I have actually remembered to post on time this week! Even though the time is arbitrary, I have been posting every Thursday night since just after Arely was born, so more than seven years now. I feel that if I skip a post, then that will be it, the blog will end...I know that is ridiculous, but that is my uptight black -and-white thinking brain for you.
This week has been good, albeit with the usual dramas. Arley has had a few whopping meltdowns. I got one on voice memo on my phone so I can play it for the paediatrician next week. My hopes are really up for this new paediatrician, I really hope he works out. Otherwise I will have to keep searching, and waiting.
On Friday night last week we went to the Twilight Food Market which is an outdoor hot food market with live music that is held here in Coffs at Park Beach every Friday (yes, there are things to do here in Coffs!). I chose Ethiopian food while the kids and Jeffrey shared a pizza, and we had a picnic on the grass. Such a lovely, easy way to do dinner on a Friday night!
On the weekend we had one ‘home day’ and then on Sunday we took a trip out to Dorrigo, to Dangar Falls, which is about an hour away. It was SO beautiful there, with a great big waterfall that stormed into a swimming hole and a lovely river. It was a bit too cold for us to take the plunge, but we have promised the kids we’ll go back on a really hot day (it is a bit cooler up in Dorrigo) so that we can swim behind the waterfall.
The kids did homeschool tennis on Friday, and then on Tuesday we had our family tennis lesson. It was our third one, and still so fun! We love it so much, we’d do it every day if we could. After three lessons we can really see improvement in all of us. I have a pretty bad forehand but a surprisingly good backhand (for a novice!), so I’m not completely embarrassed out on the court :) We also did a family swim session at the pool. The kids love it so much when we do activities together - I wonder how long that will last!
On Wednesday we travelled up to the Promiselands so the kids could have a play in the Never Never creek with their friends Will and Charlie. Talk about beautiful, and being immersed in nature. We went around the bend from where we went last time, and it was even more incredible. The kids divided themselves into two groups, Will and Carmie vs Charlie and Arley, and they got a little nasty with each other, so I’ll have to get on top of that, but apart from that, it was a really lovely day. Luckily I get along very well with Will and Charlie’s mother, so it was pleasant for me as well.
So, the one problem with living here in Coffs is that the weather is so amazing that we want to get out every day. While this is awesome, it leaves a lot of chores hanging, and so today we wrote up a to-do list of six different big things to get done over the next week or so. Jefffrey and I were so proud, because we actually managed to cross three things off that list, and get the ball rolling on one more task. We were even high-fiving each other...until I realised that we forgot to take the kids to their private swimming lessons. We had one thing that we actually HAD to get done today, and we forgot!! I need a secretary!
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