Wednesday December 27th

It was very blustery all day to-day. Snowed a little and froze quite hard at night. Frank and I went out first thing and dug the holes for the little trees in the orchard. Then we got in rails for wood before dinner. We had dinner at about eleven as Dad and Enah had to get to a funeral. (Mrs. Thompson). Dick went down and pumped the organ, and Frank & I did Chores. Frank wrote a letter to Aunty {Ruby?}. When Dick came home we went out and played hide & seek in the barn till supper.

Thursday December 28th

It froze very hard last night and there was a cold nor'west wind so we did not get up extra early Dick and I went down town about ten o'clock. I wanted to change a pair of jack boots Dad got for me yesterday and {illegible} but Andrew was not there. We called in and got Cecil McPherson who went over home with Dick and I waited for Aunty.

The boys went back to the gully after dinner and came back with the report that there was a place big enough to skate on. Enah went down soon after dinner and to Cecil with her. We played Hide & seek in the barn all after noon. Dad went down to tea at the McPherson's and is going to a meeting in the town hall to discuss the school question. As Aunty was here to help me I started to draw a picture to-night.

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Friday December 29th

I sawed wood most of the morning. Vyse came over and talked to Dad till nearly noon. I think he wanted Dad to go and get votes for him. Murray Dillon & May Perry spent most of the morning walking up and down the road out here for their health I suppose.

This afternoon Dad had to go to Mrs. Jim Allen's funeral and got back about five. Dick and Frank helped me a little after dinner and then we all went back the gully to skate. We had a fine time skated way up the south creek and I got my feet soaked two or three times. We also had quite a time chasing a poor old muskrat which was under the ice and would have caught him if he hadn't got away.

We came up about four as Frank had to go down and meet Aunty to go to see Mr. Willie Taylor. Dick made chocolate fudge but it didn't get hard. After tea Daddy and Aunty had quite a time convincing Frank that they could make him find {illegible - words caught in page fold} animal magnetism and they did alright. Then he and I drew till bedtime and Aunty read to us. It was a very sunny beautiful day.