I only have one photo from this week! This is so not like me. I think it is because we have mostly been inside because of the rain. So much rain! And so much more to come. We are being overrun by cane toads. Actually cane toadlets, hundreds of them. Last night Arley and I went out with a flashlight and found two large cane toads in our yard. During the day we have seen at least a hundred babies. They are poisonous to Bella so we will have to do something about them. In the meantime, Arley is loving his 'toad hunts'.
We have had a few stressful days this week. The kids' grand dad Pop bought them a new computer each for Christmas (early, but we were desperate!), and Arley was SO excited, but then we found out our modem also wasn't working properly, so there has been a lot of drama. I spent a few hours on to Telstra dealing with it to no avail, so last night I emailed the CEO of Telstra, and low and behold, I got a call today and they are sending out a new modem which should arrive tomorrow. This will help us out so much. The kids' faulty computers have been the source of a whole lot of stress for the past nine months or so, and now I feel a huge weight lifted, and the kids are SO happy. And so am I, so thanks Pop :)
Yesterday I took the kids to a rock climbing centre. They were so excited to go. I should have vetted it first, because it was way too hard and stressful for Arley. He had a mini meltdown there, but the owner was very good about it. Carmie liked it a lot (she loves rock climbing and bouldering!), but we couldn't stay long. When we were leaving, I told the owner she would be back with her dad, and Arley turned to him and said, "And I'm never coming back again." Nothing like autistic honesty! :(
The kids started their tennis lessons on Friday of last week. It was very early and I received quite a bit of groaning and complaining from Arley (Carmie was fine, of course!), but we made it there on time, and the kids loved it. They both were surprised that it was over so soon, so we are switching from half hour to 45 minute lessons from now on. Tennis is going to be rained out tomorrow, but I'm a lot less scared of the early hour now.
The kids both had their mentor sessions, and they went really well. Arley was a little unfocused and hard to engage, but he was really chatty. We are finding his new dose of Ritalin makes him so talkative, and very honest too. Carmie had her session today and she built a lego robot. We had our family therapy on Wednesday morning and it was a disaster...so stressful. Carmie went mute, and Arley kept sighing and saying how bored he was, and talking over Carmie because of Carmie's trouble speaking. Then he started yelling at her because of her bare feet. Then Carmie started crying. Arley refused to sit in front of the camera (it was a zoom session). You get the picture...so fun! Not!
We have a week of rain ahead of us, so wish us luck with our cane toad infestation!
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