What a week! Carmie turned 5 and Arley turned 3 on Saturday! They were so excited. They woke up and got into our bed and watched their iPads while we made them pancakes and omelet (their faves), and then they were allowed to watch their iPads again until their Lolo & Dida came over. We loaded up all of their presents on the dining room table and called them out to unwrap, and you should have seen their little faces! It almost made me cry! They loved all of their presents (thanks Lolo & Dida, Oma & Opa, Pop, Aunty Georgia, Uncle Sting)! After their presents it was a mad scramble to get ready for their birthday party. There were 7 girls and 4 boys, too much candy and junk food, and lots of fun. Thankfully it turned out to be a lovely sunny winter day, and all of the kids played out in the back yard. The week before I had made a piñata from a cereal box, with the help of Carmie and her friend. We hung the piñata on the clothesline and let them whack at it. They loved it, and there was so much candy inside that some was left on the ground :) Our birthday cakes were a success (thanks Mum!) and the kids had a great time. Carmie was so sad when it was ending, so I told her to go ask her friend Hannah if she wanted a sleep over, which of course she did. Hannah and Carmie got up to mischief all afternoon, and finally crashed close to 9pm. Hannah left the next morning, and Arley was begging to have his birthday all over again. Thank goodness it only happens once a year!
We also had a couple of outings this week while the weather was lovely. We took the kids up to Porters Gap Lookout. It was their first time up there, and they were impressed with the view. We did a little trekking around, and have decided that we are going to try to start doing short hikes with the kids on the weekends, now that Arley is a little older. Carmie literally walks for about 3 minutes before she complains that her legs are tired, so we have to get her conditioned!
We took the kids to the park at Dolphin Point to ride their red cars too. And we had lots of at home activities with their new birthday presents. Arley has suddenly taken to colouring in (happy Mamma!!). And he loves to do puzzles now too, which is good because he is suddenly keeping himself a little occupied. We also had Lolo's birthday on Tuesday, so they came over for some cake in the afternoon.
Poor little Arley has been through the ringer though. His cough seemed to be getting better, and then suddenly he took a turn for the worse. He got sent home from school on Tuesday with conjunctivitis, so I took him to the doctor (again!) because it just didn't seem right. The doctor told me his cough was most likely asthma, and confirmed the conjunctivitis. So Arley has been on ventolin and antibiotic eye drops since Tuesday. Both the kids had Wednesday off because he was contagious. They went to school on Thursday, but then last night Arley was up and crying at all hours of the night (like four hours!) and Carmie was complaining of a sore throat, and has started coughing too. So I kept them home from school today too. And then Arley woke up from his nap with an earache. So, back to the doctor we went. I finally got him some antibiotics, so hopefully this will do the trick! In the meantime, I am still sick and don't think I will ever get better!
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