By Jeremy Lister
I woke up one day and realised it was my birthday. So I went to the fireplace where Santa normally leaves his presents and I saw a pile of presents just for me. I opened them before school with Nonna, Dan Dan, Mum, Dad and William watching. For my birthday I got some Chess magazines, two history books, and some new safety gear for riding dirt bikes. Then I got ready for school and Mum drove me to school. Every morning I normally buy the local paper but because it was my birthday I got three newspapers. At school everyone asked if it was my birthday because I told them the day before and I was wearing a birthday badge Mum made me wear. Mum brought cupcakes into school for everyone to share and also ice blocks.
In the afternoon Mum took me to the Gremlins for footy practice. It was fantastic. My coach for that afternoon was Mr O’Dea and he is the best coach ever. After footy training we went to the new Indian restaurant in town for dinner. The food was really great. After dinner we went home and had an ice cream cake and some lollies for dessert. I had a great birthday.
*This article is from 22 December 2020, and is being digitised so our readers have access to our entire collection.
