All of us were gathered in the kitchen. Harry and Till sitting at the bench, Ben and myself at the table. Each of us was doing our own thing. Ben browsed through a family holiday magazine. He came to an advert promoting family holidays in Fiji. Part of the ad went like this:
We have never taken a family holiday where the kids got shafted into some kind of care. The kind of holidays we take don't present arrangements like that anyway...but even if they did, I doubt I'd be happy to take advantage. That's not to say Ben and I have never stolen a few days away without our darlings, because for our 10th wedding anniversary we did exactly that.
Right now our family is in the thick of planning a family holiday. The flights and accommodation arrangements are sorted, so now we are nutting out the fun bits - What to see? What to do? In just over 6 weeks we'll be boarding the plane and setting off to somewhere completely new. To say we are excited is an understatement. And of course I can't wait to share our adventure with you!
Here are the monkeys trying out their new travel garments. So you might surmise that where we are headed, it's going to be FREEZING!
The resort views children as the future caretakers of the earth and its oceans and has created fun educational programs for age groups 0-5yrs and 6-12 yrs. Each child under 6 has an exclusive nanny 8am-9pm and children 6-12yrs have a Fijian buddy on 1-5 ratio.Ben read it out loud and we both chortled about the idea that this was supposed to be a magazine promoting "family holidays". To us a family holiday entails spending quality time together with our ...you know...family! But funnier still was Till's response. She'd been listening to our conversation and piped up with..."well that family must have horrid children mum!" Oh that did make us laugh. A few too many 'Horrid Henry' books perhaps!?
We have never taken a family holiday where the kids got shafted into some kind of care. The kind of holidays we take don't present arrangements like that anyway...but even if they did, I doubt I'd be happy to take advantage. That's not to say Ben and I have never stolen a few days away without our darlings, because for our 10th wedding anniversary we did exactly that.
Right now our family is in the thick of planning a family holiday. The flights and accommodation arrangements are sorted, so now we are nutting out the fun bits - What to see? What to do? In just over 6 weeks we'll be boarding the plane and setting off to somewhere completely new. To say we are excited is an understatement. And of course I can't wait to share our adventure with you!
And, um...did you spot three pairs of rainbow thermals?
Guess who!
8 comments:
I'm excited or you...and jealous too! You'll love it I'm sure.
Those photos cracked me up - guess who the midget adult is? Ha, your feet look the same size if not smaller than your 10 yr old sons!!
where are they from ???? LOVE THEM !
Agree totally on the family holiday thing.... you have kids... they come with you... wherever you go ! I've only spent two nights away from Alex whilst pregnant with Erin and it was weird !! We have been to plenty of places with "kidsclubs" ect but never used them !
I'm assuming Skiing...have fun !!!
oooo love those thermals, when i travelled around the Ukraine last feb all i could find were grey thermals...i looked like an elephant in every way possible!! a rainbow elephant would have been so much better! do tell, where where where????? go on tell! x
How exciting planning a holiday we need to do that here I think it's been too long. I love those cute thermals:) Have fun with your planning. x
Thermals from here...
http://www.mountaindesigns.com/store/kids?pageSize=12&page=1
Will maybe get in some skiing...not the big reason for our trip though.
Alright, just for you Jane...we are heading to New Zealand!
It's been donkeys years for us too. Can't wait.
Tell me about it. I can wear Harry's shoes now. Actually, the newest pair I bought him are too BIG for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why do they insist on growing? He's nearly 11 for goodness sake :(
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