We have had a good week. Carmie has read about 1000 books and Arley has only had about 10 tantrums, instead of his normal 10 a day. When Carmie has a moment to herself, she is either reading, or sitting on her "thinking chair". Arley is great, as long as he is by my side. He can't let me out of his sight, not even for a bathroom trip for either of us. If I have to take the trash out, he puts on his shoes and comes with me. It is a little taxing, but it does bring peace. He had several horrendous nights of sleep in a row (not sleeping through now for at least two months). Then I lost the plot on him one night after he called out to me three times to fix his blanket (it was, again, too close to his chin!!!), so I flicked his light on at 2am, and packed up all of the toys in his room and took them to the spare room! He told me the next day that he would never ever call out at night to me again, and we have had two full nights of peace with no wake-ups! We have been putting him to bed early, as I think he was overtired and this was causing his sleep disturbances. So, he is better-slept, more well-rested and happier, which equals less tantrums and happier parents! He still squabbles with Carmie, snatches her toys and won't get out of her bedroom when she wants privacy, but we are working on it.
This week they attended a birthday party and had a play date at their friends' Delphi and Jasper's house. They have a rock wall at the side of their house that the kids scaled, and my heart was in my throat the whole time. Everything was fine until Arley stuck his hand on an ant nest and I had to climb up and rescue him.
The kids also went to the farm to decorate their Lolo and Dida's Christmas tree, and we also went to the library for cookie decorating for Santa. The kids have joined the library's summer reading club and are very excited about it. We also went to the pool at least three times, as it's the kids' favourite place to be. And now the kids are gearing up for Christmas - they have been counting down the days until Santa comes. They are very excited, and we are just hoping to get through the mayhem :)
Art time with Mum
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