juice bottle thing. We also got too Schweppies for Gigi and Mum. We had lunch after, then Jezz and Sam went to the beach and about half an hour later Dad and I did too. We got some great waves on my new board, and stopped at the Smiths general store after, BUT THEY'd CLOSED OFF THE KITCHEN AT 4:00! The service is just terrible since the new people bought the place. All they sell is like, bacon muffins, and a table of makeup accessories! No smiths crisps, pies or sausage rolls, the place has seriously gone downhill. And we're officially looking into trampolines now, so that's gonna be fun. And when we got back, EST were leaving, so they packed their packs and drove away, but Sam and Jez stayed cause Jez had some work thing. And then a little bit later, Karin's tire broke and she was stranded! So while we waited for the service people to come Jezz and Sam drove her some snacks, but didn't come back cause they were leaving while they did that, And Eliza and Tess temporarily came back and then left again. Eventually, Karin's car was back on the road, and they drove home. We had burgers and nachos for dinner, and I had one of those massive oreo sandwiches dad bought the other day! We went to look at wallabies before bed, chatted with Tony, and that was it.

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Me and the cousins played a BIG game of monopoly and Sam was the EVIL BANKER who bankrupted everyone except me, well eventually he did, cause then I could go for a swim. And after the swim Kathy got here with a big chocolate mud cake! And she also gave me a massive present! It was the big LEGO haunted house that's hard to get and VERY EXPENSIVE!!! But that night, we went to the barn, just me, Sam and Tess. Because Tess had a horrible migrain. And Eliza told Sam and I scary stories like 'Click... Click... DRAG...." and one about a zombie who leaves this guy notes on his window, and one about a dead dog and guy who licks hands.... Also don't forget me and Sam actually got up on the haybales. Anyway when we got back it was late so I went for a walk to the billabong with mum and dad and I went to bed.

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I'd completely finished packing for Phillip Island today, dad let me have the last slice of cake and Gigi got a croissant. We took a while to go because mum had an important call to do, but we left at about midday, got McDonalds, AND THEY FORGOT TO PUT BACON IN MY BURGER!!! We got there in the afternoon, Tony was there, and soon Derry and Anna arrived, and Kevin too. We haven't been all together for 5 years! Mum's cousin Emma was there too, and Derry went to the beach, we had chips and drinks, and eventually BEST got here, but they'd already had Hungry Jack's for dinner, and no Billie because they were on camp. We had a swim and had a BBQ for dinner.

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This morning we went to this place to look at the tiles we want for our pool renovation starting in February, had pizzas for lunch and jumped in the pool. That's pretty much it.

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We got out for a break, then we'd get back in the pool. We did cake, I couldn't eat all of it though. Then we jumped back in the pool, and got into a jausting battle with sinkies. Then when me and Levon got out, We turned on the tv and watched this funny YouTube Channel called Channel C, and Levon was still drinking his tonic water and snacking on candy. Eventually, Levon had to go home. Except dad, we all got in the car, and drove him home. But you see... He kept asking mum obscure history questions that she couldn't answer, and then suddenly he had to vomit cause he drunk too much tonic water. Well luckily he didn't, and when we went back home once he was dropped off I got a message saying he was OK. We had gnocchi for dinner, and somehow I still had room in my big fat belly for more food!!!! That was a great birthday party, I'm double digits now and there's no going back.

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When Levon turned up, we said hi, and went upstairs and played air hockey and stuff. While we were still waiting on McDonalds, it was time for some mindless violence! Without blindfolds, we maniacally hit that pinata, then Levon stabbed it with the stick like a bullfighter, and it rained chocolate bars. When McDonalds delivery turned up, dad forgot to get soft drinks so Levon grabbed a tonic water from the fridge. When we went back inside, we ate out Maccas, and then Levon gave me a birthday present, it was a super fancy pen. We went upstairs again, and mucked around a bit, then we jumped in the pool! Levon tried to stay on Chris, the Crocodile, but fell off. Classic Levon.

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When I woke up this morning, mum was doing yoga in the spare room. I was all like "It's my birthday" And mum was all like "Yay!"

When dad and Gigi woke up we did presents! I got so much cool stuff, like a proper Camera, a new bedside lamp, LEGO sets, + lots more. Dad made pancakes for breakfast on my request. And at 8:44, I was officially 10 years old! YAAAAY!!! We hung up the pinata, mum set up the balloons and dad brought me out to get morning snacks. I told them at the cafe it that it was my birthday, and got a hot chocolate! When we got back, then,

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Ok, it's official, Levon is coming to the party! We made the cake today, we filled up the pinata, (Gigi helped with both, as usual.) Erm, me and Gigi made a toy cruise, we had a swim had chicken for dinner, I decorated the cake myself, look, everything's ready for the party, I'm very excited, and yeah.

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Today me and Gigi got vaccinated! So, in the morning, I let Gigi help me with my new book. At about 11, mum joined a voiceover and dad brought me and Gigi to a clinic on exhibition road, and we went in. And it didn't hurt that much, the needle was pretty short and dad let us have tons of chocolates and lollipops and other stuff. When we got back, I didn't feel blah at all and stayed good for the rest of the day but my arm was a bit stiff. We had a swim and had mexican for dinner, plus that I released my new book and don't have to write anymore in the AGJ series all month!

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Today we left Phillip Island in the afternoon. To get vaxed. We packed and left at 1:00, and were back at about dinner time and dad got us fish and chips.

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This morning, because it's getting to my birthday, mum took me out to get the decorations and stuff! For my AGJ (Archie Gigi and Junior series) themed birthday party with cousins, we got some stuff for that, and for the cake we sent off the image I want to photocopy on the cake off, and then we also got some stuff for the at home party. I'll just be inviting Levon at some point in the afternoon, but we can still do a pizza party/or grill'd/or McDonalds haven't decided what's for lunch. We got lollies and stuff and a cake tin. It's really exciting!!! I'm turning 10 soon! 8 days to go. And also I made some progress on the next AGJ book, I want to get it done by the time we leave day after tomorrow.

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Today was pretty chill, but it's 9 days till my birthday!!! While I was at Phillip island I made some plans, and dad and Gigi went out shopping for MY BIRTHDAY and it's really exciting but also good cause we're still at home. Junior's still at the Cat Hotel because we're going back in a few days so he would hate that.

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We left Bridgette and Angus' house today, we'd been there for an extra day anyway. On the way back I actually wanted to be with dad again, and so that's what happened. On the way back we secretly, (don't tell mum) got a chocolate muffin at a new cafe in Toorak, Dan's Deli. I unpacked everything by noon after lunch, and finished the cover for the new book.

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We went to the beach, swam, saw some dolphins, first day of 2022. What did we have for dinner... That's right we had Mac and Cheese. And after we went to the creek and saw some tadpoles

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We had a big BBQ for dinner and a big spongy-jelly sort of cake thing with mini meringues for dessert -and some ice creams. We played in their yard until they started the fireworks! It was just some small ones at the start, that is because this is only about 9:30, but then they got bigger. They were really cool to watch. I said I'd stay up till 12, but I was in bed by 10:45 or 11. This was the last day of 2021.

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So this morning was relaxed, it was new year's eve though! Last day of 2021 WOOOOAH!!! Me and Sam watched Simpsons before I tidied the living room and white room and packed. We left after lunch (reheated last night's pizza) then in seperate cars, we left to... Get ready.... Angus and Bridgette's house in Dromana!! We got there in the afternoon and said unpacked. Me and Gigi had a bunk bed!

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We went to the beach today, HOP left, and most of STEB except Sam and Jezz who are staying so Tony doesn't get lonely. We went on the mule, and we ordered pizza for dinner.   Very short entry cause I'm running out of time!

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When I got up, as I walked into the white room I saw Jez on the couch. "Have you been there all night?" I asked, and he said that last night his shoulder or arm hurt a lot so he moved downstairs, and he thinks he hurt his arm while swimming yesterday. We turned on some Simpsons while waiting for the others to wake up. Jez eventually turned it off, and finally got up feeling a bit better. Once most of us were up, we got out my spankin' new Monopoly game. (I was penguin). I had an Omlette with ham for lunch, and then Jezz took us on the truck. And it's great Gigi kind of likes 'Archie's Big Dipper' -Which I recently got the right to that title, and when we got back we watched the office for a while and chilled out (and worked on me and Gigi's house in Sims) Until Billie cried: "Guys, and Echidna!" We rushed to the gate and he was so adorable! He shuffled around like STEB's Fat Cat, Maisy. And we saw a couple more, and we went in the pool. For dinner, we ate burgers and sausages and tried my first drumstick ever for dessert. Then we went to Barn, and once Gigi went home, we didn't go to the normal barn. I'd had my eye on the old abandoned mill where they'd load cows onto trucks with, I recorded it like a explorer/blogger, we walked around it for a while, and then Henry, Sam and I actually went in! It stunk, but was still pretty ghostly and haunted like... There were old metal machines and stuff we expected something would jump out of. It was pretty epic compared to just going to the normal barn. When we went back I told everyone ALL about it.

