We have had the most amazing weather this week! It's been like the middle of summer! Sadly I think it will be over in a couple of days, but we have made the most of it. On Monday when Jeffrey got home from work early, we raced to the beach for a late picnic lunch and for an exploration. We were at the Bommie, an Ulladulla beach that we don't get to very often. It may have just become our favourite exploring place for the moment. It was such a beautiful day, and there are so many little caves and rock pools for the kids to discover. Carmie of course ended up in the ocean, but luckily I had brought their swimmers. It was such a lovely afternoon.
We played plenty of softball again this week, and had a couple of neighbourhood park visits. Carmie has been timing herself running, and she is getting faster. The kids like scooting outside of a morning now, and Carmie has been collecting flowers for me from all of the neighbour's front gardens :) Carmie finally lost her first baby tooth on Wednesday. It was a long time coming, so long in fact that the adult tooth was already up while the baby tooth was still hanging on. She lost it while she was bowling with her Scout group, so she felt very special indeed. I'm not sure what the going rate for the tooth fairy is these days, but Carmie left a note for her to be exchanged '$4 please', and she was very chuffed in the morning.
Today while all the school kids were schooling, we met our homeschool crew at the new waterslide park that has opened up nearby. It was such a fun afternoon! Exhausting, but fun. For the first hour, Arley wouldn't go on the slides by himself, so I had to go with him, but he eventually got brave and then there was no stopping him. Poor little Carmie was super slow on the slides, and we never figured out why. Of all the kids, she was like a little snail! She wasn't putting her hands on the walls, or her feet, she was leaning back for propulsion - I don't know what the problem was. Next time we are trying different swimmers, maybe hers had too much grip? Anyway, she still had a great day. Besides the slides, there are also two spas, a swimming pool, and a huge climbing structure with slides coming out of it, so there was a ton to do, and the kids had a blast.
Arley has been a bit up and down this week, but the good news is, for the past two days he has been great. I feel like I might jinx everything just by talking about it though! He has been calm, waking up happy, he has been less impulsive, more attentive, and much easier to be around. Fingers crossed that he keeps it up for a while - we all deserve it!!
At the waterpark today:
Tough guy ready to play ball :)
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