A picnic at Small Bay

Last night we lay in bed (now now, stop worrying this is a family blog, he he) and Peter asked the question “so what are we going to day tomorrow?” Yes, can you believe it, my hubby who lives from moment to moment actually suggested planning an event almost 12 hours in advance! Woohoo

Because of the amazing weather we are experiencing in Cape Town we decided to make the most of it and have a picnic at Small Bay. A little bay at the beach down the road from us with a great park next to it.

And so what felt like forever, (getting two excited toddlers ready, dressed and fed is not a 10min job) we were on our way – on our bicycles. Although Peter had a few creative excuses as to why we should take the car, I subtly passed his shoes to him and asked him to trust me. After a little ride to the pick’npay to pick up some fresh rolls and ham, we made our way to the park. Peter, of course, thought the ride was a great idea! (men will be men). By the shrills from Cammy and Eryn singing all the way, I guess they enjoyed the ride too!

And so we spent the morning playing in the park, playing with the ball, playing in the sand, playing in the waves (well more like ripples) and yes, generally just playing –

Eryn the lion

Such fun with Dad

Cammy on the big slide

Swish swish says cammy

Eryn tanning on the slide

Sharing some ice-cream and somehow Cammy managed to collect all our ice-creams:

I like this one

eating ice cream myself

: Ice cream at the park

And of course a visit to the beach just wouldn’t be complete without getting wet!

good fun in the water

My little boy has decided the ocean is not so bad!

And after all this fun, we cycled home for a nice looonnnggg afternoon nap! Aaahhh….

Saturdays are our days for exploring the Cape but with no Plan A and Plan B and Plan C in place I was feeling a little uneasy. (so yes, I am rather pedantic about plans and lists and may have a slight OCD but hey I’m not alone and I’m sure at least half of the readers of this post had a grin on their face as if to say, yeah I know that feeling) Anyway, I decided to “jus w-wax” as Eryn would say and see where we landed up.

And where we landed up was Cool Runnings Toboggan Track. When Eryn saw what was in store for her, she tried her best to convince us that she would look after Camryn while we went! And so for Camryn’s safety I gently placed our mildly nervous little girl between my legs in the toboggan and before she could climb off we went up and up and up. After she realised that I wasn’t going to go at lightning speeds she started to relax and actually quite enjoyed the trip down. Because I had gone VERY slowly with her, I decided to try out Peter’s theory that the brake is only used at the end to stop the toboggan so that you can get off. Well I tried it but I obviously had a much faster toboggan than Peter because I used my brake at the first corner!

Peter read my mind as I was navigating the track because by the time I had got to the finish he had asked the manager if Camryn was allowed on. (the company website says only children from 3 allowed) The Manager said Peter could take him as long as he didn’t drive recklessly…

And we were right, Camryn absolutely loved it. He sat dead still, yes you read that correctly, he sat dead still all the way up and on the way down, clapped his hands and waved to the people as he whizzed past.