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Before lunch Jezz brought us on the truck, now I've become OBSESSED with shotgun, and also Gigi finally likes the big dipper, so that's great. Our American friends, the Stuttards came to Head Station today. The cousins showed them around. They had some lunch, (talk about half a whole day late lunch,) and then we went to the beach. Just dad, Gigi and I and we didn't see Sam and Jezz much. We got snacks by the general store after, I got a cookie and a soft drink, dunno what Gigi got but yeah, we also had some chips to share. When we got back, soon the Stuttards left. SUDDENLY, We heard that there was a dead Wallaby on the road. We questioned everyone who was driving that day, I mean, when me and dad were on the way to the beach we didn't hear any thuds. We went with shovels to go lie it in the paddock, dad wasn't sure about me going because it might traumatise me or something, I was fine. We had a very respectful ceremony and Eliza, Penny and I went back while Sam and Jezz picked it up and lied it in the paddock. Eliza examined the body and decided it died of natural causes, no tire tracks, no blood. That night before dinner Jezz took us on the mule again and we saw the sunset, there were a bunch of wallabies all in the paddocks, in fact, I've never seen that many. When we got back we played a game of soccer, and had dinner. (lasagne), and that was it.

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This morning, we went on the annual massive walk on a mountain! It was exhausting! We left late, and only got back by 2:00 for lunch. That afternoon we had a swim, if I didn't mention yesterday we inflated my new massive cactus float with drink holder, and Penny, Sam and Karin were in the pool with us. We had a BBQ for dinner and walked down to the beach at 9:00. So really not much to report for today, yeah.

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Today was Billie's birthday! If I haven't mentioned yet, we were working on my LEGO Infinity gauntlet for a while and it's nearly done. We made a big fuss of them after they woke up at midday, I reminded Karin about the cake, luckily. That was a close call! We were going to Pinos Trattoria just STEB and my family for dinner, but it didn't open again till the 27th so we decided to go to E Sola Di' Capris, but they could only seat 6 people in half an hour, so we would eat on the beach or somewhere, and they would eat inside the restaurant. We ordered pizzas while Jezz took STEB to Jolly Lolly Trolly. And our pizzas didn't take long, Gigi got a plain cheese and I got margarita because they didn't have pepperoni pizza, and it was DELICIOUS!
We went back to Head Station after, Penny, Sam and I were the decorating crew, and I ate so much while decorating I only had room for a big slice of cake and a cup of tea! After the party, Tess, me and Gigi made ourselves in Sims, and then me and Gigi went to bed.

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Once all the cousins got up, they opened their presents and it was all exciting, we still had to do the tree later! After brekkie, Jezz took us for a ride on the mule and we went to the road and waved to cars (whatever game that's called) got back before tree, and me and Gigi got MAXIMUM LOOT! I got a mini speedboat from Kathy, LEGOs from mum and dad, 100 bucks from Tony, If I keep talking this journal entry will be too long! Straight after we had Christmas lunch, and I tried prawns and I like em now! And then.. dessert. Ice cream, pavlova, chocolate royals, Gingerbread men. For about and hour I waited for everyone to do our annual cops and robbers game, at about 5:00 we finally did it and everyone was playing, even Tess! Then we had a soccer game, Jezz drove us around on the mule again and that was great, and at about 7:30 we went to the Haunted Barn, we didn't do scary stories even though Gigi was occupied with Eliza on the other side of the paddock, we gave ourselves electric shocks on the wire, had some fun and went home. We played some ping pong tournaments, I could stay up a bit later because it is Christmas today, and when we went back inside I was booted out of the white room because the cousins were watching Love Actually. I went to bed at about 9:30, and that was it.

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Ok, this morning was so great. At about six thirty I woke Gigi up, got dressed and we were so excited. We went out before any cousins were up, and we looked to see what Santa had left us! So the reindeer had eaten nearly both of the carrots, Santa had drunk all his beer but only a bit of the shortbread. When we opened our stockings, I got MINI AIR HOCKEY TABLE, a big LEGO set, some funko pop collectibles, a lava lamp and some pool stuff. There was some more too. Gigi got a disco light, a massive salvania family house and a sausage dog called Rex, (wasn't a real one tho) and then Tony came out saying he got pinged at a funeral, so he won't help with Christmas lunch. That's not good.

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Today was Xmas Eve! After lunch dad, Gigi, Sam and I went to Smiths Beach and we got some good waves. After we went by the Smiths shop. Sam, Gigi and I all got hot chips, and some fudge because Gigi wanted to try it and me and Sam had a Fanta. It was a pretty relaxed night, went to church, we had lasagne and pie, and we put out stockings for tomorrow! --And we left Santa some snacks.

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Today I got up bright and early (like usual) and packed and got everything I needed to do done. It was Christmas Eve's Eve! While dad and Gigi dropped the cat off at his cat hotel me and mum finished WandaVision. When dad and Gigi got back, we got our luggage in the car and began the drive, mum stayed back because she had a lunch to go to, but we got fast food Macca's! I had a cheeseburger and chips, chicky nuggies and a Sprite. When we got to Phillip Island it was just past lunchtime, so far it was just Sam, Tess, Billie and their mum Karin, no Uncle Jeremy or Eliza, both coming tomorrow, and then later HOP turned up, with Kirsty. I checked out the Xmas tree while I was putting up my posters. They didn't get an alive one, but it was a really convincing fake one with some candle sticks for the smell. When HOP just got there, we chatted in the white room and I showed them my cursed "Re-face" Images. HOP went off to Smiths Beach, but everyone else decided to stay. When Kirsty and HOP got back with Fish and Chips, the sun was just going down and mum got back around then. We all got some ice creams from the freezer, the Dairy Milk flavoured epic ones we all liked, and Gigi forced the cousins to read my books for some reason, but really, this is the time I'll make memories cause all the cousins are getting older, and yeah. After, we did a vote, to go to the Haunted Barn! We waited a while, Gigi wanted to come, so it would be her first time. Half way Tess brought her back because she was scared of some fire ants. Haha, maybe not ready. When we got there, the cows were acting all weird, Sam played the song "Sha La-buff" again, and then looked up some horror stories. One went for two hours so we found a different one but it seemed a bit too extreme cause it had really adult themes and 'Russian Roulette' and just the plain creepiness of it was just a bit much. Anyway, we wanted to get back to the house in time. I expected it to be darker when we walked back. When we did get back though, we started watching the Grinch original, without Gigi, and later I went to bed at quarter past nine. Oh, and also today Tess saw a beached seal, it was breathing but paying no attention, and just as she called animal rangers, it got up, groaned at her, and walked back into the water. Lol. Now it's Christmas Eve today, I'll write back tonight!

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Hey, Archie here. Just writing this is my room at 6:30 before we go to Phillip Island, so I'll talk bout yesterday. We had the JBB tournament 2, Gigi lost again and got into a rage, I mean, I was a fair player. I decided Total Drama was too old for Gigi, and I'd watch it in my own TV time. Dad made omlettes for lunch and also reheated frank furters from yesterday. I finished my book that afternoon, started to pack and yeah, that's it for now.

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This morning, me and Gigi had the first tournament game of JBB. Garage game. I won and that was really fun. Mum let us have delicious stuff for morning, dad cooked the frank- furters for lunch, Levon was back online showing me what he wanted for Christmas, he wants a windows laptop. Haha, windows. I got an apple laptop. Dad ALSO had some chocolate croissants for afternoon tea. Lots of awesome snacks! So it's getting really exciting in that... Well it has a Christmassy feel in the air, tree is full of presents, we made shortbread for Santa and really don't have much food left in the house because we're leaving day after tomorrow. The boxes were packed up from the game, oh and I nearly forgot we didn't have bath or shower tonight because we had a swim but dad felt sick because he had his covid booster yesterday so he didn't... Oh and we had Mini Xmas in the morning and Gigi got a dolly pram with a bunch of random words on it and I got Test Match Cricket

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Ok gotta say quick, just finished JBB tournament the next day so yesterday, cousin Billie came at lunch, we shot final scenes for the part 2 of movie cause we found Junior. Had fish for dinner. Also made banana bread and mum and dad's friend Kate came over because they were filming something.

