201 + 97 Weeks

We have had quite a nice week, albeit with a very cranky Arley and a rather emotional Carmie.  I think Arley's canine teeth are coming through (finally), so I am blaming that on his grumpy moods.  I am giving him little tasks to do, like get his own cereal in the mornings, and that seems to make him happy, so I am assuming it is partly to do with boredom.  Going to the Montessori school will be good for him.  He is still crazily obsessed with his trains, and is currently asleep in his cot with three trains and three cars.  I took him to the park one morning, and he had a blast.  His favourite thing to do for the week was taking a walk straight down our driveway and down the country lane.  Every time a car or truck would pass, he would run to the side of the road, stamp his feet, clap his hands and cheer.  He can be very cute, when he's not whining!

Carmie had a good week, with a couple of emotional screaming breakdowns.  We have a new rule where she is allowed to scream and cry, but it has to be up in her room.  She was manipulating us all with her tantrums, but the new rule has put an end to that, and hopefully it makes the episodes less.  Otherwise, she is a very sweet little thing who says the funniest things.  She loves her school so much that she has started going four days a week, Tuesday through Friday.  (They have put fences up on the ramps, so all is safe now!).  Carmie had a play date with her friend Cassie at the beach on Saturday.  They haven't seen each other in a while, and when we arrived, we were quite far down the beach, and Carmie and Cassie saw each other and ran over the sand to meet, and it was like a scene in a movie, so cute.  The two of them had such a good time together, we are going to do it more often.  Camie and Arley are playing together a little more too, which is nice to see.  If only it would happen more often though!

 Pimp daddy Arley at it again

Down our country lane

 Ice cream treat after swimming lessons