THIS *IS* MY INSIDE VOICE (September 18, 2008)

I'M BRADEN. I'M 7.

I HAD THE COOLEST PARTY EVER. I HAD MY FRIENDS THERE AND WE HAD CAKE AND I GOT TONNES OF PRESENTS.

I WISH I HAD A NICKNAME. BUT I DON'T. I WANT TO BE CALLED "BRAD" BUT MOM SAYS NO WAY. NO FAIR MAN.

I LIKE TO SHOW OFF. MOM SAYS I OVER DO IT, BUT I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO SEE ME IN ACTION ALL THE TIME.

SOMETIMES IT'S HARD BEING ME. MOMMY SAYS I TALK LOUD ALL THE TIME AND IS ALWAYS SAYING "USE YOUR INSIDE VOICE!!" I *AM*!!! SIGH. SHE ALSO SAYS I TALK REALLY FAST. BUT SHE DOES TOO, SO THERE!!

GRADE ONE WAS WAS KINDA HARD. I DON'T KNOW WHY THOUGH. IT WAS KINDA TENSE. BUT I LOVED KINDERGARTEN AND I REALLY LOVE GRADE 2.

SOMETIMES I GET SOOOO EXCITED ABOUT ONE THING, AND JUST WHEN I'M GETTING REALLY INTO IT, SOMEONE, EITHER A TEACHER OR MOMMY OR WHOEVER, MAKES ME STOP AND DO SOMETHING ELSE.

I JUST LEARNED HOW TO RIDE A 2 WHEELER. AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY. NOW I'M A RIDING FOOL. I LOVE BEING ON MY BIKE IT'S THE COOLEST THING EVER!

THIS SUMMER MOMMY AND DAD (SOMETIMES I CALL HIM AARON, OTHER TIMES I CALL HIM DAD) TOOK MY SISTER AND I HIKING. LOTS AND LOTS OF HIKING ON MOUNTAINS. I LOVED IT SOO MUCH. DAD SAYS FOR NEXT SUMMER HE'S GOING TO BUY A WHOLE BUNCH OF HIKING EQUIPMENT SO WE CAN BE "REAL HIKERS". I CAN'T WAIT!!

MY SISTER CAN BE SUCH A PAIN. SHE YELLS AT ME WHEN I'VE DONE NOTHING WRONG. SHE'S ONLY 2 THOUGH. I SHARE WITH HER SO MUCH. IT MAKES MOMMY'S HEART HAPPY WHEN KENZIE AND I DO NICE THINGS FOR EACH OTHER WHEN SHE HASN'T ASKED US TOO. I KNOW THIS CUZ SHE TOLD ME. I LIKE MAKING MOMMY'S HEART HAPPY.

SOMETIMES I DO SILLY THINGS THAT I KNOW I'LL GET IN TROUBLE FOR. I DON'T KNOW WHY I DO IT. I FEEL BAD AFTER CUZ IT MAKES MOMMY REALLY UPSET WHEN I DONT LISTEN TO HER THE FIRST TIME.

THEN MOMMY SAYS EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES, AND I WONDER IF ITS OKAY TO DO THOSE SILLY THINGS ANYWAYS? BEING SEVEN IS REALLY HARD SOMETIMES!

AH, MAN!! I GOTTA GO. KENZIE IS RIPPING MY SCHOOL DAY PLANNER AND THROWING MY LEGO'S IN THE TOILET! MACKENZIE!! STOOOPPPPPP!!!!!!