Back home, which means bicycles in the street and fun riding through some water after the rain

We’ve had a life goal of making it through a round of JBay putt-putt since Donné’s birthday 2yrs ago. That was when Adam tripped and split his head open during our last game.

So we set off with high hopes on our final day of holiday.

Eli was, well….let’s just say he didn’t start well. By the third hole he was grumping and moaning big time. I had gotten tense with this whole situation and then decided to make sure I didn’t let his attitude drag me down, when he turns to Donné and says (angry and grumpy), “Adam ruined it for us last time, so I’m going to run it for us this time.”

That very nearly resulted in him being taken home, but we all took a deep breath and remembered that sometimes he just needs a moment to calm. He and Donné are similar that way – it is often best to just let them take some time to cool off. So we left him alone and a few holes later he was actually playing with us (not zooting off ahead) and we had a good time.

Round of putt-putt complete with no injuries incurred.

Twinsies

The sunglasses gang

The longer the book, the more likely it is that story time ends like this

Adam has been complaining about the sun in his eyes when we’re in the car so we went in search of some sunglasses for all the children. We found a pair for Adam and Grace in one shop, but had to go looking elsewhere for Eli’s.

We found a pair for Eli and on the way to the till Adam spots these bouncy balls with flashy lights inside of them and really wants one. We’d just spent money on sunglasses for them and said no, which made him super unhappy, but that is just how it goes sometimes.

We always pray together in the evenings and mostly we say thank you for the blessings of the day. Tonight I say to Adam, “What do you want to say thank you for?” He says, “I’m not going to say thank you because I didn’t get the glow in the dark ball.” So I say, “Well, you did get sunglasses and we can’t take them back now.” And he’s like, “I’ll take the sunglasses back and use my jacket to cover my eyes.”

Oh the poor sweet boy, he is just so desperate for that R15 ball….I’m pretty sure he’ll end up with one tomorrow.

Eli has been waiting for this game of chess these holidays

I’m starting to think I’m really bad at teaching chess – poor Eli was in tears at the end. He played a really good game, I gave him lots of help and many chances to rethink moves. But still tears at the end. I think it was partly because he realised there was no way to win, but we still had some moves to make before the final check mate. Those last few moves seemed to destroy his will to live.

Eli started knitting a beanie with the help of Gogo and Granny. He spent the greater part of two days knitting row after row and yesterday he finished it.

He was super chuffed with his finished beanie and wanted to sleep with it on last night.

Granny and Grandpa went back to PE yesterday so we went for a cuppa and some games at First Light Coffee before they left.

Adam is loving playing games with us. Even when he can’t play the game independently he will happily play in your team, as an assistant….however it is important that he picks the winning team otherwise their are some tears and grumping.

A game of Spot It with dad, while Eli knits away

After we said goodbye we headed to the park for some swinging, merry-go-round and making of “fires”

Sticks, dry leaves and a flint and we are ready to make a fire