197 + 93 Weeks

It has been a fairly good week, with no major meltdowns, the kids both sleeping through the night, Arley is still refusing to eat dinner unless we have pizza, Carmie spends a lot of time drawing.  The weather is getting cooler, summer is definitely over.  Carmie is still loving school, but for the life of me, I can't get her to tell me about her day.  She just giggles and says that it's a secret.  Arley has an obsession with delivering fruit to us.  He has moved a footstool over to our sideboard where our fruit bowls are, and he takes out all of the fruit one piece at a time, and runs over to whoever he chooses and gives them a piece of fruit.  When he runs out of fruit to deliver, he takes each piece back and deposits it back in the fruit bowl, so that he can start the whole procedure again.  He does this all day long.  It is ridiculous.  This morning I found Carmie sitting in her little chair watching tv, and she had four oranges, five limes, two apples and three lemons in her lap.  Arley has also gotten a bit smart, and has realised that he can get boxes of crackers out of the pantry and give them to Carmen to open for him. We are starting to potty train him by putting him on the toilet in the evening before bath.  He thinks it is great, and sits there saying, "Wee wee, wee wee" but hasn't once yet actually done one.  His separation anxiety with me is very taxing (I can't even walk in the opposite direction without him going into full blown hysterical crying).  I am hoping it is a very quick phase, because it makes life much more difficult and it is so sad to see him so very upset.  We have had a fair amount of behind the scenes drama this week, and I am glad it is drawing to a close, and that the kids went easy on us!