 I like Vegemite! I enjoy it on toast or bread, and I love a Vegemite and cheese sandwich. I wouldn’t eat it by the spoonful though.
Have you ever dipped your chips in ice cream? I have, and I like it! I also like chocolate covered strawberries. How do I feel about pineapple on pizza? I like it! I’ve had a cheese and jam sandwich before, and I like that too. Have I ever had chocolate covered bacon? I haven’t, but I’d definitely try it. Do I eat Milo straight from the tin? No, I like it with milk. Have I ever had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? I have, and I liked it! I had it with purple jelly. (Jam). I haven’t tried frozen grapes, but I’d give them a go! I like food, and I enjoy trying new things. I always try new foods during cooking on Tuesdays! Goodbye from Ronalda! Good morning, my friends! Today’s topic is weird food combinations that you would eat. When I go to the shops, I always order my favourite hot dog with peanut butter, tomato sauce, and a sprinkle of cheese on top. Then I have a can of Coke to wash it all down. Once I have finished my meal, I look at the ice cream menu and try to decide which flavours I can have. My ice cream would be made up of lots of flavours and plenty of lolly creatures! The flavours I would choose are liquorice, pineapple, and strawberry, with chocolate coated ants all over it to make it crunchy. My next unusual combination would be made up of lots of different ingredients. I would try the weirdest and yuckiest flavours mixed together, and I’d like to know if you would all try my food. I like the idea of mixing snails soaked in caramel sauce with salt and pepper sprinkled on top! THIS IS CLAIRE signing off to create a special dinner for my family… hopefully they eat it all without getting ill! Every time I was drinking Milo with CC’s chips, but it’s so weird to eat them together. I tried peanut butter with dill pickles, but I don’t like pickles. I used to like pickles when I was a kid, but not anymore. I tried dipping chips into a milkshake, but it tasted so weird and so disgusting, and it made me feel sick. I prefer dipping my chips in BBQ sauce. I tried sharp cheddar cheese paired with honey and apple pie. It’s okay, but a little bit weird, and it’s delicious. I tried sushi, but it tastes so weird, and I don’t like sushi that much. My brother and my sister like eating sushi. I tried honey on pizza. It tastes so weird and so disgusting, but I prefer BBQ chicken pizza. It tastes so good, and I love it. When I wake up in the morning, I tried eating creamed corn with mashed potato for breakfast. It tastes so weird and so disgusting. I prefer raisin bread instead. I tried pickles with vanilla ice cream, but it’s so weird to eat, and it’s very disgusting. I tried steak with eggs. Ew! It’s so disgusting and so weird, but I love steak. It’s my favourite meat. Anyway, you know it’s just pretending to eat these weird things to do. This is Korey signing off. Have a good day, everyone! Hi readers! How are you? Welcome back to the blog! Today’s topic is weird food combinations. Some people love these, while others think they’re a little strange! Here’s what I think about each one.
Thank you for reading my blog! What weird food combinations have you tried? Let me know your favourites! Beth signing off until the next adventure. Bye-bye! Weird food combinations Spaghetti Bolognese and peas with cheese. 2 eggs, fried toast with bacon. Chocolate milkshake with sardines, ice cream and paprika. Ben When we were chatting this morning about Vegemite and blog topics, Haley came up with the idea of talking about weird food combinations, and it really got me thinking. There are an endless number of food combinations, and I believe there are even more opinions about them. Some people are all for getting adventurous with food, while others (Steph!) want everything on separate plates. Honestly, I think you should just eat whatever makes you happiest. I just may not partake in it with you. It’s not really a food combination, but I have heard about people going on holiday to Paris, France, and trying frog legs and snails. This is not for me. I appreciate that it’s a novelty for some people, and they absolutely love it. I’m happy for them, I really am, and I’m sure it’s a wonderful meal. I just can’t get on board, and I’m not a fan. No amount of butter or dressing them up could convince me otherwise. You couldn’t even pay me to eat them. I’ll go to Disneyland instead. I have heard of and seen packets of bugs being sold as snacks, such as ants and crickets. It’s just not something that I’m comfortable with, probably because they’re not usually considered food, and I’m not a bird or an anteater. It feels a bit gross to think about eating them. Speaking of gross, there are coffee beans that are eaten and digested by animals and then collected from their poo to be used for coffee. I believe it’s called Kopi Luwak. From what I’ve heard, it’s quite expensive, and I’m sure it’s wonderful tasting coffee, but no thank you. I’m truly happy for everyone who has found their weird food combinations. I’m all for people finding joy in their favourite foods and living their best lives. I’m just not going to share a cup of Kopi Luwak and chocolate-covered ants with you. Your friend, Shan. So, I’m very picky with my food, but I do have a few weird food combinations that people would probably find odd. I used to eat 100s and 1000s with a Flake or a Twirl. Delicious! Then I used to eat toast with maple syrup. Also delicious. This is where I find myself being weird. I love chicken nuggets, with vinegar. When I was younger, my go to sandwich was honey, but now I don’t even touch honey. Again, when I was younger, my go to snack was a bowl of frozen peas. A little side story My cat Buffy would come and sit by me, and we would share the frozen peas together. My brother went through a stage of having chilli sauce on ice cream. That didn’t last long! This is me being picky. I dislike tomato sauce. I even dislike touching the bottle. For some reason, the smell lingers, and it’s disgusting. As a matter of fact, I don’t like any sauces at all. My dad jokes about putting soy sauce on my dim sims, and I say, “Don’t you even dare. Don’t you even joke about that!” Anyways, that’s me and my weird food combinations. Maybe you, the readers, can try some of our food combinations and tell us in the comments below whether you like or dislike them. Haley. Dear Readers, This week’s topic is weird food combinations. Let me start by telling you about a list of weird food combinations I’ve tried: peanut butter and apple slices, strawberries and blackberries, cheddar cheese, Macca’s french fries and ice cream, bacon and maple syrup, popcorn and chocolate, oranges and honey, ham, feta and olives, sweet corn and chicken soup, and coconut water. There are many weird food combinations out there, but these are just a few that I decided to share with you. I would like to hear from you, readers. What weird food combinations have you tried? Please leave them in the comments below. Would you try my weird combinations? Why or why not? Written by Charlotte. Today we are blogging about the weirdest food combination. I like to eat chicken nuggets with rice. You might think that sounds strange, but it is actually very common in Indonesia. Rice is part of my everyday food, which is why many fast food chains in Indonesia serve rice with their meals. However, when I eat McNuggets from McDonald's, I usually eat them by themselves without rice. When we have KFC, we usually get takeaway, so I can eat the fried chicken with rice. I think it is delicious, and I especially like KFC Wicked Wings. Sometimes I also like to eat instant noodles with rice. This is also common in Indonesia, although sometimes I just eat the noodles without rice. I also like eating rice with eggs and soup. As you can probably tell, I eat rice quite often, but I also enjoy Western food such as pizza and pasta. Sometimes I eat macaroni with rice too. If there is not much macaroni, I might add rice because otherwise I will not feel full. I have never tried this combination myself, but I have seen kids on Instagram dipping French fries into ice cream. My mum has tried it too! When we went to Wendy's, she dipped her fries into chocolate frosted ice cream. Have you ever tried dipping fries into ice cream? Recently, Dad made lasagna and it was yummy. He does not just put meat in his lasagna. He also adds vegetables. Usually, people put mince in lasagna, but Dad adds capsicum and carrot too. It was still delicious! I had lasagna for lunch on Monday when I went to my Handmade program. Everyone has different food combinations that they enjoy. Something that seems strange to one person might be completely normal or delicious to someone else. Thank you for reading my blog. I hope you enjoyed learning more about my food preferences and some of the unusual combinations I eat. This is Comfort Queen Jacinda signing off. See you next week!
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 Have you ever imagined what it would be like to write your very own book? Well, today we’re putting our imaginations to work! If you could become an author and write a book about absolutely anything, what would it be? Maybe it would be a hilarious comedy, a thrilling mystery, a magical adventure, a love story, or even something completely crazy that no one has ever thought of before!
