The kids had horse riding on Friday morning, and Carmie got to ride a new, bigger horse, called Percy. She was so excited, and with good reason, because Percy is a beauty. Arley's trotting is really coming along. He has been desperate to canter, and at horse riding on Monday he asked his instructor if he could, and he was so excited when she said yes. However, when it came right down to it, he was too scared! He thinks he'll be able to in a few weeks.
It was Mother's Day on Sunday. Arley woke up super excited and charged, which is never a good thing. All the excitement was too much for him, and he got really oppositional and defiant (a perfect Mother's Day gift for me). Lolo came over briefly in the morning, as the kids had made her some painted flower pots. All I wanted to do was go to the beach, as I haven't been able to go since I sprained my ankle. So, after lunch we took the kids and Bella to Collers Beach. It turned out to be a really lovely time. Carmie cracked a rock open and found a fossil, and she was thrilled. Arley hadn't wanted to go, but when we wanted to leave, he was begging to stay. So typical!
We started our Austalia project this week and the kids did OK. Carmie needs about three times the amount of breaks as Arley, but we got through it. As part of the project we made mini pavlovas, and the kids loved them. They seem quite happy doing this, so hopefully we can keep it up.
We got Carmie's report back from the speech pathologist. Her tests were all over the place - some really high and some really low. She also has a rare speech disorder called cluttering, and the speechie is recommending us to see a developmental paediatrician. It does feel like this is never ending, but I spoke to Arley's OT today at his session, and she thinks it is worth pursuing to see what's going on with little Carmie.
Speaking of OT and Arley, he is doing so well that our OT is dropping his sessions from weekly to monthly! We are all so excited by this, it is such good news. We have come so far with Arley, he is a different kid to when we started all of this.
The kids have been getting along really well for the last few days. We have been going to parks, they've been climbing trees, playing games together, actually having real conversations, and today they have spent half the day being 'spies' with spy books and trying to sneak up on me. It has been rather lovely, so hopefully it stays this way :)
Cute video of the kids trotting (of course):
Arley with Coco the monkey
Lovely photo that Jeffrey took
Mothers Day beach walk
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