24 December 2008

Our day started quite late, both the kids were so tired that they only woke up at about 08h30 (yay for us!). We went downstairs for a nice breakfast, and then drove around the Strand/Gordon's Bay area a bit. We went to the beach for about ten minutes but the wind was really bad so we retreated to the car.

Look at these huge waves:

We then went to the Somerset Mall, to buy a few things. The mall was extremely busy (duh, it was the day before Christmas so what did we expect but we had to get these items). We then had a small lunch at the Panarottis. After lunch, we walked back through the mall towards the entrance where we parked, and we stumbled across a Kurt Darren show. The kids thought this was really awesome and both were dancing on the beat of "Loslappie". We only stayed for that song and then left.

It was late afternoon already when we got back to the hotel. Not much later, the day bid us farewell with such a beautiful sunset:

23 December 2008

We landed in Cape Town sometime between 10 and 11 on Tuesday morning. The flight was not too bad, Jaclynn had a little bit of earache but it was manageable. The poor little baby behind us though screamed for about 15 minutes non-stop. The guy sitting in front of us commented the whole time on kids on flights and kids not behaving, aaargh at one stage this really was getting on my nerves.

We had a bit of a struggle with the car rental company, who never told us that they are going to block R13 000 on our credit card (the total of the rental plus excess should something happen to the car). Then the car seat they gave for Kayli did not fit and somehow got tangled with the seatbelt and no-one could untangle it. So then we got another (bigger) car and we managed to sort out the carseats and start our holiday.

Jaclynn was really excited when she saw the ocean! We checked into the Ocean View hotel in Strand, and then went for lunch at the Spur. It was quite chilly outside, as it has been raining earlier the day.

Sun setting:




Cars passing by our hotel window:

Photo's from this afternoon

Photos from Kayli's party (lots and lots and lots)

Our community project

We visited a place in the Jhb CBD today. This building is home to a care facility for young children, as well as a home to abused teenage girls and homeless single young mothers. We entertained 55 kids of between 2 and 7 years old for the day.

My heart broke into pieces when we walked into the area where these kids were playing. They had so little but they were so happy and they were extremely well behaved - I wish my kids were that well behaved!

We rented jumping castles, we painted their faces and had creative activities for them. We also took lots and lots of toys. At lunchtime they all gathered and sat down in the play area patiently waiting for their food. Each and evey one of them thanked us when we gave them their hamburgers.

New photos of the kiddies