Today, our writers get to decide what their next big bestseller would be about. Who knows, we might have some future famous authors in the group! I am so in love with Disney characters so I would write a children's book on Disney stories. My favourite story would be Cinderella and her adventures with Prince Henry and their love story together. My characters would also have my two stepsisters, but instead of them being nasty, they will be loving, caring and kind to me and the Prince. This story will be completely different from the original movie, where it is a much happier ending. I want to make everyone feel good and happy reading my story. I will start the first chapter where my sisters and I will go shopping together for our new outfits for the Royal Ball. I am looking to get a beautiful blue dress with lots of sparkles and my shoes will be the most gorgeous crystal made slippers ever made in the world. Anastasia is looking for a pink flowing gown that has flowers all over it, with hot pink shoes and Prizella has picked out a green dress with blue ribbon around her waist and wearing white shoes. We have 3 days left before we go to the ball and I will organise the most amazing night. Part two to come, thank you for reading! Claire. I love making my animation and l used to be making the stop motion animation on a stop motion app. I was thinking about watching Villager News on YouTube and I was making the Villager News animation in stop motion animation program. I’m really good at the voiceover as the Villager. I like to make the walk cycle and I will make the mouth talking too. I'm posting on YouTube this is my first YouTube videos so everyone can see my animation as they are funny and hilarious. You can subscribe to me on my YouTube channel. If I wrote a book it would be about how to do animation. Last year was my first day from my animation program and my first time I'm making the 3D animation called Blender. First I'm doing the voiceover in Recording Studio and second I start making animation. I like to make the walk cycle but it is a little long to make. I like to make the run cycle as it is quick to make. This is my first 3D animation video called Villager and the Ghostlight parody of Disney Pixar Cars with Mater and the Ghostlight. I'm posting on YouTube so everyone can see my 3D animation and love my videos, they are funny and hilarious and everyone loves my videos 10/10. On September 23rd we are going to watch my 3D animation on the big screen in the cinemas in Hawthorn, I'm looking forward to see it. This is Korey signing off and have an awesome day. If I was an author, what would my next book be? If I was an author, I would draw a book. I would create a picture story book. It would be A4 size and hard cover. The pages would be filled with drawings. The book would also be a pop up book! There would be pages that you can touch and feel. My book would be about animals, the characters would be a koala with a baby, three pandas, a bird with a long neck, a rabbit with big ears, a big cat, and a princess with red curly pigtails. Her name is princess of the animals. All the animals are her pets. The book would be nice, it would be funny, and adventurous. It would be called “Princess and the Animals”. The animals can only talk to the princess but not to anyone else! They would live in a tree. Goodbye from Ronalda. If I got a chance to write a book, it would be about respecting other people. I would call my book "Respecting Other People". I decided to write a book about this because respect is important. I would write about how everybody is different. We should not try to change other people just because we like something. Just because you like something does not mean that other people have to like it too. For example, at Umbrella Support, many people enjoy birthdays with lots of noise and attention, but I do not really like that. I would like people to let me be myself and accept that I have different preferences. I also want my book to show that friends can have different personalities. In the story, Cindy and I went to a loud restaurant called Party Palace. I did not like the loud environment, but Cindy loved the restaurant. Whenever someone had a birthday, the waiter would bring them a cake and candles and sing loudly. Cindy wanted to celebrate her birthday at this restaurant the following year. Cindy ordered chicken parma and chips, while I ordered spaghetti bolognese. I enjoyed the food, but the restaurant was very noisy. We saw a little girl celebrating her sixth birthday. The waiter brought her an Elmo birthday cake and sang for her. She jumped up and down because she was excited and loved being the centre of attention. "That little girl sounds like me. She has an energetic and goofy personality," Cindy said. Afterwards, Cindy took me to Sanrio Puroland, a theme park with cute characters such as Hello Kitty, My Melody, Cinnamoroll, Keroppi and Pompompurin. "I love this place more than Party Palace restaurant, Cindy!" I said. "I am happy too. Even though I am not a big fan of cute things, I am glad you are smiling," Cindy replied. We went on a ride called the Sanrio boat ride. It reminded me of the It's a Small World ride at Disneyland. It was calming and not too scary. We looked at all the different Sanrio characters during the boat ride. After the ride, we looked around the gift shops. I bought Pompompurin stickers and My Melody stickers. Cindy bought some Kuromi earrings. "I thought you were not a Sanrio fan," I said to Cindy. "I am not as big a Sanrio fan as you, but these earrings are cute. I might wear them when I go to work," Cindy replied. We also went to a chocolate shop. Cindy bought Hello Kitty chocolate, while I did not buy any chocolate. I like chocolate too, but I decided to enjoy it in moderation. Cindy and I had a great adventure. We went to a noisy restaurant and then visited Sanrio Puroland. Even though we have different personalities and preferences, we can still have fun together. The message of my book is that a quiet person can be friends with an outgoing person as long as they respect each other's comfort levels. I respect Cindy's favourite things, and she respects my quiet personality too. If you got a chance to write a book, what would you call it? Please tell me in the comments. Thanks for reading. This is Princess Jacinda signing off. If I was writing a book, it will be about all people with disabilities, and sometimes I use pretend characters Ben 2. I have a question for you our wonderful readers; if you were to write a book what would it be called and what genre would it fall under? I also wonder what you would write about? This would make a really great ice breaker if you needed one. I’d love to hear from you in our comments section. Either about your book title ideas or your ideas for good ice breakers. You might even inspire a future blog topic. How cool would that be? I have quite a few book title ideas but my favourite one is always “Travelling with an empty suitcase.” This sounds like something that would be a red flag for airport security or customs. This isn’t a travel guide though and I hope that doesn’t disappoint anyone. I would not be a great travel writer as I get distracted way too easily and I’d take far too long to get it done. I’d also probably end up talking about something completely unrelated, probably something about history or a cool bug I saw. So why “travelling with an empty suitcase.”? I will explain the meaning behind my title, in my life I feel like I’m always forgetting something important and it makes me feel like I’m going travelling with an empty suitcase. While most of the time I’m over prepared for everything because my memory can fail me due to anxiety and my disability. The empty suitcase is everything I have forgotten and everything I could forget. It’s almost like never being able to be confident in yourself and your ability to have everything prepared and organised. “Travelling with an empty suitcase” would be a deep dive into the chaos of a brain that’s just doing its best, short stories of real life experiences with a comical twist, hypothetical scenario from an anxious brain and a lack of seriousness in serious situations that I haven’t quite understood. I’m living it and your coming along for the journey with you guessed it an empty suitcase. Your friend, Shan. Hi readers, how are you? Today's topic is if you could write a book, what would it be and who would it be about. I have chosen to write a mermaid book and it would be called the “Mermaid Princess and me” as the mermaid Princess name would be Cleo. Once upon a time lived a mermaid princess whose name is Cleo who lived with her mum and dad, and their names are Wendy and Dave. My story would start with the adventures under the sea with my family and friends and support workers. They would have their own dolphins, pixies and other animals and humans. We would be in mermaid tails and have hair accessories and makeup done. We would swim up to our castle under the sea and have a lot of fun, it would be the best day and we would do it again and would celebrate and have a ball. I have a special necklace on and dress that I can use and wear both whenever I want to be a mermaid and a princess. I would become a mermaid princess and I can invite my family and friends and support workers to come. Stay tuned for the next episode for more fun. Thank you for reading my blog this week and look out for more blogging adventures to come. This is mermaid princess Beth signing off with a splish and a splash of my tail and mermaid magic and best wishes swimming and splashing off for now, until next week Bye Bye. Dear readers, this week's topic is if I was to write my own book and what would I call my book Readers I have a question: if you wrote a book what would it be called and why? Let me start by telling you about if I would write a book and what would it be called. If I wrote a book I think it would be a cookbook and it would be called Chef Charlotte's Cookbook and the front cover would be sparky purple with a photo of me wearing my chef jacket. Each and every page would be a photo of what each tasty dish is and on every page there would be detailed and organised ingredients and step by step methods. I would do fancy recipes for advanced cooks and easy recipes for new cooks. Written by Chef and author Charlotte.  Isn't it nice having an extra day of the weekend?
If I had an extra day of the weekend, I would go on a recreation trip because it would give my brain a break from my normal routine. I have enjoyed going on recreations since I was little. I would like to visit animal attractions such as Melbourne Aquarium because I love fish. I have been to that place twice when I was in primary school during term breaks, and then I visited again as an adult with my mum as a belated birthday gift. Since becoming an adult, I do not enjoy loud birthday attention, so I prefer having a fun recreation day instead. I would look at different kinds of fish. I like yellow tang fish because yellow is my favourite colour, clownfish because they remind me of Nemo, and pufferfish because they are interesting too. I even have a pufferfish plush from a Mario character. I would have a wonderful time looking at all the sea creatures. I would also like to go to the zoo. I would choose Melbourne Zoo because I love seeing different kinds of animals. It is not only children who feel excited about going to the zoo, adults can enjoy it too. I would see many animals such as koalas, kangaroos, lions, tigers, and many more. I visited Melbourne Zoo when I was in high school as part of a school excursion. We had worksheets to complete and had to wear our school uniforms. Looking back, I think I would prefer to enjoy the animals instead of worrying about completing worksheets. If I was still living in Jakarta and had an extra weekend, I would visit Safari Park in Bogor. It is one of my favourite recreation places, and I still love that place even though I live in Australia now. I would see many different animals, just like when I visit Melbourne Zoo. When we still lived in Jakarta, my dad liked to drive our family there. I would love to visit Safari Park every weekend because it is a very spacious place. You do not just see animals there. There are also rides, a water park, gift shops, and many other activities. I would love to see the updates from Safari Park because I have not visited since moving to Australia. However, I did visit Bali Safari last year. It would be wonderful to visit Safari Park again if I ever get the chance to visit Jakarta. I would hire a driver to take us there, but my dad said that if we visit Indonesia again, we probably will not do many outdoor activities. He would rather relax, eat delicious food, and visit shopping centres. Even though I have not visited Safari Park for a long time, it is still a meaningful place for me. I follow Safari Park on Instagram and enjoy watching videos of people taking their children there. I love visiting animal attractions. How about you? Do you have a favourite recreation place? Thanks for reading. Have a nice day. This is Princess Jacinda signing off. If I had a three day weekend, what would I do? This would be Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Friday I would go to the movies and see Moana with my friends, we would buy some salt and vinegar chips followed by a coke zero drink. I have two really great friends and we would have a fun time together. After the movie has finished we would go and have some lunch. On Saturday I have plans to see my support worker her name is Krystle and she takes me shopping and we buy a coffee and movie tickets. We are seeing Spider Man. When the movie is finished we go and have some lunch. I so love being with Krystle as she is so kind and caring. We have so much fun together. The last day of my three day weekend which is Sunday I go to church with my dad and after that we go home to have breakfast, love Vegemite on my toast and Dad likes having eggs. When we have all cleaned up and the kitchen is tidy I go and see my dog called Bella Boo and cuddles together and she plays with her toys I JUST LOVE A THREE DAY WEEKEND......and wish it was like that every weekend. This is Claire signing off and hoping you all have a great three day weekend. On Monday I work on my voice over at the recording studio and start making my animation, a new episode is coming called Villager had Hair, as all villagers are bald. But he didn't want to be bald so he wanted to have hair, and it is going to be a little funny and hilarious this video. On Tuesday I am making the house for my stop motion animation