The kids have had a great week. Arley has suddenly started copying everything we say, the last word of every sentence at least. He will try to say any word that you ask him to, except for the word orange - he just says "heiyeahhhh" and moves on. And now that he is talking more, he is no where near as grumpy! In the past three days, his language has improved so much, and he hasn't had any angry moments either. He has been such a cute little guy to be around. I have been taking him on morning tea picnics while Carmie is at school. We went to Lake Conjola one morning, and we were visited by a kangaroo. We went to the Inlet park, where Arley insisted on scaring the life out of me and going on the giant slide that is about 4 metres tall. He loves his mornings when we take Carmie to school too, and hates to leave. Jeffrey also gave him a much needed hair cut this week, but he HATED it, and I think we will just grow his hair out from now on, as he was completely traumatised, but once it was started, the job needed to be finished! He looks pretty cute now though :)
The Scarecrow Festival was held this weekend, so we took the kids up to Milton to see all of the scarecrows. They had a blast, particularly Arley when I let him out of the stroller so that he could run around with the big kids. That is, until he booked it though the crowd and ran straight for the Princes Highway. Carmie ate candy and bought herself a butterfly balloon, so she was very happy with her morning.
Carmie has been a little angel. I took her to our neighbour's house to pick fruit from his garden, and she felt very special as she took some of it to school the next day so that they could all make juice. She is very into collecting things, and comes home every day with her pockets full of leaves and rocks, and sometimes even very special shiny pieces of rubbish that she calls treasure. She also does about 4 drawings a day - so many that we are using them as kindling for our fire (let's hope she doesn't find out!). She is getting her hair cut on Monday - she wants it cut to her shoulders, as she is fed up with the tangles that we deal with every morning. I am not sure, as it is so long now (down to her waist), and we all know how I can get attached to long hair! It grows like mine did, very long and very fast. If we cut it, all of her baby curls will be gone for good though, which is rather sad! Decisions, decisions!
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