Easter week and the big day!

Its been lovely this week to spend some extra time with them while they've been off school and experience some things with them for the first time - like the aquarium! On Tuesday we took them to the 'Two Oceans' aquarium in Cape Town. It was lovely to see how they reacted to their first sight of real fish - their hands and faces pressed up against the glass in amazement.

They slightly disrupted the penguin talk as one of our little girls I was holding was loudly demanding they come closer to her - a bit embarrassing but very sweet! The funniest part was watching their reactions to a puppet show - which were a mixture of terror, confusion and delight. We treated them all to an ice cream at the end and by the time we got on the coach everyone was exhausted - I sat with one our two year olds on the way home and we both fell asleep for the whole journey, the difference being that once we were home they all felt lively enough to run around in the garden, whereas we all collapsed on the sofas for the rest of the day!

The weather meant a slight change to our plans today! Instead of all sitting around outside, having a braai for lunch and an Easter egg hunt in the garden for the children, we did a speed easter Egg hunt - completing it in around 3 minutes, before we ran back inside to escape the torrents of rain (that have continued throughout the day). We watched the men huddled around the bbq outside while we all sat inside to eat, but in fact it was a lovely atmosphere - we ate in the children's unit with all the kids and the house mums, so it was lively and a wonderful opportunity to spend social time with the house mum's, treating them to a meal they didn't have to cook!

For some the excitement was just too much

After being plied with chocolate from all directions the children were suitably wired and bouncing off the walls. After eating lunch, their sugar high dipped and they all went off for a well needed nap. After a week of Easter activities, we got to complete their Easter baskets and they filled them with all their chocolate which will hopefully last them at least a week!

Finishing touches to the baskets

The cold weather has actually made for a very cosy evening - with no heating inside, I'm writing this in front of a roaring fire and there's the prospect of a film later with duvet and Easter chocolate alongside!