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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 91973" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day Sharon, and all to follow. </p><p></p><p>A blazing fire amid freezing temperatures - reminds me of New Zealand on our holiday. Lovely. And easy child 2/difficult child 2 is getting excited about Halloween too - not sure where/how she will celebrate since it's not an Aussie thing, but two sets of vampire teeth arrived by mail order for her today. She's got SOMETHING planned.</p><p></p><p>A moderately quiet day today, not like yesterday's screaming rush. I'm still having some trouble adjusting to the early hours, but by the end of the week I should have adjusted to daylight saving. It was weird, though, coming home this afternoon in blazing sun where last week it was after sunset.</p><p></p><p>We're making progress with difficult child 3 - he's been listening to "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" on the iPod in the car with me - we have the original radio series from the 70s. He liked the movie (after he'd seen it, with his eyes shut for most of it) and is getting the giggles in various places. And for a kid who avoids anything with 'story' because the conflict upsets him, this is amazing progress. The next step will be to show him the TV series (which was way better than the film ever could have been).</p><p></p><p>We also ordered "Get Smart" which I hope begins to arrive soon, we ordered it months ago. He should enjoy that, too.</p><p></p><p>Drama class today - no crisis this time. The girl who fell and gashed her leg last week - 12 stitches and a week off school. She was back at school today, on crutches. Not at drama this afternoon though.</p><p>We got invited to a Halloween party - me and difficult child 3. We might even go, although it means the rest of the family having to get their own dinner. It will also get us out of the town for the local hooligans. The biggest drawback though, is one of the kids going there clashes a lot with difficult child 3. But this other kid wants to go because the hostess has bought 2 Kg of lollies and he's a Prader-Willi kid, anything to do with food and he'll be in it. His mother will be there but if this kid begins to tantrum, I'll have to drag difficult child 3 out of there fast before he joins in the meltdown.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 3's costume - optional, but he does have a fairly effective Ring-Wraith costume from LOTR - very scary. I was going to get him to dress up and stay home, just answer the door in that costume when the bullies come round to visit.</p><p></p><p>Hot weather again - they forecast storms but they either don't arrive, or they're dry. I'm pouring buckets of water onto the garden to keep it alive and it's only spring!</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your Tuesday, everyone.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 91973, member: 1991"] G'day Sharon, and all to follow. A blazing fire amid freezing temperatures - reminds me of New Zealand on our holiday. Lovely. And easy child 2/difficult child 2 is getting excited about Halloween too - not sure where/how she will celebrate since it's not an Aussie thing, but two sets of vampire teeth arrived by mail order for her today. She's got SOMETHING planned. A moderately quiet day today, not like yesterday's screaming rush. I'm still having some trouble adjusting to the early hours, but by the end of the week I should have adjusted to daylight saving. It was weird, though, coming home this afternoon in blazing sun where last week it was after sunset. We're making progress with difficult child 3 - he's been listening to "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" on the iPod in the car with me - we have the original radio series from the 70s. He liked the movie (after he'd seen it, with his eyes shut for most of it) and is getting the giggles in various places. And for a kid who avoids anything with 'story' because the conflict upsets him, this is amazing progress. The next step will be to show him the TV series (which was way better than the film ever could have been). We also ordered "Get Smart" which I hope begins to arrive soon, we ordered it months ago. He should enjoy that, too. Drama class today - no crisis this time. The girl who fell and gashed her leg last week - 12 stitches and a week off school. She was back at school today, on crutches. Not at drama this afternoon though. We got invited to a Halloween party - me and difficult child 3. We might even go, although it means the rest of the family having to get their own dinner. It will also get us out of the town for the local hooligans. The biggest drawback though, is one of the kids going there clashes a lot with difficult child 3. But this other kid wants to go because the hostess has bought 2 Kg of lollies and he's a Prader-Willi kid, anything to do with food and he'll be in it. His mother will be there but if this kid begins to tantrum, I'll have to drag difficult child 3 out of there fast before he joins in the meltdown. difficult child 3's costume - optional, but he does have a fairly effective Ring-Wraith costume from LOTR - very scary. I was going to get him to dress up and stay home, just answer the door in that costume when the bullies come round to visit. Hot weather again - they forecast storms but they either don't arrive, or they're dry. I'm pouring buckets of water onto the garden to keep it alive and it's only spring! Enjoy your Tuesday, everyone. Marg [/QUOTE]
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