The creek is perfect at the moment, esp if you are a five to seven year old boy! It is running over the causeway but only about ankle deep on me. In fact, it shouldn't be running over at all. The four big pipes that run under the causeway are mostly blocked, making the causeway into a dam of sorts, rather than a causeway. The two right hand pipes are completely blocked and only one of the left ones is clear. It means that the kids can run around in the water, splash each other, mostly) and throw rocks and wood into the water. With an adult per child and water that you can stand in, it is incredibly safe with enough of an excitement edge to keep the boys happy!
We inflated the boat that Levi got from Jo for Christmas and the boys all took turns trying to row it to the corner and back. Their co-ordination together left a little to be desired and generally the boat went round and round in circles until they started to paddle in a modified way, using the paddle straight on rather than to the side.
Today when I went to the grocery store, I bought Levi a couple of glow sticks. I am hoping that having a glow stick as he goes to bed will reduce his fear a little. I am banking on his extreme fatigue being my best ally in all that as well. Now as I go in to check him, it seems that for tonight at least, it has worked. I hope that I can get him to sleep in the next week because I have to go on Outreach the week after and would prefer to have a strategy before sending him upstairs for a few days.
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