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I finished my new book, early in the morning. Gigi went to ANOTHER party. That's the third one! Me and dad went out to get a chocolate croissant and coffee, and I also planned for "JBB" Jump Behind Boxes 3 day tournament. (Very complex rules and game so won't explain now but it's not just hiding behind suitcases. It's much better. Gigi signed up. Not much happened, we had chicken for dinner and that's really all I have to say, but there is six days till Christmas, all wrapping is done, and me and Gigi are really excited for Christmas, it's getting all festive and the tree's looking better than ever, and the only way to express this feeling is by typing CHRISTMAS YAAY IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING SOON ITS SO EXCITING AAAAAH CHRISTMAS!

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This morning we had pancakes (like usual Saturday) and went to soccer. Since mum was out Gigi came too and rode around the soccer field on her bike with dad looking after her. It was the last week of soccer and since most kids had left for the holidays it was just about, five kids. Match was good, yeah. Dad got donuts for us, and when we got back soon Eliza came, and we mainly just hanged out, played with the AquaPlay and had lunch. Dad went out to Mexican dinner with friends, but we also ordered from Guzman and Gomez at home, just me, Gigi and mum. Didn't get to have a swim today even though it was VERY hot.

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8 days till Christmas! This morning mum and dad mainly just had voiceovers. So, me and Gigi mainly watched tv. The following afternoon, It was pretty hot, dad got the water-play stuff out under the shade and got us snacks. Mum was out shopping, (forgot why) so we had a swim without her. Later once she got back, me and dad went to get our Grill'd delivery, and we were twins! We had both blue tops and chinos! We had ice cream for dessert, also I forgot to mention, a few days ago mum picked up cardboard Santa from school and we stuck him up on our door, and it looks great. Neighbours are always like "Did you make that, Archie? Wow!"

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This morning me and dad walked down to the park and dropped Gigi off at ANOTHER Christmas party, then we went and got coffee and snacks, I didn't like the cinnamon scroll, not sure... when we got back. Greta's mum brought her back before the real estate agent turned up (He's looking at our house deciding if the backyard renovation is worth it, he helped mum and dad bye the house we're in right now a few months before I was born.) Greta decided she'd stay an hour or so with Gigi, so Billie the babysitter came and we hanged out and had lunch until Micheal Gordon the real estate guy left and later did Greta. Once Greta left we started filming the part two movie of the movie we made last time based on the AGJ series I wrote, but we couldn't find Junior so we didn't finish it. When Billie left, then Mavs our other babysitter came. I had lasagne for dinner and we watched The Grinch.

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Early this morning I finished the movie! I sent the link to Billie and we watched it altogether. And later this morning I did some work on my book while mum dropped Gigi off at her kinder Christmas party her friend, Isabella's mum was hosting. I stayed at home, played Minecraft and wrote my book until me and dad went out to get lunch and the groceries. I got a big cheese twist at the bakery and we went by GumTree and got some fruit and some pasta for a few nights later. We went home, just me and dad because mum was at a massive dental appointment. In about half an hour we picked up Gigi but also her friend Greta cause we had to drop her back at her house too. When dad, Gigi and I got back mum was home and her mouth was numb. We were gonna have Chicken Pie for dinner but we didn't have any cause we forgot to get one while we were at GumTree so dad heated up some sausage rolls and.. That's pretty much it.

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Today Billie our cousin turned up. First, we got out the kinetic sand and later we did some painting, yep. But after lunch we decided to make a movie, and me and Billie decided to base it on Archie, Gigi and Junior the First Adventure, I had it well planned out, we filmed all the scenes with actual people in it, (actors being Billie, Gigi and I). You see, it's really good cause I have lots of real video, but also lots of clips of stop motion toys and also original drawing. I'm still working on it tonight, but it'll be finished tomorrow. We had a BBQ after Billie went home for dinner.

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This morning dad, Gigi and I went to bye the last Christmas presents for mum, and when we got back, due to her bad cold mum had completely lost her voice, well she could talk a bit but yeah. It was scorching today, so we got in the pool, and dad even brought us all out platy-pops from the previous holiday journal, (Yep, we still got em!) We had pasta for dinner and mum and dad made an agreement that from that point on we'd always eat the same meal, Gigi's really picky so that'll be hard! And for dessert, I finished off my brownie from the day we were at Malvern Central shopping. I got a lot of my book done today, and also it was Kitty, (my Grandma's) anniversary. (She passed away in 2015) That's it for today, so, yeah.

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This morning me and Gigi made another cubby base, slightly different design. For most of the morning we were at Malvern Central, me and dad shopping for mum and Gigi, mum and Gigi shopping for us. I also got a brownie, and later a sandwich for lunch. When I got back I just chilled out because later we got in the pool for a swim and me and Gigi had pizza for dinner.

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This morning me and Gigi had pancakes -and got into a really stupid argument but let's not get onto that, :), before soccer we were cleaning out the sideboard because it's being taken away for repairs, (door fell off) and I found a bunch of old books I wrote I thought I'd thrown out! I began a remake collection of reboots of all these historic books I made last decade! (Not really historic then, but you get the idea.) After soccer, mum brought me out to bye presents for Gigi. We watched this Aussie movie called "Back to the Outback" or something about venomous Australian creatures making their way back to the outback from this evil guy and it turns out he's not even Australian he's actually a wimpy kid from Florida for movie night, sorry, I won't spoil more. We got Grill'd for dinner and then ice cream as normal but usually we'd do it on Friday but we couldn't cause we had Mavs over and stuff. Finished first book in remake series. That's all I have to say, G'night.

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This morning dad brought me out to get coffee and snacks, I got a crazy sugar infested donut with sugar and creme and cookie chunks on it and mum will hopefully not find out. Then Eliza, our cousin/babysitter, turned up. We mucked around most of the time, played doctors for Gigi and got out me and Gigi's famous kinetic sand meatloaf. When Eliza was picked up Tess her older sister was also there, (She's nineteen) and we had a pillow fight before they left and our other babysitter Mavs turned up, we had dinner and that was it.

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Ok, nothing much I have to say about yesterday, but April has stopped sending messages and mum's handing the evidence into the police tomorrow if she gets her COVID test results. Me and Gigi built a massive cubby base with two levels and bedrooms. And the landscapers who are coming to check out our garden for the renovation came at 3:30, and me and Gigi spied on them, and they decided on the kind of tile we'll put in, and we had mexican for dinner and I made a discovery, to try capsicum in tacos! Seriously, its good.

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This morning we dropped Gigi up at her Loretto orientation. Me and dad went out to get coffee and snacks but even though I told him, he got times mixed up and poor Gigi just stood there. Luckily Greta's mum, her friend, brought her back to our place and dad was in massive trouble with mum. Not much happened for the rest of the day, went out for walk in afternoon and had Mexican for dinner. I'd made a start on my new book planner. Also Christmas tree looks really great with lights turned on.

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This morning me, Gigi and mum went to Bob Stewart to get school clothes for our new schools. You see, If I haven't mentioned yet, dad's working hard full time on his computer till Christmas. Later we went out to get a Christmas tree, they didn't have the massive ones we wanted, but it was an average size, we went home, had pizza for dinner and it got here at quarter past six, and we decorated it that night, I put on a great Christmas playlist and Gigi and I danced around for a while. No further updates on April, the police are onto it and I hope she doesn't send any more trolling videos and messages to mum, yeah. It's getting really Christmassy now and I'll make the Christmas posters tomorrow.

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So, we left Phillip Island early this morning, and stopped at Maccas for morning tea on the way. So yada yada Junior was fine, now I need to skip to the important part. My mum told me some scary news tonight, cause she's a famous actor and stuff, well, she's got a... Stalker. So about five years ago she got some creepy texts from this lady named April, a fan who kept texting her. And now, it's just started again, and she's constantly texting her and calling her, and well, she's in New South Wales but mum told me to look out for her and showed me a photo she'd sent. And I'm not kidding, we're not telling Gigi, and we've gotten in touch with Craig Forsyth to set up a new phone number and stuff. And well, yeah. I don't know where this is going, so this leaves this entry on a pretty scary note, I mean I'd even got a notification that someone else had access to my Microsoft, I sorted that out but this is actually disturbing.

