#1184 Saturday 11 July

What a happy girl we have!   The problems become much less important when she is so happy.   We'll have to watch her bossy ways though.   She wants time with us at bedtime and insists that we turn the TV off and come upstairs ...... this is very understandable ...... and good ....... but we have to be careful that she doesn't learn that lesson too well!!

Later

The projects are going well .... I wish I had more time at them.

The spa installation has passed a milestone .... the first main support post is concreted in and the others become easier with that one as a reference point.

#1183 Thursday 9 July

Kaylia had a good time at the Friendship Club .... we'll do it again next week.

While Callum and I waited yesterday we visited the Army Museum nearby .....

This a real Centurion tank ..... I had a Dinky toy model of this when I was 9 years old.  It's always been a favourite of mine and to stand next to the real thing was quite special for me.

#1182 Wednesday 8 July

Kaylia is at "Friendship Club" right now ..... Callum and I are waiting close by in case she has problems but I'm fairly impressed by the staff ..... and Kaylia seemed happy .... so I don't expect any problems.

#1181 Tuesday 7 July

It was a good weekend .... Kaylia spent lots of time in the pool.   Apart from what appeared to be a bout of tooth ache, she was very happy.   Her "nag" changed from Dr Camacho .... or school .... to Friendship Club!   This starts on Wednesday few a few holiday sessions .... and she's rarin' to go!

It's a real shame that we have to squash the nagging..... she really wants to talk about it but she just can't get the idea of including a few extra words that would turn the nagging into a conversation.  The nagging just gets too much for us.

On the way home we had a special moment ..... it was time to bring out the jelly snakes..... and Kaylia reacted with great glee!  Much more than normal.

I've been off to collect 150 free bricks this morning..... for the side steps project.  The load was just about as much as the car could carry.

Stage 1 of the steps project is almost complete.  We have steps and paving from the house level to the bungalow level now.   The next stage is build steps up to the carport level.

#1180 Thursday 2. July

Today was supposed to be the first day of the new therapy program...... and Kaylia was fired up ready!   ....... but Cindy had to cancel as she wasn't well.   Kaylia was not impressed .... and we compensated with Nandos for tea.

Tomorrow we're off to Busselton again.

#1179 Wednesday 1 July

It's 4am .... Kaylia has been awake for an hour ..... it's a full moon tomorrow and the past two nights have been very unsettled. 

We had a report session at school yesterday ..... as usual her skills are going well ..... but social ?   She is wanting to engage with other kids but she doesn't know how .... and she just stands there. So therapy goals will include how to meet and engage.  Her verbal ability is still hampered by the way we're anticipating her needs ...... I'm the worst offender!  I know what she wants and it's so easy to just provide it!

School holidays start on Friday and we're off to Busselton again for 3 nights.  Now that our friends Dennis and Stana have moved there, we will be going much more often.

#1178 Saturday 27 June

The stack of timber (that is now sorted in the shed) is the catalyst for action ..... the timber makes possible a project I've had in mind for a long time. To construct an extension to the balcony to house a spa!

So Gumtree has provided a spa for $100 that will make it happen.

As soon as I got it home, Kaylia was wanting it filled with water!  It's going to be a task to control her watery ways!