Hi TGs!

I know I say this every month but seriously, I have SO much to tell you. It all started with a surprise delivery in the mail. I wasn’t expecting anything, but got the shock of my life when I opened a letter addressed to me with FIVE TICKETS TO SELENA GOMEZ’S CONCERT inside. Whaaaaaat? Apparently I’d won them in a competition that I totally forgot I’d entered. Obviously I screamed, laughed, cried and danced around the house!



Choosing who to invite was easy. I knew that Catherina and Anissa were both the world’s biggest Selena fans, and that Ash was always up for anything (plus, I really wanted to introduce her to the others). Oh, and then there was mum of course!

The day before I hosted a little crafternoon at my place where the girls came over to make a cute sign to take to the gig! It said “I heart Selena” and was covered in glitter! That night we seriously couldn’t sleep.

The show was ah-maaaaaazing! Selena played all her hits (we sung along to every word) and her outfits were super cute (I think she changed three times). Even mum got up and danced!

The highlight of the show was when Selena totally noticed our sign from the stage! In between “Good For You” and “Same Old Love” she said “shout out to the girl gang with the cool sign!” Life. Made. I honestly don’t know how next month is going to top it. Until then…  



Jessie x

Hi TGs,

 

You know one of the things I LOVE about Term 1 at school?? The school swimming carnival!! It’s just soooo much fun to get everyone together and support your BFFs, and to practice swimming!

 

My school sporting house’s colour is bright BLUE so we ALL wore blue!! I’m not the best at swimming, but I always give it a go anyway for participation points, but I just get SUPER excited cheering on my teammates too!

 

Every year we have a TOTALLY different theme for our house, and this time we decided to embrace the water and go for Under The Sea!! I wore a top with a bubbles print on it – it was AWESOME! AND one of the house captains even wore a dolphin ONESIE! It was totes adorable! Everyone was throwing around inflatable rings throughout the day, so we all had a go at wearing them!

 

So I HAVE to tell you what happened when I was doing the relay race. The relay race is where you have four members of your team, and each person does a lap of the pool – the first team to do all four laps wins!!

 

SO when it was my turn to do the lap, I ACCIDENTALLY dived in waaaay too early and swam half of the pool before I realized! LOL! My team members were shouting at me to come back so I quickly swum back and had to do the lap AGAIN!! It was totes EMBARRASSING, but my teachers were so proud of me for being a good sport that our team got a special award for sportsmanship! Woohoo!

 

Have you guys had a swimming carnival this year? Tell me about your fave part in the comments below!

 

Jessie x

Hi TGs,

 

So I’ve noticed that a couple of you are interested in starting your own blog one day, which is AWESOME!! I was sooo excited to hear that because I LOVE updating you guys with what’s happening in my life, but this time I thought I might share some of my fave tips for blogging with you!

SO, here are some things to do: 

1. Write about something you’re SUPER passionate about! Ok, so for me, it’s my fam, friends and my dog Cotton and kitten Chloe. But for you, it could be ANYTHING, like fashion, arts and crafts or even baking!
2. Post as much as you can! The more often you write, the better you’ll get at it and the more people will read your awesome stories! That's why I love having my regular page in TG each month!
3. Don’t aim to get followers, just blog for fun! I reckon blogging is a really, really awesome way to practice writing, and people will be SO excited to read it if you show how much you love what you’re writing about! So just give it a go!
4. Get your mum or dad’s help with starting your own blog. Defs always ask for permission first TGs! Your parents can help you set up the site, plus they may even have some cool ideas to share. Oh, and one thing to always remember - you’ve gotta be SUPER careful about your privacy on the Internet!
5. BE YOURSELF! This is totes important, coz it’s what will make your blog unique! Write how you like speaking and in your own style - it will give your blog a personality!

 

When I first started blogging, it was mostly just Mum and Holly reading and they were sooo supportive! But now I’ve got all of you awesome readers and I absolutely LOVE keeping up to date with your news and comments. So the main thing to remember TGs is just to keep trying at anything you do, and you will totes succeed in the end!

 

If you had a blog, what would you blog about? Tell me in the comments below!

