MONDAY: I think Mondays must be really really boring around here because I never remember what we have done.
TUESDAY: We went to home school group. Today a lady came in from RACV (transport people) and did a presentation and work shop with the kids about road safety. Auron absolutely loved it and Lili also enjoyed it but was feeling a bit sooky so stayed by me for the majority of it. Ammon was super tired but refused to go to sleep so I just fed him and fed him to keep him happy. He ate all the watermelon (a whole quarter). The kids also brought a toy from home to share for show and tell.
After home school group Ammon and Lili promptly fell asleep in the car so Auron and I went for a drive out into the country a bit then drove out to see our land. We were lucky enough to actually see them working on our block. It is looking really good out there now. We drove in from the freeway this time and Auron was excited that there was a Hungry Jacks only 2 mins from our house. He was like "Hey hey, when did that get there!?"
After driving around for 90 mins we went to Sarah's house and walked to pick Izayah up from school. Then I took all the kids to the pet shop to buy Auron a cage and stuff for his mouse he is getting. Long story short, we have a mouse in the house that he thinks is his pet and leaves for out for. I told him that's probably not a good idea and how about we buy one from the pet shop instead.
I needed a bit of sanity time so we went to McDonald's for an ice cream and play.
WEDNESDAY: School work and other everyday stuff.
THURSDAY: More of the same
FRIDAY: Today we went into the city to participate in a Aboriginal Bush Tucker Walk. It was pouring with rain that was probably the first sign that I should have stayed home. None the less we go and it starts out great. We all take part in a traditional smoking ceremony and then walk around the botanic gardens and looked/smelt/tasted all sorts of different plants and learned about what they were traditionally used for. We went back to sit down and had some lemon myrtle tea...and that's where it went sour. The guide was the biggest jerk I have ever met. He obviously had a huge hang up about European people. Granted the white man wasn't kind to his people (huge understatement) but he was very very accusatory to us as individuals and spent about 30 mins telling us what we feel and what we believe. It was so horrible one of the other families we went with left in tears. We also just walked away.
Auron ended up so saturated and wet it was like he had jumped in a lake. Not entirely my fault but I should have kept a better eye on him. We missed our train so had to take the tram. The majority of trams in the city are not pram friendly ( I really really should have just given up by now) The tram go stuck in traffic and missed the connecting bus and as a result missed gymnastics. So we just gave up, got off the tram and walked to a train station. Auron sloshing in his shoes beside me, and Lili sobbing about missing her gymnastics class she had been waiting for all week.
We got off at our station and there was Aarahi waiting for us. I have never been more happy to see him. To make up for such a miserable day we went and bought some treats, went home for hot showers, pulled all the mattresses and blankets into the lounge and watched movies until we fell asleep.
SATURDAY: Aarahi and Lili went on a special Daddy Daughter date. A few weeks ago Lili was throwing the biggest tantrum we have ever seen and pushed Daddy's patience a little too far and he rose his voice at her. This is something that has never happened, Aarahi is the epitome of cool and collected and it scared the heck out of Lili and completely broke the trust between them. No matter how many times Aarahi tried to say sorry to her or fix it nothing was working and it was breaking his heart. So for the last 3 weeks or so he has been finding times to do things with just the two of them. He helps her at gymnastics, puts her to bed and yesterday they went out for the day to do what ever she wanted to do. She was very specific, Movies, Subway and Chocolate Milkshake at a Cafe. One 3 second outburst has taken weeks and weeks of continuous prayer and effort to heal. It really makes you think. While they were at the movies the rest of us had pizza at the park with cousins. I went back with Sotarah to drop the boys off back to Sarah and we spent the next 2 hours on the bed talking about life. It is so great to have them around. I think we would probably be lost without each other at the moment.
SUNDAY: Church was quite nice today. I only had 3 kids in my class and they were all well behaved. Aarahi told me that my temple recommend was expired. (he says that's why I have been having such a hard few months, there's probably some truth in that) So I sorted that out and good to go for another 2 years. I didn't have my old one so they had to print out my record. On it has is has they name of your parents and the date you were sealed. Growing up it was all I wanted. To belong to someone forever. Those who know our family personally know it was a long LONG road to get to where we could be sealed together. We still have Teina missing, he has to wait until he is 18. But to see the name of a mother and father and the date we were sealed just gave me so much peace today. It was what I needed at the right time. Heavenly Father always knows.
We had family dinner at our house tonight because Sarah was still sick. It was make your own Pizza. The big people stood around the bench eating wedges waiting for the pizza to cook and talked about things that have been going on in an open and honest way and were able to let out some of the emotions that we have been holding in. We had family time and later that night Aarahi gave Sotarah a blessing as she faces some hard times ahead. I am so thankful for family and knowing that we aren't in it alone, and for a loving Heavenly Father who always knows what and who we need.
It's been a good end to a horrible week.
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