and it is made of cardboard and I am painting the sky, grass, night and sunlight, I can't wait to see it. On Wednesday we are doing the film and we are making the editing for the film. But it is a romance film, so boring. On Thursday we watched Collingwood vs Carlton but we lost the game against Carlton which sucks and the next round is Collingwood vs West Coast Eagles, I'm hoping we win this time. On Friday I just vacuum my room and the downstairs and I watched Melbourne Storm against Bulldogs and we lost the game, oh well the next round is Melbourne Storm against Sea Eagles is going be a very hard game but I think we will win this. On Saturday I just watched the movie The Expendables, it is a good action movie it was Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Terry crews, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger and my favourite character from the expendables well of course is Terry Crews. He’s the very strong dude but I like him he's good and he loves his yogurt, Terry loves yogurt. I would have so much fun doing things I love if I have an extra day of a weekend every week. This is Korey signing off, and have an awesome day. Three days off for weekend, mmm not sure but Sunday I go to movie night which is gonna be good, but let go back to Friday not sure go out with Tayla. I want to see Tayla’s baby, every weekend I go out with everyone and every Monday I do Handmade and every Tuesday cooking and Wednesday and Friday coffee coffee coffee and Thursday reading, every week I do all that sometime I wake up very early oh lord. I love everyguys you are all cool person I ever seen, I do rest and relax in bed or sleeping or relax playing games and play with my dog she is always on my bed. I make her sleep on my bed. So sometimes I go out with Daz to the movie and watch cool scary movies but let’s wait and see. That’s why I love scary movie and scary games, and I love all the stuff which is scary in my room. From TJ. Dear readers, this week's topic is if you could extend your weekend to three days, what would it look like and what would you do. Let me start by telling you about what would happen if I extend my weekend to three days and how it would look and how I would feel about it? At first I would feel happy that I would have Saturday and Sunday and I would play games on my phone and I would watch tv and movies. If I had to have Monday off as well I would start crying because I love my job at the Rosebud RSL. Working at the RSL and going every week to work and found what new delicious dessert I’m going to make with the chef dessert. If I had Monday off because it was a part of my extended weekend I would stay at home and do my housework which would need to be done and I would start preparing and cooking dinner for my family, I would organise taxi for Tuesday and Thursday and I would organise my black clothes , snacks and my lunch the night before. Readers I have a question, what would you do if you had an extended weekend for three days? written by Charlotte. Hi readers, how are you? Today's topic is if you had an extra day of the week what would you do. I have chosen to write an extra day of the week. Monday I do Handmade which is art and crafts Tuesday is cooking where I cook in a kitchen and do meals and food shopping and once a month on a Tuesday I do Morning Melodies. We make scones and jam and cream. Wednesdays I make coffee and meal prep dinner for my family with Steph. Thursday I do blogging at Bridgewater and media, Friday is back to making coffee. Saturday is a chill day as is Sunday. I would have an extra chill day if I had an extra day of the week on a weekend. Now, I get everything ready for the next day like making my lunch and getting my outfit ready and get in my pjs, that's my week readers, what do you do if you have a extra day and what do you think. Thank you for reading my blog. Let us know in the comments below this is blogging princess Beth who typed my blog by myself with no help signing off until next blogging adventures. If we had a three day weekend what would it look like for me? I'm going to start off by telling you what I do during the week, On Monday, I do arts and crafts at handmade. On Tuesday, I do cooking and then go out in the community with Sheridan and Alice. On the second Tuesday of every month I go to dinner with friends! On Wednesday, I make coffees at Lyrebird community centre. On Thursday, I do blogging and I do media with the cameras. On Friday, I make coffees at Lyrebird community centre. I'm very busy during the week! Saturday and Sunday is the weekend! This is a good time to rest. On Saturday, I can watch movies, I can rest, play games on my iPad. On Sunday, I go to church with my sister Kaitlyn, my brother Jayden and Dwayne, and mum and dad. If I could have a three day weekend I'd choose Friday to be the extra day! On Friday's I'd spend time with family, I want to go shopping with them, I’d have dinner with them too. A good weekend for me is spending time with my sister I like playing games with her. Good bye from Ronalda. If I had a full weekend, what would I do? I would go swimming on a Tuesday, I would still go to work on Tuesday and have extra sleep on Wednesday. Ben2 Many people live for the weekend to come, it’s the reward after a big and busy week. Though it doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to have had a busy and full week to enjoy a restful weekend. For many, it’s time to make plans and get everything done that wasn’t possible during the week, because of work, family or other commitments. Before you know it though, the weekend can become just as busy and hectic as the week especially if it’s the only free time that you get. I don’t speak for anyone but myself here but for me it feels like the weekend comes and that’s when you are officially allowed to relax. From what I have learnt the week is for being productive and contributing to society in whatever form you can (volunteering, paid work, child minding ect). So it would seem like having an extra day in the weekend would be very much welcomed by many. I’d be curious to know if you our readers would be for or against a three or four day weekend? Leave a comment and let us know. I believe for mental health reasons an extra day in my weekend would probably not be beneficial, I like the way my weeks are structured and I don’t think I would want to have to reorganise or change anything. Yes I have many people who could help me with the change in routine and I’m sure eventually it would be my new normal. I just don’t think my brain would enjoy it and I like looking forward to my normal two day weekend. Though I may be the queen of unpopular opinions and I’m completely ok with that. Though, if I had no choice in the matter which is often the case with these kinds of things, I would prefer that Friday be the extra day to the weekend. Choosing Friday would mean the least impact and change to my normal week. I wouldn’t have to change anything about my day and I could go on happily living in denial about an extra day. I believe after a while I would have fomo (fear of missing out) and want to join in on everyone’s fun. I would enjoy listening to everyone’s stories from enjoying their three day weekend and celebrate their joy. Even in a made up scenario Monday would never be a day I would pick, it would take away activities that I enjoy doing and I don’t want to change my Monday in any way. I would really prefer not to even talk about it. I don’t want to accidentally make this a reality but I’m sure I’d get through it begrudgingly. I wouldn’t like it but I’d make the best of it until it was my new normal. Funnily enough before I started writing I had thought I would love a long weekend, that wasn’t how this blog turned out and it’s ok. We all have different feelings about change and hypothetical scenarios that might make us break out in hives. Though a tad dramatic those feelings would be and are valid. On the bright side we’d all have an extra day to process it. We have come to the end of my blog today and I’m extremely grateful to you our readers for joining us. Your friend, Shan.  Welcome to our monthly Choose Your Own Adventure blog!
Once a month, we put the usual topic aside and give our writers complete creative freedom. This is their chance to write about anything they like whether it’s a personal experience, a fictional story, a hobby, a favourite memory, or something that’s been on their mind. Every blog in this collection is unique, giving you a glimpse into the different interests, ideas, and personalities of our amazing writers. We hope you enjoy reading this month’s adventures and maybe even discover something new along the way!! Today's blog is a choose your own adventure and today I'm going to talk about dancing. I do dancing every Thursday night and my support worker picks me up from home and takes me , and then we have dinner after. I love my dancing classes and learning all my new moves, I have lots of fun and I like the music. I have friends at dancing and sometimes someone new people will join and we will also become friends. I love dancing whenever I can, especially at dinner with friends. Elvis was at morning melodies and I loved dancing to his music, he sang to me and I made him scones. I have lots of fun and have a great time with music and dancing. Dancing makes me happy and I will keep on dancing forever. This is Princess Claire signing off, see you next week. I was sick for two weeks oh Lord, but this week I feel better. I am more careful with my body and I’m happy for myself to be back to you all. Thank you everyguys for the balloon, this week is good to have me back as I missed you all. I wish Daz could take me to movie night soon to watch scary movies with popcorn and drink with my bro. I am tired to wake up in the morning this week at 6am everyday. TJ. Today's blog topic is a choose you own adventure and I have written about six awesome adventures. Adventure 1: Walking through a forest and you find a magical glowing door. Do you open the door or do you keep walking? I'd keep walking! I don't want to open the door in case something scary is behind it! Adventure 2: You’re at the beach, and find a mysterious bottle in the sand. Do you read the note inside? Or throw it back in the ocean? I would throw it back into the ocean, because I don't want to read it. Adventure 3: A friendly dinosaur walks over to you, would you feed it or pat it? I would pat it! Adventure 4: You go to an ice cream shop, do you get Chocolate or Rainbow ice cream, l'd get rainbow ice cream because I like it. Adventure 5: You arrive at a train station, do you get on the train or do you wave to the people on the train goodbye? I would hop on the train and tell it to take me to the beach. Adventure 6: You go to the movies to watch Frozen, Elsa invites you to build a snowman or to explore Elsa's ice palace? I would build a snowman with Elsa. Goodbye from Ronalda. I have a very good friend called Allie in Western Australia who I would like to go and see. We would catch up and go out to dinner. After dinner we would go shopping and buy clothes and we would have a good time. Ben 2. On the weekend I enjoyed making the romance film even though I find it so boring but we smashed it. Next week I’m going to make my movie and that will be amazing. On Monday I finally finished off my animation the episode called Anger Management and it is going to be a very hilarious video as usual. Tonight we watch Collingwood vs Geelong and I hope we won this time because we got eight on the ladder, Jordan De Goey, Maynard and Schultz got injured which sucks and they are all good players. On Friday we are going to watch Melbourne Storm vs Bulldogs but this will be a very hard game tomorrow. In July my mum and I went to see Garere the band, they are a good band that singer dude has a great deep voice and good scream mode and I was so knackered. On 25th of August me and my mum will go to see Parkway Drive at the Forum in Melbourne they are an Aussie band and I can't wait. Next year me, my mum, my dad, my brother and he's mates want to go see the System of the Down at Marvel Stadium is going to be good band but I’m not looking forward to Faith No More the support, I think they are going to be bad but still, I can't wait to see it. This is Korey signing off and have an awesome day. Go Pies! There are many things in life that just tickle my brain in the right way, meaning it brings me joy and makes me do a happy dance. I think it’s very important that we are able to have these moments and enjoy the feelings that come with them. However this blog is more about what doesn’t bring me joy. Sometimes I think that it’s hard to talk about what doesn’t bring joy, because we are taught that we need to lift others up and always be happy. That can borderline being toxic positivity, which while intended to be helpful can actually be very unhelpful and harmful to mental health. I suppose toxic positivity doesn’t bring me joy, however I like to be helpful by educating people on it and giving them other example of what they can say. Politics does not bring me any form of joy and most days makes me a bit anxious. I don’t believe I’m alone in this but that’s all I’ll say on that topic. My favourite products being discontinued doesn’t bring me joy, when I love something I love it forever and having to then find something similar takes time and effort. I’ve not yet recovered from sunnyboys being discontinued. There are now people in this world who has never even heard of a sunnyboy and that hurts my heart. They’re missing out on something awesome. That’s just a small part of things that don’t bring me joy. What brings or doesn’t bring you joy? Would you share these with us? Comments are always welcome. Your friend, Shan. My journey of working at Australia Post began in 2018. I was already working at Woolworths because I started there in 2017. However, in May 2018, the staff at Woolworths told me that I was not needed for a while, so I stayed at home and attended an employment program. Then my employment coach contacted me and told me there was a seasonal job available at Australia Post Sprintpak. My dad also travel trained me to catch the bus home from Australia Post Sprintpak. I practised many times and became more confident. I was very proud of myself. My mum even posted on Facebook that she was proud of me for travelling home from work by bus, and many people left kind comments. The Australia Post job was a casual job, so when there was a lot of work, the boss would contact the employment agency and the agency would call me. If I missed the call, they would leave me a voice message. If