On Easter Sunday we headed out to Pringle Bay to spend time with my husband's family....
We haven't been there much as a family as it's quite a long drive for a day trip-it's on the other side of False Bay-and it's almost always windy! But as we hadn't been for a while, and hence hadn't seen his cousins for a while, we thought we'd make a day of it.....
The kids loved playing in the river mouth despite the cold wind blowing! How do children manage to ignore that cold wind?!
They had loads of fun helping their uncle set up for the braai (barbecue).
As she's watched dad do this hundreds of times Jenna had lots of advice to give...
Ray had lots of time to chat with family....
and lots of time for cuddles too!
When we weren't on the beach the kids played in the garden with their new friend-Mr Snake. He was great for riding on .....
And great for sharing discoveries with. Like these "dinosaur" prints Jenna found in the bricks. Ok so YOU can't see them, but SHE could! What an imagination!!
We met a new bird-a quail we think!?
And we met a new family member.... baby Lia.
We even discovered a dragon on the beach after lunch. Which became part of the highly- protected-possibly-soon-to-become-extinct variety as Michael was in destruction mode on the beach bashing down all of Aunty Yvonne's sand castles. Actually, she built them all with the intention of distracting him from running over and jumping on the dragon.... which was a highly effective plan in the end. Once he'd had his fun bashing he calmly went over to examine this masterpiece and then....
Jenna attempted to make her own crocodile-awesome sweetpea!
....and Mikey built his own castle! I love seeing them express their creativity. Especially when it's self initiated.
And then it was time for some dune rolling,
just the perfect energy release for this energetic little man!
After another dip in the river it was time to head back to the house for some shelter from the wind. On our walk back Michael asked to be picked up: Please pick me up, God is blowing me! You are just the sweetest, my little man!
By this time I had run out of energy, but of course the kids hadn't so dad played catch and chase and hide and seek and was finally allowed to rest before bath time and our long drive home! Thanks Love! You're THE best entertainer ever!
