It's been quite a busy week, and I am very happy that tomorrow is Saturday. Last Saturday Carmie and I met up with her friend Lexi and mother Nicky at the mall and we went clothes shopping. Carmie has been really difficult to buy clothes for, because she is very skinny but has legs up to her armpits! Any pants that are the right length have been way too big in the waist, so she has been dressing rather badly this past year. However, we found a store that somehow has clothes that fit her, and we went on a bit of a spree. She was so happy, because she really needs that confidence boost. Afterwards we all went and got sushi and bubble tea, and Lexi and Carmie had a good catch up while Nicky and I got to chat. Meanwhile, Jeffrey had taken Arley to the game arcade, and they were having their own fun time. It was a perfect Saturday morning!
The kids had all their therapies this week. Arley was a champ at his private Taekwon Do lesson. Mr Kelly gave him boxing gloves, and Arley was stoked. He has made so much progress in four lessons, Mr Kelly and I can't stop talking about it! I almost get teary. Carmie and I have also done our lessons, and Mr Kelly is teaching me more patterns above my grade level, because I should be higher but Carmie wants me to stay at her level. Loving it!
When Alrey was with Clint at Chambers Island on Wednesday, they went searching for hermit crabs. They found one, and Alrey was enamoured. Clint told us that we could buy hermit crabs as pets, so the kids of course started begging right away. After the session I went out to lunch with some friends (like real grown ups!), and then I tracked down a pet store with hermit crabs and bought the kids two, along with a crabitat. They were very excited when I got home! So now we are the proud owners of two hermit crabs, Hermy and Kermit. Oh, and they live for ten to fifteen years! OMG.
We received Arley's report and specialised behaviour plan from his behaviour therapist. It is the most thorough report we've had, and has ideas of how to help him at challenging times. It confirms the PDA diagnosis and gives a lot of understanding to his behaviours. I'm hoping it helps us going forward. One thing we have to do is remove all 'demands' when Arley is getting stressed. We've also been told to let him have his iPad whenever he needs it, because his brain needs it for stimulation. This takes the guilt away, at least!
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