there was no work available, I stayed at home. During the pandemic, the company stayed open, but I did not get much work, so I spent most of my time at home and did not see many friends. The only social activity I had was working at Woolworths. Then, in March 2021, something exciting happened. I was still a casual worker at Australia Post, but I joined Umbrella Support. She took me to different local places and introduced me to new activities. I spoke to my supervisor about changing my work day because I already attended another program on Mondays. Thankfully, I was able to swap my work day to Friday. During that time, my week was very busy. I attended Umbrella Support on Monday and Tuesday, worked at Australia Post on Thursday and Friday, and worked at Woolworths on Wednesday. My favourite job at Australia Post was inserting animated design stamps. I always enjoyed looking at the different stamp designs. I also opened the lids on coin tubes. That job was simple because I only needed to remove the lids and place them into a cardboard box. I also counted stock sheets. I was good at counting, but I found it difficult to stack them neatly on the pallets. If they were not stacked properly, they could fall off when someone moved the pallet, so it was important to do it carefully. Another job I did was putting labels on plastic pockets. I found that task a little challenging, but my supervisor still asked me to do it. She knew about my disability and always tried to make work enjoyable. Sometimes she would startle me as a joke. I do not like being startled, but I laughed it off. I have found it difficult to be assertive at times, but I am learning and growing. When my Australia Post job finished in 2022, I focused on doing craft activities with my friends at Umbrella Support and continued working at Woolworths. The company was still open, but my work had come to an end. That is part of life. I have many wise people in my life, including my parents and Cindy. They taught me that sometimes we do not get what we want, and nothing lasts forever. Krystle once said to me, "When one door closes, another door opens." To me, that means when one opportunity ends, another one begins. For me, one of those new opportunities was blogging. It has given me the chance to write about many different topics and express my thoughts. Thanks for reading. Now you all know about my second job. This is busy bee Jacinda signing off. Dear readers, this week's topic is a choose your adventure. Let me start by telling you about how I've been very under the weather this week, which is the reason I haven't been at work, to Umbrella support or Hellow media this week. How have I been feeling? I am bored but I have been watching tv, playing games, doing housework which had to be done, cooking, playing with my dog Gucci and resting. I miss my friends and I hope by the time you read this I'm back at Umbrella. Readers I have a question, what if you turned into a mermaid for a day and what would your mermaid tail and top look like? If I was turned into mermaid for a day I think my mermaid tail and top would be purple and sparkly and I would swim around with all the dolphins and be friends with all the sea creatures. I would be queen of the sea and host royal balls and parties and I would go to some other royal balls and look for treasure, and where would I live ? I would live in a mermaid cave. Thats it for now mermaid friends from mermaid queen Charlotte. Hey readers how are you? Today’s topic is a choose your own adventure and I have chosen to write a made up story. Once upon a time there was a mermaid named Olivia and she had mermaid friends I was wearing a special necklace and I had a mermaid dress on and I had a bracelet on. Then they came up to me and invited me to be a mermaid in the mermaid party. I said yes and asked if I can invite my friends and support workers please and they said yes so I asked Cindy, Krystle, Bernie and Chrissie, Steph, Sheridan and Chanel. All of my friends would dress up in mermaid outfits and accessories and what fun we would have. We would play disney songs Under the Sea which was in the little mermaid movie and also beyond my wildest dreams also in the Mermaid movie. On arrival, the guests would have the sounds of instrumental music playing ocean sounds and upbeat songs with lyrics that everyone could sing and dance to, with food and drinks and karaoke. My friend gave everyone mermaid tails so we could swim in the pool and look like real mermaids. This would be the best party with all my friends and would be remembered for a long time. Thank you for reading my blog let us know in the comments below my fishy friends we love to hear from you. This is wishful Beth with sea shell wishes and mermaid kisses, goodbye for now, signing off until next week.  Have you ever wished there were more hours in the day? Imagine if we never needed to sleep and could stay awake feeling refreshed all the time. What would you do with all those extra hours? Would you learn a new skill, travel the world, spend more time with family and friends, or simply enjoy your favourite hobbies? This week, we’re letting our imaginations run wild as we share what we’d do if sleep wasn’t necessary. If I didn't need to sleep any of the days, I would do this instead. I would do more in the house to help my mum and dad. I would do dishes in the sink, and dry them and put them away. I would watch movies on my phone and iPad in my room. I will do all my washing instead of leaving it for the weekend, and ironing too. If I had these extra eight hours a day I would spend so much more time with my Mum and Dad which I would love, and would love to make more coffee and cups of tea for them. I think I could go on more holidays, with mum and dad and my family, with my nieces and nephews too. I would definitely go to lots more stage shows. That’s it for me, Claire-Bear. If I don't need sleep, what would I do? Let me tell all of the readers that I am not someone who falls asleep easily once I lie in bed. I often toss and turn, but most of the time I sleep well and have interesting dreams. However, there are times when I have broken sleep. If I did not need to sleep, I would do some colouring in. I might play the Colour by Number app on my phone or tablet. Have you played that game before? They have lots of themes such as Disney, flowers, mandalas, special occasions, and many more. It is a very calming activity. I can also colour in my colouring books. I have plenty of them. At the moment, I am colouring in a summer themed colouring book, and it is very easy to colour. I also have lots of colour pencils. I have Faber Castell regular pencils, pastel pencils, Mont Marte pencils, and Officeworks pencils. I feel very lucky to have them. I can watch cartoons on YouTube too. It is great that cartoons are now available on demand because I do not need to worry about missing an episode. When I was little, TV shows and movies were only available on free to air channels, but now I can pause and watch cartoons whenever I want. I usually like watching old cartoons that used to be on ABC Kids. Some cartoons are available on YouTube, such as Timmy Time, Shaun the Sheep, Curious George, and The Mr Men Show. I like The Mr Men Show because the characters are colourful and they all have different personalities. I would watch The Mr Men Show on YouTube if I did not need to sleep. Sometimes, I would eat McDonald's as a midnight snack, but not all the time because McDonald's is not the healthiest food. I would order six nuggets, fries, and an Oreo McFlurry. Especially when the weather is hot, ice cream helps me cool down. I can also listen to music if I do not need to sleep. I might listen to the radio because they play music at midnight too. I have a mixed music taste because I enjoy many different types of music. I like old songs, current songs, and Disney music. It would be great if there was a Disney radio station. What type of music do you like? If I stayed in a hotel during a holiday and did not need to sleep, I could do lots of things. I could swim in the pool, especially if I was in Indonesia because it is very hot there. I could also have a massage, watch TV in my room, and eat yummy potato chips. That is what I would do if I did not need sleep, but in real life, everyone needs sleep. If we do not sleep, it can be difficult to concentrate on our usual activities, and we might not have enough energy to work or do things we enjoy. If I did not sleep at all, I would not have enough energy to do craft activities on Monday, work at Woolworths, or write long blogs. Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed my blog. This is strong-minded Jacinda signing off. I can't really sleep right now because my dog is barking and my dad is snoring in the house. I just get out the bed instead of sleeping on the couch and listen to the heavy metal music. I love working on my animation and reading my Stephen King book, Flight or Fright. But really I just like to sleep. So today’s blog is all about pretending. This is Korey signing off and have an awesome day. Dear readers, this week's topic is if I didn’t need sleep what would I do. Let me start by telling you if I didn’t sleep, what would I do If I didn't sleep I would always be tired and my body wouldn't function and my brain wouldn't be able to focus. If I was a vampire I think I would turn into a bat and fly around at night, and during the day I would suck on blood of all the bad people of the world. I would wear a daylight ring and then I would come back and go on my ivamp phone and scroll on Monsterbook which is the monster version of facebook and Nightmare which is the monster version of Instagram in my coffin. Now it's time as the sun rises I need to head to my bedroom and into my coffin for another super long sleep. Readers I have a question: What would you do if you couldn't sleep? Written by Charlotte. I would like to start this blog by saying that while I believe that sleep is very important for our minds and bodies, science and doctors would probably also agree with this. However I also believe that sleep can be a complete waste of time and effort. I spend so much time trying to get to sleep that it feels like a chore at this point. It would possibly bring me more joy to be doing something else at least until the novelty of it wears off. Not having to sleep would mean that I could spend more time working on my “to be read” list of books. This would mean that I could read more books and borrow or buy more books. Some may disagree and I respect that, but there is so much joy to be had reading a good book. Reading would take up quite a bit of time and would be a main activity that I would choose instead of sleeping. I asked Google how many books we roughly read in our lifetime and it would be roughly two thousand books. If I didn’t have to sleep then I could possibly double or triple this. Cleaning and tidying my room would also be something I would choose to do, I think it would be a great use of any spare time I had after my reading. Or possibly, better to do it before my reading time and the reading could be a reward for getting the cleaning done. I think not having to sleep would require a lot of planning to keep from getting bored. I would still go to bed though, the routine of having a shower, getting into pyjamas and getting into bed is an important routine to keep. I love my bed it’s warm and cosy. What would you do if you didn’t have to sleep? Maybe you could tell us in the comment section at the bottom of the last blog for this week. With love and kindness. Your friend, Shan. If I didn't need to sleep what would I do? If I didn't go to bed I would read books, play with toys, watch movies and I'd do more house work. I wipe down the bar stools after my mum, my sister and I eat. I'd play games on my iPad, and I'd rest at home. I’d go to Sydney, and see my cousins. We'd go shopping, and would go see more of our family. I'd listen to music, I'd listen to Barbie music, the Frozen music and the song Zoo from Zootopia. That’s my favourite! I'd have more time to watch more movies at the cinema with Alice and Sheridan and eat popcorn. We would have more time for cooking so we could cook things that may take a long time but then, we can eat it together. I'd do more colouring with my sister Kaitlyn that would make me happy. I would spend more time with my family. I could spend more time with my friends maybe Cindy would run a group during this time we used to sleep. What would we do in this group? Maybe play games? Watch movies? Make yummy snacks or come up with a secret mission! I wouldn't mind no sleep, but I like resting on the couch at home. Bye friends from Ronalda. If you didn't sleep, what would you do? That is our blog topic this week. I would text my friends and keep writing my book about disability to help people write and chat about anxiety. With all this extra time I would do art projects, and I would also go shopping and buy some chocolate. Ben2 Dear readers, how are you? Today’s topic is if I didn't have to sleep, what would I do instead? I have eight hours of free time, and with that time I plan to invite my friends to go out and have fun. Firstly we would go bowling and ask my support workers to join us. Then we would go shopping looking for outfits, jewelry, and beautiful new shoes. To do all of this I need new headbands to go with all my outfits. I forgot to mention this shopping centre is open 24 hours which gives us more time to enjoy our spending spree. We would go to La Porchetta for lunch and we would get lasagna with lots of cheese on top. Now I have three hours left of my eight hours and have decided to say goodbye to my friends and take my support workers to my hairdresser salon and treat them to a wash and condition and dry and get curls in our hair. Then we will go and do karaoke together. I have two hours left so we get our makeup done professionally and our nails done too. I have just one hour left of my eight hours now so we would go to the candy shop and buy lots of different lollies and cookies and take home to share with my family. Thank you for reading my blog. This is candy queen Beth signing off until our next adventures, bye for now until next time we speak.  Every one of us has someone we look up to, admire, or value. It might be a family member, a friend, a teacher, a celebrity, or someone who has inspired us through their actions. These special people can teach us important lessons, encourage us to be our best, and help shape who we are. This week, we’re sharing the people who have made a difference in our lives and why they mean so much to us.
