It has been a quiet week with a lot of home time. We couldn't get to Taekwon Do all week, and I've barely hit the gym either, so I'm feeling rather sluggish. I'm starting up again tomorrow though. Carmie had severe insomnia on Monday night because she forgot to take her meds. She ended up falling to sleep at 5:45am, and was a mess all of Tuesday. We cancelled horse riding because she was barely a shadow of herself.
Arley is on a new ADHD med to try to get him eating more. He is actually eating less and has lost half a kg. We are hoping this is just a side effect that will go away, because as far as keeping his ADHD symptoms at bay, this med is great. He is so focused on it - he sat with me and coloured in for two hours straight one morning. I haven't been able to get him doing anything at our craft table for more than five minutes in SO long. So, I'm really hoping the loss of appetite is a fast-passing side effect.
On Wednesday I took the kids to Clint at Chambers Island, then home for a rest. I then took them to a park in Buderim where I knew a small group of homeschoolers was meeting up for an hour. The kids weren't super keen, so I told them we'd go out to lunch afterwards. The park play went great for Carmie. There were six girls there, four were 11 and two were 12. And to our surprise, Arley's friend Chayse was there. I was so happy to see Chayse, thinking maybe Arley would be able to have fun and play, but Arley was way too stressed. He was angry the whole time, and boldly announced that the park sucked. He was stopping Carmie from using the park equipment, and being very challenging, which means his anxiety was skyrocketing. I had him join in with a group game, and he didn't understand it and stormed off, embarrassed. Carmie, however, had a good time. Some of the girls approached her to play, and now she wants to go back next week. I have gotten a promise out of Arley that next week he will at least try to smile and be polite. We are having Chayse over tomorrow morning to play Xbox with Arley, so hopefully they will reconnect.
Today Arley had OT at home. He and Toni his OT are building a sensory garden out of palettes. Afterwards I rustled up the kids and took them to Point Cartwright beach, which was beautiful. The weather is getting warmer and it was such a lovely day. We found some awesome shells and collected some driftwood for our hermit crabs.
I'm hoping to get back on track next week: gym sessions, Taekwon Do, horse riding, and hoping Carmie sleeps and Arley eats!
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