 

Jessie x

Hi TGs!

OK, so do you know what I love about the end of the holidays and going back to school most? OBVIOUSLY getting to see all my friends and my fave teachers! But I also LOVE getting organised for the new year!

Mum, Holly and I all went shopping together the other day to get our school supplies! I decided to get a 2016 diary so I can put in all my homework and the fun stuff I’m gonna try after school – plus there’s EVEN a section at the back where I can write all my goals!

We’ve totally decided to play a fun game at home too – we made a HUUUGE poster that has a calendar of the year and have colour-coordinated our schedules! Every time Holly, Mum or I finish something we’re proud of, we get to put a BIG gold star sticker on the poster next to our names and at the end of the year, whoever has the most gets to choose their fave restaurant to go to and celebrate together!

PLUS, I just remembered that this year, my school is starting a new program – they’re putting on a school musical!! I’m not the best at singing, but I reckon it could be SO much fun to get involved – maybe as a dancer or even doing behind the scenes stuff! I’m totally gonna try it out!!

But I really wanna know… what are you most excited about for going back to school? Tell me in the comments below!

I’m gonna try and start writing more updates so tell me if you want to hear about anything in particular!

Until next time,

Jessie.

Hi TGs!

 

I am SO excited because it’s finally the HOLIDAAAYYSS!! I’ve been loving all the time off school to hang out with Holly, and spending heaps of time giving Cotton and Chloe belly rubs! It's sooo funny, if you give one of them a pat, the other gets super jealous! Plus I love getting the whole family together for Christmas time!

But I’ve been thinking, I have NO idea what 2016 is going to be like! So 2015 was the best year EVER, and I had so many cool adventures! But what do I want to do next year?

 

I’ve thought about it and this is my list of things I’ve GOT to try in 2016!!

 

1. Playing volleyball – I’ve always reaaally wanted to try it, plus it’s such a cool game to play at the beach! I might see if my friend Angie wants to try it with me…

2. Reading more books. I looove to read and there are so many I haven’t even tried yet!

3. Writing a letter to one of my heroes. I CAN’T decide if I want to send something to a celeb I look up to or someone in my family, but I’ll keep thinking, lol!

4. Going camping with my family. I love getting outside and seeing really cool animals and exploring nature and stuff! So I’m totally gonna try and convince mum and dad to take us!

 

What do you think TGs? Have you thought about anything cool you want to do in 2016? Tell me about it in the comments below!

 

Can’t wait to hear from you all!

 

Jessie x

Hi guys!

 

I came on to write this blog because I ABSOLUTELY had to tell you about this hilarious thing that happened to me today!

 

So, I'm walking home from school with Holly, and there was this super cute dog that was bounding toward us. I was so excited because I love dogs so much! Except he bounded straight past us and around the corner. I wanted to follow him, but Holly said we couldn't because Mum always says we have to walk the exact school path home and not go off anywhere otherwise she won't know where we are. But Holly said we could check just around the corner, like just look - and he was there! 

 

His head was shoved into this bush, and I thought he might be stuck, so I went over to try and pull him out. But I tried and he wouldn't budge! I got a bit worried, and Holly had a turn too and couldn't move him. We were just about to call Mum to see if she knew who we should speak to to come rescue him, when he just popped out on his own and started running little circles around our legs.

 

I had a look in the bush, and there was plenty of open space - and like, 40 tennis balls! Turns out he was hoarding the tennis balls, and when I went to try and "help" him out of the bushes, he was just digging his paws in coz he thought we were trying to steal all his toys!

 

OMG, me and Holly laughed for so long I had to sit down on the pavement for a bit. It was so funny! 

 

Have you ever had a funny story like that happen to you?

 

Love Jessie

Hi TGs!

 

So, I have a school disco next week and I don’t know what to wear! You know how sometimes you look in your wardrobe and there’s just TOO MANY COOL OUTFITS? That’s me right now!

