Hi!
We just got back from Melbourne - which is sort of at the bottom of Australia. I'm sick of driving! We were driving all day and then went to a hotel - and then the next day we kept driving! We drove on The Great Ocean Road which is beautiful - and we saw the Twelve Apostles which are rocks off the coast - standing out in the ocean. Cool. We saw about 50 Koalas in the wild, it was pretty awesome :-) We went to the city of Melbourne and I liked China Town. It was pretty cool with its own Chinese Target Store. Then we went to Philip Island near Melbourne. We watched penguins coming in from the beach at night, they were very small and funny. Next we went to a place called the Entrance. There was a 90 mile beach! We played on the dunes and in the tall grasses, so cool cause noone could find each other. On the last day of our trip we saw whales out in the ocean - from the balcony of our hotel. We watched them squirting water and flapping their tails. It was pretty cool, really cool.
I enjoyed our holiday - how are you guys doing? Sorry I haven't written in a while, I've been pretty busy. I've got to go, Bye,
Love,
Isabella
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Friday, July 27, 2007
Grandma & me (& Elijah).
Here we are on the tram coming down from Taronga Zoo. It is an amazing view of the city of Sydney skyline. We had a great time at the Zoo.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
summer finally!
Wednesday, 14 February 2007
summer finally
It's finally summer! Imiss you soooooooooooooooooooo much! How you going?, oops I mean How are you doin?
It's been a couple of busy months. Sorry I haven't written for a while. I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I had a lot of fun because my cousin Madeleine (I miss you!) and my Aunt, Uncle and Grandma all came to visit me. After having a great time visiting the sights in Sydney we flew to Adelaide in Southern Australia and then took a Ferry to Kangaroo Island. My favorite part of the trip was seeing dolphins gliding in the water next to the Ferry. They looked kind of blue with a stripe on their back. We also saw Fairy penguins, the littlest species of penguins in the world. They were very very cute with blue on their backs to the start of their belly and white on them. The beaches were so beautiful. I saw koalas and kangaroos (they were taking the food right off the table while we were having a picnic!) We saw sea lions and seals and something called echidnas (a-kid-na) that look like little porcupines with a pointy nose - sort of like hedgehogs!
We're back to school now - I'm finally in Year 3! I have a really nice teacher this year , her name is Mrs. Sifko. I have a nice class and one of my really good friends named Kristin is in my class. Junior School is really really fun because you have a bigger classroom.
Sorry I have to go, I miss you!
Bye,
Isabella
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Monday, 4 December 2006
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summer finally
It's finally summer! Imiss you soooooooooooooooooooo much! How you going?, oops I mean How are you doin?
It's been a couple of busy months. Sorry I haven't written for a while. I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I had a lot of fun because my cousin Madeleine (I miss you!) and my Aunt, Uncle and Grandma all came to visit me. After having a great time visiting the sights in Sydney we flew to Adelaide in Southern Australia and then took a Ferry to Kangaroo Island. My favorite part of the trip was seeing dolphins gliding in the water next to the Ferry. They looked kind of blue with a stripe on their back. We also saw Fairy penguins, the littlest species of penguins in the world. They were very very cute with blue on their backs to the start of their belly and white on them. The beaches were so beautiful. I saw koalas and kangaroos (they were taking the food right off the table while we were having a picnic!) We saw sea lions and seals and something called echidnas (a-kid-na) that look like little porcupines with a pointy nose - sort of like hedgehogs!
We're back to school now - I'm finally in Year 3! I have a really nice teacher this year , her name is Mrs. Sifko. I have a nice class and one of my really good friends named Kristin is in my class. Junior School is really really fun because you have a bigger classroom.
Sorry I have to go, I miss you!
Bye,
Isabella
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Monday, 4 December 2006
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Last day of Prep School
Last day of Prep School
Today was my last day of school. I had a half day instead of a full day and we gave out little parcels such as a lot of candy canes, chocolates and Christmas cards. I am finally in Year 3! At our school Year 3 is the Junior School so I will be on a different part of the campus and have a different playground and everything. I can even eat school lunch in Year 3 - in Prep school you always have to bring your lunch. I don't have to wear the red apron over my uniform and the red hat with the ear flaps when I go outside! The Junior school girls wear ball caps for P.E.
Here I have a pool and I went swimming in it today. It's summer here.
Last week I got a trophy for Best Gymnast in Prep School. It's really cool. I had my first gymnastics meet last week - I did well I got 3rd all-around 2nd on Beam, 2nd on Vault, 3rd on Bars and 4th on Floor. It was fun.
Bye for now,
Love, Isabella
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Tuesday, 14 November 2006
Today was my last day of school. I had a half day instead of a full day and we gave out little parcels such as a lot of candy canes, chocolates and Christmas cards. I am finally in Year 3! At our school Year 3 is the Junior School so I will be on a different part of the campus and have a different playground and everything. I can even eat school lunch in Year 3 - in Prep school you always have to bring your lunch. I don't have to wear the red apron over my uniform and the red hat with the ear flaps when I go outside! The Junior school girls wear ball caps for P.E.
Here I have a pool and I went swimming in it today. It's summer here.
