2013 - It will always be remebered as the holiday in which...

We literally had 3 kids playing in the sea almost all the time.It still makes me so happy.

We saw the famous Mtunzini zebras wandering around town like its nothing out of the ordinary

Scooters and bicycles ruled (and we took ours along for the first time ever in our new bike rack for 5)

With friend M

And someone mastered her big bike

Where we only got half way through the 4x4 swamp route due to the very wet conditions.

We saw storks and more storks in the marshland.

Where we slept almost an entire rainy new years day with just a little break here and there. It was bliss.

Where we literally could not get out of the pool in 41 degrees C and 98% humidity.

 Most memorable for the kids, without a doubt - they caught their very first fish (released back into the lagoon to be caught another day)

The first fish caught

And maybe most memorable of all - two little boys swam on their own  - yes the pics are with dad, but these two pics are just precious in their own way. They gained so much confidence. C was doggy pedalling by the end of the holiday while L mainly paddles under water, coming up for air every few bits. They turned into swimming water babies.

It was a great holiday - just too short. We now know that we can camp for more than a week with the kids, the Princess helps at times, they boys have their own little jobs and it's much much easier. I am once again amazed at the progress one makes on holidays - this time with mainly the swimming of the boys, but many more small things. Every year when camping we had leaps from all 3 kids in some or the other area - it must be a combination of relaxed parents, relaxed kids, a lot of time together. I am not sure. What I am sure of is that it works, and that without a doubt it was so worth it. Leaving you with 3 pretty pictures:

Taken with nifty fifty.