 

Coz it’s my first school disco Mum said she’d take me shopping for a new dress. But I just know I have something perfect already, I’ve just got to dig around and find it. So I said it was OK, and I wanted to wear something I already have. Holly said when she can’t decide what to wear, she invites her friends over for a fashion show to pick what to wear. I thought that sounded soooo fun, so I rang Anissa and my other friend from school Catherine, coz they both love fashion. We turned it into a sleepover and they brought all their maybe outfits too!

I picked out my favourites and put them all on my bed ready to try on. I also got out my speakers to listen to some music while we did the fashion show, and Mum made us popcorn and milkshakes. I tried on like 40 outfits!! I didn’t even know I had that many clothes! I only kept ones in the maybe pile that both Catherine AND Anissa loved.

 

Anissa and Catherine ended up finding one outfit each -  but I’m now down to three dresses and one skirt and top! I have a sparkly gold dress, a pink polka dot dress that spins out when you twirl around,  and a green striped top and skirt that match.

 

So I still need to choose! I thought maybe you guys could help me? Which outfit would you wear to the school disco? Let me know in the comments!

 

Love Jessie

Hi TGs!

 

So I was reading Entertainment Writer Jess’s TG blog the other day (by the way – she’s my name twin!!) and I was so inspired by her Nickelodeon 100 Things To Do Before High School challenge to face her fears. I’m not scared of much, but one thing I am a bit frightened by are sea animals. Don’t get me wrong – I LOVE SWIMMING! But I don’t really love swimming with fish, or – eep! – sea snakes!

 

One time, when my family went on holidays to the Great Barrier Reef, I saw a real live sea snake swim underneath me and I FREAKED OUT! I was so scared guys! Dad said as long as I didn’t bother it, it wouldn’t bother me, but from that day on I was kinda afraid to go snorkeling and stuff like that.

 

Anyway. I told Mum about the challenge and how I wanted to try something with sea animals, and she said how about we go up the coast on the weekend, and I can swim with a dolphin? Her and Dad wanted to do a family weekend away and she said it was a great chance for me to face that fear!

 

So that’s what we did – me and Mum went on a special boat as part of a tour with some other people who also wanted to swim with dolphins, and our tour guide Joe taught us about the dolphins, and how when we got in the water we needed to make funny noises underneath to try and get their attention. He said we couldn't touch these dolphins, but at the end some dolphins like to come up closer to shore and those ones we could pat and get photos with.

 

When I got in the water I couldn’t even see the sand at the bottom! I had a special snorkel on, and I made all the noises Joe told us to make, little “eep” and “bleep” noises. Suddenly I had a bunch of dolphins swimming right underneath me! I could feel my heart pounding but after a bit I stopped being scared and could see how beautiful the dolphins were. It was AMAZING!

 

At the end I felt so confident, I even patted one of the shore dolphins, and Mum took a picture. She said she was so proud of me – I’m so glad I faced my fear! I’m gonna try snorkeling more now!

 

Til next time!

Jessie

Hey TGs!

OMG GUYS today was so good and filled with delicious food!!

 
So yesterday Mum told me that when I got home from school and finished all my homework she’d teach me how to bake! So I raced home from school and did all my homework coz I was so excited.

Anyway when Mum got home from work she kept her promise and we made BROWNIES! Have you ever had a Brownie? It’s like a delicious, gooey, chocolatey little square of cake! WOW just thinking about it is making me hungry! I’m going to go eat one as soon as I finish talking to you guys! Hopefully Holly didn’t eat them all!

 

Ok so the one that Mum showed me how to make only had 6 ingredients in it and we already had them all in the fridge! Which was awesome coz then we didn’t need to go ALL the way to the supermarket. We used butter, cocoa, brown sugar, eggs, flour and chocolate chips.

 

Holly came home from school and she helped Mum do lots of the things that are a bit tricky for me – like using the oven and the microwave. It was fun to hang out just us girls!

 

Anyway Mum turned the oven on for us and we covered the tin in paper to stop it getting stuck, it’s weird that this special paper makes it not stick, but so cool. We melted all the butter and cocoa in the microwave and then I added the brown sugar and I mixed it together. Then when I’d stirred it all up really good we added the eggs and flour and at the very end added the chocolate chips! We had to be really good and not eat them all before we mixed it together. It was SO HARD NOT TO EAT THEM! I just love chocolate a lot guys!

