119+15 Weeks

It has been a fairly easy week, although right now I feel like it has been totally harrowing.  I am sitting here with my glass of wine, exhausted, because we have had Carmen for a total of 2.5 hours between picking her up from school and putting her to bed.  Talk about a handful!!

This week Carmen's swimming lessons started again after a 3 week break.  She did very well, but she was still the most energetic and loud student in the class, despite the fact that I had taken her 25 minutes early for a swim.  While the other kids are patiently standing on the ledge and holding on to the side, Carmen is jumping up and down, splashing and squealing in delight, as I apologise to all of the other parents for having "that" child.  She just LOVES being in the pool, and she is swimming very well, but Jeffrey took her to Narrawallee Inlet (which is basically a big lake), and she hated it!  This summer is not looking very good for us!  She better get over her fear of natural waterways :(

After swimming I took her to the St Mary's School fete where she went on a jumping castle for the first time (loved it!!), and decorated her own cupcake - see pictures below.  We have also taken three trips up to the farm to see Aunty Georgia and the cousins, as they have a new puppy, and that's where Carmen's beloved strawberry patch is.  All in all, we are making it through week 2 of no babysitting help with flying colours.

Here is a video of little Arley at 15 weeks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNp403BBvTU