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So today's plan was to pack up in the morning and then we'd to go lunch with Jill, an old friend of nana, who's very sick, and Annie and her son Amiel who was about 26 and had a moustache, and his dad George couldn't come cause he had covid, and also Auntie Kathy, but we'd drive straight back to Melbourne after, but we changed the plan so we'd stay another day. So we went to the small beach by Head Station, and I got some satisfying footage of sandcastles collapsing, and I used the time to get down the full inventory of Christmas decorations After we had like the 1 hour drive, and met Jill and everyone else at Cape Tavern You see, Jill's very sick and might pass away, so, yeah. Jill gave me a big jumper with Mickey mouse on it. I had fish and chips, and then I got this massive rich chocolate pudding. Everyone loved the books I'd written and brought with me, after we went down to the beach, a different one, and I walked on the rocks. We went back to HS and had sausages for dinner. And yeah, that's it.

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This morning when I got up, I remembered Gigi was still at Lizzy's so I had the waffles all to myself. When I was eating them, mum suddenly reminded me we were going to Phillip Island today! So after a great game of soccer, we packed our bags and got in the car. The traffic was awful because everyone was wanting to get away for the school holidays. I had a ham and cheese sandwich before we left but I also got Macca's on the way. (I got some chicky nuggies and large fries) We got there in the afternoon, went on a ride on the truck and then had dinner. Also we found this old pirate bear toy nana had given dad for a Christmas when I was little, and it sung "OLE! OLE!" Really loud and freaked me out.

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We went home and got changed. Gigi had nearly left to go to Lizzy's. I went to go get a sausage at the stand outside Woolworths for lunch, and then went home and finished Archie, Gigi and Junior the First Adventure Pt 2, and then once Gigi left (and I was an only child again) we went out to rococo in my fancy dinner suit. I brought the books I wrote tonight so mum and dad could read em. I ordered gnocchi bolognese. Suddenly, we saw Andie Campbell from my school. "Hi!" I said. Fin, her little brother came over and talked for a while. When my food arrived, it was delicious! Then after we went to Cones. I got a scoop of honeycomb and a scoop of TimTam. I was able to get through the TimTam before it started melting at sonic speed and ran right down my arm! We went home, me feeling hyper on lemonade. Me and mum finished off Marvel Avengers Endgame and Captain America got really old. Haha. I slept like a log that night. But also a giant cardboard figure of mum in five bedrooms turned up in the mail! It was a joke from a friend but we had no idea where to put it and I got really paranoid it was alive! Anyways, I'm only holidays now, YAY!

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So, Year 4 classroom is becoming Music Room, so we were moving everything out. It was a lot of heavy work. After we had recess. We got out black markers and signed the time capsule we were making for 50 years later, and signed each other's shirt Charlie was handing out. They also had the first screening of the Pirate Musical. WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME MY HAT WAS FACING THE WRONG WAY! Then we went back to the classroom and sat in a circle. Mr Kelly talked about how this was the end of Early Years, and I saw lots of my friends getting all emotional and sad. We opened our time capsule for the start of 2021. In one of my goals for 2021, I said "Protect Levon's Empire in the sandpit" (scoffs) As if. We packed our bags and walked out to the cricket nets. For the last time. All the younger years were clapping as we walked through. Mum was crying in the back, other parents recording. This was it. The last day of Year 4.
We took a big class photo in front of the Time Capsule, and then with other friends. I said goodbye and thanks for everything to my teachers, and well, yeah. Mum got really emotional on the way home.

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When I walked in to school I just knew, today was only a half day. My last day at Burke Hall. The day started with Charlie giving out shirts with all our names formed in the Xavier crest, and then we went to Assembly. Then we had Kelly's quiz. You see, it's a quiz where we can be in groups to answer Kelly's quiz. I just wanted to be with the "Boys at the Back" with Rafa, Will and the others. But no. It was full. I had to go with that creep whatsisname, Levon. Yeah from the start I knew he'd ruin it be we still had a chance. Hold on, no, we didn't. Tom. O, Autistic kid, wasn't there yesterday so Mr Kelly asked if he could come in our group. Levon, the selfish idiot said he'd rather leave because he wants more candy. And he hates Tom. I told him, "Look mate, if you're gonna be that selfish, you know what, Tom can go with me and you can go alone like you want." Well, Mr Kelly didn't approve, and he said it's too late to change. So. The Jingle Burgers. A team of: Historian creeps who yell in your face, poor kids that chuck stuff around when they're angry, and one kid who actually knows what he's doing.
Well there was a ton of argument, but eventually the quiz was done. We got last, for losing points yelling at each other. I was just sighing in the corner waiting for them to just shut up. So maybe the Boys in the Corner, the team I wanted to be in won. Got 6 full bags of lollies. Celebrated success. That wasn't the part of the day I wanted to focus on though, :)

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Second last day of school! Yay! For most of the day, we were just presenting exhibition, I presented mine, a bit under-practiced but still good with lots of facts, gave out chocolates and cards at recess but felt bad coz I didn't do any for Ricci the other class, just Miki though Ricci did for us. The most disturbing thing ever happened at lunch. I was in the tennis courts when Charlie pointed out, "What is that monstrosity?" I thought he was joking, but when I looked there was this... this.... well what I thought it was was to dragon flies that had mutated together with lots of sticking out bones and fangs. No kidding. I ran as soon as it got off its little hive and flew around. Terrifying. Meanwhile Charlie was just keeping it chill. How does he do that? Weather was scorching hot in the morning and drizzling in the arvo, very bad weather. Lanina, it's called I think. Tomorrow night mum, dad and I have planned to celebrate me finishing year 4 while as a distraction for Gigi, she will have a sleepover at Lizzy's place. Just can't let her find out. :)

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First day of summer. Well it was hot. So hot. So hot we couldn't even run. We all burned alive and then died. Just kidding! But after school at after school sport, it got cold. The clouds came in and the thunder started. We all came inside and all the wimps were scared and everything, It was more exciting and creepy cause we had the lights off in the piazza and were just playing silent ball while listening to the thunder. Dad eventually picked me up, I was one of the last to go, and we shoved everything in the car and went by Woolworths to get dinner. Billie our cousin came again and we had dinner and she put us to bed.

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Graduation Night -and Mum's B'day (Part 2)

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Graduation Night -and Mum's B'day (Part 2)

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After Emma left, I got changed, had a shower, and we got ready to leave. Tonight would be exciting. I could tell you everything that'll happen but why not just explain as the story goes on. But just to clarify, we're presenting our canvas that we've worked on for the last month for an assigned friend, (I got Charlie) and presenting a song or speech about them. So Charlie loves Carlton, so I put my own words in the footy theme song. So when we arrived outside the gate some of the other kids in our class were there and we went round Gate 3. I sat next to my partner until it started. This was the moment I'd been waiting for. All year. Mum and Dad in the back, Gigi in the middle of them, it was so exciting. First I was called up with Josh and the girls, the girls were singing and Josh, I actually forgot. After, I went up and did my acknowledgement of country. That i'd practiced for ages. After, Mr Kelly whispered in my ear, "Good Job,". Not long after Charlie, some other guys and I went up holding the canvases backward. After Thomas A, It was Charlie's go. It was a song with a chorus and everything. I can't actually type the words of it on this journal, but if I could, It's pretty good. Then I went up with my canvas. Not too nervous, I scrolled to the right page, and sung my song, and showed the canvas up on the stand. "He is the Charlie B, he is the old dark Charlie B, he likes footy, sport and baking cakes. He's the only Charlie year 4 knows," It went on, well, Charlie said he really loves it. Aah, I'd done it. All that off my mind. Oh. Right. Now everyone else in the class. It went on for an hour. Some of the presentations were pretty good, but some kids just really aren't public speakers. But what made me laugh was Raf brought up the time we stayed in the boys toilet for all of lunch. Yes very embarrasing but that's what happened, I guess. The last kids went, and then Ms Serraglio called up the girls and gave them old Xavierian medals, they're the last of their kind, a piece of history. Then they called me and Derrick up, we're leaving, but for different reasons. And we're not girls. And because I was leaving, ME AND DERRICK GOT OUR PEN LICENSE! WHOOO!!!! At the end, the called up all the kids in my class, and handed them Year 4 Graduation laminated awards. And on the big screen they showed us in prep, vs now. Some of them were really embarrasing. At the end, there were cupcakes! Just like Mr Kelly promised. Finally for once they looked like they were supposed to on the school tuck shop menu! After, I hanged out with my mates, Levon, Kiaan and Joe. At before my family and I went home, Kiaan's mum decided she'd organise an end of year catch up. So I ate the cupcake on the way home, It was great, then I went to bed cause it was like, 9:30 already. So. Wow. I got a pen license. Graduated year 4. And remember what we said at the end, NOW BRING ON THE HOLIDAYS!!!

