We were supposed to have a picnic with friends on Sunday, but Carmie came down with a mild cold, and we weren't sure how bad she was going to get, so we postponed the picnic until this weekend. We did get up to a whole lot of other stuff this week though, although I think the kids only got out of their pyjamas one day! Looking back at the photos, I even see that I took them to the park in their pyjamas. Doh! They also rode bikes, helped me bake cupcakes, and on Monday we went down to Dolphin Point. It was extraordinarily beautiful there, and we pretty much had the whole place to ourselves. We went for a long walk around the inlet to the rock pools, and they couldn't believe the size of the waves crashing against the rocks. It was a lovely day.
It has been windy ever since Tuesday, so we have been inside a lot. After Arley's OT on Wednesday, we couldn't go to the park because of the wind and rain, so we went to the Nowra Library, and the kids made me overjoyed by asking to go to the regional art gallery that is next to the library. I couldn't believe my luck! It was their first view of a gallery other than mine, and Carmie wanted to know why my paintings weren't in there :). After we got home, I took the kids over to Carmie's friend Vanessa's house, as they have really cool Thomas the Tank tracks and trains, and Arley has been simply desperate to go over there, like asking me every day, several times, for weeks. We have been fighting over it, because I didn't think it was right that I invited Carmie's little brother over to Vanessa's house to play with Ness's big brother's old train sets! But in the end I caved, and off we went, and Arley got his fix. It was a nice afternoon, and Arley had such good manners and even left without putting up a fight (it helped that he left with a bag of trains and tracks to play with until next time - thanks Sarah!).
Today the incessant wind had us holed up in the house again, but we didn't mind so much. We played games, read books, I got some overdue chores done, and Carmie actually spent five minutes doing a handwriting book, with a great deal of complaining! Arley played trains as usual, and Carmie read a bunch of books. Last night I was forced to hand my Kindle over to Carmie, as she has read most of our books, and I can't find any at the Ulladulla library that she hasn't read or is interested in. I put an Isla Fisher book on it, and when I got up this morning, she had already finished it. She is going to read us out of house and home!!
Arley in his new 'quiet space' swing chair
At the regional gallery
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