Nov 1, 2015

Dear Diary,

The fall festival was awesome! Last night was so spooky too. We put all those fake cobwebs all over the multipurpose room and it looked kind of stupid in the daytime, but last night with the weird lights on and everything it was just creepy. And the scariest part was we kept hearing wolves howl! They sounded really close too. Some of the grownups there looked scared too, but Aunt Emily said that there was nothing to worry about and to remember that the wolf is a friend to our tribe. I won a prize for my costume but Becky got first place. Her costume was really good. She was a venus flytrap. It must have taken her ages to make it. I don't care about not winning though. Jason Turner said that I made a good witch. He kept smiling at me all night.

Quil never did show up. I thought he might because he always ends up places, but I guess he had to stay at work.

Love,

Claire


Nov 16, 2015

Dear Diary,

It's my birthday again! I'm 11 years old today and I guess that you are 1 year old. I didn't write in you too much this year. Maybe some better stuff will happen this year and I'll have more to write about.

Mom gave me a birthday party yesterday here at the house. since today was a school day. All my friends from school came and Aunt Emily and Uncle Sam and baby Billy and Quil came too. We had a lot of people in our house, but for once in my life it wasn't raining so we could be outside some too. I got a lot of books for presents and some drawing paper too. I asked Mom if I could have a bonfire on the beach for my next birthday, but she said that has to wait until I'm 13.

Love,

Claire


Nov 30, 2015

Dear Diary,

I have a lot of homework all the time now. It sucks. I hate current events.

Love,

Claire


Dec 26, 2015

Dear Diary,

I haven't been able to write you much. They have a big test that we're supposed to take at school this spring and so they give us homework all the time to make sure we're ready for it. Something about making sure we're at the same level as the school in town. I went there before I came to the rez school and I think the rez school is harder.

Yesterday was Christmas. It was a really good day. Aunt Emily cooked a lot of really good food and everyone came over here since our living room is bigger. Dad got me and Sarah new coats, which is kind of a boring gift, but they're really nice. The inside is soft enough to sleep in. Mom gave me a new art set. I guess that's why she gave me drawing paper for my birthday. It's really nice and has chalks, pencils, oil pastels, and water color pencils in it. She must have told Quil because he gave me a big bunch of water color paper. It's thicker so it doesn't get ruined when it gets wet. I'll have to make pictures for everyone now.

Love,

Claire


Jan 1, 2016

Dear Diary,

Happy New Year again! Sarah was really mad last night because Mom and Dad wouldn't let her go to a party. They said that she can't stay out until Midnight until she's older. They said that you have to be 13 to stay out until Midnight on New Years. That made her really mad because she'll be 13 in a month. That means that I'll be able to go out to a party in 2 years!

Quil came over again and we made our own party again. Aunt Emily sent over popcorn balls and we ate some but ended up pretending that they were snowballs and having a snowball fight in the living room. It took forever to clean that up, but it made Sarah come out of her room. She was still mad though and sat on the couch a lot instead of dancing. She wouldn't kiss Quil's cheek either but he told me that I have plenty of luck for him. I think she was mad because she wanted to kiss a boy at a real party. I asked Quil why he didn't go to a party and really kiss a lady and he just laughed. He's weird.

Love,

Claire