Lunch on Wheels

 Levi has started to get a bit more independent with his morning routine.  I have to make his lunch every morning and I have to remember to 'not get too experimental' and stick with vegemite sandwiches.  That said in the last few days, Levi has taken an active interest in this routine.  I took a picture of his helping to make his lunch, not because I thought it was fabulous that he was helping (although I did think that).  I didn't take the photo because I thought that he was cute (although I did).  I took the photo because of what he was wearing on his feet!  Yes he was wearing roller blades as a fashion accessory!

 

The roller blades have become more of a regular choice for footwear in this house than a surprise.  Levi has become more of a wheels boy in the last few weeks.  I actually think it may be a direct result of the 'Term of Rest' that we are having.  with his (and my) life less scheduled it is giving him a chance to try out some new things.  I am so happy watching him.  Levi is now counting the months until we go back and see our friends in USA.  I am not counting the months.  I am counting the weeks!  Next year will be a less stressful one for me.  I have a chunk of time off December this year at the close of school.  I have five weeks off in June and July next year and am hoping to have another couple of weeks off in there as well.  I will have all that holiday.  I think that it may drive my holiday weeks to zero but that is fine by me!  It will be worth it for the time to relax and hang with friends during the year. 

Levi's hair is growing out but it is still quite spiky, which I love.  He is looking less like he has been on chemo and more like this hairstyle was a deliberate choice!  Here he is playing with Play Dough that we made on the weekend.  I had to make some for school, so Levi and I just chunked some off and coloured it purple and he played happily with it for half the day.

I am finding that he is getting more fragile if things don't go exactly his way, but I suspect that it is just that it is the end of the school year and midway through that term.  He is tired.