Blogger's Drought (Present)

Ha ha - thanks Zelda - for the title idea.

No, not having a blogging drought - but a holiday. Yep, we went to Pennington (South Coast) - with 5 kids. I am now so inordinantely proud of myself I am fairly bursting with it. Do you know what it means to take 5 kids on holiday?

Well, for starters it means you need a big enough place to go to, it means you need a big enough car and trailer to take all the stuff ... and probably most important of all....you don't order takeaways when there are 5 kids with you!!!!! Sooooooo..... you end up making food, food and more food.

We had such fantastic weather, and stayed 350 metres from the beach in a house. Every morning, when the eyes opened - the first question (times 5) was: When are we going to the beach. The second question (also times 5): what are we eating and when!

Eric (now 5 years old), could not believe all this sand was just for him to play in. On the first day as he was waiting impatiently for me to open a parcel of bucket and spade, he finally blurted out: "Hurry up Aunty Yvonne, before the sea forgets about me!"

It was tremendous fun to watch the children enjoying this adventure. For Werner and I, it was also a very big milestone. We had promised the children when we got married, that we would take them on a sea vacation. So - this was the keeping of a promise...a very nice one at that. Will post some photos tomorrow.