412 + 308 Weeks

We had a big weekend this week, with a family trip to Bowral to stay at my sister's house.  Oma and Opa came down to stay too, and then we met up with my aunt and uncle for lunch and dinner on Saturday.  It was a lovely family meet up, and so nice to have the kids in the same house with their grandparents and cousins and aunt.  Arley was a little out of sorts, because he really thrives on routine, and pretty much everything was different during our time away.  We relaxed on the kids' diet,  their screen time, their exercise time and their bed time, and I could really see the difference.  In fact, Arley still hasn't returned to his pre-trip self.  He is still quite disregulated and ornery.  I think we just have to face the facts that if we do anything out of the ordinary, it will disrupt him, so we had better make it worth it!  Luckily it was a worthy weekend :)  The kids had some good cousin time with Zach on Sunday morning, and Opa's belated birthday dinner on Friday night was really nice.

We have all been sick this week.  We came down with Arley's cold - first Carmie, then me and then Jeff.  We are all on the mend now, but the cold winter weather has finally set in, and that just makes the aches and pains feel even worse!

Despite the cold, the kids and I made it out today to meet Arley's new friend Ben and his mum.  We went down to the rock pools at the harbour to hunt for fossils (and we found some!).  Luckily the weather really warmed up, but then I had massive pile of jackets and sweaters to carry with me.  I didn't get too many photos from today because both Ben and Carmie ended up stripping down naked to go fossilising, as you do!

The kids continued with their horse riding lessons this week.  They are such little stars up there on their horses, they make me so proud.  They also had another sleep over at their Lolo and Dida's, however Arley was scared by all of the wind, so I had to go pick him up at 9pm to sleep at home.  And then he woke me up bright and early the next morning to drop him back off at Lolo's so he didn't miss a thing.  I was able to get a full day of work in on Wednesday, which is lucky because I am behind schedule.  But that's pretty standard for me!

Fingers crossed that Arley becomes more regulated and next week is a little easier.