London souvenirs, Instagram grid

In June I went on a trip to London with Mummy and Nanny Mand to go and see Frozen in the West End.

We saw so much that day. We went to the Queen's Castle, to the London Eye and Big Ben. We also saw an insect that we’d never seen before, it was black and looked like a scorpion and we saw horses that pooped.

Mummy went to Downing Street but I didn’t go to see Boris because I went to the toilet with Nanny Mand.

Frozen programe

Mummy and me LOVE to go and see shows.

We’ve seen Matilda and Beauty and the Beast. We love panto and go every year to the Hippodrome or Sutton Town Hall. We’ve seen Cinderella, Aladdin, Jack and the Beanstalk, Alice and Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz.

Frozen in London was my favourite show… it was very snowy. We were sat in the middle of the balcony. But, it was at the end of the long day in London so I fell asleep 15 minutes towards the end.

Well… I know what happens.

Certificates, ballet shoes, makeup

I just dance to any music.

Five days a week I go to dance classes. I do ballet, tap, modern and acro, tumbling, commercial, lots.

Dance certificates and exam certificates… I have like 150.

My first ever dance competition was in Nottingham, there was a car crash on the motorway so we were stuck in traffic. Mummy and I did my makeup on the motorway in the back of the car.

We were meant to get there at 8 but we got there at 12. We came first in the two dances I did. I love to dance.

CD, perfume, drawing of Jade, video of me at Little Mix concert

I’m a BIG Little Mix fan. My favourite is Jade, and my favourite song is Wings.

I went to their concert on 21st April this year, after a two year wait. It was very loud. I was up dancing because I like their music and I like to dance. I know their routines to Shout Out to My Ex, Sweet Melody and Confetti because I learnt them off YouTube.

I like to move because I’m a fidgeter.

Little Mix tell you to be positive and stand up for yourself (Woman Like Me). I listen to them every day when I get home from school.

Perfume bottles

I have a bit of an obsession with perfumes. I just love the smell.

I was bought 12 for my birthday this year and I wear them everywhere.

In August I made my own perfume bottles using glitter and stencils.

If I created my own perfume, Leila's perfume brand would smell of ‘beauty’.

The ingredients would be:

• Roses

• Fairy dust (smells like air)

• Snakes (snakes smell slithery)

Two dresses, two certificates, two candles

I was baptised on the 27th August. So was my Mummy. We were baptised together.

Afterwards we went for a meal with two of my nannies, my aunties, my cousins, my uncle and our doggy Rocco. Our meal was at Sutton Park Hotel. I had nuggets and Mummy had a mixed grill.

Mummy is kind and helpful and loving. She helps me clean my room. I’m messy.

I used to be on school dinners but now I’m on packed lunches. I like it because Mum makes the sandwiches I like or want on that day. She’s my personal maid.

Reconstruction of COVID germ made over lockdown

If I could change one thing about the world I would change COVID. I’d make it stop.

I still went to school in lockdown because Mum is a key worker. We didn’t do school, we just played and ate. Lockdown was hard and Mummy was working.

I spent most of the time with Nanny Mand and Roxy the dog who died in December of cancer. We weren’t allowed to play with everyone. We had to be in a bubble of only like five children. So, at lunch times I didn’t get to play with my best friends.

We all had our own pencils.

We learnt dance routines on Zoom calls for a while which was a bit hard because the internet would play up.

School books, school uniform, sewing projects

Since 2021 I have been at Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Primary School.

My favourite lesson is Maths because I like adding. I also like English and do storytelling, usually about dogs. English I’m still not good at, but I try.

My school has a church, and lots more classrooms than my old school. It also has two playgrounds, but my old school just had one.

I like learning at school. I’m learning how to sew and I like it because when I am older I can help people with sewing.

Music score, recorder

I want to be a teacher when I’m older because I like helping people.

My teachers at the moment are Miss Malins and Miss Whitehouse.

Our teacher plays the piano and is a music teacher.

She doesn’t get angry. After five times, she might.

She says keep trying and you’ll get there.

I used to struggle and hate maths and have to copy my friends. But I kept trying and now I can. Now that I’m good at it, my friends copy me.

Now, I’ve got good at maths.

Drawings, map, photographs

In the past few years I have moved a lot. I’ve moved house, I’ve moved school, I’ve moved dance school. I’ve learnt the dance moves to Little Mix songs.

House: In 2020 we moved from Kingstanding to Stechford because Mummy wanted to move out of the area we were in and make a new start.

School: In 2021 I moved school. I was nervous on my first day because I didn’t know what to expect, but it was OK. I just had to adjust to Catholic school routines.

Dance School: Last Saturday, I went to my first class at Stagecoach. Before I was at En Pointe Dance Academy. Before I went I was nervous and excited. I’m looking forward to making new friends and made a couple last Saturday.

Necklace, birthday cards, sash, photographs

I have very good friends from my old school, Lola, Harper and Amelia.

I still keep in touch with them and we ring each other. We play Roblox together on my iPhone 11. It’s a bunch of games and you chat to your friends. You can take pictures of the game if you want to.

My old friends were my friends from nursery to half of Year 2. I’m in Year 3 now. It means a lot, because they’ve been with me forever.

Lola and Harper came to my birthday party on 1st September. We went to Star City and did the arcade, bowling, mini golf and had Pizza Hut and ice cream.