And once again I forgot to do the blog last night! I think it’s because I’ve been sick. Carmie came down with a cold this week, and I was so proud that I didn’t get it. Or so I thought. I was definitely counting my chickens! Carmie was sick for three days, so we missed playing with homeschool buddies on Friday, and then I was sick this week, so we missed going to the homeschool meetup on Wednesday. We did briefly make it out though in between illness.
One day we went to the tidal pool at Mylstom again. It was a disaster, because it was Arley’s second day trialling Ritalin, and we were NOT prepared for the come down. He turned into the Incredible Hulk on steroids, it was scary. And Arley is pretty scary anyway when he gets mad, but this was a whole new level, and out in public. The poor boy, he must have been feeling terrible. He still asked for Ritalin the next day though, and we tried for four more days before calling it quits. It definitely made him a little happier, and probably more focused, but his hair trigger temper was even worse, and we really had to help him through the come downs, because they were frightening. I did realise pretty quick that when the meds were wearing off, I could give him something sweet and get him on a screen and he would be fine, but that’s not so easy to do when you are out. In the end it wasn’t worth the benefit of his two hours of happiness. We have another appointment with the paed in three weeks, so we will try something else soon.
We made it to dog beach again, and it was beautiful. The current wasn’t as strong in the river part, so no floating races, but it was still lovely, despite me having to cater to Arley and his mood the whole time! On Monday it was crazy hot, so we stayed home with the air conditioning and made it out into the backyard for a water balloon fight. It was pretty fun, despite the balloons more bouncing off of us instead of bursting. We ended up playing catch with the water balloons, which was pretty funny when you missed them.
Another day we went to the library. There is a photo below of Carmie at the library, using the stools for wheel feet. She is our unmedicated ADHDer. Meanwhile our ASD kid on Ritalin had his nose stuck in a book and was completely oblivious to everything going on around him. And yes, I am very tempted to try Carmie on Arley’s Ritalin! She has an appointment with the paed next month, and I do expect it to go that way.
On Wednesday Jeffrey took the kids to the park at Sapphire Beach so that I could rest. They love it there. It is in fact where we are right now as I type this. Yesterday I took the kids to horse riding, and it was great. Arley was a total pain in the butt again, but he pulled through in the end. He has been refusing to hold the reins properly this whole time, and yesterday he finally did it as he was trotting over a jump. The instructor is very patient with him, but I think she needs a bit of Milea’s no-nonsense attitude to deal with him properly. Anyway, he finally did as asked, AND I got it on video, so he can’t dispute it. I will show him next week before the lesson so he knows he can do it.
And that’s it, in a nutshell!
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