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Graduation Night -and Mum's B'day (Part 1)

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Graduation Night -and Mum's B'day (Part 1)

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Today, we came in at 6:30 with cards and presents cause it was mum's birthday! She was so happy and loved the stuff we got her. At school, we practiced a ton for graduation night, which is finally here, also tonight! At lunch we were all in the library cause it was sooo burning hot! It got up to 34 degrees! Mum picked me up and told me all about her birthday, and a mum from Gigi's kinder had given her a bunch of flowers, but instead of flowers, it was little chocolates and strawberries coated in chocolate! Joe Manno put on the skylights for the roof, and later after I got changed, Emma, my mum's cousin, AKA the cat lady, turned up and Gigi and I got pizza for dinner. We had cake ordered from Piccolino and it was delicious! It was a chocolatey ice cream cake.

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This morning I finished Santa with dad, then step 2, bring em to school. As I walked through the gates the one thing I thought was, "Why the heck is this so heavy! It's made of cardboard for god's sake!" For most of the time until recess we were making Christmas decorations with the buddies, worst of all, William Li didn't have his buddy with him, so he was WITH ME. I hate him soooo much. Also when Momo wanted to make a stocking, to sew it, neither of us could sew, so I went off to learn the hard way, getting spiked by needles and stuff, in the end turned out Will could sew really well and JUST WANTED TO GET UNDER MY SKIN. Giant Santa was a huge hit. And we had a practice for graduation night tomorrow and I got picked to read the acknowledgment of country, so thats cool. Tonight me and dad went to get fish and chips, but every store we tried was closing, or stopped cooking at 5:00 or whatever stupid reason. We ended up getting it from Hooked and it was delicious.

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Today was great because Billie our cousin came over to babysit Gigi and I, she mainly played with Gigi but we worked on my six foot Santa, she helped paint, and then yeah. We played lots of stuff. Time is short because we're a bit behind schedule tonight but I'll just say we had spaghetti for dinner and that was the end to an awesome 3 day weekend. Oh and me and mum bought chocolate advent calenders for me and Gigi and I got a new toothbrush.

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Today was so great! This is gonna be a long journal entry!
Ok, so we had pancakes for brekkie as it was Saturday, I recorded eating them and then I watched the life cycle of the pancake. -And backwards for laughs. I went to soccer, all we were doing was matches all day and once our team got ahead Marco just mucked around and kept kicking the ball out which really annoyed me cause I didn't get a single goal! When I got home dad made lunch so I just watched Teen Titans Go with Gigi, until... OH YES I NEARLY FORGOT! (Didn't actually) Today was my first Communion! Levon's mum was sick so he couldn't come. I was in my rad new suit in the car on the way to Immaculate Conception. We got there at about 3:30 and took some photos of me and Gigi before heading in. At the start I was asked if I wanted to do a giant reading at Mass filling in for another kid who couldn't make it, I said yes. I practiced with mum and dad before the ceremony started, and Tony arrived. I was really proud after going up there and doing that reading! Now it was all about Communion. It was so EXCITING when we were called up one by one and took the odd tasteless cracker. I was told a few years back they had a weird aftertaste, I couldn't agree more. But I'd practiced with mum and the whole step to the right and eat and the prayer, and I was so happy after. Tony gave me a card with 100 bucks in it! After we went to Santoni's and I got pizza. Tony left and then we went down to Yo-Chi and I stuffed myself till I felt sick with Soft Serve Frozen Yogurt and all those crazy toppings INCLUDING COOKIE DOUGH YAY! Today was really awesome. Apparently First Communion is a big milestone in life, and I'm really happy I did it.

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Today was awesome because I had a day off while the others were at transition day because I'm moving school and everything. Dad brought me out to get coffee and snacks this morning at a new place in Richmond that was actually really good (I got a big donut.) I got to work on my giant cardboard Santa decoration, and that afternoon mum brought me out to get school Christmas goody bags. We had Grill'd for dinner and then Ice Cream, and watched the new movie 'Extinct' for movie night.

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I'm writing from the next day because last night was so epic. Well a lot happened I forgot but let's skip to the good bit. Wait, I just remembered it was 100 days at Xavier, I had a reading at mass, and there was sports activities and a sausage sizzle at the end. Now, onto the bit I said was exciting. Red Stitch. FINALLY WE'RE BACK! Dad brought me out for front of house, there weren't any free programs to hand out though. They'd done a little renovation, but mainly just tidying the office up. It got dark and exciting, well of course dad didn't let me go in to actually watch the play but I met a lot of the other people who work there. I first tried Ginger Beer, met everyone coming in, and our little joke, I was the security guard who stopped people from dumping garbage on the plants! haha. Yeah I was pretty high on Ginger Beer. Even though it's non alcoholic, duh, I'm 9, I'm one of those guys who just a bit of it makes me go hyper! Gnight!

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Ok. For starts today was pretty good. We handed in our cellos and violins for the holidays! Yay! There was a little pop quiz after. At recess and lunch I was mainly with Levon and the guys but also Tom. O who I promised to write a book with but he's always chasing me up on that so hahaha yeah. In maths in the piazza Max and Levon came out saying there was blood in the toilet cubicle, and nurses and teachers rushed in to investigate! -Everyone thought it was bloody Mary.... Later our buddies and us went down to the Garnet Hall for the first live performance of Oliver! Jr. Momo my buddy was really bored and wouldn't sit still, I think he's autistic or something. But the play was great, My cousin and my buddy from when I was in prep had lead roles. We found out what was with Seb's war with barber, he said that his dad asked for the basic haircut and when he left to go get a coffee or something the barber just gave Seb and his brother number 2 buzzcuts. I dunno.
We had after school sport, and then dad picked me up and then our babysitter Mav's got here when we got home. We had pasta for dinner, and yeah. -OH! Don't forget today was burning hot and Ms Whelan, my "Associate in Library Leadership" Man that sounds precocious, was handing out zooper doopers.

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Ok, the orientation at St Micheals was OK. Our teacher was nice, sorta. The kids were just... Too normal, you know? The crowds in the playground were caused of the fact THEY HAD ALL YEAR PREPS TO EIGHTS JUST ALL IN ONE TINY YARD! Aiden, this kid who was "My Buddy" and he sorta helped but all he said in a way was, "In this school. Life is Tough. Try and survive in this harsh world. You don't need to end up like me. JK! But yeah. Look the lunch menu looks nice BUT IM REALLY NOT INTERESTED ANYMORE! Mum picked me up, we got changed back at school and I rushed in with my costume. Real Pigeons. Yeah, best I could think of. I soon realised why everyone was demanding lollies from me, YES! OF COURSE, MS WHELAN'S COVER STORY! Man she had made it far fetched. Apparently I'd been slowed down in the supermarket by an ancient roman chariot, and more weird stuff. Levon was demanding the truth. "WHERE THE HELL WHERE YOU?" Well of course he didn't believe the story, but I got some more people believing it, so no one's "Raising any eyebrows" yet. Seb was wearing one of those french hats however you pronounce em, post brutal haircut. So today was fine. This is fine.