 

Holly put it in the oven and we put the timer on for 40 minutes! The best part was Holly let me lick the spoon and bowl all by myself – SO. MUCH. CHOCOLATE!

 

I had such a nice time with my Mum and sister and then at the end we got to eat brownies before dinnertime. Mum said it was a special treat.

 

What’s your favourite thing to eat? Do you know how to cook it? 

Guys!

 

Guess what! It’s my sister's birthday next week and I cannot think of a present that's just super WOW. She’s turning 15 and really likes hair stuff, magazines, riding on her scooter and animals. I've had some cool ideas but I really need your help on this! I'm gonna write my three coolest ideas here, and then you can either choose one of them or tell me YOUR cool idea. Sound good? Here we go!

 

1. A day at a wildlife park.

Holly really loves all animals, but she SUPER LOVES baby animals. So I thought maybe I get her a pass to a local wildlife park where she can pat baby kangaroos and stuff.

 
2. New scooter wheels

I found these amazing ones that flash lights when they move, and I think she will think they are ADORBS. They’re a bit expensive but Mum said if I really want to get them for her she would pay the extra money.

3. A DIY hair kit

I found this super cool DIY in one of my TG mags where you stick cute stuff to hair clips to make them really pretty and fun. I thought I could do heaps of these in different designs and put them in a pretty box labeled “Holly’s Hair Things”.

 

So these are my ideas. I like them all but I almost like them TOO much and can't decide between them! Let me know in the comments which one is your fave, or if you have an even COOLER idea!

 

Love Jessie x

Hi guys!

 

Brrrr how cold is it now! I finally packed away all my summer clothes and it made me so sad. No more swims at the beach! No taking Cotton for a run after school coz now it’s too dark!

 

But even though there are all these really sad things about winter, I still kinda love it. I mean I DON'T love being cold all the time. But how fun is it when Mum makes you hot chocolate, and you can lie on the couch all rugged up in a blanket watching Disney movies! That’s my favourite thing to do in winter. My kitten Chloe loves to jump on me and nuzzle herself into my neck too when I’m lying on the couch, which makes it even better.

 

Also, this year my Mum and Dad are taking Holly and me to the snow for a week! I've never been to the snow, can you believe it? Mum and Dad don’t really like it, they really love summer and all our holidays before have been to warm places like Fiji and Queensland. But this year Holly begged and begged to go to the snow, and they said yes! I’m really excited because Dad said they have tobogganing, and we get to go to this ski school where they teach you how to snowboard or ski, which sounds really cool. Mum told me we have to borrow all these special snow clothes, like puffy jackets and gloves – I’m gonna take so many funny pictures of me and Holly bundled up like snowmen!

 

We can’t take Cotton and Chloe though, so they are going to a special animal holiday place. Dad showed us pics on the Internet – they get their own special bedrooms! And Cotton has this huge paddock to run around in, he’s gonna have so much fun, even though I’ll be really sad to not see him for a whole week.

 

Have you guys ever been to the snow? What did you think? And what’s your favourite thing about winter? Let me know in the comments!

 

Love Jessie x

Hi TGs!

 

I’m soooo excited for Easter! I loooove chocolate, OMG how good is it?! And it’s like the one day of the year that Mum and Dad let me eat as much chocolate as I want. I eat it for breakfast, lunch AND dinner. I end up feeling really sick but it’s totally worth it.

 

Every Easter morning, I wake up reeeally early coz I want to catch the Easter Bunny hiding my eggs. I’ve never seen him though! I thought I did once when I was with Holly, but she said it was just the wind blowing the jasmine bush and not a white tail bouncing away.

 

The Easter egg hunt is my favourite. The Easter Bunny always finds funny new places to hide eggs! Last year we found one in the washing line peg basket, and one in this hanging pot plant. I don’t even know how he got up that high!

 

I also love the Easter Hat Parade my school does. Everyone has to make a cool hat that uses Easter eggs, and our parents come and we walk in a big circle in the playground to show off our cool designs. I’ve already started making mine with Mum, it’s going to have eggs dangling off ribbons all around the brim! It already looks so cool.

