Show Day

Today was a day off. It was great! Levi and I actually both woke late. It was a miracle! It is Show Day here today and so Levi has only three days at school this week, as he also got Monday off.

Now it rained here all night, so there is always some risk in that. The creek can go over the causeway and trap us in, so today's schedule was always very flexible. We got 92mm of rain last night on top of the 6mm we got the day before. The creek did go over but you could still wade through and with the 4WD it was very safe.

Levi and I went to Go Wild. It was still nasty and rainy so there were few other options and that was reflected in the number of kids there. Ruby and her Mum and Hugo, her baby brother all came to play. Well basically Georgie and I played with Hugo while Levi and Ruby ran wild in the huge play structure. They had so much fun, it is always a pleasure to watch. Hugo is at a great stage and is a Speech Therapist's dream. He is at that beautiful stage of learning to talk, where he has long conversations in some random language, all in response to really any attention.

We are trying to lots with Ruby and her family at the moment as they are all going to go on tour with Ian for his last tour. They will just go down for the concerts and come back to Samford in between. Georgie has offered to take Levi with Ruby to one of the last Powderfinger concerts in Brisbane. She has some great headphones to protect their ears and they would both come home at 9ish somewhere in the middle of the show when they got too tired. I would have Hugo for the concert at home quietly. I think it would be really fun for Levi to do, but I am not sure how well he will cope with that much sensory input all at once. Ruby will be used to it by then, but it will be all new for Levi. We shall see. Of course in the meantime, my job will be to try to have him listen to at least some Powderfinger before he goes, so the songs are not completely new. It is hard enough for me to listen to music and I tend to hear a lot because I am driving all day. When Levi comes home from school, we make dinner and do bed things and it doesn't really lend itself to listening to music. Maybe I'll recruit some nieces to teach him the songs. He would have an experience that his cousins would love, but he may not even really understand what he is being given.