Our holiday

August 18, 2011

Our holiday

We're back! We had a great time on our holiday and i'm so glad we went. It gave us all time to relax and enjoy ourselves and have some fun together. The weather was pretty good to us - not too hot so i wasn't worried about the kids overheating but warm enough for them to enjoy the beach, we only had one rainy day today and we spent it in the amusement arcade (which William absolutely loved because of all the lights and music) before coming home.

Finn has learnt a new skill of digging. First he used his spade to catapult huge amounts of sand straight up in the air, but after a demo he learnt to turn the spade sideways instead to dump the sand off and then there was no stopping him! Another of his favourite games on the beach was to watch us build sandcastles and then 'bang' them completely flat with both hands whilst squealing and "glah"ing with delight - the only issue was stopping him from doing the same to the sandcastles which Poppy built! The first couple of days Finn was perfectly content playing in the sand and then all of a sudden he surprised us on the third day by taking off at top speed towards the sea! And from then on it was difficult to get him out of the water (or to keep any clothes on him). Finn had a thoroughly good time on his birthday too and loved all of his presents, including a ride-on car toy which can be converted lot of different ways as he grows and a mini Henry hoover which he pushes across the floor while crawling and "glah"ing!



William also loved the beach and the sea and has had plenty of practice the past few days in using his hands to splash and pat and scoop and sprinkle, with help. He especially loved being in the sea, once he got over the shock of it being a little colder than the water he is used to, and we were glad that we took the special float he uses in his hydrotherapy sessions so that he could sit in the water safely. He was very unsettled the first night in the holiday home and wouldn't eat for the first two days, but after that he was fine and ate and drank and slept well. William also had a lovely birthday and we are hopeful that the new ball and water play table we got him will help develop his motor skills even further. He also got lots of sensory and light-up toys which he loves.




Poppy also had a great time and spent her days on the beach making sandcastles, collecting shells and playing with her brothers in the water. She was very patient with them as always, except for shouting "bad boy Finn!" when he knocked over her sandcastle before we could stop him! Poppy happily gave her brothers the birthday presents she had picked out for them - a drum for William "to help his hands" and a train which makes "choo choo" noises as it trundles across the floor for Finn "cos Finn likes trains", both presents went down really well with the boys! Poppy's favourite day was when we visited the sealife centre, followed by the kiddies amusement park, but she was just as happy to spend time on the beach, though she didn't like sandy sandwiches for lunch!

All in all we had a great time, took some fantastic photos and videos as memories and i'm looking forward to future holidays with the kids as they grow older.