#744 Saturday 23 November

The funniest thing happened tonight .... we have two phones on different lines in the house and we were about to start tea when both lines rang at once!  I picked up both and realised that both calls were spam .... one was "India calling" and the other was "Microsoft technical dept ... you have a virus"  ......  I thought "I can't do my $150 charge thing to two at once .... what will I do?"

So I put the two handsets  mouth piece to ear piece .... and let them talk to each other!!  I could hear the conversation .... they were very confused.  I haven't laughed so much in ages.

Zoe was on Skype tonight .... she has some exciting news but I can't tell you about it.  Maybe one day soon. 
When Zoe was with us  (looking after Kaylia) we were striving to develop imagination in Kaylia and it was so good to be able to tell Zoe about Kaylia's playtime.  This is what we have worked really hard for ... and she is doing it.

On Thursday night we were having tea at Nandos .... after we finished, Naomi says to Kaylia "What shall we do now?"  Kaylia immediately come back with "HOLIDAY!"  (ie Bali)

Ah well .... three and a bit weeks to go.  We found out tonight that Lara's Mum will be in Bali on holiday at the same time as we will be there!  What a coincidence.  Hopefully she will be able to come and stay at the villa with us for  a day or so.

#743 Friday 22 November

She's happy.

It's so good ..... I wish all of you (who knew Kaylia 3 or 4 years ago) could see her now.  What a difference!  Thankyou for all your hard work and the contribution to this improvement.

#742 Wednesday 20 November

I've missed two days!  Life has been very busy.  I Monday the office receptionist was away sick .... so I had to do three jobs for the day instead if the normal two.  My head was mush by tea time.

Yesterday we had a real "head scratcher" moment ..... at the office the cleaner comes very early each day and on Tuesdays the bins are put out on the rod for collection as she leaves.  Yesterday she left a note to apologise for forgetting the bins....  she must have walked past the bins, seen that they weren't out .... and instead of putting them out, she went back inside and wrote the note to say the she hadn't put them out ?????  Why not put them out rather than writing the note??  (later:  I now turns out that the rubbish truck came early ... before she had put the bin out .... but she didn't say that and it sounded really strange.)

Last night's therapy included a part where objects are hidden under cups which are placed round the room.  In an adult conversation between the therapist and the assistant, the location is described and Kaylia has to listen then work it out and go to the right cup.  Last night one of the cups was at the top of the basement stairs and she accidentally knocked the cup so it went bouncing down the stairs ..... From then on, she ignored the task of finding the right cup ... she just went straight to the stairs and knocked it down the stairs again!  I think there's an lesson for the adults there!

#741 Sunday 17 November

A good night .... Yay!  Now it's sleep in time ....  then pancakes for breakfast.  Then it will be time to drive to Aunty Moo's and Aunty Max's.  The routine kicks in.

Kaylia has done her usual thing when a new aupair arrives ..... she has clearly staked a claim on Lara .... "She's mine!"

Afternoon

Well .... she broke routine!  Today she wanted swimming pool and hose.... mummy time.  It's quite a change so maybe this shows that she is reaching a new stage of her development.

We've just been to the op shop and she has her next dingle- dangle.

Evening

Kaylia and I have been for a drive down to Kenwick to collect an old bath ... a freebie that we will set up outside as a play thing for her.

During the drive we pass a spot on Coulson Road we a mystery has us intrigued ..... the road traffic is being disrupted during the day by lots of people and cars .... there are temporary demountables and generators .... 

There are ablution blocks and a large eating facility nearby.   We suspect that it is a TV house renovation reality show being filmed.

This is the house being done.