Today was our 6 monthly check-in with the Dentist and our boys were both given a clean bill of health and we are to head back in 3 months to have their teeth coating in some fluoride liquid. Apparently the Dental Society believe it to be the best way to get fluoride protection into children’s systems.
We are due another dentist change the next time we visit also 🙁
The boys have been back to the Ossett Martial Arts Academy tonight and we have signed them both up for the classes. Tuesdays and Thursday evenings from 17:30 for 30 minutes although Elliot will soon need to move to the next class as it is only for 4 to 6 year olds.
Elliot is definitely getting the hang of it but poor Olly has no idea what he is meant to be doing :-(. Hopefully the team at the Academy will be able to drill it into him as he is keen to do it.
We now have the proper uniforms so on Thursday they will be set to go wearing the same as the rest of the class – a big deal for Elliot as he does not like being different – it seems that the white belt is a big deal as he is wearing it now with his t-shirt and tracksuit bottoms 🙂
Today was the boys first swimming lesson at the Ossett Academy – at 9am this morning. Perhaps mummy and (especially) daddy should have eased off on the drinks last night 🙁
We quickly learned that Elliot is a stronger swimmer than we thought and the lessons should help him get stronger and so hopefully he will be in a better position for our holiday in 7 weeks.
Oliver has little co-ordination so he tries hard but seemingly can’t do legs AND arms at the same time :-(. It was a similar story earlier in the week with the Martial Arts. So, we will have our work cut out to help him but he is only 4 so there is plenty of time and opportunities to help 🙂
After a good 30 minute swimming session, we headed out to Thornes Park with the scooters to meet Euan. The boys are getting a little more confident with their scooters and we think it will really help them gain balance skills in readiness for bike riding :-).
The early morning swimming is going to be great as it clearly got us out and about first thing on a Sunday morning rather than loitering at home.
Let’s see how the next few weeks go …..
We took Olly to see Mr Nussbaumer at Barnsley Hospital regarding his recurring tonsill issues. It became apparent that the issue was to be dealt with by their removal as soon as possible although a blood test was required to ensure that Olly would not have any bleed complications. So we had to hang around for a couple of extra hours so that Olly could have some cream applied to his skin to numb the area where the blood collection would take place.
We now need to wait for up to two weeks for an appointment to come through for the next stage.
We will only hear from the hospital about the blood tests if there is any reason for concern, and should this be the case it means that the operation would need to be undertaken at the Sheffield Children’s Hospital instead of in Barnsley.
Well, the weather forecasters were on the money today – they suggested it would be the warmest day of the year and according to our little weather station, it has smashed the warmest day be nearly 5 degrees today…
We have enjoyed all day outside in the garden and the boys have had a great day. Olly has without question had the best birthday he could have had. We had a fab BBQ in the garden and even now at nearly 8pm we could still be sat outside baking in the lovely warmth. Incredible to think that just a few weeks ago, we had snow…