We had a wonderful time on Holiday. Emma and Dylan got to experience the beach for the first time. They did many other firsts. We flew down to Cape Town. The flight there went really well. It was at 9:00 in the morning which is their usual nap time. So after their take off bottles they both fell asleep. That was really great. Emma slept for half and hour and Dylan for most of the flight. Emma screamed quite a bit on the decent. Unfortunately she had had most of her bottle on the way up and there was little left for the decent. We got through that. Then on the ground it was the long trek to the car rental in Cape Town. Fortunately we got a porter to help us with our luggage. We had four suitcases, two carry cots, two car chairs and the big pram. Excluding the car chairs and the pram our luggage weighed in at a hefty 107kg. Good thing I had bought extra baggage for the flight.
We rented a VW Kombi, the biggest car you can rent. It swallowed all the luggage with ease with the back row of seats folded down. The car seats where also very comfortable to put the kids in and out as they are much higher than in our cars. Dylan and Emma sat a mile apart as in the Kombi you actually can sit between them in their car seats.
We stayed a night in Cape Town in the wine lands and the next day we did mega shopping to have enough food and stuff for the week long self-catering holiday in Strandfontein. It all fitted into the Kombi. Our lunch stop was at Piketberg at the Spur there. This is well suited to our kids. They got crayons to play with but were a bit cranky. The rest of the stretch (350km in total) was the long part of the drive but they behaved beautifully all the way to Strandfontein.
Our apartment was superb. It had two bedrooms, 2 bathrooms a huge lounge dining room area and a separate kitchen all on the same level. Outside there was a fenced in patio that was also huge and a rotating washing line which we used a lot. We really could not have asked for more comfort apart maybe for a dishwasher. The unit was better suited to our little family than our house is, since everything was on one level. Ouma and Oupa stayed in the bachelor apartment at the back which catered well for their needs. They spent most of their time with us in any case. Between Ouma and Anina we certainly did not go hungry.
Emma and Dylan loved playing on the beach. The first day we went it was very windy and so we just walked a bit and could not enjoy the beach. The other times we went the weather was excellent and Emma and Dylan liked sitting on their towels and playing with their beach toys we had brought from home. We tried out the sea a bit. Dylan loved it and wanted to go deeper and deeper even though the water was very cold. Emma only dipped her toe in once and then ran away crying. After that she refused to come near the water.
The drive back went well to a point. We stopped off at Ouma and Oupa’s house to say goodbye and then stopped again at the Spur. This time lunch was a breeze. When we were 20km from our wine farm destination in Cape Town Dylan threw up. We had to stop at the side of the road. A couple of kilometres later he threw up again. By this stage he was out of outfits. He made it to the wine farm. His car seat needed major cleaning.
On the Saturday we went to visit friends of ours in Cape Town who have a little daughter named Lily who is a couple of months older than Emma and Dylan. The kids all played nicely.
On Sunday we completed our “adventure” with the flight back to Johannesburg. Anina had got the kids exited at the beginning of the holiday by telling them they were going on an adventure. They really were.
At the airport the kids got to try out the fancy business class lounge I now get access to with my credit card and liked playing with the toys they have there. The flight back went well apart from the landing. Dylan slept for the whole flight but threw up again all over everything when we landed. Emma did not scream at all on the entire flight, not even on the decent. We ended up just driving home and then straight to the ER at the local hospital as Dylan was running a very high fever. The doctor did not know what was causing the high fever but he got medication to reduce the fever. We got home after 21:00 from the Hospital. What a long day to end the holiday. Dylan went to the Paediatrician on Monday but he could also not find the source of the fever but suspected gastro. On Thursday this was confirmed. He has not been eating very well since his gastro but is starting to recover and no longer has a fever.
All in all a very eventful but very successful holiday.
Stats:
Emma: 11.905kg
Dylan: 12.215kg
Emma and Dylan playing on the beach:
Oupa braaiing on the patio:
The Boys:
Time to go:
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