Halloween Party!

HelloOOooOOo! Happy Halloween! It took a LOT of begging, but mum let me have a Halloween party, which is great because Halloween isn't really a big thing where I live. I wouldn't have even dressed up otherwise! Can you guess who I am? It's a bit of a stretch because it was so last minute, but I'll tell you at the end of the post!

My room is fairly small, so mum let me have the party in the living room, but I didn't think it looked spooky enough, so I ran to grab some decorations and set them down on the coffee table.

I started off putting some pop-up ghosts by the fireplace ...

...as well as some hiding behind the sofa; ...

...I placed a glittery spider web on the mantel, ... 

...hung up a "TRICK OR TREAT" banner ...

...and finished with a smattering of hand drawn bats across the back wall.

Just then, I heard a knock at the door and I rushed to the kitchen to get the snacks before anyone arrived.

I baked some last minute double dark chocolate chip cookies this morning, I didn't have any other snacks so hopefully my friends would enjoy them.

The second I placed down the cookies I heard someone walk into the room behind me, it was Olive! Or should I say, it was a pink frosted doughnut!

Olive's costume was perfect for her, lovely and sweet! I told her this and she laughed, she complemented my decorating skills (especially my banner) in return.

We were so busy trying to out-compliment each other that we didn't hear Ottile arrive, she snuck up behind us and shouted "Raah!"

Olive jumped behind me as Otto giggled and apologised. She said she guessed she should be saying "Hoot" instead of "Raah" seeing as...

...she came dressed as an owl! I loved her costume, it suited her very much.

I left my two friends as they debated whether owls say "Hoot" or "Twit-Twoo" so I could run up to my room and grab my laptop. Once I was back we all sat down on the couch to watch a movie.

I wanted to do a whole movie marathon but mum wouldn't let the girls sleep over and didn't want them getting home too late, so one movie would have to do and then the party would have to end. Nevertheless, I'd say it was a very successful Halloween!

BOO! Uh... I mean bye! Hehe, by the way, I was Molly McIntire the American Girl doll!

Belated Birthday Surprise!

Heyo! You'll never guess what I found out at school today! Apparently, Otto's birthday was over the summer; she even had a huge party! Olive and I didn't get to go because we were both on holiday. I was so upset that I missed it, but I was even more upset that I didn't get to give Ottile a present.

So, I came up with a plan! I had Olive meet me after school and told her my plan...

...then we got some supplies...

...and taa daaa! We did some drawings for her! The walls in her bedroom are very bare, so I thought she'd love to have something to hang up.

 

We walked the distance to Otto's house and her mother let us in. I made sure that we were both super quiet and then I pushed open the door and yelled "surprise!"

Ottile looked up from her book in shock, "Hey guys!", she said giggling nervously.

We explained that we were sorry we both missed her birthday, so we drew her some pictures to decorate her room.

"Oh," She said "I actually got a poster for my birthday, so my walls aren't bare anymore!"

"Uhh, we didn't know that." said Olive looking at me with worried eyes and flushed cheeks. Ottile laughed, "No worries!" she reassured taking the gifts and sticking them up next to her bookshelf.

She stepped back, "What do you think?" 

Olive smiled and I told her they looked perfect. "Thank you so much guys!" She said, pulling us all in to a group hug.

Happy (belated) Birthday Otto! Bye guys!

Stories With Friends

Telling stories with good friends,

Bound to be fun with no end.

Spooky stories, curses, ghosts,

Rich families make a toast

To a group of brave young souls,

Who fought against the evil trolls.

Unicorns and creatures great,

"Girls, time to go home, it's late."

Our story isn't finished yet,

But there's no need to get upset.

Even though you have to go,

The tale continues, tomorrow.

Bye!

Olive the Brave!

Hello peoples!

When I first told Olive about Ottile and her pets, she was terrified and despite countless lunchtimes of arguing about it, she kept her stance that lizards are "slimy and gross". In fact, the only way I could get her to go to Ottile's house in the first place was by promising her she didn't have to go in the half of the room that Toby's vivarium was in! Anyway, today I managed to get Olive to finally agree to meet Toby.

I could tell she was regretting it when I had to practically push her up the stairs to Otto's room, but there was no going back for her now! As always, Otto was super happy to see us, you can tell she loves taking every opportunity to show people her awesome pets.

I think everything was going too fast for poor Olive though, as straight away, Otto picked up Toby and held him for Olive to see....

...causing her to leap as far as she could away from him!

I could see this wasn't going to work, so Otto set Toby down and I decided we should try to reassure Olive first instead.

Ottile even handed over her fact book about reptiles, as she thought Olive might be more comfortable after reading some facts about them.

And after some convincing...

She did it! She held Toby!

Afterwards she even told me that she was wrong, and that lizards aren't slimy at all!

Bye bye my brave readers!

Helping Out

Bonjour friends! I heard that Otto's mum wasn't feeling well today, so poor Otto had to take care of her pets without any help! I decided to head over and see if there was anything that I could do to help. The second she saw me at the door she grabbed me by the hand and led me upstairs.

She told me that I was lucky, the only thing left to do was clean out Lentil's hutch. Otto put Lentil up and out of the way on her bed and (once she saw my surprised face) smiled and reassured me that she would tell me exactly what I needed to do.

She sat down on the floor and I sat next to her, we apparently needed to check if any of the bedding was dirty and replace any if it was. I helped Otto check through the bedding, hoping I wouldn't have to touch any rabbit poop. Gross!

Ottile must have read my mind, she threw a handful of the stuff at me and laughed playfully, telling me that I was lucky yet again and that it was all clean.

Then she got up and asked me to put all the bedding back in the hutch whilst she went to wash out Lentil's water bottle.

I did as I was told, picking up every last bit of bedding and putting it back where it belonged. Otto had already had a busy day, I didn't want her to have to sweep up her bedroom floor as well!

Otto returned, placed the now full bottle back in it's holder and picked up Lentil's food off the side, placing that in the hutch too. All done!

Otto sighed and said that she was exhausted. As I got up to leave I jokingly told her she should have a nap, she quipped back that she might just do that, and waved me off.

Always remember to help a friend in need.
Bye buddies!

Olly meets Otto

Hey dudes! I brought Olive over to meet Ottile today (after promising to Olive that the bearded dragon wouldn't hurt her), I really hoped that they would get along. Ottile was super enthusiastic, which worried me a bit because Olive is so shy. 

I was right to be worried though, once I introduced them  Olive clearly didn't know what to say.

I was just about to say something to break the silence, when Olive pointed to Otto's bookshelf and asked her which one was her favourite. Woo! Go Olive!

And that was it, within minutes they were chatting away, recommending and reviewing books to each other. I was so proud of Olive for overcoming her shyness!

I sat on the floor, listening to them chat, adding in where I could and playing with Lentil. I'm so happy they get along, here's to friendship!

Later!