On Monday I took the kids to the Mogo zoo while Jeffrey was at work. It was such a great time to go to the zoo. The school kids are still at school until the end of this week, so we almost had the place all to ourselves. The kids got to feed the giraffes, which was great! They loved it. When we went to the lion enclosure, we saw the feeding, and then the zoo keeper brought the male lion over to the fence so we could see it up close, and he was such a beautiful creature. It was amazing. The kids were pooped out after that, so we ate lunch in front of the little monkeys, and then made our way home.
On Tuesday we had a meet up with our homeschool buddies at Mollymook park. The kids had such a great play. The new park is the best, there is so much for them to do and places for them to hide. They love it. We met my sister there, and we had lunch with her and the kids' cousin Baz. We won't be seeing much family this Christmas, so I'm glad we got to catch up.
On Wednesday Jeffrey and I took the kids to get their Santa photo taken. Arley loved it, and told Santa that he thought he was 150 years old. Carmie told Jeff that it's just some guy dressed up to look like Santa. Carmie barely smiled for the photo, while Arley grinned himself silly the whole time. But then when we left he said to me, "It was stinky in Santa's town because I tooted." Classic Arley.
After the Santa photo, I had to see Julie, Arley's psychologist, so I took the kids with me, and afterwards we went to Merry Beach, because it was the most beautiful beach day ever. The water was just so warm, and the beach was empty. It was such a lovely afternoon, and we had a big breakthrough with Arley - we got him playing in the sand and water without shoes or socks on. This is a really big deal, and hopefully he will keep it up for the rest of summer.
Today we had a crazy heatwave to deal with, so we stayed inside to keep cool. We had the kids' friends Loki and Klio over for a play in the morning. It was such a mellow play, and the kids all got along so well, until Arley started to meltdown towards the end because Klio was playing with his toy. He then hit Klio, and then he hit Carmie, and then Carmie had a meltdown, and then it seemed like all hell broke loose. So, it was mostly a good play date, but it ended in so much drama. Arley was hitting and pushing all day afterwards, and being quite ornery. I have a few ideas of what's going on, which is good because that means that I have a few ideas of how to resolve what's going on. Time will tell.
Arley has really taken to colouring in lately, as well as tracing letters. He spends a lot more time keeping himself occupied, which makes life so much easier. Carmie is still a reading fiend, so much so that we are trying to stop her from reading so that she does something else. She spends a lot of time with her dad in the evening playing a game that they love together, and it is really sweet to see their relationship blooming.
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