This week has been quite good but for a few things. Poor Carmie had a bit of an accident on Monday evening. She was playing on the patio, using the hanging bars, and she miscalculated. She fell from quite a height, completely prone, and smacked her head on the patio. It was pretty awful, and must have been unbelievably painful, a huge shock to her system. We had to cancel tennis the next day, because it hurt her head just to move it, and she had an egg on the back of her head the size of my palm. She still does three days later. I felt so bad for her, it was one of those mummy moments when you just want to take the pain on for them.
Arley has had a great week, until last night. He is so stubborn sometimes, and he just wasn't giving up, which sent him into a tail spin. And then this morning, he had to put shorts (instead of track pants) on for tennis, and the drama! And then it only got worse when I made him put his new sandals (instead of socks and sneakers) on for our park play. He completely lost the plot. It's all about people being able to see his feet, don't ask me why. We have tried to explain to him every which way that no one cares, but he is so rigid on this point. I knew it was going to be a fight as soon as the weather heated up, so I took on the fight this morning. I won, but the cost was pretty high. The good news is that he has been wearing his sandals now all day and he is fine with them :)
The kids rocked horse riding this week. Now that we only go once a week, it feels like we hardly go at all, and we really miss the horses. We have been having fun at home too - home days are really lovely these days. The kids are into decorating t-shirts, and Carmie has been working on her 'bird book'. One afternoon we made pirate treasure maps. And then Carmie dug a hole in the back yard and buried some money out there. I'm fairly certain she will never see her money again! Arley has been really into digging holes lately - he must need that proprioceptive input, and I'm just glad he's found a way to let off steam.
Today we went to a homeschool meet up at Mollymook park. There were actually nine kids in all, so it was like the old days. It was a really lovely day - great to chat to the other mums, and it is awesome to watch all of the kids playing together. We stayed for almost three hours, and when we left, Carmie said, "That was the best play I've ever had!" We'll be doing it every two weeks, so yay for regular meet ups again.
And, today is Halloween. The kids have been so excited for it, for the longest time. They had their costumes all planned out - Carmie a demon and Arley a dead knight. We decorated our front patio for trick or treaters, then we went and had a rest. Suddenly there were trick or treaters at our door, and we weren't even ready, so we whipped up the kids' costumes in 15 minutes, and they looked so good! They were the best dressed children that we saw, and they were stoked! I took them out trick or treating, and they had such a good time. Best Halloween yet :)
Newly decorated t-shirts
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