This week Carmie and Arley have finally met their 'Pop', Jeff's dad, who has travelled over from the States. We have seen Pop every day, and Carmen has taken to him very well. They spent Wednesday morning at Narrawallee Inlet, where Carmen even did some stand-up paddle boarding with Jeff. We have taken Pop on a tour of our local favourite spots, and he seems to be really enjoying himself.
Carmie has really put me through the ringer for the past 2 nights. Going to bed has become a bit of a nightmare - it was 1.5 hours of crying last night, and then tonight a fake trip to the toilet which resulted in one of her biggest tantrums ever. I don't know how to deal with bed times any more. And whenever she has a bad bed time, she seems to wake up numerous times a night calling out for me to fix her blankets, needing a toy etc. Where did our amazing sleeper go?
Arley has been battling his cold, and has been going through a bit of a rough spot too. He has started really crawling, and he loves hanging out in the play room. He adores his big sister, and sometimes cries when she leaves the room.
I have had a great week painting-wise. I sold a large painting from the gallery. I also put two very big paintings into a local restaurant. Within the week, one had already sold. So the next afternoon I put another painting in to take it's place. I got a call the following morning to say that both of my paintings had already sold! Then I got a call from a woman who was eating in the restaurant when the paintings sold, and she has commissioned me to do her a painting. And I got a call from a woman in Sydney who wants a similar painting for her holiday house. Talk about a good week!
Sadly this week our camera finally died, along with all the photos that we had taken, so photos are scarce this week.
But here are a couple of videos of the kids:
Carmen at school (note the green dinosaur tail attached to her)
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