Oh my goodness, I simply cannot believe that I am here writing a blog post again! Where did this week go?!
The kids had their friend Charlie sleep over on Saturday night. Will and Charlie are brothers, and Carmie and Arley have become enamoured with them, and seemingly vice versa. The boys have been begging to have a sleep over at our house, so we tried it out with Charlie first. It was a huge success as far as the kids were concerned (I was exhausted!). Charlie has lots of energy, and loves being over at ours because, well, he likes the kids, but they all also love playing screens together. I dislike that aspect of their friendship, but it seems like that is the world these days! And they just love it. Anyway, we spoiled them rotten, they had a TV dinner night with ice cream for dessert, and then afterwards they were very wound up, so I took them for a night time play at the neighbourhood park and a scooting session, despite the fact that it was raining lightly. At first they didn’t want to go, but once we were out, it was really hard to get them home, because they LOVED it. But I managed to get them back and to bed. Charlie slept in Arley’s room, and they finally got to sleep around 10:30. They were up again at 6am, which is not enough sleep for Arley! I had organised to meet Charlie’s Mum with Will at a park the next day for the hand-over, but apparently a sleep over was not enough play, because Will and Charlie ended up back at our house for another play!
On Monday Jeff took the kids to the trampoline centre around the corner, and they had a blast and got a massive workout at the same time. They came back exhausted and happy and were more than content to stay at home for the rest of the day.
On Tuesday we started family tennis lessons! I bloody loved it! The kids are still doing homeschool tennis on Friday, but we thought it might be a nice thing for us all to do together. It was so fun, and a really good way for us to connect. The coach Jared keeps the pace going really quickly, and I definitely improved in the half hour lesson (which admittedly isn’t hard considering my dismal tennis skills and lack of experience!). We’ll be doing it every Tuesday, and we’re really looking forward to it!
Yesterday we joined the Nambucca homeschool group at Swimming Creek Beach at Valla. It is a gorgeous beach, and Charlie was there so the kids were happy. But after a few hours it went downhill because Charlie and Arley were determined that Charlie was going to come back to our house to play (screens). I said no, not because I didn’t want Charlie over, but because I had a lot to do after the group, and Charlie lives in Bellingen half an hour away. I just don’t have an extra hour in my day for all of that driving, and I’m certain Charlie’s mother doesn’t either. I figure they’ve had their play, time to go now. But they had other plans, and asked me probably 40 times. Arley couldn’t handle being told no (over and over again), and got quite abusive. We got him home and he proceeded to have a huge meltdown. Next week I have already invited Charlie over after the meetup, but things are going to have to change because Arley just gets far too overwhelmed.
This morning the kids had horse riding. I was a little wary going, because the instructor has asked to teach them separately, which makes for a very long day, and Arley has been quite ornery there. However, he was brilliantly calm (even though he was telling me he hates horse riding beforehand!), and the lesson was smooth sailing. Carmie had a great lesson and can’t wait for next week!
This afternoon the kids also had swimming lessons. It was Carmie's second lesson since March, and Arley's first. Carmie started last week but we didn't like her teacher, and they were kind enough to open a new class for Carmie at the same time as Arley's private lesson. Carmie really liked her new teacher, and Arley really liked his. They set Arley up with a male teacher who has two autistic boys of his own, and they got along SO well, so I am super happy. It made for a jam-packed day, with horse riding this morning, but we all survived.
So, all in all it was a good week, I’m happy to report!
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