On Saturday and Monday mornings the kids went to their friends' house so I could get some painting done. My good friend and fellow homeschooler Tanya has been most obliging in taking the kids off my hands, as I have a show coming up in November and a super tight deadline (even though I've known about the show for months - time just crept up on me!). The kids had so much fun over there, and it is so nice to see how another home educator does things, and all the imaginative cool things these kids get up to together. Little Arley has separation anxiety from me though, so now he says that I have to stay whenever we go to friends' houses (which doesn't exactly free up my time to paint!).
On Tuesday we had a play at my friend Deb's house, with her kids Winter and Yenje, and Tanya and her crew too. Carmie got to play Minecraft and Arley got to play trains, so that made for two happy kids. And us mums got to hang out and chat, which is always a bonus. On Wednesday I took Arley to get his hair cut. We have been growing it out for the winter because he refuses to wear a beanie. So, I finally took him to get a proper hair cut. He was not happy, and it took a good 15 minutes to get him into the chair. Luckily we were the only ones in the salon. In the end he ended up sitting on my lap, getting us both all hairy. His hair cut is really cute when there is hair product in it, but of course he won't let me put any in :( Anyway, after this we went as a family to see another therapist for you know who, and while it was emotionally draining, I feel like we are one step closer to getting help.
Today we had a home day, which was needed. Little Arley taught himself how to play Minecraft, and I gave Carmie a drawing lesson. Then the kids' friend Loki came over for a play, which was nice because he and Arley get along really well, and I get a little respite. Only a little though, because Arley was having a doozy of a day today. I'm not sure what set him off, but he was out of sorts all day. We took the kids to the park and they got a run around, and Arley was a little better afterwards, so maybe he just needed to get his body moving. He is very difficult to handle when he is like this, so I hope we get this all figured out soon.
And Carmie...she is getting so tall these days, and looks very much like a six year old. She is totally impulsive, and you never saw a messier girl in your whole life, but she is still sweet and sensitive and so patient with Arley. She is a good role model for him, so hopefully a little bit rubs off here and there :)
Arley and Gemma watering the neighbour's garden
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