I'm exhausted! It's been a busy week. The kids went to their friend Delphi's birthday party on Saturday. They had fun in the pool and playing with their friends, until Carmie got over-emotional and completely lost the plot. She ended up spending the last hour of the party weeping, the poor thing. She cried all the way home, and then when she got home she sorted herself out and made Delphi a card. Arley was great at the party, not overwhelmed at all. It seems as though they switched roles on me! If it's not one, then it's the other!
We had lunch at the harbour one day this week, and another day I took the kids to the library for a movie in the auditorium. They also had a sleep over at their Lolo and Dida's, and then a play at Mollymook park the next day. Today we looked after the kids' friend Hannah while her parents worked. Carmie and Arley love having a friend around, and they all played very well together. This afternoon I took them out to Dolphin Point for a swim. It wasn't our usual deserted inlet, but it was lovely all the same. Carmie and Hannah went off for a big swim, and Arley hung out with me.
Arley's therapy started up again this week. It was so nice having the break from driving up to Nowra, and I was kind of under the delusion that we might not have to do therapy for much longer. I knew that Arley was having issues with some things, and I chatted with his therapist and she went over a few things with him. Arley has a pretty severe fine and gross motor skills processing problem. As in, he can watch you do something, like draw a shape, or sit in a swinging chair, but then you ask him to do it, and he just can't. His brain can't gather the information and tell his body what to do. He gets really frustrated and even angry, and then his confidence plummets. And then once he does get it figured out, if he makes what he perceives to be a mistake, it is like the end of the world to him. So, it appears like we have a long way to go :(
On an upside, he is always asking to craft these days. He is really into making things, which I love, except that it takes up so much of my time! Carmie pulled out her jewellery making boxes this week and they have been busy making necklaces and bracelets. And they have been really into playing with their Magnatiles. It's so nice to see Carmie doing something other than reading, and Arley is happier for her company.
We have one more week after this of school holidays, and then we get our little town and our beaches back to ourselves. Can't wait!
At Delphi's party, before the upset.
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