We have had a fairly quiet week this week, which has been very welcome after our three weeks of guests in town! On Thursday after swimming when the kids were hanging with their friends Will and Charlie, Arley got really upset because he wanted them to come over to our house, and we have been having a break from that for a while. All the kids do when they come over is go on screens, and it doesn't feel like a good play. I felt so sorry for Arley crying about it that we invited them over again for a play on Sunday. While the kids all had a good time, they did spend the whole time on screens again! It is very frustrating, so I think we will be meeting them out again from now on.
On Saturday we took Bella to the dog beach in Sawtell. We hadn't been there before, and the water was disappointingly murky because of all of the rains we have had. Arley refused to go swimming, so I walked with him on the beach while Jeffrey and Carmie had a swim. On Monday we took the kids to the pool in Sawtell, but it was full of kids from vacation care, so we ended up driving up to the Bellingen pool. It is such a lovely pool up there, I think it's worth the drive. Arley has been quite dysregulated going out of the house this week, and when we are out he makes things quite difficult, refusing to participate but then complaining loudly about being bored. It's hard to find the balance. On Wednesday we drove down to Shelly Beach at Nambucca to meet the homeschool group there. We kind of kept to ourselves because we are sill longing for a bit of peace and quiet. Arley refused to swim, but he perked up when Jeffrey got out our drone to fly around. He got some awesome shots too! Arley flew it, and then Carmie had a go. We put it away after Carmie flew it into the tree above our heads and sheared off a bunch of leaves. She was so upset, but when she realised the drone was ok, she found it really funny. It's pretty fun to have such a cool drone.
This morning the kids had their horse riding. Carmie had insomnia again last night, so we were just happy she made it up on the horse. Arley kicked butt for the second week in a row! He was trotting around like a champ, with brilliant form and not a single complaint. We couldn't be happier! They both had swimming lessons this afternoon, and Carmie pulled through despite how exhausted she was.
Carmie and I met with the psychologist on Friday to begin her autism assessment. The psych was very nice and obviously in admiration of neurodivergent people, so that was refreshing. She said Carmie is definitely autistic. Her actual assessment doesn't start until later in February. The psych also wants to do intelligence testing to see where Carmie's at, but that will cost an extra $1250 on top of the $850 for the assessment! We will wait until we are further down the track to see if NDIS covers it. I'm just happy we are getting things underway. When Carmie was told she is autistic, she was all smiles. I'm so glad she is proud of being different. I never want this to change.
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