In my last post I forgot to mention Max's incredible achievement of going straight from his balance bike to a 'big boy' bike in about 15 minutes which isn't bad for a 3 year old! We secretly hoped this would spur Celia on to ditch her training wheels but it had the opposite effect and she refused to go anywhere near her bike for weeks.That was until we went to the fantastic bike track at Karkarook Park a few weeks ago - she either got on her bike (minus stabilisers) or she got left behind.
Normally this sort of ultimatum would have resulted in total meltdown but she gingerly agreed to let Andy hold her shoulders and after one complete loop of the 1km track she gave it a go herself and she was off! She was ecstatic, screaming "I can do it, I can do it!" It was the most animated we've seen her since diagnosis so it felt like we'd reach a real milestone.
Max turns 4 later this month but we had to get him a bike ASAP as he had learnt on one we'd borrowed from the toy library so here he is with his early birthday present, pleased as punch!
Celia also had her confidence boosted by a visit to the hairdressers as they managed to get her hair into a braid and of course the obligatory glitter came out! Candy hairdressers is where we went last April when we cut her hair off and donated it to the cancer charity wig maker so our first return visit was another big milestone in my book.
She continues to enjoy school (most of the time) and the majority of meltdowns are restricted to the 5 days a month when she's on steroids. Her blood counts remain high and fingers crossed this week's will be the same as we're due to fly to Cairns at the weekend for our long awaited, very overdue, twice previously cancelled, Palm Cove holiday!!!
Mabel continues to amuse us all but in a busy household everyone must pull their weight so as you can see she has been earning her pocket money by doing the dishes, assisting Daddy in the kitchen and helping me clean the windows - with her tongue no less!
