Been here 3/4 of a year!!!
That’s a whole pregnancy!
(The comparison amuses me 😂🤣)
Our visas are 1 year and 3 days old!
Honestly? I think it’s starting to come together. It’s been a total rollercoaster of a ride but I’m finding my feet.
The kids are settling – though TT is finding it easier than her brother, but we’ve been here over a quarter of her entire life so that makes sense!
I’m within a stone’s throw of setting up my yarn business! Logo is purchased, shop is almost set up. I’ve bought the packaging materials to ship sold items.
I need to take photos of my snow dyed items then I’m ready to go!
It’s terrifying but exhilarating. Let’s just hope something sells!
Now onto some updates.
Yesterday #1 Son effectively had not just one but two play dates!!!
We managed about 10 minutes on a Skype call with his school friend from England! And it was lovely to watch the two of them interacting together.
She asked if her was top of his class in America bless her 🤣😂
They shared war stories – her with her broken leg, and him with his battered face lord love them both!
Then about an hour later the first official Melrose play date happened.
I love his little friend – she’s bold and polite and just great for him to have as a friend.
I have more trepidation about the transition to First Grade now. As here, you do not stay in the same class as you move through the school. Each year the classes get switched around! Now, admittedly I can actually see the logic in this, but as a mother of a special needs child who hates change with every fibre of his being, this concerns me greatly. And let’s not forget that the concept is totally alien to me.
Apparently the teachers do construct the class lists in advance, and the Principal has full right of veto.
I have already requested of his class teacher that he be placed with at least a few of whom ever in his class he is both working well with and playing well with outside – apparently these are different groupings.
Hopefully his new friend will be in his class. Her mum is very epic too – a civil lawyer who made partner in January! Her dad is a high flyer too (though I forget exactly what he does – something in Risk Management I think).
Might come in handy if you know, we ever need to sue a company…*
It was lovely to chat with a fellow mum. And she also confirmed #1 son’s improvement in recent weeks – she sometimes volunteers up at the school. Apparently her daughter is very vocal about kids who are mean to the class teacher or who don’t follow the rule and my son:
“he’s cool, he’s okay”
I honestly can’t tell you how much my heart swelled to hear that quote from a peer!!!
Sadly we had to cut it shorter than I’d hoped, as he got overwhelmed, but I’m learning too, so next time I’ll plan it a bit better.
They both go to the same nail salon as me too. I cannot wait until I can take TT there too 😁💗
As for today? Well we went to the mall to get some new clothes for the kids – and thanks to the lovely sales lady running my purchases through on two orders instead of one, I got $240 worth of clothes for $120 – and TT is now completely kitted our for the warmer weather – so pretty much until October/November given the seasons here.
TT had a massive strop so we left in a bit of a hurry, but it was overall a success.
Until she did a massive poo on the living room floor, but hey let’s just gloss over that one…
#1 Son also spent some of his allowance today on this:
So he and his daddy are having fun building this tonight. They were so engrossed we lost track of time so we had a cereal dinner!
All in all it’s been a decent weekend. Spring Break is all of next week so I get to spend quality time with both of them. Which will be both fun, and probably have me crawling into the whiskey bottle by the end of the week!
Hey, at least I know myself right?
*Yes I do have a company in mind here….
