198 + 94 Weeks

It has been a very rainy week here!  We were hit with so much rain and wind, and it has left our back yard a muddy mess, and made for a lot of indoor time with the kids.  We did make a trip out to Conjola one day, which was tough work, as Jeff has thrown his back out, so I had to man Arley on the slide and Carmie on the swings at the same time, not an easy feat!  But fun none the less, and still good to get out.  Carmie and I also made a trip to Bunnings (like Home Depot), and she got her face painted there.  After that, she has begged me pretty much every day to paint her face, she is totally hooked on being a sparkly pink butterfly.  We have also had lots of craft time, and the kids were given a train set from their cousins, and Arley is completely hooked.  He is totally obsessed with watching these trains go round, and when they pass him, he lies as flat as a pancake on the floor to watch the wheels pass.  And he kicks the track with his feet and I have to rebuild it about a thousand times a day.  He is talking a lot, but only one word at a time, and he still does this horrible high pitched scream when he can't tell you what he wants.  It makes Carmen cry.  Carmie has had a few full blown tantrums this week, crying like her life is over for the silliest things.  She is doing this ridiculous thing where she pretends her feet don't work when she is crying.  She drags herself up the stairs like she's half rag doll, and then grips onto her bed to pull herself up, but makes sure she drops helplessly to the ground at least 10 times for full dramatic effect.  It is the silliest thing to see, but she thinks it is totally believable.  It is hard not to laugh, but her tantrums are that bad that I want to throttle her at the same time.  I think it's from having cabin fever.  And there's more rain to come next week!

 I am a terrible mother!! But at least he can multitask!