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Today was ok.. You see we had this teacher called Ms Axisa or something substituting Mr Kelly. Seb wore his hat all day and didn't take it off, we came to the conclusion they'd shaved his head for the summer or something but yeah. We got our graduation tasks done, Whew! Ok sad bit coming up. At the end of the day, Levon got a message from his dad saying.... Ready? ...There was a car accident. And his mum was gonna be "late". Levon worried she was involved in the accident but I reassured him in that the message said she would be late but was still coming. It probably just slowed down traffic with all the ambulances. When I got picked up Joe Manno was back on the roof, and dad made lasagne for dinner. At recess, I mainly hanged on with Raf, Alex and the others in a group called "Raf and the guys"

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Today was ok. I mean, better than yesterday. Mum brought me to Sunday mass this morning to prepare for first communion, after we went to Tony's place for a cup of tea. We got back to see Gigi and dad, me and Gigi had pizza for lunch, then we went to Malvern Central to go Christmas shopping and clothes and stuff. We spent most of the time at David Jones looking for clothes to wear at first communion. -and clothes for Gigi. After, some shops were closing, so mum got us some afternoon tea at the cafe, me and Gigi got these choc chip cookies, and we did some more shopping and then went home. For Christmas, pretty much all we got was this Santa that sung "Jingle bell rock" when you pressed his foot. We had Mexican for dinner, dad got these soft taco shells that were nice, and if it wasn't so late we would've made quesadias with the soft taco shells. Tonight, I suddenly realised, Oh No. I hadn't got a costume for book week. We had the whole weekend. Time was running low. Mum and I discussed some ideas. Until next time, Archie W.

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Today was bad because bad dad took away my phone because I was annoying Gigi. Well there was a bright side. We had waffles for brekkie. And after I had soccer training. I got a cool scar on my leg and the toughest oldest kid owes me 10 bucks. I'm pretty great. But we couldn't go shopping for Christmas decorations today like I wanted to because the list was on my phone. Sigh. Well tomorrow I'll forget all of this happened and have a good Sunday.

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Ok, today was really great. Me and Ms Whelan came up with a solution for the clash with my St Micheals orientation day, she'd pretend I was out getting the lollies for the quiz winner and make up dialog that the preps would love, yeah. We finished filming the singing parts for the musical, and after school I had my guys night with Tony, my grandad. We got dinner, Grill'd. He wasn't that hungry, didn't finish his sliders, and also left the table while I was still eating to go watch telly! He's an odd fella, Tony, but we still had lots of laughs and good times. Mum, dad, and Gigi got back at about seven and then Tony left and we went to bed.

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Ok today was just awesome -Well, because I got to miss most of our lessons filming the play, the Pirates Musical. So that's one giant thing off the list. Me, the leader of the bad pirates, the bad pirates crew and the good pirates crew, (Various kids in my class and a few year 3 kids) have been practicing for ages (Honestly I could have practiced more) But it was great. Levon said Harriet's acting was cringe, I agreed as it sort of was overacting and sorta cringy but after all the times we'd had to post bone it I was just happy we got to film it then. It was most in the Wren house, I got a look at some of the other rooms. It's a beautiful old mansion, but looking at the old photos it used to be nicer before the genuinely designed tiling was replaced with lyno, the vines and plants were cut back and the great yard was bulldozed to make a tennis court, but it still has most of the original art so it's not that much a waste of such an nice old building. Gigi's nativity play was released tonight and that was pretty funny.

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Today I had school, typical Wednesday means strings, St Louis Singers and after school sport. We saw a dead squirrel in the yard during P.E, they got rid of it. But I kept looking at it from all angles to try and see the head... Yeah that's pretty dark. After school we had after school sport, got 10,000 steps, and after dad made delicious sausages in bread for dinner. That's pretty much all to report today. But there are some new updates. On Black Friday, I get a day off school because it's orientation day for the other guys, but since I'm moving schools soon I don't have to so that's a day off for me! And also this Friday, Gigi had some gymnastics recital or end of year party, so me and Tony my grandad are getting takeaway at his house and have guys night! Or guy and a really older guy's night. It'll be fun is the main thing :)

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Today a lot happened so I'll put in the form of a list.

Woke up at 6:00 in the morning.
Gigi didn't seem to be talking, just assumed she was seeing how long she could go without talking.
Mum dropped me off outside school early at 8:00.
Rode bus all the way to Bacchus Marsh, took a McDonalds stop halfway but we weren't even allowed to eat anything! Only the teachers could!
We arrived at about 10:00.
Began 3 hour bush hike. Took small breaks in clearing to eat lunch.
Did creek crossing on tires and wooden planks, didn't get wet luckily.
Arrived outside camp.
Played on playground.
Were assigned groups and leaders (I was leader of team 1).
Did canoeing in shallow lake. Crashed a few times!
Did rock climbing
Did archery
Had cheese and crackers just in the seating by the playground.
Got back on bus at about 5:00.
Got back to school at about 6:00.
Played everyone's it in tennis courts.
Mum picked me up.
Had lasagne for dinner.

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So today I was blessed with the brilliant news, it's a day home from school. The teachers are probably preparing for camp tomorrow! I could use this is an opportunity to pack and go with Dad to bye stuff we need for the camp (Day Trip :( Just as I sat down at my desk to write my new novel, I was unblessed with the horrible news, Mum had confused the dates, I had school today and was hours late! Well I got in my school uniform, Dad raced to the car and zoomed into the distance, going so fast I nearly flew outta the car! Levon has really gone mad now. At first, I thought this history and German accent obsessions was just a small thing, but now he's a different guy to the Levon I knew. He doesn't even have normal conversations with me anymore! My idea is that he might have some things going on at home or he's socially challenged, but this is getting really outta hand. He used to be the cool facts guy, now he's the creep no one likes as he now never gives his German Accent a rest. So I don't know what to do with him. I'm beginning to find other people, who aren't politically incorrect weirdos who just... Well, you get the idea. After school dad brought me out and we bought all the stuff we needed to get for the camp. Had fish and rice for dinner, and mum helped me pack with all the insect spray and change of clothes I'll need for the big day. We'll get there at 8:00, get on the bus outside of the school and go on the journey. Involving creepy camp staff.

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Ok, today was pretty cool. Had pizza for lunch and later dad brought us out to go shopping for mum's birthday. It'd been a while since we've done that! We went to places like Dinosaur Design, Marimekko and come other places. There was really off and on weather, first it's boiling hot and now suddenly we need jackets and jumpers, yeah, pretty intense. Although most of the day was spent playing Minecraft and watching Teen Titans Go with Gigi, I've gotten a lot of my to do list but believe me, it's BIG! With stuff like exhibition, year 4 graduation, Christmas, the play, the camp, my position as Library Leader (Now the only one, Sophia left so I'm the last of my kind, I'm planning a giant cardboard Santa reading a book in the library so I gotta do that now too, and don't forget the angry art teacher following up lots of work that wasn't assessed, I've got a lot to worry about.

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Ok, today was Saturday, so Mum drove me to soccer after waffles for brekkie. Turns out they'd moved back to the old place, and even if we'd turned up there it was rained out. So Gigi had a party at Bounce so it was just me, mum, and also Junior our cat at home, so we made some banana bread and played the new game mum bought called "Who Am I" Gigi soon got back from the party with cupcakes and donuts and whatnot, so yeah. Later that afternoon dad and I went to Mascarade to get my pirate costume for the play, and then went to the grocery store. We had sausages in warm delicious bread for dinner. Until then, Archie.

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Today was pretty simple. The guys were being naughty and looking at stuff like Smile Dog and Momo on the school computers. Josh was on facebook. Wha? For reminding Mr Kelly about tub inspections (force of habit) I was temporarily fired from Baarlandia, but later Levon came crawling back begging me to rejoin when I was VERY HAPPY no longer involved. He's disturbingly overattached. I mean, he's got other friends! He's a freak! A weirdo! Never leaves me alone and is always on about history and talking in a German accent! We had a brief rehearsal for the play at lunch after eating my lunchorder, also Alex, AKA the class clown after me, created this dumb thing called "The Grenis" Apparently, the grinch chopped off his penis and it was green and if you touched it you had the Grenis Touch. It was just a plastic asparagus toy from aftercare. So, mum got home from Sydney as she'd had a surgery thing that made her face all puffy, (When the puffiness cools down apparently it's amazing for her skin and makes her look really good, honestly I don't see the difference but she seems to think it's a good idea. We had Grill'd for dinner and ice cream with an oreo in it for desert. Signing of for now, Archie :)

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Yep. It was awkward. This "Body Safety Program" Whatever it's called. WENT TOO FAR! The Body Safety teacher was just telling everyone what everyones private parts were called and stuff, and everyone either laughed like a maniac or felt super uncomfortable. At recess and lunch I was pretty much just chillin' with Levon and the guys. In P.E, we were playing everyone's it when I fell on the wet grass, HALF OF MY PANTS INCLUDING UNDERWEAR WERE SOAKED! It eventually dried, but that was very uncomfortable to run around in! Dad picked me up that afternoon, mum had some friends over before she went out to dinner with other friends. So, the covid cases at school have calmed down and Joe's taking a break from the roof works. So everything would be chill if I didn't have like a 5 scene musical to prepare for! Since I'm the leader of the bad pirates I've gotta get a costume that really suits that role so we'll pick one up on the weekend.

