340 + 236 Weeks

This week has absolutely flown by!  I'm wracking my brain to remember what we did.  We had lots of at home time, riding bikes in the cul de sac, and doing crafts.  On Saturday we met some friends down at Narrawallee Inlet.  It was so crowded (darn school kids!).  But the kids had fun.  Carmie went swimming, and Arley just waded in the water, followed by a good play in the park with their friends.  There were kids everywhere, and it was pretty hot.  Such a difference to yesterday, when we met some other friends for a play at Narrawallee.  The weather was cool, and the park was practically empty, just how we like it :)  We met up with the kids' friends Willow and Finn, and Carmie's old best friend from years ago, Cassie, and her brother Will.  It was also really nice for me to catch up with the mums.

We made it to the library book sale, and unluckily for everyone else, we were practically the first ones there.  Lolo came with us, and between the two of us, we were able to choose (grab) 263 books to buy the kids (for $50, best money ever spent!).  So then I had to spend the rest of the day reorganising our shelves so that I could fit all of those books in.  The kids are happy.  I found out today that not only is Arley reading, but he is reading in his head, which isn't supposed to happen for a few more years.  He has also found a love of drawing.  He can't draw on his own, and he gets very upset if his picture goes wrong, but he loves to have me sit down with him to show him how to draw.  He dictates what will be in the picture, and I have to draw next to him so that he can copy what I do.  It takes up a lot of time, but I don't mind so much because at least one of my kids is getting into art!  Carmie not so much :(

Carmie is very into listening to music these days.  She has a few favourite songs, and she is constantly finding my phone and typing them into Spotify so she can listen.  Right now she is tinkling away on our piano keyboard...and this makes me happy too, because at least she is taking a break from reading!!  She has been waiting for ages for her teeth to get wobbly, and now all of a sudden she has four wobbly ones - the front top two and the front bottom two.  She is going to look so different, I can't stand it!

Today the kids and I took Bella for a long walk.  We walked up past swimming and into the nature reserve.  We are going to do it more often, as it was good for all of us.  Bella has become a chunker (and she's not the only one!).  It was really lovely once we were in the reserve, until we were attacked by mosquitos and had to abort.  Next time we will be more prepared :)