#1718 Monday 11 December

Well .... the office party is over ..... there weren't as many people as expected so we have a fridge full of left-overs.  We won't need to cook this week!

Kaylia coped with the party quite well.  When the noise and people were too much for her she took herself off to her room and closed the door.  Then after a while she would venture out  ..... I think it was largely to keep an eye on what food was on the table!  When the cheesecake and icecream came out, she was right onto it and very excited!  She had personally chosen the strawberry cheesecake.

I think I was a bit jealous of her being able to hide away .... it was a bit much for me.  The past week of working on the roof repairs has really "taken it out of me" and I'm happy to potter around doing little jobs that have been put off.  Of course the weather doesn't help  .... the mercury is climbing early in the day and I only get a few hours before I need to find jobs inside .... or at least in the shade.

Kaylia has a school outing today .... the school has arranged a trip to the "Maze" .... it has a waterpark so Kaylia will love it.

She has adopted the expression  "Good Girl!" into her routine ..... after each action she completes, she wants "Good Girl!" to finish it off  ...... I'm not sure if this is wanting praise .... or whether it's just a routine that she has decided must be included.  One day in the future, I hope that she will read this blog and be able to tell me what it all means in her head.

Evening:
She's come home from the outing ... very tired but very happy.  It was a good day with lots of time in the water.

9pm  despite being very tired she was having difficulty getting off to sleep .... so I went in to do the settling routine.  This largely involves insisting that she stop talking!  She "loops" on 'school tomorrow'....  I had cut short her words several times.... and then I heard a very faint whisper 'school tomorrow'! .... and then she was asleep.  She's a funny thing.