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Today was pretty good. Me and Andie were picked to show our powerpoint presentations we made the other day at assembly, (Wasn't shocked, mine was pretty brilliant.) rehearsing lines for Pirates musical in a week, I have an awesome role and no stage fright so it'll go smooth. We didn't after school sport because of that everything was wet after the rain, so we just got to run outside. At lunchtime I was chosen along with Charlie to go up to do "Lunch with the diabetic kid" William, who used to be one of the most fit and fast in the class. You get picked to sit with him in the principal's office for medical reasons and eat food with him. They call it cafe William. We had spaghetti for dinner and yeah. Also the year 4 day trip (formerly the year 4 camp) is in 6 in days.

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Today when I got back to school it was like I'd been gone for months! I had a load of work to catch up on. Also when I went to grab my lunch order, (Dad ordered another one because I missed out last Friday. But I ended up getting two packets of chips because they'd left my chips in my locker since Friday. They still tasted good! For our graduation of year 4 task we have to make something creative for a partner. I got Charlie. Yeah he's a nice guy. We did an interview about each other to get ideas for this artwork of some kind. One of the questions were "How did your partner look on their first school photo?" Turns out my kinder 3 photo is terrible. Well I'll just say they clicked the button at a bad time and got me at an awkward moment. Had chicken and salad for dinner. Tomorrow is Wednesday. Sigh.
Also I can't forget after school we went to Gigi's dental appointment and she was very brave. After we got ice cream at Cones and I got this cool TimTam flavour. It had actual bits of TimTams in it!

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So today, mum and dad kept me home because of the cases at school. I thought "Hey it's a day off!" It wasn't. There was some maths Mr Kelly wanted me to do. But after that I worked on my new book, read some books, played Minecraft, until lunchtime when dad brought me down to Tok H centre to collect our ordered shopping and get lunch. We quickly picked it up and we went to the sausage shop and I got this delicious, warm chicken sausage with sauce and cheese. When we got home I finished off my novel and then Gigi came home with her friend Lilly after their playdate. They played a while, then Lilly went home and we had dinner.

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This morning when I got up, well, I played Minecraft and finished my Epic Survival Challenge 2 I was designing. Later after brekkie, mum, dad, Gigi and I went into town. We both got Ice Cream, new shoes, I also got a LEGO set and Gigi got a soft toy. After we played at the beach and then went back to Head Station. Gigi, Lizzy and I went back to see the cows again. We named a few more of them. There was Colin, Joe, James, Kevin, Marybell, Daisy, Charlie, and some more I forgot. I had a sandwich for lunch, built my LEGO set and then we packed up and got ready to go home. The thing was, today since we weren't in Melbourne I missed a friend's birthday party but those guys were weird, paintball doesn't interest me, and with this new covid outbreak in the school we don't know WHAT to expect. We got home around dinner time. I had a fun day.

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When I woke up, in my bed in Phillip Island, listening to the birds, I went out and saw a wallaby, as it was morning and no one else was up he'd gotten really close to the house so I took some photos. Tony then got up and after, everyone else. although Lizzy and Annie slept in. Dad made us waffles for brekkie. Dad brought me and Gigi down to the beach opposite the house, I built sandcastles and recorded them being washed away so I could watch it backwards and stuff. Then we came back, had lunch and  a couple hours later we went for a swim in the indoor pool. Last night me and Lizzy had planned to run all the way to the cows. So we did and everyone else came too. The cows, they came really close to the gate. 63, 72, and 112 were the bravest ones so we game some of them names. When Gigi bobbed down they'd sorta put their heads down because she was a littler person so they weren't as scared and kinda just copied her. We played some music and then went back. Me and Gigi had pasta for dinner, (I ruined my white shirt) and the adults had chops and steak but I wasn't hungry anymore. Until next time, Archie Whiteley. - ALSO, news on kinder covid case at my school. There were more kinder cases and also one in prep- year 4 but they weren't at school in their infectious period luckily.

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I woke up and went to see mum and dad. They said they were beginning to think the message from school was a hoax, also since it was only sent to the kinder parents. Either way, I got into my school uniform and got in the car with dad. We tried calling the school after many failed attempts, and it turned out, it was real. They were just being very non covid safe and letting all the older kids go to school. Since we wouldn't want to risk giving it to Annie (family friend along with Lizzy) and Tony, besides, I was gonna leave early anyway. So whoo! Day off! But I do wonder what happened to my lunch order. With all this time to do nothin, I got my packing done quickly and used the rest of the day to relax. Until finally, dad and me dropped the cat back at the cat hotel, picked up Gigi from her kinder, and got in the car with all our luggage to go to Phillip Island. In the car we listened to the same song over and over (Well that's how it felt). We arrived at about 5:00 in the afternoon and met Lizzy, Annie and Tony, who'd already been there a while. We had chips and drinks and unloaded our stuff. We went on a ride on the red truck, had dinner, (I had a second course because I was really hungry from the trip, and watched the sun go down. Today was great, but there's still two more to go!

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So, today was an average day. They had this "Body Safety program" they'll be doing for the next couple of weeks. They were basically talking about how you feel when you're scared, and played some games. Most of us found this weird program awkward and uncomfortable because at the end the lady who ran the program said "Next week we'll be talking about private parts!" It started out me forgetting my mask. At least I brought back my school folders. I'd got the stale popcorn in my lunchbox again. Well at least in inquiry when we were making the powerpoint Mr Kelly was impressed how quickly I could make a brilliant powerpoint. When I got back Joe Manno and the workers had done a lot more and taken off more roof. Well at least I got to see what was under all that and get the look at the house's original texture beneath. Got in trouble for yelling at my sister and she hated me for half an hour. At least we heated up last night's lasagne and had a mini chocolate cake for desert. And the day finished on another positive note, in that tomorrow was Friday, (AKA lunch order day) and we were going to Phillip Island after school. :)

But wait. No it didn't. When I went downstairs, Dad had some bad news. A kid in four year old kinder at my school had been detected with covid. We might have to get a covid test, quarantine at worst, and... Miss Phillip Island?

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So, today, I was at school again. Like usual the day started with PE and strings. What wasn't normal, was it rained. It rained and rained. Through lunchtime, all afternoon. After school sport was cancelled due to it and we were picked up from our classrooms. Levon had some new laws to the Baarlandian society, a growing civilisation with all the guys. There were some weird ones like no more anime, bikinis or romance songs, all for different weird reasons. I had lasagne for dinner when I got home, so maybe this day wasn't all bad apart from the fact me and Charlie, so I wasn't alone had forgot our folders from home but i've written a reminder for tomorrow. I won't forget. Also when I got home Joe Manno and the other workmen had started work on our roof, they'd taken everything out and it looks really strange. Sadly I didn't get to record it in action but at least dad had bought me a new big bin.

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So, I got up at 6:30 today and made breakfast. Tony had to leave early so he could get back to Melbourne. I mostly just played Minecraft and Roblox but Gigi kept begging me to play with her and the little people toys. So I eventually got up and played with her, I started up a storyline, plot and some characters and then when I left she just kept going. Later, we went to the beach after a truck ride that had many, "STOOOOOPS" and "AAAAAAAHS" from Gigi. She really is terrified of the big dipper. I made some sand castles, walked on the rocks and waited to see how long it would take for them to be washed away by the water. After lunch mum told us to start packing so I quickly shoved my stuff into my backpack and off we went. We got home at 5:00 roughly and had dinner. Tomorrow school is back, but we're going back to Phillip Island next weekend too! Also when we got back form Phillip Island I got this app were you can animate faces and make deepfakes and it's really funny, so yeah.

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Today, we left early in the morning to go to our family beach house at Phillip Island. We left early at 8:00 and got there at 10:00. Tony our grandad was there, it was great to see him again after lockdown, so I unpacked my stuff in my private room. Also Gabriel, Tony's good friend stayed for a while but soon left. We reheated last night's pizza for lunch, and had a BBQ for dinner. I had a steak and two sausages I was so hungry! We went for the ride once or twice on the red truck. We couldn't go down the big dipper much because Gigi is terrified of it, because once Uncle Jeremy drove down the big dipper and into the water and Gigi was scarred for life! Well, that night  I decided to move back to the family room because it was pretty cold in my private room. We'll leave tomorrow because it's a short trip and school's back on Wednesday after Cup Day.