 

What do you love most about Easter? Do you do cool things for school too? Do you have a funny Easter egg hunt story? Let me know in the comments!

 

Love, Jessie

So we just had the BIGGEST storm where I live! It all started on Friday afternoon at school. These big grey clouds were rolling in, and our teacher let us go out and watch at first, but made us come back inside when they got close because she thought it was too dangerous, in case lightning started. Which it did! It was so bright it lit up the whole classroom, and my friend Colin said it must be really close above us, because the thunderclaps happened almost as soon as we saw the lightning. Mum came and picked me and Holly up after school, because it was so rainy. When we got home she had put Cotton in the laundry because he got really spooked by the loud noises, and Chloe our new kitten was in the lounge room so she didn’t get wet. She didn’t care about the thunder though; in fact we think she actually liked it! She stood at the window watching the rain and the lightning, haha!

Sometimes me and my friends paint our nails during a storm too!

Holly loves storms, but I am a bit scared of them. Not TOO scared, but when it’s really close like this storm was, the noise gives me a bit of a fright. Mum said we couldn’t have the TV on until the lightning stopped, because if the lightning hit any power grids in our area it could turn it off suddenly and it might be dangerous if the TV broke. So Holly and me pulled out Scrabble and played that, which was really fun actually because we hadn’t played board games in ages! We were having so much fun we also decided to do a puzzle – how fun are puzzles?! I totally forgot how great they are. Ours has a picture of a basket of cats, and one looked SO MUCH like Chloe! I brought Chloe over to show her, but she didn’t seem very interested, she just stepped all over the puzzle and then ran away to watch the storm again, haha.

 

Do you like storms like Holly? Or are you a bit scared like me. And what do you guys do for fun when you aren’t allowed the TV? Let me know in the comments!

 

Until next time,

 

Jessie x

Hi TGs!

The coolest thing happened today! I was in class and my teacher Miss Daniels said she had an extra special day for us. She took us down to this huuuge tree we have in the school yard, and pointed up to the lowest branch. There was a bird's nest with three of the cutest, tiniest baby birds in it! We had to be really quiet and not get too close so we didn't disturb them. Miss Daniels brought her phone to take photos and said she could send them to our parents if we wanted one. She told us the baby birds were Starlings, and said they were really common in Australia. She told us the reason it’s important not to disturb their nest is because we could upset the babies or their mother when she returned. Then she explained how the mummy bird will go and find food, eat it, and then bring it back up to feed the babies – yuck!

It’s lucky they weren’t magpie babies, coz we got told in school assembly that we have to be careful when we walk around near the trees in summer, coz the magpies can get aggressive, especially if they have babies in the trees. Yikes! I asked Mum if she had ever seen a magpie get angry like that and she said when she was in school, they had to wear an empty ice cream bucket on her head with eyes drawn on the back if they went out of class to run errands, so the magpies didn't swoop the back of their heads! I laughed at this and she did too, it’s pretty silly sounding!

Have you guys ever seen baby birds in their nest? What kind?

 

Love, Jessie x

So the girls and I had the best idea evaaaa! Remember how I cleaned up my room over the school break and organised my wardrobe to look like a rainbow? After that, I had a heap of odd clothes (that I just never wear or have grown out of) sitting in a box my mum labeled 'Throw Out'. When I told the girls at school that I still had the box - which I had actually shoved under my bed and hoped to forget about - we came up with so many great ideas! Catherine suggested that we take it to the local charity. Jane said that we could try and re-use some of the garments to make totes unique, second-hand outfits. I thought they were great ideas so I suggested we give them BOTH a try! 

The girls came over to my house after school on Friday and we set to it! Catherine collected the clothes that would be perfect just as they were and would hopefully be loved by the next lucky wearer. Jane got to sorting through all the other bits and pieces that would be super cool with a little tweaking. She even brought some of her own left-over fabrics her mum saved after their dress-making sessions! It was the best Friday afternoon ever! We had a blast making awesome new outfits. It's amazing what a little imagination (and glitter) can do to an old pair of jeans! We could totes become fashion designers! LOL!