The people I value the most, and who I respect most is my friend called Makayla. She is helping me with my fitness and going to the gym. I see her Fridays and she is amazing. She helps me to work hard in the gym with the exercise bike, arms machine and the rower. She loves Disney music too and we listen to it together. We also get to do fun things like bowling and have a great time. I have another support worker who takes me to dancing, and guess what, my dancing is back tonight! I love my dancing, I learn new moves that I can show to my friends and we also get to have dinner together afterwards. Sometimes I get help with my room but I can now do lots of things all by myself. I am very thankful to these people because they have helped me grow and learn. This is Claire signing off, for another week of blogging with my friends. I don't think I have just one special person or animal. I guess different stages or different lessons in life will change your special person. I had a special person since kindergarten until about I was twenty-three, but things change and she’s not very special to me anymore. But that’s okay. When I was twenty one, I met my friends Sabrina and Shane and since then they’ve both been my special people. I feel so different when I’m with them, kinda like I can take my trench coat off and be myself. Then Ned came and he also became a special person in my life, but he has moved to Queensland. We do still talk now and then. But most recently I have meet the most special person ever, all I wanted was to take my dad to a cafe, I say things happen for a reason. Since then whenever we spend time again, she brightens up my day, she’s the kindest soul and wouldn’t hurt anyone. We both have a lot in common and we both just annoyed one another, to the point where our bellies hurt, that a true meaning of a special person. Even when we are apart we send reels to one another. Then there’s the support workers who are special, even if they don’t know it they all bring joy to each one of us. Especially on our bad days. My cat banshee and Maggie are special to me too, both for different reasons, Banshee because he chooses me to be his human mum, he pulled me in his cage and he trapped and wouldn’t let me go. Then this sounds crazy but she’s like a sister to me, she finished off our family. Every night one of us bring her into the lounge room because it’s not the same without her. When she’s in a playful mood she’s hops so we chase her. Don’t limit yourself to just one special person. Have you ever had a moment where you have thought about what the different people in life mean or have meant to you? Not just in passing but really deeply thought about them and been grateful for whatever impact they have had on your life. It can bring on many different emotions or feelings to think about so it’s important to be kind to yourself and take a quiet moment to yourself alone if you need to. Sometimes one person may stand out in your mind, wether it’s a relative, friend, teacher or maybe it’s a celebrity that you met. It could be multiple people, it is possible for many people to leave a big impact on your life. It’s like leaving footprints in the snow but it’s on your heart instead. They’ll be there permanently and it will leave warm and fuzzy feelings inside. You're probably wondering who my person is, I’ve decided to keep my person close to my heart and it’s funny because most people are aware of who my person is. It just feels important today to keep her close to my heart. I would say that she is extremely important to me and has impacted many lives and not just mine. I love her endlessly and her impacts to my life have been many. She is one of my favourite people and some days when I think about her I do get emotional. I am endlessly grateful for her. I hope that you take a moment to think about the people in your life. Your friend always, Shan. A special person to me is my mum. We went to the concert with my mum and it was good fun for me. I just really enjoyed myself and I have so many more concerts in September. I'm looking forward to seeing Ice Nine Kills concert with a terrible support band called Electric Callboy, but we can we just leave the concert. I get to see horror movies with my mum which I am thankful to her for, we love horror movie together. We went to the escape room for my 18th birthday with my mum it was good fun and I'm was really good at doing puzzles. We watch my animation from Villager News it was really funny and hilarious I'm just really good for my 3D animation, I'm looking forward to see the Horror movies from my other program with my mum. I am sure she will love it at the end of the year. I am very thankful to my mum. This is Korey signing off for another week and have an awesome day! The blog topic is about a person that we appreciate. I am going to write about several people who are special to me. First, I would like to write about my teacher's aide. She helped me during high school and was also an emotional support for me. If I was not feeling okay, I could talk to her, and she always reminded me that it is okay to cry. My teacher's aide was also very thoughtful. Before I went to Indonesia for a holiday during high school, she gave me a present. Inside the gift were an activity magazine, a teen poster magazine, and some lollipops. I also appreciate my support worker. She has helped me understand social situations because I sometimes misunderstand what people mean. For example, when someone says, "You should write this," I sometimes think they are telling me what to do. My support worker explained that people are usually just sharing their ideas and opinions. She also picked me up for Umbrella Support and drove me home for four years. In the beginning, I had a different driver who took me to the Handmade group. My parents are also very special to me. I enjoy spending time with them. Sometimes they correct me when I make a mistake. One time, my dad gently told me not to message people too early in the morning. He was not angry. He spoke in a calm voice. My dad is a great cook, and my mum is a great cook too. My friend from high school is also very special to me. We caught up last year in April. We have not spoken much lately, but we are still friends. She respects my boundaries, and that makes me happy, even if she has different opinions from me. I have known her since year seven, and we always ate recess and lunch together. During senior school, we did not spend as much time together because we were both busy. She was studying for her VCE subjects, so I often enjoyed some quiet time during recess and lunch instead of socialising. After high school, we exchanged phone numbers so we could keep in touch. At first, we chatted on WhatsApp, and now we also chat on Instagram because she has an account there too. My friend asks normal adult questions, such as whether I plan to drive a car or get married. I do not get offended. I simply answer, "No, I am not planning to do that," and she replies, "That's fair." She does not only ask fun questions. She also asks everyday adult questions. Do you have a special friend in your life? I also appreciate my cousin. I have many cousins on my mum's side, but she is the one who reaches out to me the most. She has a busy life, but on special occasions she always takes a moment to send me a message. Even though she does not celebrate Easter or Christmas, she still wishes me well. She also gave me a Donald bag charm, and I attached it to my Mario backpack. When she was little, she was very quiet and kept to herself. She enjoyed watching Disney Junior and playing on her DSI and iPad. When I saw her again last year, she had changed so much. On the first night we met, she gave me a big bear hug. I almost cried happy tears because I was so touched. Thanks for reading. This is strong-minded Jacinda signing off. The people I value the most and who I respect the most is my sister Kaitlyn and my mum. Because they help me. They give me dinner, they make my lunch, my mum makes my breakfast, my mum helps me with my clothes, my mum and my sister do my hair, my mum plaits my hair, Kaitlyn always brushes my hair makes my hair pretty. Kaitlyn puts me to bed, tucks me in, cuddles me and says good night and kisses me goodnight. Kaitlyn watches movies with me. Kaitlyn paints my nails for me. My sister makes me feel so happy and loved. Someone else I value and has helped me a lot is Martina. She takes me to dinner with friends every month. Picks me up and takes me home. I like talking to Martina. She makes me feel happy. She used to take me to bowling that was so fun. Martina is always looking out for me. I love Martina. Thank you for everything you do Martina. Good bye form Ronalda Hi readers, how are you? Today's topic is who do you look up to and what do they do? I have chosen to talk about Martina she is amazing at what she does. She is my support coordinator she answers any questions I have and she comes to dinner with friends. She comes to the cafe that we run called Reach Employment. She arranges my appointments and she helps me make important calls. She used to do bowling with me and my friends and other support workers. We see her at dinner with friends once a month and sometimes morning melodies. She arranges for me to use a laptop every week and supports me. She sometimes hangs out at the shops and we go out to different places and sometimes to the movies. She makes me laugh and gives the best hugs. I am so grateful for her in my life she is full of happiness always smiling friendly and bubbly. Martina is the best and I wouldn't choose anyone better than her. I have known her for five years and hopefully lots more. Let us know who you look up to and what they do in the comments below. We love to hear from you! Thank you for reading my blog this is blogging queen Beth signing off until our next blogging adventures. Dear readers, this week's topic is someone who we value the most and respect. Let me start by telling you about who are the people I will always respect, they are my family like my parents and my sister and Martina my support worker. I love my family the most and will I always put my family first because I was raise to be respectful and to put everyone first. My family do a lot for me like encourage me when something positive happens and they are so loving and supportive when I achieve something, such as when I got a new job or when I graduated from high school. They are always very good at giving me advice when I need advice and I really appreciate everything they have done and are still doing for me. I love spending time with my family and going on holidays. I love when we go glamping and I love always cooking for them and I can say that's one of the skills that I'm very thankful for, and all the skills they have given me. Readers I had writer's block when I started writing my blog, but you would never know it. Readers, I have a question: who's someone you respect or value the most? Written by Charlotte. Today we are writing about the people we look up to. I look up to my mum. My mum is funny, kind and happy. We like to watch movies together. I spend a lot of time with my mum, and I enjoy spending time with her and making memories together. She has always supported me and encouraged me to do my best. We like to go camping together. I am the luckiest girl in the world to call her my mum. I love you mum thank you for everything you have done and are still doing for me. My mum makes me feel happy and feel safe and loved. I feel like I can always go and talk to her all the time and she will give me a hug and help me and makes me feel better. I like going out for lunch and going to the shops together. Thank you for reading my blog written by Dayna The people I look up to. I look up to my friend Rochelle. I like my mum when she gave me an iPad. I like my support worker because she takes me out. Ben 2  We all have those apps we open without even thinking, whether they’re there to keep us organised, help us relax, make us laugh, or simply pass the time. From games and social media to fitness, shopping, music, or productivity, there’s an app for just about everything these days.
This week’s blog topic is: What’s your favourite app and why? Is there an app you use every day? Has one made your life easier, taught you something new, or become your go to for entertainment? We’d love to hear which app tops your list and what makes it so special to you. Your favourite might even inspire someone else to discover a new app they’ll love! I have a lot of different apps on my phone and there are so many that I love. The first one that comes to mind is Disney plus, because I love Disney movies and I can watch any one I want on my iPad. I like to use my camera app to take lots of photos. I like photos of Disney castles when I go on holidays and photos with my friends. I often watch YouTube in my spare time, I like to watch k-pop demon hunters and other animations. I love tracking my steps on my phone because I'm a smart woman. I also love the Disney Stitch game and sometimes like to use the colouring app. I have lots of different cruise apps on my phone because I go on many cruises. Cruises are so much fun, I love all the food, the shows and all the fun I have with my family. I like calling and texting my friends and seeing what they are up to, I like to call them at 4pm and 7pm. I like the live 360 app because I can see where my mum and dad are and it shows me on the map. This is princess Claire signing off, I will see you next week. I have Instagram and I like using FaceTime. I use the Notes app a lot because I love writing things. Like today, my blog. I like the photo app and I use the Spotify app for music and podcasts. I use the Calendar app and the Voice note app. I like going on the Internet app and I like going on messages and text messages, as it helps to keep me connected. Ben 2 I’m sure that everyone here has a favourite app or an app that is used the most. Today in our blogs we are talking about our favourite apps or our most used apps. Do we all know what an app is though? I’ll tell you anyway. An app is short for application. We all have used an app at some point even if you don’t used technology a lot. In my own words I would explain an app as those little squares or icons that we tap or click on to play games, message others or just make life easier. You find them on your smartphone, tablet or iPad. I also asked Google just for fun (also an app) and it said an app is a software program designed to perform a specific task or provide a service. I think my favourite app is