Nigel Drummond (Saturday, October 4)

On Saturday night it was my Grandma's birthday. We had a cake with a bunch of candles.

I asked Grandma how old she is but she wouldn't tell me. Daddy said I could figure it out because I know how old he is and if I asked Grandma how old she was when she had Daddy, I could use addition to find out.

Grandma said she was four when she had Daddy.



I didn't understand why everyone thought that was funny until Mommy explained that Grandma was pretending to be younger then she is for a joke.

I still didn't really get the joke, but Neville said he thought it was funny, so I laughed.

Mommy and Daddy got Grandma an exercise bicycle for her birthday.



I wouldn't like to get an exercise bicycle for my birthday but Grandma liked it. She says if she rides the bike that she will be able to play basketball better. Grandma likes to play sports better than any old lady I know. Everyone in my whole family likes sports except me.

I went to bed and had a funny dream that I was playing in our yard and there was a unicorn there!



I wanted to keep dreaming about the unicorn but I dreamed instead that I had to pee and then I woke up and I really did have to pee.



I was glad I woke up in time this time!

I remembered that the toilet in my bathroom is broke so I went to use Neville's.



When I went past the stairs, I heard the grownups talking in the family room. Mommy always says it's not nice to eavesdrop but they were talking about me so I did eavesdrop. And I peeked over the banister and looked at them, too.



They were talking about Sophia Baldwin who is a mean girl at my old school. She used to pick on me all the time and make me cry. She picked on Neville, too, but he didn't cry except one time.

Mommy said that Sophia might start going to Jarman Academy which is my new school. Daddy and Grandma kept saying for her not to worry.

Since Mommy said she wouldn't be worried, I thought that I should not worry, either, but I did.