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Annoyingly after dinner the tv signal broke and it was 15 minutes till it would work again, but when it did, we kept watching and Gigi went to bed. The last teen trick or treaters walked off with our lolly bags, we were clearly the best house in the block compared to the 'take one' people. We watched the movie till about 8:45, and we decided to drop Levon back at his place. Getting tired, we all got into the car and drove back. When we dropped him back and they showed us around his apartment. There was a pumpkin on the receptionist desk with a sign saying 'Parry'. I said, "Oh, is that PARRY the pumpkin?" I asked. "No. It's me. Parry the receptionist." The reception guy said. "Big opportunity missed there," I thought. Me and dad got home at quarter past nine. I went to bed thinking, "Ugh.... Why did I eat that much!"

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We walked down the street with dad. Levon was some kind of zombie ninja. After walking for a while and not seeing many houses with decorations, we began to lose hope. Luckily, we saw some kids coming from the other way. I ran up to them for directions to the GOOD houses. He told us, "Go down this street past the park and take a left." I could see in his bucket he had a lot. "Come on, guys!" I called to Levon. Yep, we got loads. Filled the bucket to the brim. There were some kids in our area who were dressing up as themselves. Come on, what? When we got back, Gigi and her friend Greta were just leaving to trick or treat so we could finally eat lollies and watch the scary movie we picked, Signs. It started were this dad finds perfectly broken crops in the sign of some alien landing space. A lot of creepy things happen, it's all over the news, the kids get really scared and one of their dogs go mad and the boy kills it, also they get footage of some aliens, and they board up their windows and hid in the basement and the aliens are coming. That's how far we got. We got crust pizza andkept snacking on sweets. It was 7:00.

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I didn't get time to journal last night because of all the fun we were having. Here's what happened.

Me and Gigi got into our costumes after the lady looking at our garden left because Sam (one of our cousins) and his parents Karin and Jeremy came by for early drinks and there were chips (yay!) After, dad and I drove to get Levon at his apartment in the city. We drove home and he told me about 'The video game that doesn't exist, Polybuis, and that also he hadn't tried on his costume and hoped it fit. When we got back Levon quickly changed in my room, I was waiting for him to come down and eventually he did. We waited for the little kid trick or treaters to clear out (aka first wave) and soon Levon was ready. "Let's get us some candy." I said. It was 5:00.

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So I waited for ages till mum was dressed (By the way, junior's an Instragram star with more than three million likes and comments!) and then Gigi and I, well, Gigi didn't do that much, she's only five after all, but that's ok. We did like... 40 bags. We'll be the best house in the hood! We'd planned to meet our friends, Bridget and Angus and we'd go to the park :) but it was a while till then so I played minecraft. It was about eleven when they arrived, so mum, dad, Gigi and I with Bridget and Angus and their parents, went down to the park opposite Como Park, kids on the bikes and scooters. We played around on the adult work out station they have at some parks, rode around the park twice and went to Kanteen to get morning tea. I got this chocolate cookie and so did Gigi. We went up to the OTHER park beside it, and climbed on the rocks till it was time to go. When we got home, soon the lady who would help us decide on the renovation we were thinking of doing on the backyard got here, (because we're thinking of selling maybe next year) and right now they're talking in the backyard. Yeah I sorta lost track of what they were talking about so came upstairs to write in the journal. It's 2:00.

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Ok, I woke up thinking about the creepy Doctor Who episode I watched with dad last night. Hang on, what day is it? I paused to check my watch. 31st October. ...Halloween! So when I went in to see mum and dad, they were awake, talking and drinking coffee. I ran downstairs to wake up the Junior the cat, after all, Halloween's the cat's birthday. Gigi woke up and mum posted a lotta photos of Junior on Instragram. I knew what must be done. Stick up the fake cobwebs. SO I tried. But failed. The ideal plan was to stick one on the Arch and one on the gate, but they fell down and got tangled. So I waited an hour till dad could help. After brekkie we both got started attaching the spider webs and successfully did that. It looked really cool so I took some photos, all this done by 9:00.

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Ok, I was busy this morning rummaging around getting the decorations ready. Dad helped get the gravestones up and stuff and I took some photos. We went to soccer at 10, scored a goal. There was a new kid (I think) who was older than me and pretty good. The coach and the kids I know there were very excited about halloween. When we got home mum's hairdresser, Willy, was here. Of course, we were just there to take a pit stop, as to celebrate, dad was taking me and Gigi out to get something from Malvern Central. When we got there, Most of the decorations seemed to be focusing on Christmas but come on! That's not for months! Gigi found this clam toy and when it opened up there was a little stuffed animal, so she got that, I found it hard to decide but ended up picking a LEGO car and a book in the Ninja Kid series from David Jones. We got lunch there, I got a ham sandwich, but it had, what, 10 slices of ham! I never want to see that much ham again in my life! We took the escalator up to Woolworths when we went to get more lollies for halloween, there was a lady in the supermarket who was in a halloween costume handing out lollies, I had a Milky Way and Gigi picked one of those Caramel Koala things. When we got back we chatted to Willy who was still working on mum's hair, and soon Auntie Kathy arrived. She had brought a buncha cool stuff, there was a load of Woolworths collectables she'd been saving, we got TWO rare gold ones! In a couple years they'd be worth a lotta moolah! -and we ordered.. Chinese food I think, well there were dumplings at least. Kathy went home that night and yeah that was it. Tomorrow is halloween. Me and Levon will meet up, go trick or treating, watch 'Signs' and eat a tonna candy! Until next time, Archie.

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Ok, last night was a rough night and I probably wouldn't have woken up if it wasn't for the heavy rain still drizzling and the wind banging against the windows. Downstairs as I made myself breakfast I could STILL hear it. Groan. I began to get worried about the halloween decorations. So we temporarily took them down. When it was time for school meeting, it had stopped but I wasn't the only one having internet problems with things like teams, and roblox. (It actually just turned out roblox was having a shutdown) I couldn't log in! My first period was School Assembly which is just getting more painful and boring each time. There were some cool stuff on 'Xavier's got talent though. I had an art lesson later, we were recreating the Andy Warhol 'Tomato Soup Painting' thing. Once that was done mum made me lunch and later we went to see an open house inspection. Since Gigi was at kinder I took a tonna photos. It was sorta nice, there was this giant pretend horse in the garage for some reason! And an atttic, which I was brave enough to climb up and take some photos there too. We ordered Grill'd for dinner when Gigi got picked up from kinder and watched 'The LEGO movie' and had really awesome ice cream for dessert. (Thanks to dad!) And at six pm the restriction for covid lightened, yay! I'll get the halloween decorations up again tomorrow.

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Ok, today was pretty cool. We're remote learning again but it's ok apart from the fact I've obviously left my red folder (AKA the literally most important one) either at school or in the car. So yeah, we had about the regular 5-6 online periods and I was done by 2:30, there was a long thunderstorm late in the afternoon, and lasagne for dinner (my favourite) so all was good.

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Ok, today was very hot. Although it was only, what, 22 degrees, we were all burning alive at co curricular sport after school, we were starting the athletics carnival, there was a lap around the oval which we did with our buddys, Momo really is pretty fast. Then we had some relay games and a long jump game in which Mr Kelly got mad at me for some reason, not sure why if it was that I was chatting too much or what but after, Dad picked me up with Gigi and we drove home with enough time to get changed before Francesca (Our Italian babysitter) arrived. We went outside to chuck around the frisbee but it got stuck on the garage roof (I named it FrisBert) and we'll get it tomorrow. We had fish and rice for dinner, there was a salad but it was pretty much just spinach and carrots. Gigi and Francesca are watching spongebob now. Bye!

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Yay! Today my class can finally come back to school today because the restrictions are no longer! -Well, it's only this Tuesday and Wednesday because the can't have the whole campus. So anyway we gotta wear masks at school and most of our lessons are outside. Great to meet up with my mate, Levon, (the one I'm going trick or treating with) So anyway Gigi (My lil Sister) has been going to school onsite for a while so i've been jealous... Until now... :) So when I got home I stuck up the outside decorations. Had to make some changes, because big flat posters on the closing garage door was a stupid idea. I mean... What? We had sausages for dinner and that was it.