185 + 81 Weeks

It has been very hot here lately, so we have been making the most of the hot weather and taking the kids to Dolphin Point and Narrawallee Inlet park whenever we can.  Seeing them having so much fun in the water makes me really love summer.  We also had a snap cold day this week, and the forecast is for rain, so it is turning out to be a strange summer.  On our trip to Dolphin Point this week, we made ourselves the laughing stock of the beach, by being the only dummies (at Jeff's insistence, mind you!) to set up our beach tent on the sand bar in the middle of the inlet.  Right in the windiest spot.  And we have a great big tent too, which took us forever to set up.  It then proceeded to get blown here and there, and, not to be done in by the natural elements, Jeff filled the sand bags more full and pegged the stakes deeper.  To no avail.  We never got to sit in our great big tent, but instead had to spend forever packing it up.  Meanwhile,  all the clever people had their lovely tents and umbrellas set up along the shoreline, facing us (and not blowing away), so we put on quite a show for them.

Arley still has a staph infection, so he is on different antibiotics now, and still not the happiest chap.  He is really trying to talk now, and he finally says Mummy (about 1000 times a day).  He loves to push cars around and read books, and spends most of his day doing one or the other.  He also has a newfound love for drawing, so he does that a lot too, which of course puts a smile on my face.

Last night I went to a meeting at Carmie's new school to meet her new teachers and see the centre.  I think it is going to be great.  They have a lot of Montessori equipment already, and the new teacher is very experienced and lovely.  Carmie is very excited because they have a pet rabbit that lives in a hutch in the back yard.  The centre is very homey, and I think it will be a good fit for Carmen.  We are just about to give up on Carmie's naps.  She takes one about every 3-4 days, and when she does, she has a hard time falling asleep at night.  Tonight she was still calling out at 10pm.  The problem is that when she doesn't nap, she can be quite a terror by dinner time.  Can anyone tell me how long this transition takes?  It is awful!  It is also hard to get her to bed early when she doesn't nap, because it is the middle of summer, and who wants to go to bed at 6:30 when it feels like 3 in the afternoon?  Besides me, that is!