Christmas

Christmas. My favourite time of the year. It is a time when you should be jolly. On Christmas Eve (the day before Christmas) people set up a tree in a living room or some wear in the house and then they decorate it with baubles/decorations.

The same evening some people put carrots on a plate and mince pies next to it because, a character called Father Christmas has elves that make your presents then he rides on a flying sleigh pulled by reindeer’s and then he climbs down your chimney with your presents and puts them under the tree, he eats the mince pies and carry’s the carrots up the chimney to his reindeer’s. You can also give Santa milk and cookies (he likes them too).

The traditional Christmas colours are red green and white. For some people, Christmas is all about getting together with family and having a nice time. Every Christmas I go to my grandma’s place and spend time with her and get up early to watch the sunrise. This is how I spend my Christmas others might be different.

What is your favourite holiday? How do you celebrate it?

Toonallook reflection

Fired up, ready to go, there we were. At Bulleen ready to get on a bus, for a long ride to Toonallook, my favourite camp of the year.

My favourite part of camp was KING BALL!!! King ball is a fun game we play at Toonallook where you have to bounce the ball from your circle to the other persons circle, then that person has to catch the ball and through it into the next circle. If you don’t catch the ball then you are OUT. If you’ve ever played 4 square it is the same.

At camp it was so challenging to do anything without getting swarmed by mosquitoes. After one day one of the boys had 17 mosquito bites on ONE LEG. It was tragic. The third night was the worst, we had to build a tent in the woods and then sit around the fire playing games. The bad bit was that my tent mates and I left the tent open, and that resolved into a whole night sleeping with 15 hungry mosquitoes.

On camp I learnt that I can not carry a kayak even if there are other people helping me! I also learnt that if you cycle too close to the curb on the road you fall. (OPPS, I did that too many times) Despite that, it was an amazing to see so many cute cuddly koalas. The cutest koala was when we were leaving and it was hugging a tree and sleeping. (SO CUTE!) Another cute animal that we saw was a beautiful black swan gliding across the water, but wait for it, there was six cute, little, fluffy baby swans waddling after it. Nearly every single swan we past had at least two little, fluffy babies.

Overall camp is too good to be put into words. It was an amazing experience and I can’t wait to do it again next year.