Google. Actually I know my favourite app is Google. If you weren’t already aware I am a super curious person with an endless thirst for information. If I don’t know something I like to find the answer so that I can learn. It’s important to me that If I don’t know something I can find answers almost immediately. Google can be a life saver if I need to go somewhere and am not sure of the address, I like to be able to know where I’m going and be confident that it’s the correct place. I can even use Google to find books which is both fabulous and dangerous. I probably don’t need anymore books and I will have no room for more books eventually. Google helps me with so much and I never have to be left wondering or confused. My Google app just brings me joy! What is your favourite app or apps? Let us now in the comments if you would like to. Your friend, Shan. What is my favourite apps on my phone or iPad? My favourite app on my phone is Messenger kids and Spotify. I like to message my sister Kaitlyn and my brother Jayden. It makes me happy to message them. I like to play music on my phone. I like to sing and dance to the songs. I like to take photos on my phone and look at them. My favourite app on my iPad is Netflix. I like to watch movies and TV shows. My favourite TV show is Secret's of summer. That's what I'm watching right now! Goodbye from Ronalda. P.S My blog may look a little smaller this week, but that’s because I typed it all out by myself instead of Sheridan typing it for me. This is awesome for me!!! Everyone has Apps on their phones or iPad, but what are the favourite apps people use? I’m a sucker for doom scrolling so, I love Apps like TikTok, Pinterest, and Instagram. I love saving reels and sending reels for later. I’ve got a few different saved collections for different things, for example, art I would like to do, Things to do, documentaries and topics that I would like to research on. Instagram is great for sending funny or interesting reels to my friends that I think they would like. I also love Spotify which is a music, podcasting and audiobooks app. I'm not a big fan of listening to people talk but the music side is great. You can create your own playlist with your own music, sometimes I think my playlist is a bit bi polar, but I’m all for it. The streaming apps I love on the iPad because I can have it close to me so I can hear it and see it. But YouTube is a iPad and phone app. Games apps, funny situation, I download apps but I get bored of them quick so I delete them, then download others, kind of like a cycle. At the moment I’m playing pocket sort and colour block run. Those are all of my favourite apps. Haley. Dear readers, today's topic is what's your favourite app on your phone. I have many apps on my phone and my favourite ones are Temu, Shein, Facebook and Instagram. I also play games called Makeup Stylist games, Duolingo games and Happy Colour games. Let me tell you about Temu, this is such a good app where I can buy almost anything on it ranging from gorgeous outfits to stunning jewellery to go with my outfits. Now let's talk about SHEIN. I find that SHEIN has better quality clothing and a much larger range in jewellery compared to Temu. My poor bank account is working overtime with all the orders. Once every now and then I get onto my game app, which takes me away from spending money, which makes mum happy. Has this happened to you readers? Let us know in the comments below we would love to hear from you. This is the money queen Beth signing off until the next adventures. Dear readers this weeks 's topic is what are your favourite apps and why. Let me start telling you about what are my favourite apps. I have a long list of apps that are my favourite and that I use is Pinterest, Snapchat, Instagram, Venue which is a game, Monopoly go, Spotify, Netflix, Stan, Disney plus and Youtube music. Pinterest is good when I need inspiration for hair, nails, outfits and tattoos and I use it every day. Spotify and YouTube music I use to listen to music like pop songs, Eminem and calming and relaxing music. I use Netflix, Stan and Disney plus to watch my movies. I use Instagram and Snapchat to take photos, to watch videos and message my best friend Dayna. I also play two games called Venue where you get to design different venues and me and Dayna like to play Monopoly together. Readers, I have a question. What are your favourite apps and why? Written by Charlotte My favourite app is Instagram it is my favourite app to make and keep my eye on my favourite bands and new songs from Ice Nine Kills. Also, I love Collingwood and Melbourne Storm. I met Jamie Elliot. I follow Anthem Entertainment and I follow Destroy all Lives to make sure I get to see all my favourite heavy metal bands like I prevail and Lorna shore. I follow lots of followers and am following lots of people too like Ice Nine Kills, Umbrella Support, Melbourne Storm, Collingwood, Anthem Entertainment, Destroy all Lives, Horror news, Slaughter to prevail, the walking dead, Metallica, call of duty, Comic con, Knotfest Australia, marvel, IT welcome to derry, Slipknot and my other programs. I am following lots of actors, my favourite is Bill Skarsgård, Jensen Ackles, Gustaf Skarsgård, Alexander Skarsgård and James Marsters. Also these guys love the same heavy metal bands as me. I got the YouTube app to uploading videos from my animation to make sure everyone can see my animations. Also I watch my animations, they are so funny. I have the Spotify app and I listen to the heavy music with my mum and we listen in the car. I just love Ice nine kills, Slipknot, Metallica, Slaughter to prevail, Vended, Lorna shore, I prevail, Shadow of intent and Whitechapel they all are the greatest bands. I have the Collingwood app to make sure to keep the on eye on them to see the round and the byes, which mean a weak off. I have the AFL app to make sure to keep an eye on the ladder we are 9th on the ladder which is not too bad. I got the Melbourne storm app to make sure to keep the on eye on them and to see the round and the weak off. I have the NRL app to make sure to keep my eye on the ladder. We are 11th on the ladder which sucks. I use to played The Simpsons Tapped Out but it has been shut down which also sucks. I played the Walking Dead survivors game it was good fun to play and I got lots of building and kill off the zombies. I got the Ice Nine Kills app to look at their quiz and the music videos. Lastly I got the PlayStation app to looking at my trophies and to get the platform. I means to get the all the trophies my brother helped me to get the trophies and we got the platform too. My favourite app is Instagram. Sometimes I like to post on my Instagram account. I enjoy posting quotes, childhood cartoons, Disney, Snoopy, food that I like, and holiday photos. On Instagram, I also like looking at people’s collection of photos and videos. There are lots of adults who still enjoy collecting cute things like stickers, colouring books, and soft toys. Sometimes I feel envious when I see people on Instagram. I see some people taking their children to Disneyland, even when their children are only three or four years old. I did not go overseas when I was that age. I also see children receiving gifts on their birthdays or Christmas and eating at McDonald’s. However, my dad reminded me that people on social media usually share the good moments. We do not always see the difficult parts of their lives. I also have Facebook. It was very popular when I was at school. I still check Facebook sometimes, and I sometimes post things on the Umbrella Support group page. These days, many Indonesian content creators and celebrities use Instagram more often. Another app I like is WhatsApp. Sometimes I chat with my grandma, and sometimes she sends me cute good morning pictures. They always make me happy. I also have my aunt, uncle, and cousin on WhatsApp, but I do not chat with them often because they are busy with their own lives. I usually message them on special occasions. I enjoy sending my family cute stickers on WhatsApp. You can even create your own stickers using photos saved in your gallery. I also love using ChatGPT. It is a smart app that helps me understand things. I ask about words I do not know or ask what people mean when they say certain things. For example, when someone suggests, “You should try this cafe,” I sometimes misunderstand and think they are forcing me. ChatGPT explained that people are usually just giving suggestions. ChatGPT also helps me polish my blogs. I also like the Happy Colour by Number app. You can play it anywhere. For example, if you are sitting at a cafe and feel bored, you can play the game to keep yourself entertained. However, there are some negative things about the app. It has advertisements, and some colouring pages can be tricky. Sometimes I cannot find where a certain number is, so I use the clue. Before the clue appears, I have to watch an advertisement first. The Happy Colour app also has Disney colouring pages. I love Disney, but I think it would be great if they added Sanrio, Snoopy, and more cartoon characters. They also have special occasion colouring pages for events like Easter, Christmas, and birthdays. There are postcards in the colouring app too. Once you finish colouring, you can write a message and send it to someone you choose. There is also a game app that I used to enjoy during my teenage years called “Sally Salon.” I loved that game because you could give customers haircuts and wash their hair. Once the customers were finished, they paid and said thank you. Unfortunately, the game is no longer available, but I used to play it on my iPod touch. Thanks for reading my blog. I always have fun expressing myself through blogging. This is your happy friend, Jacinda.  Can you believe we’re already halfway through 2026? It feels like the year has flown by! The halfway point is the perfect time to pause and reflect on everything that’s happened so far, the memorable moments, the challenges we’ve overcome, the things we’ve learned, and the goals we’re still working towards. Whether 2026 has been full of exciting adventures, unexpected changes, personal achievements, or simple everyday joys, everyone has a story to tell. In this blog we’re looking back on the first six months of the year and sharing what 2026 has meant to us so far.
I have had a great last six months with my family and friends. I joined Umbrella this year, that's made me feel happy and makes me smile every day. l've learnt lots of new cooking skills and I've also learnt how to make coffees. I really enjoy this. I've been working so hard with Sheridan on being brave enough to go on the escalators by myself. Six months ago l used to hold her hand or be too afraid to go down, now I can go without her! I went to Sydney with my family to visit my Aunty and Uncle. We had a great time with them. We often catch up with my relatives and sometimes go to a restaurant to enjoy the good times and make memories. I love it when we go bowling and if I'm lucky, I'll get a strike which makes everyone happy. My sister Kaitlyn and I would find time to go to the movies together. I went with Umbrella to see The Devil wears Prada and loved it. On every second Tuesday of the month, we do dinner with friends where we have dinner and dancing with all my beautiful friends and the support workers. I love going because you get to wear something special. When summer came around we would go to the beach and have a swim and splash each other. It is now winter and we love having warm meals and warm clothes. Good bye from Ronalda. This year has been great and I've had lots of fun. The only down side of this year is that I haven't gone on a holiday yet, but hopefully soon. I would like to go to China and visit the two Disneylands there. This year I've kept myself busy with all my activities. I do crafts on Mondays and Tuesday's, on Wednesday's I make coffee and learn work skills, on Thursday's I do blogging and media and then also dancing at night. On Friday's I enjoy social activities with my group. I also go to the gym on Tuesday's, Wednesday's and Friday's. I have so much fun during the week with my friends and I keep myself busy. I've been to lots of movies this year with Krystle and Steph. My favourite movies I've watched are the Sheep Detective, Toy Story 5, Minions, Michael, Zootopia 2 and Hoppers. I'm looking forward to Moana the live action version coming out soon! I watched Anastasia the musical and Juliet and it was amazing! I love them both so much. This year has been amazing, can't wait for the second half. This is Claire signing off, see you next week. We are 6 months into 2026. In January I actually can’t remember too much of it, but in February I went to Cairns with my best friend Sabrina and her Aunty. That was an adventure in itself, Sabrina lost her boarding pass, also on the way home, and because of the Timezone differences we almost missed our flights home. Funny now but it wasn’t funny then but now it is. Also when we got to the airport to her car, her poor car battery had died, we waited almost two hours for a car company, that was fun, not! March, April and May were just staying home and did some local road trips. We went to Cape Shank, also known as Pines picnic area, where we usually go each year for my Nanna’s birthday. I went to the movies a few times the first movie was Avatar, then Wicked 2, the latest was Toy Story 5 and Obsession. I have recently been to a place near Bright with no internet or phone reception at all. I went with my friends Sabrina and Shane, it was a great holiday. We met up with Shane’s friend Tony. What is upcoming for the rest of 2026 is still unknown but I’m excited for what may happen. My mum and dad are going away soon, so I’ll be able to house sit and in October I’m looking after Diego the devil cat for five days. I hope everyone had a great first half of 2026 and looking forward to the next half. Haley. Every weekend I got out with my friends and have fun, I can’t wait for my friends are having a baby. We will need to wait and see later this year, but there will be five kids, and I will be an Uncle for them all, oh lord, too much for me. TJ. This year I have been making my 3D animation from my other program. I am so clever and I post it on YouTube to make sure everyone can see my animation. They are funny and hilarious. I am making the new episode from the Villager show. The episode is called Anger Management and it is going to be funny. We watched the Collingwood game for every week, we just watched Collingwood against Richmond and we won the game, GO PIES. We watched