I can't believe it is Thursday again. This past week feels like it was such a whirlwind. We had two lovely beach trips to north Mollymook Beach. The weather is definitely cooling down now, so we won't have many more beach swimming days ahead. I didn't expect to be here for another winter - I thought we'd be in Port Macquarie by now. We've taken the house off the market for the moment, so we are here indefinitely. I am a little sad, but I do love our house, and of all the places in the world to be stuck, this is pretty lovely.
This week there was a homeschooling event held at a friend's house on the river in Nowra. It was an absolutely beautiful location, and all of our homeschool friends were there, along with some new faces. It was really wonderful having all of those kids together, different ages, different abilities, all playing together and helping each other. The kids swam in the river despite some jellyfish, they made bread, did crafts, roasted apples in the fire, had a treasure hunt, and played freely with each other. We are hoping for more of these days, as it was a really lovely time.
Carmie had a speech assessment this week, and it turns out she has quite a few issues with her speech and language. She is very literal, not understanding sayings such as "my eyes are bigger than my stomach". She also has a stutter and a whole bunch of things going on with her conversational speech. This is all part of a bigger assessment, but it does look like she will need a bit of speech therapy going forward.
Arley is still Arley - he likes to shout a lot and be antagonistic. One of his therapists today told me that it just might be his personality! He has taken to drawing a lot, as has Carmie, and it is really nice because it offers me some peace and quiet. I have had to organise my trip, which will happen on April 10th to 16th. I can't quite believe I'll be taking off on my own for six days. It is rather stressful, but also quite exciting :)
Mollymook Beach
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