On Saturday I turned the page in our calendar, late because it was already September, and that is when I discovered that it was Father’s Day the very next day. I thought it was next week and was very clearly not ready! I quickly organised a morning tea at our house for the next day, with Lolo and Dida, and Zach, and then Arley and I set about making ginger cookies. I ran out that afternoon and bought some gifts, and then on Sunday morning I made scones with whipped cream and jam. We had a Father’s Day morning tea at our house, which was really nice, and then Jeffrey got to do what he wanted for the rest of the day, and didn’t have to lift a finger. It turned out to be a good day, despite the fact that I was completely unprepared!
Carmie went to her social group on Friday and had a great time. On Tuesday we went to Taekwon Do, and I participated too because I am finally injury and illness free (after five days on antibiotics). We had such a good workout, it was awesome. Arley was his usual pain in the butt, but that’s kind of par for the course at this point! Afterwards we spent four hours or so at Lolo and Dida’s. Carmie had a milkshake from the cafe across the road, and some of Lolo’s mac & cheese. Too much dairy, do you think? We went off to horse riding (with Arley again refusing to ride), and Carmie was fine. Then right when we left horse riding, I looked at Carmie and she didn’t seem right. She told me she felt carsick, so I opened the window for her, and as we were driving around a big round about, cars everywhere, Carmie stuck her head out the car window and vomited all over the side of the car. There was this clearing on the side of the roundabout, so I pulled over, and poor Carmie stood on the grass and continued vomiting in front of the passing traffic. So fun. We weren’t far from Lolo and Dida’s so I drove us there, and we cleaned the car and let Carmie have a rest. We ended up staying there because poor Carmie had to vomit three more times. She was wretched, the poor thing. I finally managed to get us all home, and Carmie went straight to bed with a promise to sleep on the bottom bunk! I’m not sure if she had too much dairy or if she got glutened, or maybe both!
Carmie wasn’t feeling right the next day so I cancelled all her activities, and then I got into trouble from Arley because I had cancelled his session with Clint too - I thought he would never go if Carmie didn’t. He got mad becasue I cancelled it without his permission, so I ended up taking him to Clint at Chambers Island and he had a double session! They built a bush turkey trap, and then lured me, the turkey, over it. And yes I got a big shoe-full of sand. Arley thought it was great.
Thurday was busy - in the morning I took my nephew Zach to an appointment that took most of the morning, and then I had to take Arley to the doctor for a check-up. He is now in the 50th percetile for height and weight, which is awesome! Then in the afternoon I took both kids to a new Dungeons and Dragons social group. They were both excited, but when we got there, Arley’s anxiety got the better of him and he couldn’t participate. Carmie had fun though :)
Next week I won’t be doing a blog post, because Jeff and I are going to Cairns in the north of QLD for five days. Woot woot! Mum and Geoff are coming to stay at our house from Wednesday night to Monday night, and we are off! The kids are not thrilled that we are leaving them. In fact, Arley says he’s not going to let us go…just try and stop me, buddy!!
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