317 + 213 Weeks

We had the most unbelievable weather this past weekend!  Carmie went off to bush school on the Saturday.  Friends picked her up in the morning and took her up to Jervis Bay, and she spent the day up there.  She absolutely loved it, and is now well and truly hooked on going to bush school every time it's on.  While she was there, I took Arley down to Mollymook beach so he could play with his cars in the sand.  On Sunday, the weather was even better, like a warm spring day.  We had a  picnic on Collers Beach, so we could take Bella for a run around.  She is getting quite porky, and needs more exercise (kinda like her mum!).  It was the most beautiful day, and while it was quite stressful rounding up the kids to get out of the house (you wouldn't think this would be so hard with just the two of them, but OH MY GOD, sometimes it is a nightmare!!), it was totally worth it.

Sadly the weather didn't stay that way, and my Dad and stepmum, the kids' Oma and Oma, came down for a visit, and it was rainy and miserable the first day.  They came over for dinner, and then on the Tuesday we got some sunshine, so we took the kids to the duck park at Burrill.  We fed bread to the ducks, and the kids had a play before we went to a cafe for coffee.  That night we met them at the Golfy for an early dinner.  This is the only place we feel safe to take the kids for dinner, because you never know with Arley!  And he wasn't on his best behaviour, but not his worst either.  Once we got the kids on their iPads, us grown ups had a lovely meal :)

I took Carmie up to Arley's OT session as well this week.  Arley's OT is happy for me to bring Carmie so she can help with their interacting.  They loved the session - the equipment there is so fun for them, and Carmie is so excited that she is allowed to join us.  After the session I took the kids to a lovely park up there, and we had a picnic lunch and they had a really good climb.  We have to travel quite far for these sessions, so we will definitely be making a day of it from now on.

Today we opted out of our homeschool crew play date for a quiet day at home, but Carmie ended up spending the afternoon at Lolo and Dida's while Arley and I ran around doing errands.  Taking one kid to do errands is SO much easier than two - there is no squabbling!  And Arley had a couple of rough days this week - hoping next week is a little better :)

And now I'm going to go put my feet up!

Relaxing after bush school

These two have a love/hate relationship

 The most beautiful winter day ever!

 At the duck park with Oma and Opa

 Dinner at the Golfy

 And two from last week