Charlie is finally double digits! He has been waiting for this day forever. I am not sure what was the excitement over this but I do know that he was excited. But why, I am not sure. It was a very low key event, as it mostly is with Charlie as he does not like surprises, or fuss, or birthdays! In general, however, he has wanted to go scuba diving since he was 7 years old and now that he is 10 he is able to start lessons which is fantastic and everything he always wanted. So he got both lessons and a wet suit, and we are all ready to begin on the 11th November.

Of course, Charlie got lots of Playstation games and a new remote control. Unfortunately, he has a habit of launching the remotes in a way of expressing his feelings (mostly rage) as he is unable to communicate and effectively manage them. Because of this we go through A LOT of console remotes, so this year I have gone that little bit further and insured it!!! The insurance is 2 years but there’s absolutely no way it will last even 6 months, so as long as I get one new remote out of the insurance policy it will pay for itself. And I am happy with that.

For those of you that are new to following us, you may not know that Charlie shares a birthday with his older brother. His birthday is also the day after Halloween so as you can imagine it’s quite hectic here. You can read more about Charlie’s birthday here:

Birth story — Advocating For Charlie

That, with the fact that it is also always half term! So again, half term being the absolute worst of the school holidays as it takes so long for Charlie to transition, between the changes of environment to boom few days later and back to normal term time again. Starting to realise the benefits of home schooling means that these transitions are not forced and not time sensitive. Which for us is such a bonus. When most schools were going back on Monday, we were celebrating Charlie’s birthday. This spilled over to Tuesday, then on Wednesday we did one hour of learning and today we have done the whole morning! And that is crucial to Charlie’s mental health.

So, we are long overdue a catch up! I will continue this in the next blog.

Georgina x