Melbourne Storm against Sea Eagles but we lost the game, and it sucks. I have been to so many concerts from my favourite heavy metal bands and Knotfest, my favourite band in concert is Ice Nine Kills, Slaughter to Iprevail, Slipknot, Vended, Lorna Shore, I prevail, Metallica and next week we have Gaerea. I’m looking forward to wait to see it. I looking to see the Evil Dead Burn movie, it is supposed to be good. I looking forward to seeing the horror movie from my other program too. I am working on this. This is Korey signing off and wish you a good day. I would like to invite you, our loyal readers and biggest supporters to join us in a reflection of the events of the last six months of 2026. Honestly it has either gone far too quick or I missed a few months. It would be just like me to take a nap and sleep through half the year. All jokes aside I think there have been a few memorable moments that have brought joy. Let’s get to it my friends. Just a quick note I do talk about my friends children in this blog however I haven’t used their names as I wasn’t able to get permission from their parents in time. So I have referred to them as my unofficial niece and nephew. My unofficial niece (best friends daughter) turned one and I couldn’t believe that she has turned one so quickly. Her birthday party was the absolute cutest and I think that she had the best time living her absolute best life. My unofficial nephew, (different best friends child) also turned one and he also turned one far too quickly. He had a very big party with lots of love and celebration also. Kids grow up so fast and I’m so grateful to be a part of their lives. Even more grateful to share in those important milestones of life. I had many adventures over this time but the most anticipated was my adventure to Sydney to see the Lion King Musical! It was absolutely amazing and I had the best time of my life. I don’t think people understand how much seeing the Lion King Musical meant to me. I honestly didn’t expect to feel as many feelings as I did about it. Go see the Lion King Musical if you can, it is absolutely the best and the most beautiful experience I have ever had. With a few exceptions. I think it’s probably best I end this blog here or I’ll need a publisher. Thank you so much for reading our blogs and being such wonderful supports of our literary talents. Your friend, Shan. Today we are blogging about looking back at what happened in 2026. I have done a variety of things this year. I have been a busy bee with handmade groups, working at Woolworths, blogging, shopping with my parents, watching cartoons, colouring, and much more. In January, my grandma from Indonesia came to Australia for a holiday. I remember we went to Pancake Parlour on New Year's Day. We were supposed to go to Bingsoo, but it was closed for New Year, so we rescheduled it for another day. In February, my family and I celebrated Lunar New Year. We stayed at home, ate noodles and fish, and drank soft drinks. Mum and I also went to a Lunar New Year celebration at my church, although it was held in a hall. There was a lot of noise because many people attended. We did not stay for very long. We watched the performances, had something to eat, and then went home. Even though it was noisy, I still had a good time because a lady from our church encouraged us to come. In March, I saw lots of videos and photos of my uncle and his family travelling in Japan, where they met my brother. I also started coming to Bridgewater to do blogging with my friends. Last year I always blogged at home, but now I alternate between blogging at home one week and onsite the next week. It can be noisy when I blog onsite, but I keep writing and stay focused. In April, one of Dad's friends from Jakarta visited Australia. Dad had dinner with him in the city. He has known my family for a long time. We had pizza for dinner at home, and my favourite flavour was Aussie. I also had a lovely Easter. Dad did not cook anything special because there were only three of us at home, but I received some lovely digital cards. My aunt sent me a Winnie the Pooh Happy Easter card, and my friend sent me a cute bunny juggling Easter eggs. At the end of April, I went on a short getaway to the city. I enjoyed lots of delicious food. I ate rice and crispy pork at Roast Garden Restaurant, had ice cream from Godiva, enjoyed Indonesian food, and treated myself to a Kogepan mug, which is a cute bread character from Japan, as well as some stickers. At the beginning of May, Dad had some time off work and cooked at home. I especially enjoyed his macaroni and fries because they were very yummy. After Mother's Day, we had KFC for dinner. I love the Wicked Wings and chips. I usually eat KFC with rice because that is very common in Indonesia. In June, I continued with my regular activities. Mum and I watched Toy Story 5, and I really enjoyed it because I love children's movies. I also went out for lunch with my parents at Rosebud. We ate Vietnamese food, and I ordered a rice dish because I usually have a favourite meal that I like to order at Asian restaurants. I have not had any big holidays this year. We have mostly enjoyed local trips instead. Dad usually plans our holidays. It would be wonderful to travel overseas every year, but that depends on our family budget and plans. How has your 2026 been so far? Thanks for reading. This is Princess Jacinda signing off. Hi friends, how are you? Today's topic is the year I had in 2026 and I have chosen to write about my mum's engagement and if they will have a wedding my mum got engaged to her partner Brendon on mothers day I got to help him choose the ring without my mum and siblings and nan and grandad knowing he got down on one knee and proposed to my mum. we had to wait so long because it was too big so the ring kept going back and forth so many times! This year I got my braces on. I have changed the colour twice on my braces. The first colour was purple, the second colour was purple and pink and now I have purple and teal. I have gotten my hair cut at the hairdressers and hair coloured blonde, caramel and purple and I have had it curled as well. I always feel happy once it's done. This year once a month on every second Tuesdays I go to dinner with friends in the evening and in the morning of that day I go to Balla Balla community centre and make scones for the morning tea. We have a band come and play and sing and we dance to the music it's the best time ever, it is called morning melodies. The last six months have been filled with so much love and happiness, I hope the next six months will be just as good. Thank you for reading my blog let us know what you think and if you have any blogging topics let us know in the comments below, we would love to hear from you readers. This is blogging princess Beth signing off until next blogging adventures. What I did this year in 2026 is I did my presentation for Down Syndrome Australia. On Thursdays I like doing long blogs at Umbrella Support. This year I've started talking to someone from Western Australia. I am also bringing out unicorn merchandise this year and also doing some interviews with Umbrella Support for my podcast. Ben2  Today's blog is a choose your own adventure!
Today I'm going to blog about dancing! I love dancing, I do dance classes Thursday nights with my friends. At dance class we learn lots of moves to different songs. At the moment I'm learning a dance to High School Musical. I've learnt some dance moves so far and I'll learn more tonight! I like learning new moves because I'm very good at remembering them, I like to show my friends at Umbrella. I have lots of fun dancing. I like dancing to music by ABBA and all the Disney music. My favourite Disney music to dance to is from Tangled and Encanto. After dancing I go out for dinner, I like going to different places for dinner such as Hungry Jacks. I have done dancing my whole life and I make sure I can dance on all the cruises I go on too. I really hope I can go to Shanghai Disney soon, I keep thinking about it and hope to really soon. They have different characters, different rides and different dance moves in the shows. I can't wait one day to go. I love coming to blogging on Thursday's. It is fun and I get to see all my Umbrella friends. I get to write with help and tell the readers all about me and what I love to do. This week, my dancing. Thank you, Claire. I have discovered that with the weather we are having it is the perfect climate for wild mushrooms and fungus to grow. When I first found clusters of white mushrooms, I thought it would only be those and then that would be it for a while. This was not at all the case. I have seen many different varieties of wild mushrooms and they are super interesting, weird and wonderful. I like to observe things in my garden, especially the things that were uninvited and I never thought would become part of our garden. I don’t touch wild mushrooms because that would be an unwise and unsafe choice. I’m always happy to just observe and admire from a distance. I have the same rule for other plants and creatures also. Unless I know for sure that they are safe, it’s very important to know what you are picking up or touching and staying safe. Plus not all creatures want to be touched which is understandable and I’m happy to respect that. Respect isn’t just for humans, everyone and everything deserves to be respected. I don’t know the names of all the mushrooms and fungi except for magic mushrooms. There are some mushrooms found in parks rather than our garden and I think it is very important that they be left alone. They can be of the red and white variety which were best to be left alone. To find out more about why that is I suggest you ask Google and maybe put your thoughts about mushrooms in the comments. Others I have seen and come across are brown mushrooms, orange fungus, brown fungus, upside down looking mushrooms, pink and white mushrooms and many hard to describe mushrooms. Have a look in your garden and see what you find! Thank you for reading my brain dump on mushrooms and fungus, it’s not a topic I’m super knowledgeable about but I’m excited to see them in the garden and parks. Your friend, Shan. Last week we went to see the band I Prevail with the support bands Imminence and Invent Animate it was awesome and I was so knackered and my favourite song for I prevail is Violent Nature. I just yell out to my favourite song and it was so great. They also did a cover song of Metallica, Sad But True and this is so good. On the weekend I almost finished my animation and on Monday I finally finished off my animation the episode called The Divorce and this is going to be hilarious. I just uploaded the video on YouTube. On the weekend we watched the Collingwood game against Port Adelaide and we won the game, Jordan de Goey got three goals because he is the good Collingwood player and I love him, Nick Daicos got the first goal and I heard about the new Collingwood player, he's name is Sam and he got the first goal of his first game, but he is the Collingwood player and Scott Pendlebury he's not playing at the moment. He is injured and a great player. I watched Melbourne Storm against Raiders and we won the game, Cameron Munster has played 250 games for Melbourne Storm, he's so strong and he's the greatest Melbourne Storm player and I love him too. Korey. Dear readers, this week's topic is a choose your own adventure. Let me start by telling you about my holiday which I'm so excited about because I'll get to spend time with my parents which will be good. My parents are always working very hard and come home from work late. What are some things that I’m looking forward to? I’m looking forward to snorkelling, swimming in the pool, going to a family friends’ wedding and whatever other activities my mum has organised and we hopefully will get to do horse riding. When am I leaving? I'm leaving soon but I'm feeling so anxious and stressed out because we haven't packed yet. However, my nails and hair are done for the wedding and I look so pretty. Readers I have a question: Do you have any holidays planned or any weddings planned for this year or the future? Written by Charlotte. I like to make stories up about things. I’ve got rainbow lorikeets in my front yard, I’ve named three of them, the leader Pablo, the silly one is called Lee-Roy and the third one is called Basil. We have a bird bath and a tray hanging from the tree. They have been in the tree for a while now. I took a photo of them all on the bird bath yesterday, and it looked like they were in a bird meeting, so I made up a little story about it. So Pablo, started the meeting with a question “Where are we at with the mission of pooping on the neighbours car?” Basil replied “The plan is half done, if we didn’t have Lee Roy, the mission would’ve been completed, but he keeps missing the car.” Pablo yells, “LeeRoy, what is this about, why can’t you do one simple task?” LeeRoy climbs down from the tree but misjudged how close he was to the ground, he slid down so fast he fell off the tree and hit his head on the ground and saw stars. Then he replied “I’m sorry boss, I get nervous and I start pooping before I reach the car” Pablo walks up to LeeRoy, smacks LeeRoy over the head, and again LeeRoy saw stars around his head. The meeting ended and Basil and LeeRoy flew away and Pablo just sat on the bird bath, with another new bird (not sure of her name yet) they had a bit of a peck on the beak and Pablo flew away. Another two birds of a different kind flew down, took the female bird hostage and flew away with her. The next day I’m guessing Pablo held a meeting again with Basil and LeeRoy to help get his girlfriend back. Stay tuned for the next chapter. Haley. Dear readers, how are you? Today’s topic is a choose your own adventure. I have chosen to write a story called The Secret in the Royal Castle. Chapter One. Once upon a time, in a bright kingdom wrapped in golden light, there stood a great royal castle where King Leo and Queen Cleo ruled kindly over their family. Inside the castle lived the Prince, the Princess and the youngest little one who was full of energy and questions. The castle was usually loud in the happiest way, footsteps echoing through hallways, laughter bouncing off stone walls and doors always opening and closing like the castle itself was breathing. But then something started to feel different. Queen Cleo wasn't quite the same. She smiled more softly, she rested more often and sometimes she would pause in the middle of a sentence like she was listening to something no one else could hear. Princess