A big weekend in and around the Blue House ….. Lots of visitors which is great, some ‘proper’ food (ie, Melbourne brunch), and a spot of ten-pin bowling.

We think Ash is enjoying being home – she is certainly loving seeing all her friends again …. Saturday morning started with “mummy, what day is it? (Saturday) do I have kinder? (No, mummy and daddy are home with you all day) which of my friends is coming over today?”

With the cancellation of a few appointments last week it appears that Mike has (as usual) taken his recovery in to his own hands (actually, it was mostly feet). We went ten-pin bowling and it was great – Ash loved it (after she got over how noisy it was and the fact that it was scary for the pins to be knocked over and pushed down the back). I actually just think that she loved the shoes! Can you believe they make them that little! Anyway, we decided that if we all had to wear the shoes then so did Mike and we set up the bumper rails and got the ball ramp happening. Ash and Chloe loved helping Mike get the ball from the ball rack to the top of the ramp. Mike decided that as his fingers would not allow him to hold the ball at all he would push the ramp with his foot to dislodge the ball and send it down the aisle. First game he bowled nearly 100, and I think he can blame lots of bad shots on my not being able to line up the ramp very well! Having proven that his leg could push the ramp, and being up for another challenge, towards the end of the second game he decided to see how his reach and arm strength were going. He could actually reach the ball on top of the ramp (if he wheeled his chair up under it) and had enough strength to push it down the ramp – I think we were all really surprised. Not sure how much he really enjoyed it but was a great family outing and good ‘arm practice’.

Hopefully this week we can get going a bit more with some more structured exercise and get back in to something a bit  more like the Project Walk routine to have us all up and moving a bit earlier.