First post of 2012!

Hello lovely Friends
It's been a while hasn't it?

Last year December and this month have been pretty hectic. The schools broke for a 4 week holiday on the 9th December. I had a very busy week cleaning our caravan, packing for holiday, shopping and in between of all that trying to enjoy the first week of holiday with the kids.

On the 17th December we flew up to Johannesburg just for the weekend and stayed with friends of ours we hadn't seen in a few years. The kids were soooooo excited although they had both been on an airplane before, but being just little tots, they didn't remember. So It was such fun, from waking them up really early (never seen them get out of bed so quick!) The whole check-in thing seemed to be very exciting too and my daughter hung onto her boarding pass like it was part of her!

We had breakfast at the airport and a famous DJ (Gareth Cliff) came and sat right opposite us! I was so tempted to whip out my phone and ask if I could take a photo. Hubby thought I was "star struck" but I wasn't really. It is just that it's not often I get to see a famous South African celebrity! This DJ also stars as a Judge on the South African version of Idols. Anyway he was not impressed with the slow service (I heard him count down from 5 to 1) and then told his girl friend or whoever was with him that they needed to go and so it was all very quick!

We got taken to the plane by a shuttle bus which you would swear was the most exciting part of the whole ordeal! So cute!

My son sat next to the window for take off and he told me his heart was beating so fast! He was so excited and held onto the arms rests until his knuckles were white! The whole affair was really too sweet! Of course there was a lot "exploring"-the little table came down and got folded away I don't know how many times, the well-worn magazine in the front pocket got flipped through, the knobs above us got turned and pressed, the window blind raised and pulled down...

The flight home was also a lot of fun for them, this time at night.

On the 19th we left to go camping. We went to a place in the Cederberg. A very rocky, mountainous area that has it's own beauty. The place we went to was tucked away, far from civilization, tar roads, and the lure of busy shopping malls. In fact, so far into the rocky crags was this place, that there was not even cell phone signal! (perfect)!

The road to get there was long, dusty, and very, very bumpy!
By the time we arrived it was dark and we discovered our microwave in the caravan had been jiggled so much, the screws holding it down had all popped out and the only thinking holding it in place, was the power cord!
The fridge and a few cupboards has also lost a few screws!
A bottle of Iron brew had been punctured by the know broken coffee plunger and had leaked over most of the caravan floor.
The fridge had opened a few times too and there was feta cheese juice on the floor.

We unpacked as much as we needed just to get to the beds that night and wiped the floor and went to sleep that night with the caravan still hitched to the car! (we had to move campsites the very next morning).

The next day we were able to set up camp properly and clean the sticky floor.
The holiday was lovely. We arrived the Monday night and left the Monday afternoon (26th)

I will show you some photo's of the place soon.

In the meantime I wanted to show you my cozy little caravan, the kids and I had a tea party in it two days before we left. Just for fun.


These two seats fold down and this whole area becomes a double bed on which the kids share.

our bed on the opposite side.

yum!

I will be back soon to show you more pictures!
I still have family staying with us till Monday and today I am preparing for yet another baby shower I am hosting tomorrow! (will show pics of that too sometime!)

Have a lovely weekend!