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08.00 a.m.
I woke up!! It’s still early, and I can hear uncle Jack making some coffee. Coffee smells really bad, I don’t like it. Uncle Jack says it tastes kinda like chocolate, but it really doesn’t. It tastes like poop. Uncle Jack always asks me how I know what poop tastes like, he’s really mean! I just know!!
Today I’m gonna go say hi to the survivors! Uncle Hastur says that it’s not good to visit them so often, but I don’t care! They are nice. Uncle Jack always prepares toast for breakfast, so I’m gonna eat and then I’m gonna go and play! I wonder if we have orange juice.
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09.00 a.m.
I made it! There’s a small hole in the tall wall outside, a hole only I can fit through. Everyone else is too big!! I wonder if they have eaten yet, I wanna go play hide and seek..
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09.30 a.m.
I found Wick!! He was wagging his tail a lot when I saw him, and wiggled over to lick my fingers. He’s such a cute puppy I like him so much! I once tried to take him to our side, but Big bro Victor got really sad and cried.. he said I could come play with Wick but not take him away because he too likes Wick a lot.. I didn’t want to make him sad.
I’ll throw bones to Wick! It’s funny when he fetches them.
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10.00 a.m.
Boo! Everyone was really surprised to see me this early in the morning. Big bro Aesop spilled coffee on his lap and let out a really funny sounding yelp! Big bro Jose laughed really loud and knocked his sandwich off the table too. Big sis Patty was really angry, hehee! Big sis Fiona just giggled and gave me a piece of her toast. It had jam on it, it was sooo yummy!
Big sis Emily and Melly promised to bake cookies with me! I’m gonna put chocolate in them, and take some back home with me. I think Auntie Mary liked cookies.
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10.30 a.m.
I’m covered in white powder! Big sis Emily calls it flour. It tastes bad! I asked Big sis Melly how she can see through that thing on her head. She asked how I can see through mine. I didn’t get it?
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11.00 a.m.
The cookies are ready and they taste soooo good. I went to give them to everyone when I saw THAT! In one corner of the hallway Big bro Norton and Mikey were KISSING!! I ran to them and smacked Big bro Norton on his butt and he let out a really funny cry! Me and Big bro Mikey laughed really loud.
I asked them why they were kissing and Big bro Norton said it’s adult stuff. That’s a really stupid reason. I asked again and Big bro Mikey said that it’s because he likes Big bro Norton. I like him too, I want kisses too! I gave them cookies and Big bro Mikey kissed me on my cheek as a thank you! It made Big bro Norton look a little upset, I wonder why? Maybe next time I’ll get a kiss from him too! I really like them, they are nice.
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11.30 a.m.
Uncle Murro let me ride his boar!! He really let me do it! It was so much fun, it ran so fast. It even jumped over some obstacles and I got to feed him apples! He’s so cute, now I want a pet too.. we are now snacking on some cookies and apples. Uncle Murro said that the boar liked me too. That makes me really happy. I like uncle Murro and his boar too.
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12.30 p.m.
Big bro Will is the greatest! He let me ride on his shoulders!! We ran around the mansion when we suddenly bumped into Big bro Eli and Naib. At first Big bro Eli scolded us but when Big bro Naib suddenly lifted him on his shoulders too he just let out a shriek! It was really loud and spooked even me! He clung onto Big bro Naib like crazy and his cheeks were really red.
Big bro Naib is really small, but he’s really strong! He kept Big bro Eli steady on his shoulders, and then we wrestled, us against them. I took Big bro Eli’s hands and tried to push him off, but it was really difficult. I didn’t want to hurt his cute owl that was sitting on his shoulder.
But me and Big bro Will won, obviously. Nobody is stronger than us, we were super tall too! It was really funny to look at Big bro Eli stomping away looking really red in the face. Big bro Naib’s cheeks were really, really red too, but it was probably from carrying Big bro Eli. Big bro Will said they should stop dancing around each other. I wonder what that means?
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12.35 p.m.
Big sis Demi gave me a juice box!! I really like her.
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01.00 p.m.
It’s lunch time!! I was getting really hungry. I ate lunch with Uncle Servais and Big sis Martha. It was really yummy, and they said Big sis Vera and Fiona had made it! They were busy with something so they couldn’t join us, which makes me kind of sad. Maybe I’ll see them later today so I can thank them! Whenever I visit, they leave carrots out of the food, and it makes me happy.
Uncle Servais gave me a new storybook too! I think I’ll ask Auntie Michiko to read it to me as a bedtime story. Uncle Servais’ books always have a lot of difficult words in them.
And next time I’ll tell Big sis Vera to put more potatoes in the soup, potatoes are really good.
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02.00 p.m.
