I don't have much to say this week! Lockdown is over and we are allowed to go out, but we haven't really gone anywhere! We have been chilling at home. Monday was rainy and awful, the first and only day of bad weather we've had since we've been here. I have to say, winter on the Sunshine Coast is gorgeous. Mornings are still a little frosty, but the days are absolutely beautiful. It feels like spring. And my plants are responding in kind - my lettuce has started growing, and so have many flower seedlings I planted.
We have been having a really low-key time and it's been nice. We took the kids to the park around the corner one day and shot some hoops and played handball on the courts there. I bought a secondhand bike so I've been riding around, as well as taking morning walks along the trails. We've been spending time outside in our yard, and playing lots of games. Arley asked to do the world puzzle again, but this time he asked to do it by himself. It was remarkable to watch. He would pick out a piece from the box, look at it for a few seconds, and then place it exactly where it was supposed to go in the puzzle. His memory is astounding. Meanwhile, Carmie hates puzzles and will have nothing to do with them.
Today we did our first zoom therapy appointment with our awesome new psychologist. She is taking us through a program called the Westmead Feelings Program, which is fifteen appointments split into three sessions, five appointments each session, with a two week break in between. It is a very intensive program where she will teach Jeffrey and I do be emotion coaches, and where she will teach the kids how to recognise emotions and how they feel in their bodies in different situations, and how their actions are perceived by and have an affect on others. It sounds like exactly what we need, and I really hope it helps.
Tomorrow the kids and I are going to a trampoline place to meet other homeschoolers, and on Saturday I'm taking them to a Roblox gaming session where kids get together and play Roblox. Next week we are meeting up with a homeschool girl on Tuesday for a play, and then on Wednesday I have organised a group park play to meet even more homeschoolers. There are so many around here, and so many activities to do, I am sure we will find out feet in no time. The kids are really excited. I am too :)
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