2026 So far...

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.
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