It’s December, Christmas time, I’m home sick and thinking – we haven’t been to SA for 3 years…too long if you ask me! The kids and I – that is Christian, Katelyn and Zac flew out on 31 December. Yip, I flew on my own with 3 children! I was really desperate to get away so I just had our destination in mind-and the fact that I haven’t seen family for such a long time. We flew with Emirates (which meant a stop over in Dubai). I must say; they are by far the best airline I have flown with. They were very friendly and the staff helped so much.
Saying goodbye to Reynard at the airport was sad. Christian said: “daddy, I love you, I’m going to miss you”…needless to say that made me (and Reynard) cry…
For me, it was mixed emotions, a bit of stress and a bit of tears! There were just a couple of moments where I thought – can someone just please help me! Christian and Katelyn were a dream on the plane. They watched movies and coloured in. Zac on the other hand…when he was sleeping it was easy…when he was awake he was a bit challenging. But how are you supposed to keep toddlers occupies in a plane for so long???? It would be great if they could build soft play areas on the planes! It would make flying so much more pleasant-for those with children at least!
OK, so I managed the stop over and now we’re in Jhb. We stayed over on the farm. Vivienne (Reynard’s biological mom) fetched us. We spend one night there, then flew on to PE. Wow, was amazing to eventually touch ground and see my family. The kids were also so excited!
And so our 8 week holiday begins…