Last week I got a trophy for Best Gymnast in Prep School. It's really cool. I had my first gymnastics meet last week - I did well I got 3rd all-around 2nd on Beam, 2nd on Vault, 3rd on Bars and 4th on Floor. It was fun.
Bye for now,
Love, Isabella
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Tuesday, 14 November 2006
Grasshopper Girl
Grasshopper Girl
Today I had a little play at school and I had the part of the Grasshopper Girl. and by the way I'm sorry I didn't say this but "HI"- I miss you all so much. My play was about a grasshopper who sang away the summer days and ate up all her food, and the ants who worked through the summer heat to store up their food for winter. It was a really fun play that I did during my Speech & Drama class. I get to go to Speech & Drama during lunch and its really fun!
Soon it will be summer vacation here! We get out of school on December 4th and then finally I will be in Year 3! (Third Grade)I will have 2 months off. I can't believe we are going to be in summer for Christmas!
Love,
Isabella ps Can you guys start sending me back letters and I'll respond to them!
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Monday, 16 October 2006
Today I had a little play at school and I had the part of the Grasshopper Girl. and by the way I'm sorry I didn't say this but "HI"- I miss you all so much. My play was about a grasshopper who sang away the summer days and ate up all her food, and the ants who worked through the summer heat to store up their food for winter. It was a really fun play that I did during my Speech & Drama class. I get to go to Speech & Drama during lunch and its really fun!
Soon it will be summer vacation here! We get out of school on December 4th and then finally I will be in Year 3! (Third Grade)I will have 2 months off. I can't believe we are going to be in summer for Christmas!
Love,
Isabella ps Can you guys start sending me back letters and I'll respond to them!
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Monday, 16 October 2006
Spring Holidays
Spring Holidays
I'm on my school holidays - for 2.5 weeks! I went to the Gold Coast (Brisbane) We drove our car (it was 2 days of driving) On the way there we stopped at a few beaches - the sand was really soft, like in Destin, Florida!
My hotel was across the street from a beach so every day we went to the beach. We got Body Surfing Boards - it was fun when we rode the Body Boards in the Ocean. There was this Gelati place across the street that we always went to.
I went to the Croc Hunters Zoo - at the Zoo I kind of got to hold a Koala. I got a good picture. The best thing about that Zoo is the animals are able to walk around the Zoo - like the Kangaroos, you go in and pet them - it is so nice! There was a wombat on a leash getting a walk. The tigers were really cute and there were two trainers in their play yard snuggling with them and playing too. It was a little sad seeing the flowers, stuffed crocodiles and long row of Khaki shirts that people signed in memory of Steve Irwin. His picture is everywhere in the Zoo. The Crocodile Show was very cool! Those crocodiles are big! Have you seen Bindi's commercial yet? She was on Nicolodeon for Kids Choice awards. She was!
We went to Dreamworld - sort of like 6 Flags, there was a Wiggles area that Elijah really liked - he rode in the Big Red Car! It was fun. There were Koalas and Kangaroo petting there also.
We went to a Rain Forest. There were loads of parrots. They came and sat on your hand if you had food. They came and sat on your head and scared you! It was really fun. That was my favorite part of my vacation. On the way home
On the way home we stopped at a place called Byron Bay which is the most Eastern point in Australia, there is a lighthouse - you can see really far - sometimes you can see whales, we didn't see any, but it was pretty.
Tommorrow I start term 4 and get to wear my summer dress!
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Thursday, 14 September 2006
I'm on my school holidays - for 2.5 weeks! I went to the Gold Coast (Brisbane) We drove our car (it was 2 days of driving) On the way there we stopped at a few beaches - the sand was really soft, like in Destin, Florida!
My hotel was across the street from a beach so every day we went to the beach. We got Body Surfing Boards - it was fun when we rode the Body Boards in the Ocean. There was this Gelati place across the street that we always went to.
I went to the Croc Hunters Zoo - at the Zoo I kind of got to hold a Koala. I got a good picture. The best thing about that Zoo is the animals are able to walk around the Zoo - like the Kangaroos, you go in and pet them - it is so nice! There was a wombat on a leash getting a walk. The tigers were really cute and there were two trainers in their play yard snuggling with them and playing too. It was a little sad seeing the flowers, stuffed crocodiles and long row of Khaki shirts that people signed in memory of Steve Irwin. His picture is everywhere in the Zoo. The Crocodile Show was very cool! Those crocodiles are big! Have you seen Bindi's commercial yet? She was on Nicolodeon for Kids Choice awards. She was!
We went to Dreamworld - sort of like 6 Flags, there was a Wiggles area that Elijah really liked - he rode in the Big Red Car! It was fun. There were Koalas and Kangaroo petting there also.
We went to a Rain Forest. There were loads of parrots. They came and sat on your hand if you had food. They came and sat on your head and scared you! It was really fun. That was my favorite part of my vacation. On the way home
On the way home we stopped at a place called Byron Bay which is the most Eastern point in Australia, there is a lighthouse - you can see really far - sometimes you can see whales, we didn't see any, but it was pretty.
Tommorrow I start term 4 and get to wear my summer dress!
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Thursday, 14 September 2006
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