Last night I had insomnia. I don't feel stressed, but I obviously am. I fell asleep at around 7am this morning, and slept lightly until almost 10am. I'm feeling pretty woozy today, and had to cancel the kids' horse riding. I have the mover coming over to give us a quote this afternoon, otherwise I'd be back in bed right now. I have told the kids it's a "do what you want" day, so Carmie is back in bed reading, and Arley is sitting next to me playing Minecraft. They are in heaven. Me, not so much!
We have had a good week. On Friday I took the kids to my friend Mark's to pick some citrus fruit. Afterwards we went to the fig tree park in Milton. The kids made a friend there, an 8 year old boy called Sol who was visiting with his mum form Canberra. They had such fun with him that they begged to meet up again the next day, so we went back on Saturday for another huge play, and now the kids are going to be penpals.
On Monday Jeffrey and I packed up the kids and headed up to Wollongong for an overnight stay, because Arley had to see an ear, nose throat doctor on Tuesday. Wollongong is 2 hours drive away, so we thought we'd make a trip out of it. On the way up we stopped in Nowra and Kiama so the kids could play in different parks and get ice cream. We stayed in an Air Bnb apartment, and we took the kids to this brilliant park on the water there. The park has two really big zip lines, and the kids had a blast. Arley had quite a bit of trouble sharing the zip lines with other kids, so it was a little stressful for us. We went out for Mexican food that night, and the kids were allowed to stay up a bit watching tv. The next morning we went back to the zip line park and it was a lot less crowded, and the kids pretty much had a zip line to themselves. Arley was way more timid than Carmie, who was getting pushed massively by her dad, so she was just flying. It was really fun. After the park we went to a cafe for lunch, and then Arley saw the doctor. We needed to rule out enlarged adenoids which can cause some of the problems Arely is having. He got an Xray done, and everything is fine. He has trouble breathing through his nose though, but it is due to his very small mouth, high arched palette and overbite. The doctor said once we get his palette expanded, things should be a little easier for him. We will tackle that after we move though! Not looking forward to it at all :(
After we got home, we were commending the kids for being so brilliant while we were away...and then Arely had a massive meltdown during and after dinner. I guess it was to be expected, after two big days away form home, but it was a doozy. I voice recorded some of it to play to our paediatrician when we see him next week. Just as Arley wound down, Carmie had one of her own. You'll see in the photos that Carmie's snaggletooth had gotten really bad. It was hanging so low, and looked quite inflamed, and was SO wobbly, so Jeffrey and I made the decision that it had to come out. She tried to wobble it out for a while, but to no avail, and that's when it got ugly. Poor Carmie was hysterical and hyperventilating, and fighting and physically struggling with us. It was just awful. In the end, after about 45 minutes of hysterics, I got it out with her permission using a piece of dental floss. She said it really hurt, and I believe it did, because the gum was so inflamed. But it is gone now, thank goodness. It was a very stressful night!
The mover just called and has asked to come tomorrow morning instead, so I am going to go to bed now! Just for a nap, but I might just sleep all the way through to tomorrow morning!
Here is a video of Carmie on the zip line:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6EQvHRZ8JU
Arley took a ton of photos of Bella, and the rats, and he also started a ninja lego man series. This photo of Bella is one of my favourites.
Spot Arley
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