It was Mother's Day this weekend. I got breakfast in bed, and then my treat was to lie in bed and read my book. It wasn't exactly my plan for the kids to get in bed with me and for me to read THEIR book, but that's what happened, and it was still a relaxing morning :) In the afternoon we went to meet Lolo and Dida at the Golf Club. It was a lovely day, despite the fact that Arley told me he doesn't love me any more about 50 times. It's his new thing to say when he's mad. Jeff and I even overheard him saying to Carmie, "Mummy doesn't love you any more!" Arley's week was up and down. On Friday we had Spanish class at our house, with seven kids over, and he spent the whole time in my room watching his iPad. It was much better than having him get all worked up. On Saturday the kids went to a birthday party. They had a lovely time, except halfway through, Arley needed to be alone, so he wondered off out of the park, and refused to come back. I set him up under a tree with my phone so he could watch the party from a distance. And he was fine when we left. I thought it was pretty good that he was able to recognise the fact that he was getting overwhelmed and needed time apart, before making a scene. He had another assessment this morning, and they told me that they are puzzled by him. He put on a show for them too, which is good because sometimes he is such a sweetheart, you'd have to think I am making things up!
Carmie has been reading up a storm again. She is absolutely loving her Spanish class, and has even shed tears about the fact that her teachers are leaving next week. We have some other things in store for her though, and I think she'd like to keep up the Spanish online. She is so thankful that she spends her days at home - she is quite dismayed that her schooled friends only get to spend two days a week with their parents.
This week Jeffrey and I made a trip to Bungendore to collect my paintings that didn't sell. Out of thirteen paintings that were hung, I sold eight of them, and I got three commissions, so it was a really good result. And better still, I have been picked up by a gallery in Canberra, so we took all of the paintings that didn't sell to them. And we had an overnight stay with our good friend Xanthe, and no kids! Win win!
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