The weather is hideous today! It wasn't good yesterday either, but today takes the cake. It looks like it's going to continue into tomorrow too, so I've cancelled Arley's session with his support worker Rob, because I just can't bring myself to leave the house in all this wind and rain. I didn't realise it could get so cold here on the Sunshine Coast.
On Saturday, while the weather was still beautiful, we ventured out for a picnic at the sculpture garden at the Maroochydore Botanic Gardens. It is really lovely there, and not too busy. We had our snacks and read our books, then played Finska (Arley and I lost again, for about the tenth time in a row), and then we played Frisbee Golf before wandering around to look at the sculptures. Our outings are never as peaceful as we would like - always rather stressful actually - but we persist. It was nice to get out, in any case.
On Monday the kids had their sessions with Holly, and then that evening Carmie and I went to Taekwon Do. She is rocking it. On Tuesday morning I took Arley to our Taekwon Do teacher's house for a private lesson. Carmie was supposed to come, but she had a sleepless night the night before and wasn't up to it. Arley was definitely anxious and acting up, but our Taekwon Do teacher was really good with him, and actually got him training, (punches, blocks and front kicks) for about 20 minutes. It went south when Arley did a roundhouse kick wrong and sat down and refused to get up. But 20 minutes is a win, and we were happy with that. I was very proud of Arley. Later that day the kids had equine therapy after three weeks off, and Arley refused to get on his horse. That was frustrating, but he helped out feeding and watering the other horses while Carmie had her lesson on a new horse. She liked her new horse, Chilli, who is an ex-racehorse and has a really big trot. Carmie was pretty tired though.
On Wednesday Arley's behaviour therapist Matt came over for a session and met with Jeffrey and me first. I like this guy; he has a good understanding of Arley and his difficulties, and works well with him. He has just written up a report that we are yet to see, and soon he will be helping us to implement a plan that will hopefully make our household more manageable.
Some good news is that Arley has gained weight this week! We have really been working on it, with food charts and goals, and this is the first week he's had weight gain. It's funny that even though Carmie is my coeliac child, she is the easy one to feed!
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