Easter Weekend Away

Well back to reality, the weekend is over and life begins as usual. What's really nice is Mandy Andy and kids are staying with us for the week. (Well Andy and Rob fly back to Jhb to go earn some money, but the girls and kids get to stay here)

we had a lovely Easter weekend and in true Mandy and Jeanette style, we left the shopping for Easter eggs until the last possible moment, and there were ABSOLUTELY NONE in Hermanus, after trying all the shops we landed up at Pick 'n Pay and bought Lindt Bunnies and a variety of chocolates. Fortunately Jill's mom had sent a bunny each for the kids. James and Tiff were responsible for dishing them out.

As is evident from the photo's Chris and Jill spent a lot of time reading and chilling. One morning they made us french toast which was excellent.

The kids also all learnt how to play poker, which the then played most of the weekend.

The mad rush when we got home was for Maxine and Tiffany to race in and see the kittens, so we had to threaten everyone that they 1st had to empty the cars, then they could go see them.

The piles of washing are on, beds made up and the meat on the braai for dinner.

On the way back from Stanford, we stopped at Kleinmond and scratched around the shops there, then went on to Betty's Bay where we went into the botanical gardens and walked up to the waterfall. Unfortunately that was a bit disappointing since there was very little water, but at least we got a wee bit of exercise. On the way up we saw baboons down at the river, but when we came back, they had taken up residence on the pathway, so we had to do a small detour to get around them. We also had to take the mandatory picture of the kids on the bent tree, what a mission getting them all up there though . . .

We then popped in to see John and Sandy and my Mom who were staying at Betty's Bay, and poor Jill was in tears as James caught frogs, she has a real phobia about them.

Rob and I popped off to visit my dad. He really is sooo confused at the moment, and it is reassuring to know he is in a place where he gets the proper care 24/7. It has been a rapid decline for my poor dad, but us not knowing what he does or doesn't understand is hard. Without sounding harsh, we can only hope that he really doesn't understand much.

Most of this post will be filled with photo's which we all snapped away happily for the weekend.