Oh, and before I forget...
Mum drove me to the charity the next morning and we gave them a huge bag of those extra clothes Catherine sorted out. They were so grateful and I felt like we had done a really great deed. Mum agreed and said that it's always the best feeling to help others in need! It was then that I resolved to find ways to do it more often. 

What have you done to help others? I would love to get a couple ideas from fellow TG readers! Let me know in the comments below.

Until next time!
Jessie  xxx

Hi peeps,

Thanks so much for updating me on your holidays! You guys got up to so much fun - visits to the zoo, aquarium, Jenolan Caves, and even a huge family trip to China! WOW! 

Okay, so school is back but I am totes not even sad. I think it's because of the Spring air making me super excited for the hot weather and all the days I can spend with my besties in the sunshine. Just the other day, it was such an amazing day, we all went down to the park. We didn't do much but sat and spoke for at least an hour! We told each other what we did over the hols and even giggled over Jo's totally embarrassing story - it involved a skirt and a very, very, very windy day! LOL 


School's given us this OMTG book that we can't stop reading. At first we thought it was going to be a super boring novel that the teacher would make us read but this one is so good we can't get our noses out the spine! Haha! What are you reading? I'm sure I'll be finishing this story in no time and will be so keen to hear what you guys suggest I read next!


Jessie xoxo

Hi gals!

OMTG it's officially the holidays. There is so much I want to do that the whole time this morning I was constantly running up and down totally undecided about where to start. So mum suggested that I start by making a list. I grabbed my super adorable pink pen with the fluffy ball on top and immediately started scribbling away. On the top of my list was to clean up my bedroom...it's such a mess! And then I got to writing down the best parts - swimming, sleepovers with my besties, watch the new Boxtrolls movie, and of course, grab the awesome new TG mag with 1D on the cover! 

What have you guys got planned for school break? I wanna hear all about it!

Jessie xx

Hi Total Girls,

Thank you to everyone who sent me get well emails when I broke my leg! Luckily, it’s healed up really well and I don’t even have to wear my cast anymore! Having a broken leg gave me lots of time to spend with Holly; she’s such a nice sister. She made sure I didn’t feel left out because I couldn’t run around or go swimming. One day she had a cool idea for when my leg got better. It was to start a dog walking business for our neighbours who have dogs.

What do you guys think? Have you ever has a cool job? Tell me about it in the comments below!

Love,
Jessie x

Hey TGs,

 

I just got told that my cast should be coming off in two weeks! I was so happy to hear it that I almost jumped out of the chair and started dancing in excitement…until I remembered that I couldn’t! LOL

It’s such a weird feeling having this heavy thing on my leg. I’m super frustrated because it makes everything so much harder to do. And now it’s super itchy too! But I’m totes going to miss all the awesome messages my friends drew on my cast. I have to remember to ask mum to take a pic before it comes off.

 

And OMTG! How amazeballs is the new TG mag! It’s like TGHQ read my mind about the sports luxe fashion trend and knew these super cute outfits would work with my cast. Love it!

 

Until next time,

Jessie xx

 

PS. Just made space on my wall for The Collective poster!

Hey girls!

Hope you're not too sad about going back to school! Although I was pretty miserable at times with my broken leg, winter holidays are definitely the best time to stay inside!

Thanks for all your amazing advice. I watched loads of TV and drank hot chocolate, yum. 

Georgia, I made a taste testing game by baking different flavours of cupcakes and muffins with Mum. Cass, Dora and Jane all came over, we put blindfolds on and then tasted slices of each flavour and had to guess!

Even though I baked them, Jane guessed the most correctly, LOL. I should definitely pay more attention to what I'm doing.

This week we went back to school. Mr James is the same as ever, and I'm really noticing how freezing the classrooms are first thing in the morning! My leg hurts the most then, except for when I bump it trying to get around school on crutches.

People have been super helpful, but I still can't wait to get this cast off. I'll never, ever, ever forget to be grateful for how lucky I am to be happy and healthy again!

Love
Jessie xx