Tuesday 15 April 2014

Cape Town




Another great family time of many firsts!  We spent the recent school holidays in Cape Town so that meant the boys first time on an airplane so as you can imagine there was great excitement.  We bought them some little Spiderman wheelie bags that they could pull along like ours and they absolutely loved those. I actually hate flying but I love travelling so I had to keep my brave face on at all times. It was easier this time because I had 2 busy little men to keep me occupied during the flight.  They asked a million questions and at one stage Rog and I got the major giggles because little Max had a serious case of “Suza Bum” and was stinking up the cabin big time! We got some really bad looks but what else can you do besides laugh? It was rather a relief to land in CT and step out into the fresh Cape Air. Note to self – pack some air freshener in my handbag next time.


Another exciting first about this trip is that this time we did a house swap with a family from Cape Town so while we went to their house they came to ours and the boys took great delight in staying in the beautiful and child friendly environment.  We were diagonally opposite a lovely little park in Tamboerskloof Rd and we had beautiful views of Table Mountain from the corner coffee shop right next door to where we stayed.  We did loads of activities just for the kids, things like movies, the aquarium, harbor cruise, Ratanga Junction, Boulder bay penguins, caught the train, cable car, played in the park etc and so when it came to “adult” things like trendy restaurants, shopping, exploring etc we asked them to have a good attitude and they did (most of the time J), they really did exceptionally well. 

We had long afternoon sleeps after busy days and although they would wake up rather tired most days they would soon be right as rain to head out for dinner and super excited to dress up again.  My boys just love their clothes and we get a huge kick out of it.  On the first Friday night we only went out for supper at 8am and first did a long walk up Long Street, the boys eyes were wide as saucers at the crowds and thumping music coming out of most places. They got loads of high fives and smiles everywhere they went. We eventually found a suitable place to have supper right up at the top of Kloof Street and loved ever minute of the beautiful vibe.  We seem to be super lucky in that if the boys have a late night and go to bed at say 10pm then they sleep late i.e. most mornings they slept till about 8am so it worked out well!

Some of their highlights of the week were, going to the opening of the Red Bull Studios with “Ollie” where they got to sit in the recording studio and Tom even had a turn on the drums, visiting the beautiful oranjezicht market and playing on the swings, everything at Ratanga, seeing their first squirrel in the park, seeing a penguin bite the silly man later known as the “penguin attack”, meeting the crayfish fisherman near the boats at Hout Bay, watching the man feed the fat seal out of his mouth, buying a fish at Kalk Bay, making pizzas at home with Adriaan and Kady and going in the cable car. Tom said that the top of Table mountain was boring because there were no animals there so can’t say they were super impressed with the views.

Most afternoons when we headed back home, the boys passed out and Rog hit the couch and then I would head back out to town and go shopping and missioning up and down any side street that caught my fancy. I explained my need to escape to Rog by saying its like you being in Bali when the surf is cooking and you can’t surf – I love CT with a passion and I love coffee shops, restaurants, galleries, shops etc and there is only so much of that you can you with 2 little men and 1 large man giving you “the look” so I soon found my balance by having afternoons out to head off on my own – it was heavenly!

We loved every minute of time spent together and with my brother Adriaan (Uncle Ollie), the boys have really missed him since he moved to Cape Town. They now enjoy knowing where Ollie lives and can picture things we tell them about.  They also took great delight in meeting their Capetonian cousins for the first time, they were showered in love and spoilt with gifts - what a blessing, thank you all! I feel like after a holiday like that we could go pretty much anywhere as a team – thank you Rog for our beautiful adventure. When I was there I bought a little wooden plaque which says “Dream Believe Do Repeat”  - Life is an adventure – Lord pls help us never to waste it!

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