I am happy to say that not much has happened this week in the way of drama. We are still waiting on news of our house officially selling, but the realtor called me this evening saying that hopefully we will have word tomorrow morning. We are so impatient for this to go through, it is no fun living one foot in and one foot out the door. I have been purging belongings but I’m not sure if we should be packing yet!
Arley had a much better week this week, mostly because I took great care in listening to him, giving him a lot more wiggle room, and basically putting very few demands on him. He still needed convincing to get certain chores done, but all in all, he had a much better week. And therefore, so did the whole family :)
We headed out to Tabourie Beach on Saturday, just to get to a different beach (we have about a hundred to choose from!), and it was a beautiful day. We made sand castles, took a walk, the kids played at the park; it was exactly what we needed.
And little Carmie? She had a bit of a breakdown today because I made her stop reading. I never thought I’d hear myself ban reading for the rest of the day, but it had to be done! She was very upset with me, but apologised tonight. She has been reading books on her iPad, and she is doing her eyes in. After the reading ban, I sat down with her to look at our human body model that breaks apart so you can see all the organs. Her head is full of knowledge. She knows exactly what each organ does, why we need certain vitamins and minerals, why we need UV radiation...she was schooling me! That’s YouTube school for you! Ha ha.
Arley has gotten really into photography on my iPhone this week, and has taken some brilliant shots! He has done quite a few photo sessions, taking tons of cute photos of the rats for our Instagram account, as well as walking through the neighbourhood (and our naighbours’ gardens) to get photos of flowers. He really has an eye for it, it’s awesome!
I took the kids to the dentist today. Carmie’s teeth are perfect, and the dentist even left her loose snaggle tooth in place. Arley’s teeth are a mess though :(. In the words of the dentist, Arley has a “very very very small mouth”. She said within the next twelve months we have to get him to an orthodontist to see about getting his palette widened, which will be really fun for an autistic kid with eating issues. Dreading it!
Here is a video of the kids cantering at horse riding this morning. Carmie has been riding a different horse the last few weeks, this little guy called Billy who is very cute and surprisingly fast!
Walking to Tabourie Beach
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