We had such a good but exhausting weekend! On Saturday we had a meeting here at our home to discuss the details of the Montessori education we are choosing for Carmie next year. We didn't know how many people were coming, and we ended up with 7 adults and 12 kids, so it turned into a party for the kids. They all seemed to have a blast, and someone called our backyard "an adventure playground" :) It was quite a full-on day. It was made all the more tiring because the night before, Arley had woken up seven times between 11pm and 5:30am. About every 45 minutes. He would call me into his room crying, but wanting nothing. To say the least, I was slightly exhausted!
On Sunday we packed our bags, drove up to Nowra and took the kids on the train for a 'big adventure' all the way to Sydney. We had a surprise for Arley, meeting Thomas the Tank in real life! The kids were great on the train on the way up, and were very excited to stay overnight in a hotel. We walked down to Darling Harbour for dinner and a play, and then back to the hotel for an early night (for us at least). The kids were too excited to sleep, and Carmie kept whispering to Arley, "Arley, are you awake?" He'd say, "Yes", to which she'd reply, "You can't be awake if you're talking!". Over and over. They finally slept, and we had a night of uninterrupted sleep. The next morning at breakfast in the hotel, Arley refused to eat anything but half of a mini muffin - not even his beloved watermelon (because I cut it up when he didn't want it cut up). So, he was pretty cross from hunger. However, he got over it when we got to Central Station and he saw Thomas the Tank. You should have seen his little face. And then he saw the Fat Controller. Arley couldn't believe his eyes! It was so great, he was SO happy. And Carmie had a great time too. They read the kids a train safety story and sang a song, and then let the kids sit in the driver's seat of a train, before they let the kids go aboard Thomas. It was too cute. Arley cried and cried when we left. Carmie got her face painted, but Arley turned grumpy again and refused :) Afterwards, we rode the light rail (another highlight for the kids - it's the simple things!) to Darling Harbour again so the kids could have a play at Tumbalong Park (which is awesome!!!) and get an ice-cream. Poor little Arley fell off the zip-line, flat on his back, and Carmie climbed so high on the rope tower that I had to walk away because my heart was in my throat. In the early afternoon we made our way back to Central to get back on the train home. We got back to Nowra, and it was so awful: Arley was waving goodbye to the train we got off, and as it got smaller and smaller, Arley was walking slowly backwards, and then he turned and walked straight into a metal pole. The sound was terrible, and he had the biggest purple egg on his head. He howled and howled, and of course we were at the train station and had no way of getting an icepack. What a way to end a great trip, the poor kid :(
I kept the kids home from school on Tuesday so they could recover from their busy weekend, and it was so nice to have a day at home on our own. Carmie learned how to read a calendar, we played out in the front yard, and the kids made coconut macaroons (almost on their own!). They had computer time (Arley is obsessed with a math counting game), and we just chilled out. Let's hope the good times last :)
Unwrapping presents from their Great Aunt Sissy
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