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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