there were 2 in the bed and little one said . . .

Well that will teach me to brag as I did in the previous post, all about there being no wind. Last night I think every possibly God out there wreaked their revenge on us and an almighty storm broke out over us last night. The wind was so strong we honestly thought our tent would blow away and as for the rain, it did not stop until after breakfast this morning.

I don't remember what time it was this morning, but Rob woke up and found poor Chris and Maxine were getting wet, as well as the floor in the tent of the caravan. so there he was lifting all the clothes and goodies and unplugging all electrical appliances. Maxine eventually had to move into the caravan with Andy and Mandy and Chris moved in with Rob and I onto the double mattress (u can picture the squash), thank goodness he did because literally half an hour later, the tent poles where they had been sleeping collapsed.

On Monday we went up the Outeniqua Pass using the Power Van's from the Transport Museum. The museum was very interesting and the kids had a ball running and climbing into all the old trains. We also sat in an old railway coach and had lunch with the kids. After the museum, we decided to try and find the house where Gran had grown up in George, but the address she gave us in Albert Street is now a second hand car sales lot, so that didn't exactly work out.

But all is well that ends well, we had a lovely breakfast of bacon and eggs etc etc and then packed up the car and as I type this message, am now sitting in J-Bay, with lovely smells coming out of the kitchen for Christmas Dinner that Dawn is cooking.Dawn is also making marshmallows - yes, marshmallows. Will let you know how they come out, looks really simple. Gran of course is standing around doing absolutely nothing (hee hee), no just kidding, that because she's not allowed to, as usual Dawn is spoiling all of us rotten as we all kind of sit on our bums whilst she does all the work.

The kids of course have plonked themselves down in front of TV that they have missed for the last couple of days and Chris has already been on facebook to look at the pictures of Gill who went shark diving . . . . (crazy girl!)I think poor old Chris is really missing his friends and particularly Gill, he is just that much too old to play with the little ones, but not old enough to go socialise on his own (thank goodness)

According to Ingrid, little Tigger is becoming really playful now and pouncing around - can't wait to see him.
With all the piddling rain, the kids did a lot of beading and James and Tiffany in particular. They in fact took their wares and sold them around the campsite and made about R160 - needless to say Mandy and I did not see any of that to cover costs of the beads . . . , but hey it kept them occupied for ages and ages.We took the rubber duck out and had a picnic on one of the beaches, whilst Andy took the kids for spins (and tumbles) on the tube. They all came back afterwards with bumps and bruises and grazes, but having had loads of fun. That night they all went to bed nice and early.

It was Andy's birthday whilst we were there, and instead of a cake, we raided woolies and had a chocolate selection, which needless to say did not last very long.

One night, the kids (and I include Rob and Andy in this) decided they needed to go fishing after catching about 100 prawns with the prawn catcher. So off they went, with all their gear and when they came all that was missing were the prawns and no fish to replace them, but they had fun.

This whole holiday has been great so far, the kids all get on so well, making it so much easier for us as parents. So far all that I can see that we have left behind at the Camp site, is my computer charger (AARRRRGGGHHHH) Thank goodness I can still access the cyber world via Dawn and Peter's pc and Rob's. We will have to stop in there on the way back - what a pain, but I need it for work.