Well, what a week we have had. Arley had a huge regression this week, and I think it is because of something he ate. Two days running he had some apple sauce, and it turns out there was citric acid in it. For the next six days, he was so angry, and buzzing with energy, screaming at us, crying so much over the smallest things, really aggressive. It was pretty terrible. There was nothing we could do, and it was so disheartening. I was wracking my brains trying to think what went wrong, and how to help him, but it turns out we just had to wait it out. When he woke up yesterday, he was so much better, and then today, he was just brilliant. He and Carmie played together, he bugged her but stopped when she asked, he coloured in for SO long, he was so calm again. So, now I know what brand of applesauce not to buy, as I am fairly certain that was the problem.
While all of that was going on, we were pretty busy. Carmie, Arley and I all had our hair cut. We got a good deal cut off Carmie's, and it is so much easier to manage. She brushes it herself every morning, and she can wear it out all day. We also took the kids to Funland as we had promised them a trip there a while back and we wanted to get in before the school holidays started. We also went to a pool party at the kids' friends' house, and Carmie and Arley were great at not straying from their diets. Carmie has put herself on a no-sugar diet (she read about how sugar is a poison in one of her science magazines!), and she has stuck with it for almost two weeks now. We had plays at Mollymook park, we took the kids and Bella to the beach, and we had the kids' friends Finn and Willow over for a play. They also did tons of bike riding (Carmie has finally moved on to her bike that she got for her birthday), and Arley did lots of playing with Jemma. And Carmie has been super helpful around the house lately, which is so nice to see. She sets the table every night, and helps me out with whatever task I ask her...but somehow she still can't manage to keep her bedroom even remotely clean!
The kids are super excited for Christmas, and have been counting down the days. Arley tells me at least 25 times a day how long until Christmas Eve. We are having a quiet one at home this year. We were supposed to go up to Newcastle to see the kids' Oma and Opa, but Jeff was unable to get enough time off work. It's for the best anyway, as we are really strict on Arley's diet, and it would have put him under a lot of stress I think. And having a quiet one at home certainly makes Christmas less stressful for me!
Here are some videos of Arley reading jokes from Carmie's joke book to us at breakfast, and one of him just chatting. I need to get some Carmie videos shot!
New hair cut :)
He spent most of the day dressed like this. He doesn't realise how cute he is!
Happy faces at dinner tonight.
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