Lulu noticed first. One afternoon, walking through the castle gardens, she asked Queen Cleo why do you keep holding your hands like that? Queen Cleo smiled gently and looked away for a moment, "just thinking" she said, but the Princess felt it wasn't just thinking. Something was coming… Stay tuned for the next exciting chapters. Let us know what you are thinking in the comments below and would you like to hear the next breathtaking chapters? I love story writing and sharing stories with you all. This is Beth with the wild imagination signing off until the next chapter. Today we're going to do something fun! I'm going to tell you this or that. Choosing a snack. Apple or cookie? Cookie! Choose an outfit. Wear a dress or sunglasses and a hat? I'd wear a dress! Choose your favourite pet. Cat or dog? Dog! I have a pet dog. Movies or music? Music! I love dancing to music! Choose an activity. Go outside for a picnic or stay inside and do arts and crafts? Outside for a picnic! Choose where to go. Movies or bowling? Movies! To watch new movies. Zoo or the aquarium? Zoo! I'd like to see the animals. Beach or park? Beach! I like the sand and the water. What colour. Blue or green? Green. Go explore space or explore the deep ocean? Explore space! Now tell me what you prefer? Good bye from Ronalda! My blog is all about me! Hi, I'm Dayna. I am good at art, I am good at tracing off my laptop and I’m good at painting. When I was in school I entered a self portrait into an art show and I came first! I love being an aunty, I have nine nieces and nephews. I love looking after them and they make me feel happy and proud. I love spending time with my family. I live with my beautiful mum and my dog Rosie, she is a toy poodle. I love listening to music, I like country music best. My favourite colours are purple and pink and I like spending time with my best friend Charlotte. Charlotte and I watch movies and do face masks, we like making cookies and having dance parties. We sit and talk and play games on each others phones and take pictures together and cuddle each other’s dogs. That’s everything. Written by Dayna. On Tuesday, I went to the Melbourne Novotel to do a talk about digital champions for work. My friends came to support me and we had a buffet for lunch. They had lots of food there to choose from. And I like my Down Syndrome Australia job. I also did my merchandise store. We have got more unicorn things now, and my dad allowed me to do some markets this year. Ben2. This time I am blogging about things that I collect. When I was little, I had many cute stationery items. I remember having a Pikachu stationery set that came in a box with a transparent window. I also had two pencil sets, one Hello Kitty and one Hamtaro. I remember the Hamtaro pencils were in pastel colours like baby pink, baby yellow, purple, and aqua. I loved them! I also had many stickers when I was little, mostly from Kumon. I did not get the whole sticker sheets. Usually, the teachers cut out the stickers and put them in a container so the children could choose their favourites. Mum also bought me lots of stickers and kept them in plastic pockets. They had cute designs such as Sanrio, Disney Princesses, Piglet, beaches, and colourful stars. When I was small, I also had many cute dinnerware items. I remember having Barbie and Winnie the Pooh bowls when I was in kindergarten. I also had Snoopy and Cinderella bowls, and I still keep them. When I got a bit older, I started using plates instead of bowls. I had Snoopy, Winnie the Pooh, and Barbie plates. I still have my Snoopy plate today. I also had cute cutlery when I was little, including Winnie the Pooh, Snoopy, and Powerpuff Girls sets. I also collect my childhood photos. Mum brought all of my childhood photo albums with her. Back then, things were different because there were no smartphones. Photos were printed and placed in albums. These days, parents often use smartphones to take pictures of their children and share them on social media or through private messages. I sometimes miss being a little girl, but I can still enjoy cute things like Disney, Snoopy, and Hello Kitty just like I did when I was younger. I still like stickers as an adult. Now I buy stickers with my own money. I usually place them in my journal or on greeting cards. Sometimes we make cards in the handmade group. One time, I made a birthday card for Carol. I also still enjoy collecting cute dinnerware, even as an adult. I have lots of cute cutlery sets, some from Miniso and some from Japan. Have any of you been to Japan? I also have two Disney plates, one Minnie Mouse and one Winnie the Pooh. I have a Winnie the Pooh bowl as well, and I also have an otter bowl that I bought at the Shimane Aquarium in Japan. I love my Super Mario plush collection. I like collecting Super Mario character plush toys because they are quite rare. As many of you know, Cheep Cheep is my favourite because he is very cute. I have different sizes of Cheep Cheep plush toys, including two small ones, medium sized ones, and giant ones. Do you have any plush toys? If you do, are they characters or regular stuffed animals? Please share in the comments. Collecting things has no age limit. I know a content creator who has children but still enjoys collecting cute things like squishies. Thanks for reading my blog. Have a wonderful week. This is Princess Jacinda signing off.  Having something to look forward to can make life more exciting and give us a positive focus each day. Whether it’s a holiday, a special event, learning something new, or reaching a personal goal, these moments can bring us happiness and motivation. It’s also important to celebrate the things our friends are looking forward to, not just our own plans. Being happy for others and sharing in their excitement helps build strong friendships and reminds us that good things are even better when we can enjoy them together.
There are big and small events I’m looking forward too, tomorrow, I’m going to see Toy Story 5 in Gold class. It’s one of my favourite kids movies. All of my events are only little but I’m still looking forward to them. My friends Sabrina and Shane brought me a bed for their place which is so kind of them to do that. And we are going for a little getaway at the end of June somewhere near Bright which also will be amazing, going for four days. Poor Diego will have to stay in the Cattery. Then in October I’ll be looking after Diego while they go visit Ned, one of our friends. So I’m excited for them to go up there. I’m also excited for my other friend’s baby shower on Sunday which will be amazing. So you don’t just have to be excited for your own events, your own achievements, you can be excited for the people around you too. Haley. What I am looking forward to. I am always happy and I know I have lots of things to look forward to. I am looking forward to another holiday one day soon. I like Disney and I love a Disney cruise. So I am looking forward to my next one, the next Disney holiday I hope is to Shanghai. I hope to see the Disney palace, and the different Chinese Disney characters. All the Disney Parks do it a little differently. I am looking forward to Saturday soon to see Toy Story 5, and I can't wait because it has been on Krystles movie list for two years. There are lots of movies I am looking forward to like the next Frozen movie, She-Rah superhero movie, live action Moana and the new Spiderman movie. Thank you for reading my blog, Claire. Hi friends, how are you all today? Today’s blog topic is something to look forward to now or in the future. My mum's partner Brendon, on Mothers Day, proposed to my mum, and got down on one knee and asked her to marry him. My mum was so happy and said “yes”. We are so excited for both of them. I got to help him choose the ring without Nan and Grandad and my family knowing. We celebrated by having a lovely dinner at home with all the family around the table. It was such a happy occasion and to see my mum and Brendon so happy. They haven't set a date yet but it will be in the future. I am hoping that I will be asked to be in the wedding party, but either way I get a new outfit for the wedding of the year. My makeup will be done and I’ll have fabulous new shoes, also having my hair styled. Not only will I look like a princess, but I’ll feel very special. This is Beth with love and happiness in my heart, knowing the future ahead is looking bright. Signing off until my next blog. I’m looking forward to seeing new movies. I want to see the live-action Moana movie that comes out in July. I also want to see Toy Story 5 when it comes out because my favourite Disney character is Jessie from Toy Story. I’m really excited for Frozen 3, but that doesn’t come out until late next year, so I have something to look forward to for a long time. I also want to watch Inside Out. It’s something I can watch at home on the weekend, which is nice to look forward to. If I like the first movie, there’s a second one to watch too! I would also like to watch Sofia the First, Tangled, The Little Mermaid, and Descendants. I’m looking forward to my birthday in August! I get to see all my family and friends. I get birthday cake and presents, and my family sings Happy Birthday to me. I’m also excited because my friend Alice is coming to make coffees with me on Fridays, do cooking with me on Tuesdays, and come out into the community with Sheridan and me. I’m excited to show Alice my cooking skills and show her that I can use the escalators all by myself! Goodbye from Ronalda. Tonight I looking forward to seeing I Prevail with two support bands, Imminence and Invent Animate at John Cain Arena. This is going to be awesome seeing these bands, I will be knacked tomorrow. In July I’m looking forward to seeing Gaerea, also they are a metal band and I can’t wait to see them. I cant wait to see the movie Evil Dead Burn, it is going to be so good. In September I looking forward to seeing Ice Nine Kills with the bands Electric Callboy and Coldrain. Electric Callboy is going to be terrible but we will just leave. I have another night to look forward to in October I looking forward to seeing Lorna Shore with Whitechapel and Acacia Strain at John Cain again, it is going to be very heavy night. Korey. What am I looking forward to? I am looking forward to my talk about digital champions through Down Syndrome, Australia, I get to talk in the city. Down Syndrome Australia has told all the people who do digital champion it is going to be extended for a bit longer. I am happy about this. I'm also looking forward to my friend coming home from Queensland. She comes back from Queensland on Sunday and I'm looking forward to that. Ben2. Do you have something to look forward to? When this topic was chosen, I was unsure what to write because life has been quite ordinary for me at the moment. There is a movie coming to the cinemas, Toy Story 5, and I am looking forward to watching it with my mum because she is my movie buddy. Dad will drop us off and pick us up afterwards. We usually go to the movies on Tuesday nights because Mum and Dad work during the day. I am looking forward to eating popcorn and drinking soft drinks while enjoying the movie. My parents' anniversary is in September. We usually do something fun together. During the lockdowns, we celebrated at home and had an ice cream cake from Wendy's. At that time, we were a big family at home with Mum, Dad, my brother, my grandparents, and me. My parents are still unsure what they will do this year because September is still a long way away. I do not think we will go on a fancy holiday, maybe just a local trip. Last year, we stayed in the city for two nights, and I remember doing my blog there because I was blogging online at that time. I am also looking forward to going on another big holiday overseas, although I do not know when that will be because Dad usually plans our holidays. Last year, we went to Indonesia. It was hot and tiring, and Dad said he would like to visit again one day but without doing too many outdoor activities because of the heat. I have not been back to Jakarta, where I used to live. I would love to see the area where I grew up because there have been many changes. My friend's mother told me there is now a McDonald's there. When I lived there, there was only a minimarket and Dunkin' Donuts. I also look forward to seeing my overseas relatives again. I am not a big fan of loud gatherings, but I love spending time with my relatives because they live far away in Indonesia while I live in Australia. I have many cousins on my mum's side, but one cousin talks to me often. She sometimes sends me messages and digital stickers on special occasions, so it would be lovely to see her in person again. I am also excited about visiting countries I have never been to before. I do not have a dream destination at the moment, but I enjoy travelling. Sometimes travelling can be challenging because I can get jet lag and my sleep is not always smooth when I am in a different place. My grandma from my mum's side might visit at the end of the year. I have learned to deal with little changes, like not having the house to myself on my days off. I enjoy staying home alone because it is quiet, but when Grandma visits, the house can become noisier because she likes chatting with her friends. However, it is only temporary, and it is something to be grateful for. I might ask her to bring me some long summer pyjamas because I do not like wearing shorts when I sleep. She might also bring lots of Indonesian crackers, which I would enjoy. Thank you for reading. This is Comfort Queen Jacinda signing off. Dear readers, this topic is something that you are looking forward to. Let me start by telling you about what I'm looking forward to. I'm looking forward to going on holiday to Fiji soon and I'm feeling so excited because I'm not just going on holiday but I'm also going to a wedding, as one of our family friends is getting married in Fiji. I'm so excited to be going on my holiday for another reason as well because this is my first International family holiday in years. Some interesting historical facts that I researched on the internet about Fiji is that the majority of Fiji's islands were formed through volcanic activity starting 150 million years ago. There is still geothermic activity on the islands of Vanua Levu and Taveuni. Fiji was settled first by the Lapita people sometime between 1,500- 1,000 BC. Europeans visited Fiji from the 17th century, and it became a British colony in 1874. In 1970 Fiji became an independent nation. 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