Hi, Luca here. We found little Robbie tuckered out and sleeping on a lounge chair, so we took him with us to sleep in my room. He’s now sleeping with Victor and Andrew, snuggled rather comfortably between the two. We weren’t planning to nap but when Andrew laid Robbie on the bed he took such a tight hold of him and didn’t let go, forcing Andrew down with him. He started to panic and Victor laid down to calm Andrew. Now all three are comfortably asleep and I’m writing this entry for you, Robbie.
It’s really great how you’re keeping a diary Robbie. We’re really proud how quickly you learned to read and write. Let’s read lots of books together, okay? Now make room for me too, won’t you? I’m starting to get sleepy watching you three just sleep it away!
OKAY BIG BRO LUCA!! Thank you for writing this for me, I really liked to nap with you!
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03.00. p.m.
HIDE AND SEEK!! Big sis Tracy and Big bros Kurt, Jose and Kevin invited me to play hide and seek! It was so much fun. Big sis Helena took time on how long it took us to find everyone. For some reason, we couldn’t find Big bro Kurt. He’s really good at hiding!
It was really funny when Big bro Kevin was the one searching. Everytime he found someone he used his lasso to get them. I was hiding behind a door and he walked to the other side of the room and pulled me to his shoulder from there! It was so much fun!! Big bro Jose giggled a lot too when he was found, maybe he is ticklish!
Big sis Tracy let her robot carry me around. It’s really fun!
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04.00 p.m.
Big sis Patty came to tell me that I needed to go back home. I was really sad but then she gave me a big hug and said that they must miss me on the other side too. She said they couldn’t have me all to themselves. It made me happy when she hugged me.
I said bye bye to everyone and went back home. They said they are gonna miss me. I still had some cookies and apples with me, so I think I’ll share them!
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05.00 p.m.
When I got home Uncle Leo asked me where I had been. I told him where, and he said that next time I had to take something with me! He said it was a gift for Emma. I said okay!
I told him and Auntie Ann what I had been doing and gave them cookies. Auntie Ann let her kitty nibble on one cookie a bit, it looked really happy! I’m getting hungry now.
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06.00 p.m.
It’s dinner time!! Grandpa Burke and Uncle Joseph made some food for us all. They aren’t good cooks and I don’t like their food, it’s icky. Grandpa Burke puts too many carrots in his food and Uncle Joseph burns the food really often, but it’s okay because he’s learning.
I ate only the potatoes and meat, and gave Bonbon the rest. He just opened his mouth and poured my food down the hole! His eyes then lit up, it was so cool! Robots are so cool. I gotta ask Big sis Tracy if her robot can do that too.
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07.00 p.m.
Uncle Luchino asked me how my day had been. I told him how Big bro Will had lifted me on his shoulders and we had been so high up because he’s sooo tall! Uncle Luchino then lifted me up by my trousers and put me on his shoulders.
WE WERE EVEN HIGHER UP!!!
We then ran outside, where he started jumping up super high! We leapt and jumped and hopped and it was so SO COOL but it made my stomach feel bad.. When I got down Uncle Joseph scolded Uncle Luchino for taking me jumping right after dinner. I defended him and Uncle Joseph smiled at us. He then said he wanted to take a picture of us! After I felt a bit better Uncle Luchino picked me up again and we got our picture taken!!
Uncle Joseph says it’ll take some time to develop, but he promised to show it to me when it was ready. He’s really nice.
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08.30 p.m.
I took the storybook Big bro Servais gave to me and showed it to Auntie Mary and Auntie Michiko! They promised to read it to me!
They are reading it right now! It’s really funny how they hold hands while Auntie Mary reads to me. I asked why they do it, and they said that it’s because they like each other. I want to hold hands too! I asked them why aren’t they holding hands with me too, don’t they like me? They said it’s different kind of like, and I asked if it’s the same kind of like as Big bro Norton and Mikey. I told them I saw them kissing, and asked if Aunties kissed too, and they DID IT!! They kissed!! It was funny, and they said I’d understand when I got older.
That’s stupid, I want to be older already. They laughed and gave me kisses too. I guess it’s okay.
I like my Aunties, they look really happy when they’re together. They said it’s time for me to sleep now.
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11.00 p.m.
It’s past my bedtime!!! I’m being sneaky with Grandpa Antonio! We built a pillow fort in my room and we’re making shadow puppets. Grandpa Antonio is the master of shadow puppets with his hair, he can make anything! I asked him to make a horse, and he made it move and gallop. Then I asked him to make a big flower! The leaves on the flower moved, and made it look almost real.
I asked him to make a juniper tree. It was super pretty, and he made it really tall. Tall enough for me to be under it.
The melody Grandpa Antonio plays is really pretty. It’s soft, and gentle and kinda.. warm too..
11.15 p.m.
Good Night little Robbie. I wish that your day was pleasant, and I hope the adventures you had continue in your dreams. Now rest, our sweet child, under this one juniper tree where nothing bad will happen to you.
Your ‘Grandfather’ Antonio