#685 Monday 19 August

Another bloggable moment!  As you know, Kaylia loves dingle-dangles .... many of these are 1 metre lengths of light chain.   This morning Naomi and I were on the balcony and heard a tickling noise .... I looked down and saw a magpie toying with one of her chains.   Then it picked up one end of the chain and flew on to the railing ..... then it really flew off .... with the chain a-dingling and a-dangling!  Kaylia is not alone in her fascination!

11am. Kaylia is home .... sick.   Her snotty nose is not acceptable - with good reason!   Last night she perfected the art of blowing "nose bubbles" ..... she thought it was hilarious.

7pm

I wonder whether I make our situation seem too "rosey"?  Generally things are fairly cruisey but every now and then it still gets bad.  I've just spent about 20 minutes "bringing her down". .... calming her after she has worked herself into a state.  She responds well to quiet words and hugs and rubs .... but it's hard work and it's wearing.

Life is generally much, much better than it was a couple of years ago .... but it's still hard in comparison with a "normal" family situation.