Gosh I read your post Cass and replying has been on my list and now it is nearly two weeks later lol. Not that much is happening, but there are a lot of little bits and bobs that seem to take up a lot of time.
So when do you go?! Where are you off to this time? I don't even know what an ear candle is!
It is quite comforting to have a diagnoses. It seems to have made a huge difference to BIL to know what is wrong with him. He is actually being mostly reasonable for the first time in forever.
Not a whole lot of anything going on here. Making our way into the downhill slide that ends at Christmas. Only 5 weeks of school left! We made the decision to close the school at the end of term 2 next year, so I am not sure if I am going to start A there knowing it is a short time or do the two school drop off jig for those terms. Can't believe she will be a big school girl next year! She seems tall for her age and with W being small they are almost even now. He is going to spew when people start asking if they are twins lol.
hi everyone :-)
it has been ages since i have been on to see how everyone i going and to update you! Cass - when are you leaving on your trip? it sounds like it will be an amazing holiday! jealous! we are doing the beachouse again this xmas holidays - it works really well for us to have a close to home easy break at that time esp as it is so busy in the lead up.
we have booked to go to cambodia and vietnam next year tho whoch will be fun. and it also looking like i will go to usa for work in march... so lots on as usual! work is really going gangbusters for me, i am enoying it a lot but v firmly in the career mum bracket which also comes wth the guilt, worry etc.
i didnt realise cass you were feeling so down. i am glad you will spend some time with the counsellor and hope that helps. i also didnt know E has a diagnosis? gosh i cant believe it has been 2 yrs since all that horror began.
Arte - so what will happen with the school closing? if you start A there will the kids move with her? that would make it a little less disruptive. why isnt it an end of yr thing to mke it easier to transition?
all is well with the boys. i have just had J assessed by an OT, as he is super smart but struggling a bit motor wise, esp finemotor so we want to get in top of tht b4 school next year. she has assesed him at school so i willhear next week what her thoughts are.
I just bought N his first judy blume! tales of a 4th grade nothing. ah the nostalgia!
Hi MP. I have never read the Judy Blume books, but I made the kids watch The Princess Bride the other week when they were all home sick Love the nostalgia value of those old movies. Also made W watch Back to the Future.
School is closing mid year because no one really wants to close it. But there isn't enough parent support/cash in the coffers/may lose the bus run so it can't last much longer. We wanted to give the staff enough time to plan and to give the kids time to get used to the idea - I know that I couldn't spring it on W now and expect him to have come to terms by the end of the year. I think we will start A there, she keeps telling everyone that she is going to that school and she isn't the sort of kid that would mind changing mid year.
I liked the candle that J made - will be a nice talking point as a centrepiece at your family hanukkah celebrations lol Hope all has gone well with the OT. Miss A is a bit on the unco side but she seems to be improving.
there are so many books i am waiting to read with them, and also for them to read themselves. we went to a agreat kids fstival on the weekend, playfest.. . was not as busy as i thought it'd be but kids had a ball. highlight for them was meeting andy griffiths and also sally rippin, i am so glad they are so into books. it is so important.
gosh i hadnt thought it would be easier transition wise to move part way thru the year.. different perspectives as always!! will all the kids transition to the same school? will make for some interesting dynamics
It is a bit different around here because 1 June is 'gypsy day' when all the share milkers move farms for the upcoming season so in the rural schools there is a fair bit of change around then anyway. The other kids will probably go to schools further out that way, mine will most likely go to the one on the other side of town. A will be fine shifting and it will be an issue for W no matter when we do it lol. So I might as well take advantage of the 1.5 teachers for 10 kids for as long as I can.
sorry i was a slack bum in replying because, well, life got crazy hectic all at once. We left for the trip on the 20th of November and will be over here until the 6 January. It is sooo cold. minus 5 temps are the norm and snowstorms herald most days. that said, it is beautiful.
i mentioned it on FB but unfortunately we got stuck at a rather horrific car crash the other night in not ideal weather. the girls are still kinda processing it with Miss M in particular taking a rather morbid outlook. i think i need to google stuff on explaining death to kids (it was carnage to say the least - we watched as only a few feet away firies ripped open a car and began the awful task of trying to save several lives on the wet road beside us and then have a helicopter basically land on top of us to take the more serious case away). at the time the girls seemed ok (Miss E not, she freaked at the sirens and chopper and loud sounds etc), but yeah, delayed processing i guess.
Arte: argh that is is a bummer about the school closing . does he have any particular friends that he would be wanting to move with?
Miss M and Miss E get the twins thing ALL.THE.TIME. and each and every time I am like: "wtf? there be 3 years between them yo". seriously, in the case of my girls being 'twins' people really must be a kangaroo loose in the top paddock (hmm that analogy might be a symptom of homeland nostalgia?? weird).
MP: golly that is a busy schedule next year...already lol. i cannot believe that next year is a matter of weeks away.
what gave you the heads up re the fine motor skills? (this coming from the most uncoordinated person in the world ).
MD: how be it in your world? what be on the christmas shortlist for you and Miss E this year?? I need inspiration!
Oh! and in other news (that may already have been divulged via FB): i have a new job (so, MP i am joining you most certainly on the career mum guilt lol). it's a rather intense job and they want me FT but i just cannot do that. thankfully a lot of it can be done from home, but i would like some office time for social stuff and TBH being in the office tends to expediate the tedious tasks). Of course i got the job 2 weeks out from leaving for the trip to the US. so have been super busy learning on the go...literally. but i like it and this uni pays way better than the old...always nice before christmas!
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Love the nostalgia value of those old movies. Also made W watch Back to the Future. 
. does he have any particular friends that he would be wanting to move with?
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(so, MP i am joining you most certainly on the career mum guilt lol). it's a rather intense job and they want me FT but i just cannot do that. thankfully a lot of it can be done from home, but i would like some office time for social stuff and TBH being in the office tends to expediate the tedious tasks). Of course i got the job 2 weeks out from leaving for the trip to the US. so have been super busy learning on the go...literally. but i like it and this uni pays way better than the old...always nice before christmas!
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